The irony about cold-weather investing is that the biggest profits come to those who position their money during the hottest months of the year – even during the record heatwave Americans have Read more…

KOL, NYSE:DNO, NYSE:FCG, PBW, UHN, UNG

Exactly one year ago, in the first Weiss global forum, we forecast a massive shift in wealth from Western countries bogged down in debt and recession … to Asia and emerging markets enjoying Read more…

IDX, NYSE:ECH

Despite a heat wave that has hit the country this summer, pushing up demand for electricity and hence natural gas, the commodity has been unable to see positive price support which is illustrated Read more…

NYSE:FCG, NYSE:GAZ, UNG

Prices continue to churn as traders and investors try to figure if they want their hard earned dollar in cash or investments. The market is very jittery simply because no one wants to get caught on the Read more…

NYSE:GLD, SPY

It is no secret that generating steady returns in equity markets has been a daunting task. The market has been extremely rocky in 2010 as a stellar July was washed away by extreme levels of Read more…

MNA, NASDAQ:ACWI

I got a weekly confirmed sell on the s&p 500 to end last week.  The weekly candle on the sp500 looks quite bearish going into this week.  I suspect we will bounce higher early in the week for a Read more…

SPY

India has the second-fastest growing GDP in the world behind China. Last week Morgan Stanley said India might overtake China as the fastest growing economy by 2015, and could reach a growth rate Read more…

INDY, INP, PIN, SCIN

“On ‘Fast Money’, our traders are always fast, but they aren’t always right. Brian Kelly of Kanundrum Capital, for example, got burned by US Natural Gas Fund (NYSE:UNG). Since having recommended Read more…

UNG

While future articles will return to focusing on the option Greeks, a recent comment regarding risk really piqued my interest. The age old discussion about risk versus reward, equities versus options Read more…

NYSE:GLD

With VIX options expiring on Wednesday and VXX options expiring today (technically tomorrow) in the normal monthly expiration cycle, this is a big week for volatility traders who are comfortable Read more…

VXX

Brazil has become one of the most popular investment destinations in recent years, as U.S. investors have begun to question their “home country bias” and tilt portfolios more heavily Read more…

NYSE:BRAF, NYSE:BRAQ, NYSE:BRAZ, NYSE:BRF, NYSE:BRXX, NYSE:BZF, NYSE:BZQ, NYSE:EWZ, UBR

“Cramer’s view of market direction through yearend is dictated by politics and the outcome of the November midterm elections in which he says Republicans need to regain control of Congress and Read more…

NYSE:GLD

double-dip recession, this country was struggling to overcome the fallout from an Arab oil embargo, Vietnam War-era deficits, and an inflationary spiral that just wouldn’t let go. Read more…

NYSE:EWC, NYSE:EWY, NYSE:EWZ

“At least one trader is showing bullishness toward Midcap stocks, but it may be part of a larger strategy. optionMONSTER’s Heat Seeker monitoring system is detecting call buying in the S&P Read more…

MDY

Claymore Securities, Inc., an innovator of investment product solutions and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Guggenheim Partners, LLC, today announced the launch of the Wilshire Micro-Cap Read more…

STH, WFVK, WMCR, WREI, WXSP