Selva Freigedo

Selva Freigedo is a research analyst for The Rum Rebellion.

Born in Argentina, her passion for economic analysis started at a young age. Her father was an economist for the Argentinean governments and the family used to discuss politics and economics at the dinner table.

Argentina is a country with an unusual economic history. Growing up there gave Selva first-hand experience on different economic phenomena such as hyperinflation, devaluation and debt default.

Selva has also lived in Brazil, Spain and the USA.

Back in 2000 she was living in the US as the dot com bubble popped…
And in 2008 she was in Spain as the property market exploded and then collapsed…

She has seen first-hand what happens when bubbles burst.

Selva joined Port Phillip Publishing’s team in 2016, as an analyst. She now writes from her vantage point in Australia, where she settled in 2015.

Selva Freigedo

February 27, 2021

Watch Gold — This Little Dutch Boy Is Running out of Fingers

Looks like we’re heading towards higher inflation while interest rates stay at record lows, which is effectively negative real interest rates. And this is a great scenario for gold…

Selva Freigedo

February 24, 2021

Northern Star Share Price 3% Down after Board Update (ASX:NST)

Northern Star Resources Ltd [ASX:NST] is down 3.23% today after announcing their executive chair will be leaving the board. Northern Star merged with Saracen Mineral Holdings Ltd [ASX:SAR] earlier this month.

Selva Freigedo

February 22, 2021

Oil Search Share Price Up on Pikka Oil Project (ASX:OSH)

Oil Search Share Price [ASX:OSH] is up close to 1% today after the company said their Pikka Oil Project in Alaska is in the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) stage. At time of writing, the company’s…

Selva Freigedo

February 20, 2021

Decentralised Energy and Power (Not Just Bitcoin)

I’m not one to comment too much on bitcoin’s price but wow! But I don’t want to talk about bitcoin today. But there’s an industry that’s also undergoing a major shift from centralisation to decentralisation…

Selva Freigedo

February 19, 2021

Woodside Petroleum Share Price is Down on Signed SPA (ASX:WPL)

Woodside Petroleum Ltd [ASX:WPL] is down today after its subsidiary, Woodside Energy Trading Singapore signed a sale and purchase agreement (SPA) with RWE Supply and Trading GmbH…

Selva Freigedo

February 18, 2021

Fortescue Share Price Up after Record Half-Year Dividend (ASX: FMG)

Fortescue Metals Group Ltd [ASX:FMG] share price has had quite a bumper of a half year. The Fortescue Share Price is up today 1.77% at time of writing after releasing its half-year results…

Selva Freigedo

February 16, 2021

BHP Share Price Up on Record Dividend (ASX:BHP)

BHP has reported a net profit of US$6 billion before write-downs, an increase of 16% from the same period last year. The increase in profit came from more production and higher iron ore and copper…

Selva Freigedo

February 13, 2021

The US Unemployment Rate is Much Higher than Expected

Turns out the real unemployment rate in the US is likely higher than expected…way higher. I mean, this isn’t a huge surprise.

Selva Freigedo

February 11, 2021

Where is the Iron Ore Price Going in 2021? — Outlook for Iron Ore

2020 was a smashing year for iron ore prices and iron ore producers. And the good news for iron ore continues. The Iron ore price is up today 1.7% to US$166.90 a tonne…

Selva Freigedo

February 10, 2021

Oil Search Share Price Up on Signing Agreement with PNG (ASX:OSH)

Oil Search Share Price (ASX:OSH) is up 0.4% today after the company said they’ve reached a fiscal stability agreement with Papua New Guinea. At time of writing, the OSH share price is trading at $4.15…