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Jonathan Harsch

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California Drought Signals Global Water Shortages Ahead | Monitor Global Outlook

California Drought Signals Global Water Shortages Ahead | Monitor Global Outlook

monitorglobaloutlook.com — California is struggling with a record-setting drought that poses risks to farming in the state. The world's eighth largest economy - California - is struggling with a record-setting drought that is causing farmers to idle parched land, ranchers to sell off cattle, and wildfires to spread across hills normally too wet to burn at this time of year. In the short term, the drought is a political issue, which already is forcing California agriculture to shift from water-intensive rice toward higher-value crops such as fruits and nuts, which can justify paying higher prices for dwindling water supplies.
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News Story | Ems Buying Opportunity Or Calm Before Another Storm | Monitor Global Outlook

News Story | Ems Buying Opportunity Or Calm Before Another Storm | Monitor Global Outlook

monitorfrontiermarkets.com — Higher-than-expected import figures from China and US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's stay-the-course Congressional testimony have helped soothe investors' nerves over emerging markets stocks. The plunge in emerging markets stocks looks to be over - for now. China's unexpectedly bullish trade figures for January, released Feb. 12, as well as congressional testimony from newly minted Fed Chair Janet Yellen on Feb. 11, have pushed emerging market indexes well above their seven-month lows hit earlier this month. Several analysts are touting the recent downturn as a buying opportunity, although the outlook varies from country to country.
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For Long Term Investors Solar Power Will Overtake Wind

For Long Term Investors Solar Power Will Overtake Wind

monitorfrontiermarkets.com — For the first time, in 2013, the world added more solar power than wind power. Investors looking to put their dollars in green energy might be lured by wind, which in 2012 added more new capacity than any other energy source, including natural gas. But despite wind power's huge lead in the renewable energy race, energy insiders are pointing to another renewable - solar photovoltaics (PV) - as the ultimate winner for long-term investors, despite the sector's current troubles. Under some scenarios, solar would overtake all other energy sources, including fossil fuels, later this century.
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Emerging Markets Outlook Dim In 14 But Big Potential

Emerging Markets Outlook Dim In 14 But Big Potential

monitorfrontiermarkets.com — While developed and frontier markets enjoyed sparkling returns in 2013, emerging markets lost ground. Investors in emerging markets have spent 2013 stuck in reverse. While markets in the developed world and in frontier markets have soared, emerging markets are down more than 5 percent this year with only two trading days to go. And next year doesn't look very encouraging, either. So why are some analysts touting emerging markets as a place to invest? Because this bundle of nations, positioned between frontier and developed status, is huge and undergoing a massive transition that will reshape global consumption patterns over the next 20 years.
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WTO reaches limited deal on global trade

WTO reaches limited deal on global trade

Christian Science Monitor — WTO manages its first global trade deal after 12 years of talks. The trade agreement reduces red tape at borders, but lets India keep food subsidies for now. By Jonathan Harsch, Contributor / December 9, 2013 Defying predictions that rich and poor nations could never agree on new trade rules, the 159-nation World Trade Organization (WTO) reached agreement Saturday on a global "trade facilitation" deal. Members also agreed to grow the group, voting to approve Yemen as the 160th member. Skip to next paragraph The deal was less a breakthrough than a whittling away of trade-distorting border controls and a step toward further talks.
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Forget Solyndra. Clean energy is hot again.

Forget Solyndra. Clean energy is hot again.

Christian Science Monitor — A number of big institutional investors see risks declining in clean energy and returns that are higher than junk bonds. As a result, clean-energy stocks have soared. Is it too late to get in? By Jonathan Harsch, Correspondent / October 16, 2013 Nearly two years after Solyndra's widely politicized collapse, doubts surround solar and the entire clean-energy industry. Will subsidies survive? Will natural gas put solar out of business? To many investors, the industry seems volatile and risky. Skip to next paragraph But don't tell that to institutional investors.
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Do you need inflation protection?

Do you need inflation protection?

Christian Science Monitor — Investors have an unprecedented array of inflation-protection tools to safeguard their portfolios: from gold and inflation-protected bonds to commodity mutual funds. Choosing how to hedge against inflation depends on your situation and outlook. By Jonathan Harsch, Contributor / June 28, 2013 The Federal Reserve's unprecedented easing has pushed it between a rock and a hard place. The longer it stokes the economy's engines with unprecedented bursts of money, the more analysts worry about inflation. Whenever the Fed talks of pulling back, the markets tank - as it did last week. Mortgage rates, meanwhile, saw their biggest one-week jump in 26 years.
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What happens if the US and China tighten credit simultaneously?

What happens if the US and China tighten credit simultaneously?

Christian Science Monitor — The US and Chinese central banks have reasons for starting to reduce the credit they're pushing into the economy. The risk is that this double-whammy of tightening will be greater than the sum of its parts, weighing on economic growth worldwide. By Jonathan Harsch, Contributor / June 24, 2013 Confidence in global economic recovery is wavering after a jolting one-two punch that has driven markets down around the world. Skip to next paragraph Recent posts Stock prices fell and bond rates rose late last week after comments from Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke sparked concern that the US central bank would scale back its stimulus plans.
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Wildfire season: 7 ways you can help save lives and property

Wildfire season: 7 ways you can help save lives and property

Christian Science Monitor — Homeowners living near forests or any fire-prone area can take simple preventive steps to limit damage from wildfires - actions that are increasingly important as more homes are built in or near such locations. Communitywide programs can also significantly reduce wildfire threats. Greater population density in areas susceptible to wildfire means more lives and property put at risk. It also results in escalating costs to control wildfires: State and federal agencies now spend more than $3 billion per year on dealing with wildfires, twice as much as 10 years ago.
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California Legal Battle Leaves Public Land Use in Doubt | AgriPulse

California Legal Battle Leaves Public Land Use in Doubt | AgriPulse

www.agri-pulse.com — California rancher and oyster farmer Kevin Lunny emerged from a contentious court hearing in San Francisco yesterday, confident that "this court is going to come to a decision that will allow us to continue" - continue his oyster farming business. But he'll only be able to continue if the federal courts overturn former Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's decision last November to refuse to renew Lunny's lease to operate on public lands.
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Why Charles Larsen will be staying out of the market

Why Charles Larsen will be staying out of the market

Christian Science Monitor — The California-based investor won't be putting money in stocks again until the economy recovers - which he says it patently hasn't done. By Jonathan Harsch, Contributor / May 4, 2013 While many Americans may be flirting with buying stocks again, Charles J. Larsen isn't one of them. He wants to keep his wallet as far away from Wall Street as he can. Skip to next paragraph "It's crazy that anyone would think now is the time to get back in equities, fixed income, or real estate," says the California-based investor and onetime portfolio manager. "If anything, investors should be increasing positions in precious metals.
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Battle escalates over farmer operating in National Park | AgriPulse

Battle escalates over farmer operating in National Park | AgriPulse

www.agri-pulse.com — Point Reyes National Seashore, California: Kevin Lunny, of Drakes Bay Oyster Company on Drakes Estero, is hard at work trying to stay in business in the face of National Park Service attempts to shut him down. What raises this battle from being a fight between competing local interests to national significance may be not only the precedent it could set for shutting down other food production operations but the tactics used against Lunny's family-owned Drakes Bay Oyster Company. For four years, a network of hidden National Park Service cameras collected 250,000 time-stamped photos of oystering operations.
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Court case: Coal mine gets permit. Can EPA take it back again?

Court case: Coal mine gets permit. Can EPA take it back again?

Christian Science Monitor — Arch Coal and the EPA faced off in federal appeals court over agency's revoked permit for West Virginia coal mine. The case has several industries worried that the EPA could take back their permits retroactively under the Clean Water Act. By Jonathan Harsch, Contributor / March 14, 2013 If a mine has received a federal permit to expand its current operations, can the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) revoke the permit retroactively to protect the nation's water? Skip to next paragraph Recent posts Subscribe Today to the Monitor That was the issue at stake in a Washington, D.C., courtroom hearing held Thursday over Arch Coal's 15-year battle to expand its mining operations in West Virginia.
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