When we started this Australian adventure a little more than three years ago, the AE Portfolio consisted of what we called “eight income wonders from Down Under.”There were and are none greater than Telstra Corp. Ltd. (ASX: TLS, OTC: TTRAF, ADR: TLSYY), the country’s main telecommunications player, often described as… Read More

When I make my Down Under pilgrimage, it’s a near lead-pipe certainty that I’ll fly into Sydney Airport. The airport is managed by Sydney Airport Corp. Ltd., which trades on the Australian Securities Exchange as Sydney Airport (ASX: SYD, OTC: SYDDF), an AE Aggressive Portfolio holding since December 2013.With nearly… Read More

Australia will use this trade deal to boost its economy through non-mining exports. Read More

Australia’s top commodity export, iron ore, is already in trouble and Australia is now dealing with a 40% decline in the price of crude oil since mid-June.Plus, Australian companies involved in the $180 billion (all currencies in U.S. dollars) construction of infrastructure to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) are under… Read More

Welcome to the new look of Australian Edge. As we did with Canadian Edge starting in October, we’ve made AE more concise and easier to read. CE readers overwhelmingly liked the changes, and we think you will too.While the length and look of Australian Edge have changed, the most important… Read More

While I’ve read a lot about the JFK assassination over the past 30-odd years, I am not a conspiracy theorist. I think a lot of that story is untold, but the notion that Lee Harvey Oswald fired the shots that killed the 35th U.S. president is the hypothesis requiring the… Read More

The 40% drop in oil prices since June has wreaked havoc on the stock prices of Canadian oil producers, with many down 50% from their 2014 highs. But at turbulent times like these, it’s worth remembering: where there’s great danger, there’s also great opportunity.Big drops in the price of oil… Read More