The big story this week is a price on carbon. Next week it may be a new mining tax. What will determine Australia’s economic trajectory and what makes it a compelling investment story is its ability to satisfy demand from the developing as well as the developed world. Read More

Having put into place the second price mechanism for carbon on the planet, Australia’s House of Commons will now take up a tax on the industry that’s kept it afloat amid an otherwise choppy global economy. And we debut the Dividend Watch List. Read More

Australia’s hard-commodity advantage is well known. The Land Down Under is also one of the most important agriculture centers in the world. Read More

It’s one thing to expand via acquisition, quite another to integrate new units and set the stage for long-term wealth building. Australia-based Cardno Ltd (ASX: CDD, OTC: COLDF), one of the fastest-growing engineering firms in the world, manages to do the latter, consistently. Read More

Origin Energy Ltd (ASX: ORG, OTC: OGFGF, ADR: OGFGY) is well positioned to benefit from Australia’s new carbon tax. Read More

Like a former left-leaning, cigarette-sneaking basketball sage President Obama will hold onto the Keystone XL pipeline decision and use his own “four corners” tactics until the clock runs out on his reelection campaign. Read More

A controversial carbon tax now through parliament, Australia is now considering a “super tax” on profits earned by coal and iron ore miners. Read More

The compelling argument in favor of health care stocks is that they offer defensive cash flows… Read More