Sara Nunnally: We are seeing a big turnaround in the gold market. Who’s buying? It is not who you think. We turned our back for two seconds, and look what happened: Gold, like a five-year-old who’s found the cookie jar, has shot back above $1,700 an ounce. Read more…
IAU, NYSE:GDX, NYSE:GDXJ, NYSE:GLD, SGOL
Stoyan Bojinov: Stocks oscillated between positive and negative territory on Thursday as investors reacted to mixed economic data. Despite the early morning rally, investors gave into selling pressures following a number of disappoint earnings reports; AT&T and SanDisk both missed analyst Read more…
NYSE:GLD
Martin Hutchinson: The Eurozone is about to collapse. The United States is struggling out of the deepest recession since World War II. And the IMF forecasts global growth will drop from 5% in 2011 to 2.6% in 2012. Read more…
NYSE:EWW, NYSE:EWZ, NYSE:FXI, NYSE:GXG
Shah Gilani: You want to know the truth? The truth is that Wall Street has stacked the deck against you. That’s why you need to understand how the game is played. Otherwise you’ll end up a Wall Street patsy. Read more…
NYSE:DBA, NYSE:DVY, NYSE:EEM, QQQ, UUP, XLB
Exchange Traded Concepts has filed paperwork with the SEC for a “Sustainable North American Oil Sands ETF.” The Fund seeks to provide investment results that, before fees and expenses, correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the Read more…
NEW FILING, NYSE:SNDS
Stocks fell on Thursday amidst quicker trade. The market gapped higher at the open but stocks struggled for most of the day, and by the close, had pulled the major averages near session lows. All five major indices fell on the day. The S&P MidCap 400 showed the most relative weakness as it slid 0.7%. Read more…
KBE, NYSE:EUO, XLF
David Zeiler: Led by presidential candidate Ron Paul’s “end the Fed” mantra, Republicans have made their attacks on the U.S. Federal Reserve into an election year rallying cry. Read more…
SPY
Ron Rowland: I’ve spent my investment career following sector momentum, and it’s worked out pretty well. ETFs make it even better. Right now my indicators show a lot of short-term strength in real estate. Personally, I find it hard to believe the housing market has truly bottomed. My colleague Read more…
ITB, IYR, NYSE:DRV, PKB, RWX, SRS, XHB
Jeb Handwerger: At the end of 2011, Merkel and Sarkozy got together for an unusual emergency meeting. They pledged to come up with economic salvation. Immediately the equity markets mounted a year end “Halleluyah” rally. Bernanke followed Europe’s (NYSEArca:VGK) footsteps in 2012 and Read more…
IAU, NYSE:GDX, NYSE:GLD, SLV, UUP, ZSL
Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul: Speaking with GoldSeek Radio host Chris Waltzek this week, Euro Pacific Capital CEO Peter Schiff expects the re-inflation trade to dominate in an unprecedented way in 2012, as money mangers send oil, gold (NYSEArca:GLD) and other dollar-sensitive assets much Read more…
IAU, NYSE:DGP, NYSE:GDX, NYSE:GDXJ, NYSE:GLD, SLV, UDN, UUP
In trading on Thursday, the iPath DJ-UBS Tin Subindex Total (NYSEArca:JJT) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 8.53% on the day. Also up on the day are the Read more…
JJT, KRU, NYSE:CHOC, NYSE:GAZ, NYSE:GREK, UNG
David Gillie: No matter what happens, Basic Materials are needed for the job. Whether its flak jackets and gun powder for war, agriculture chemicals and pesticides for farming or coatings and ingredients for pharmaceuticals, Basic Materials are needed. Yes, even embalming chemicals and casket materials Read more…
UYM, XLB
Richard Rittorno: Gold (NYSEArca:IAU) is back in focus after the Federal Reserve announced it will be extending its pledge to keep interest rates at exceptionally low levels all the way to the end of 2014. Read more…
IAU, NYSE:DZZ, NYSE:GLD, SGOL, UGL
Corey Rosenbloom: One of the main activities that trip up traders, especially new traders, is the concept of continual price movement in one direction without meaningful pullbacks – also known as “powerful trends,” “creeper trends,” or “positive feedback loops.” Read more…
SDS, SH, SPXU, SPY, SSO, UPRO
Michael Johnston: AdvisorShares added to its rapidly-growing lineup of active ETFs today with the debut of the Accuvest Global Opportunities ETF (NYSEArca:ACCU), which utilizes country-specific ETFs with the goal of generating excess returns relative to benchmarks such as the MSCI All Country Read more…
IVV, NYSE:ACCU, NYSE:EPI, NYSE:EWO, THD
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