Foreign central banks continue to add to their Australian dollar holdings, providing support for the aussie even as the Reserve Bank of Australia attempts to weaken it. Read More

Although Australia’s carbon tax has no shortage of critics, so far it’s proving to be less of an economic hurdle than the country’s soaring currency. Read More

A festering rivalry threatens the Labor Party's tenuous hold on Australia's government, though the Flash China PMI report for March suggests one of the Lucky Country's most important trading partners continues to stabilize. Read More

It’s become rather intellectually chic to talk down positive market performance in the aftermath of the Great Financial Crisis. We’d rather make money than be cool. Read More

Amid a slumping global economy and falling commodity prices, two resource giants are poised to sell non-core assets in order to raise capital and streamline their operations. Read More

The Australian Bureau of Statistics Reported this week that the "Lucky Country" posted its 21st consecutive year of GDP growth, an active streak unmatched among developed-world economies. Read More

Manufacturing activity in the Middle Kingdom slowed from January but continues to register above the line that separates "expansion" from "contraction." Meanwhile, the aussie is getting softer. Read More

A charter member of the AE Portfolio, Australia's largest natural gas infrastructure company continues to add to and expand its fee-generating asset base. Read More

The Australian government seems to have bungled its Minerals Resource Rent Tax. But stock indexes are pushing out to near-term highs, even as economic data suggests a continuing pattern of good news mixed with bad. Read More

The Australian market is trading at its highest level since late 2008, but there are still stocks trading at compelling values. Read More

Another season of torrential rains and heavy flooding is impacting the Land Down Under. Read More

Australian stocks, including AE Portfolio Holdings, continue to rally, the Middle Kingdom's manufacturing rebound gathers momentum, and Prime Minister Julia Gillard makes a surprise election call. Read More

The world’s biggest miner has its own writedown issues, but iron ore, copper and petroleum guidance as well as recovering US gas prices suggest a solid fiscal 2013 is afoot. Read More

The world's second-biggest miner, Rio Tinto Ltd (ASX: RIO, NYSE: RIO), posted expectations-beating iron ore production for the fourth quarter and for 2012. Plans to develop production of the key steel input remain on track. Read More

Politicians all over the globe are performing high-wire acts with fiscal and monetary policy, some because of the lay of the economic land before them, others because it seems to suit their parochial interests. Your delicate task is to remain patient, waiting for opportunities to emerge. Read More

Earlier this week, the ASX suffered its third hoax in less than a year, an event that briefly roiled shares of a well-known coal miner. However, investors can turn such temporary dislocations to their advantage. Read More

AE Portfolio Holdings posted solid total return numbers last year, helped by a stronger Australian dollar and a fourth-quarter rally driven by a reviving China. Read More

AE Portfolio Aggressive Holding Origin Energy Ltd (ASX: ORG, OTC: OGFGF, ADR: OGFGY) has contracted to sell gas at a rate more than double the current market price and well above the previous high for a long-term supply contract. Read More

The International Energy Agency's second coal-focused report reaches similar conclustions to those in the inaugural 2011 study. Despite the fact that nobody seems to like it, coal's usage around the world will continue to rise. Read More

Everybody loves a good rally. But let’s not get too caught up in the moment. Read More