Does InBev's $52 billion purchase of Anheuser Busch have impact on Chinese investors? Not really. The five largest beer companies in china are (in order) China Resources Snow Brewery, Tsingtao Brewery, Yanjing Brewery, and Anheuser-Busch.A-B does own 27% stake of Tsingtao and 100% of Harbin Brewery. I wouldn't rush out and invest in InBev, but the Chinese brewers are worth a look.

By Jason Simpkins Associate Editor Iraq has officially opened the door for foreign oil companies to invest in the country’s rich energy sector for the first time in more than 30 years. Thirty-five foreign oil majors have been invited to bid for contracts to provide technical support and help boost production in eight oil and natural gas fields. The contracts will be awarded in 2009, as Iraq’s oil minister, Hussein Shahristani, hopes to increase production by 2 million barrels of crude oil per day by 2013. Iraq has the world’s third largest proven petroleum reserves, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA). While Iraq boasts proven reserves of 112 billion barrels, the EIA estimates that up to 90% of the country remains unexplored. Only 2,000 wells have been drilled in Iraq, versus approximately 1 million in the state of Texas alone. The war-torn ...

By Jason Simpkins Associate Editor The State of Qatar will invest about $8 billion in Libyan companies across various sectors, officials told the Financial Times. The investment is one of many made by large, national sovereign wealth funds, or global cash barons, and will help Libya diversify its economy away from a reliance on hydro carbons. According to the FT, Barwa Real Estate Co., an affiliate of the Qatar Investment Authority’s $40 billion property wing, agreed to invest $2 billion in state-owned Libyan Development and Investment Co to develop commercial, residential and leisure facilities. Libya and Qatar also agreed to establish a $2 billion joint-investment fund, a $600 million Libyan-Qatari bank, and a $300 million sports and services project, according to unnamed officials. Story continues below… Sign up ...

I think it is a good idea to ask people with money to invest where they want to put it. Ernst & Young’s fifth annual attractiveness survey, An Open World, found that 41% of investors ranked China as the #1 country to invest in today. India was #4.

India is one of the hottest economies on the planet and holds tremendous profit potential for investors. No doubt in my mind. Why? India's economy is growing at a 9% rate, TEN times faster than the U.S. and only a couple of percentage points behind China. And the Indian economy is not merely outgrowing the U.S. by leaps and bounds; it's also at the very epicenter of the booming natural resource markets. There's too much happening there to cover everything in one column, but today I'll give you my top six reasons why investing in India may well prove to be a highly lucrative proposition. For starters, consider the following ... Reason #1: India has the fastest-growing population in the world, expanding at the rate of some 16 million per ...

This is a great, must-read article about the wrong way to invest in China. The crux of the article (that I absolutely agree with) is to avoid the inefficient state-owned enterprises and concentrate on the rapidly growing private companies run by Chinese entrepreneurs. "FXI tracks a FTSE/Xinhua index mainly comprised of state-owned enterprises (SOEs). In fact, of the top 10 holdings of the ETF … 10 are SOEs"

Sotheby’s (Public, NYSE:BID) stock in one year has ranged from $61 to $23.  Last Friday shares tanked 8% and yesterday we flirted with a new 52-week low.  But today shares are up 5% and trading around $25, so now what?

Investing in this company is all about timing.  Only the rich and famous like Robin Leach and Little Jon can afford high priced items that Sotheby’s auctions. If you don’t know much about the company, they are basically the eBay for rich people, no Star Wars figures are sold at their auction house.

Sotheby’s just posted a first quarter loss as well as a decline in revenue. They …