Entries from Asian Chemical Connections tagged with 'Financial Times'

The Dangers Of A Three-Year-Old's Attention Span

"Hello everybody - welcome to the island of Sodor. Time to flip your positions' Source of picture: www.dragoart.com By John Richardson MY three-year-old son has, quite rightly, an incredibly short attention span. A child of that age should be overwhelmed...

China Inflation Threat To Chemicals

  Sky-high living costs? Source of picture: www.shanghaiist.com   By John Richardson CHINA'S imports surged by 55.9 per cent last December, raising concerns among chemicals traders and producers that this points to increasing inflationary pressure and a possible interest-rate hike...

An Affair To Remember

Source:Amazon.com I remain perplexed by the direction of chemicals, oil and commodity markets over the last few months - and now I understand the reason why. It's not about feedstock, it's not about inventory levels or what end-use demand...

Be very careful what you wish for...

Source of picture: The Nymex To continue the same theme of earlier this week, I agree with my fellow blogger Paul Hodges when he warns that OPEC's price target for $75-80/bbl could nip the nascent economic recovery in the...

How long can bear-market rallies last?

The current run-up in equities might go on and on - perhaps even for several years, according to economist Russell Napier. But he warns, in this excellent video interview with FT journalist John Authers, that an extended boom in...

Any spare change, Mister?

Financial Times, LyondellBasell, Federal Reserve, state ownership, Barack Obama, Us stimulus package

As this is the season of goodwill.....

debt forgiveness, rescheduling mortgages, Nail Ferguson, Financial Times, global property slump