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Beat Ernie

Beat Erni is the “man on the ground” in Zurich, Switzerland for the Profit Hunter service. To receive free weekly investment briefings from the Profit Hunter team, click here.

 
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St Moritz: Mount Billionaire! - by Beat Ernie

...Im pretty sure you know St Moritz, the small Swiss place that within the last few decades has been turned from a poor farming village to a sophisticated skiing paradise...The scenery with its mountains, lakes, ice and snow is simply beautiful and contributes to the extravagant property prices...The Winter seasons in St Moritz are shrill, chic and most importantly, very pricey. The message is obvious: coterie - small investors not wanted...


Deep sea diving for oil - by Beat Ernie

...At the end of August, oil giant, British Petroleum discovered potentially huge and previously unknown oil reservoirs during test drilling in deep water in the Gulf of Mexico. If successfully accessed, this find (the Kaskida Oilfield) would increase the reserves of the participating companies (BP, Anadarko Petroleum Corp and Devon Energy Corp amongst others) significantly...


Investing in the German property market - by Beat Ernie

...What they are implying is that Germany is too cheap when compared to UK or the US. No one is considering the idea that the other markets may be overvalued...If you still are drawn towards real estate investments, there are more promising investment opportunities around than actually buying a house somewhere...Positive impulses for the German property market can be expected in 2007 or 2008, when listed REITs are making their way into Germany...


Palestine's stock exchange - by Beat Ernie

...Since 1997, this index, which is part of the Al- Quds-Index in Nablus in the West Jordan and Palestine stock market, represents the events on the Palestinian markets. In 1996 the autonomous agency granted the founding of a stock exchange in order to acquire much- needed funds into the "country" and to gather capital...


The stock market in Lebanon - by Beat Ernie

...You don't really think about the stock market in a country that has been on the news for the past month getting battered by missiles...But, of course, there is indeed an index representing the economic picture in Lebanon, called the BLOM index. Set up in 1996 by the Lebanese BLOM Bank (www.blom.com.lb) with its headquarters in Beirut...


Fear in the financial markets - by Beat Ernie

...Cultural and religious differences add to the complex situation, making the Middle East a historic and future powder keg. This situation does not worry only me, of course. Its put the fear back into capital markets this week...These tensions are too deeply rooted which makes peace efforts unlikely to yield any significant improvements...


Investing in IPO's? Read this first... - by Beat Ernie

...Not long ago, a friend, an engineer, asked me what strategies would best protect him from stock market losses. Apparently he expected a lengthy and complex stop loss strategy or guidelines for the use of technical indicators. The theoretical answer is easier than it often turns out to be in reality...


Investing in Germany? Read this first... - by Beat Ernie

...At first sight, Germany and its stock and real estate markets appear to have an "inexpensive valuation". And certainly, weve seen some fairly astonishing share price increases since the beginning of this year. But I have to say that, as an international investor, I would be cautious and wait for a clearer picture of where Germany is heading...


The former coca producer and the red dragon - by Beat Ernie

Just weeks after taking his seat as the new Bolivian President, the former coca producer Evo Morales and his stripey jumper have reached near cult status. But what really grabbed our attention is that Evotravelled on to the land of the Red Dragon: China. And its unlikely he only wanted to take a look at the Great Wall...


Chernobyl and Uranium - by Beat Ernie

...The accident at Chernobyl has since become known as the world's worst nuclear power disaster...Buy uranium, the fuel of any nuclear power plant...



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