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Covers:  BRIC countries first and foremost. Major corporations there, investing ideas, political risk as it relates to investing, some off beat or A-lister travel.
Doesn't Cover: entertainment, food and wine, sports, US politics, healthcare
Senior Analyst at the Coalition for a Prosperous America. Former WSJ Sao Paulo. Ex-Forbes BRICS corrie. Markets. Intel. Forecasting. Friend of the show.

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Kenneth Rapoza’s Biography

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Kenneth Rapoza writes daily for Forbes, covering primarily business, finance and some geopolitics regarding Brazil, Russia, India and China. Also ex-WSJer. Lucky enough to give me opinion from time to time, but no advocacy hack. Yuck.

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Obama Gets Left Behind - Forbes

Obama Gets Left Behind - Forbes

From drone attacks to Wall Street regulation, President Obama has been unable to please the left wing voters …

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Why China's Property Bubble is Different - Forbes

Why China's Property Bubble is Different - Forbes

Headline says it all. Examines the differences between the housing bubble in China and the ones that exploded…

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Who Are The Real 1%? - Forbes

Who Are The Real 1%? - Forbes

Not all one percenters are created equal. Story argues that the wealthy are not the problem, but an elite cir…

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The Sell Side Of Investment Banking Slowly Being Dismantled - Forbes

The Sell Side Of Investment Banking Slowly Being Dismantled - Forbes

The sell-side of the Western world's investment banks is slowly being dismantled. In the war zone that is mod…

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Brazil's Ridiculous $80,000 Jeep Grand Cherokee - Forbes

Brazil's Ridiculous $80,000 Jeep Grand Cherokee - Forbes

The 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee is viewed on the floor of the New York International Auto Show. Brazilians love …

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Parenting through the apocalypse

Parenting through the apocalypse

Once in a while, I freelance bitter-sweet daddy/daughter parenting stories for Salon. This is one: When my da…

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Import Values Fell By Around $6 Billion In June, But Month Was Second Highest Goods Import Surge of 2026

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By Kenneth Rapoza Verified
| Coalition for a Prosperous America
Despite foreign currency gains against the dollar in top trading partners like Mexico, Vietnam and China, import values for goods came in at $309.01 billion. That is the second highest import value of the year following May’s $316.86 billion surge, the Bureau of Economic Analysis said on Tuesday. All told, the goods gap for June was $102.10 billion, down from $105.96 billion in May.
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The Iran war sent investors into fertilizer stocks — but here's the China risk everyone's missing

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By Kenneth Rapoza Verified
| MSN Verified
The Iran war brought us a slew of macro investing narratives — one being fertilizer supply bottlenecks, which means higher food prices . Investors understood these themes; some traded in and out of oil stocks , others invested in fertilizer companies. For some of those companies, the Strait of Hormuz fiasco has been a stock boost. For others with China as part of their supply chain, investment has been a bust. China is a price setter for fertilizer inputs like sulfur coming out of the Gulf.
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.css-1o8nh7k{color:var(--color-secondary300, secondary300);} Opinion: The Iran war sent investors into fertilizer stocks — but here’s the China risk everyone’s missing

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By Kenneth Rapoza Verified
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The fertilizer trade as it relates to the Iran war and the Strait of Hormuz is really three trades pointed in different directions. What ties them together is China. The Iran war brought us a slew of macro investing narratives — one being fertilizer supply bottlenecks, which means higher food prices. Investors understood these themes; some traded in and out of oil stocks, others invested in fertilizer companies. For some of those companies, the Strait of Hormuz fiasco has been a stock boost.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

WBUR-FM, Boston's NPR Station. I wrote copy for Morning Edition.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes.

How is social media changing news?

Makes everything faster, often gimmicky. Also makes it a popularity contest. No, I'm not always pleased about that.