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Kevin Kerr: The sudden announcement last week that the International Energy Agency (IEA) would release strategic oil supplies onto the world markets caused a significant selloff. And crude oil (NYSE:USO) prices dropped around $9 in about two days. Read more…
Lorimer Wilson: The number, market cap and currencies of the constituents of the HUI, XAU, GDX, XGD and CDNX indices differ considerably from each other and, as such, each index presents a different picture of what is really happening in the precious metals marketplace. This article Read more…
Sam Kirtley: Recently gold challenged it’s all time highs, being propelled largely by renewed concerns over the Greek debt crisis and the possible ramifications a default could have on global financial markets. Whilst fears of a possible default in Greece are supportive of gold prices in the Read more…
As a co-founder of legendary firm Troika Dialog, Bernard Sucher practically invented investing in Russia. He still sees vast opportunities on the ground. Read more…
Jeb Handwerger: We are witnessing an important watershed in world history with the unwinding of QE2. Every citizen no matter where, has a ready camera eye on the world, carried in his smart phone case. Even more so does the internet provide the anvil for major nations to forge economic strategies. “Swords are being hammered into cybershares.” Read more…
When does a “soft patch” become a “stumbling recovery”? Apparently, 27 months into a post-recession rebound that’s looking fatigued. That’s not some sort of riddle or trick question, it’s actually the crux of the strategy that Michael Yoshikami, the CEO & Founder of YCMNet Advisors, is Read more…
Scott Pluschau: Let’s look at SPY, the S&P 500 exchange traded trust (NYSE:SPY). I think we’re at a favorable trade location to go either long or short. How can that be? Because to me trading is not about prediction, it’s about the reward to risk ratio. Looking at a daily chart of SPY, Read more…
The SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE:SPY) was as high as $130.88 pre-market, but it was a classic case of buy the rumor after the Greek austerity deal passing became official. SPY it traded as low as $129.70 before rallying. It was a nice short the open for a trade, although I am still short some SPY. Several groups have provided the impetus for this market to hold itself together. The banks have been strong after Read more…
Hard Assets Investor: The author of ‘Oil’s Endless Bid’ provides his insight on the recent gyrations in the oil market.
Mike Norman (Norman): Hello everybody, and welcome to HardAssetsInvestor.com. I’m Mike Read more…
Martin Hutchinson: If you’re like me, you’ve been invested in mining companies or oil producers the last couple of months because you expected a return to the strong commodity prices of early 2011. Read more…
The past couple of weeks have been very rough for many sectors of the economy as worries over Europe and a slow economy in the U.S. are plaguing a number of companies. This is no more true than in the commodity space, as firms that produce everything from oil to crops are feeling the Read more…
Equities closed strong amidst light volume for the second consecutive day. Price action was impressive as all five major indices saw gains of 1.2% or more. The small-cap Russell 2000 (NYSE:IWM) led the charge by posting an impressive 1.8% gain. The tech rich Nasdaq Read more…
Morgan Stanley To Begin Trading The Morgan Stanley S&P 500® Crude Oil Linked ETN (NYSE:BARL) Wednesday June 29, 2011. The Morgan Stanley S&P 500® Crude Oil Linked ETN Read more…
US stock futures are sharply higher Wednesday morning as it looks increasingly likely that Greek lawmakers will improve austerity measures in order to pave the way for another bailout package. Read more…
Moby Waller: Gold hasn’t seen any kind of real pullback in its uptrend since 2008. Was a key high reached in recent months? It’s certainly possible, given how much Silver has already corrected. In which case, how low is Gold likely to fall before it finds key long-term support? Read more…
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