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Kevin Kerr: The new economic reality is making it clear that the U.S. dollar is no longer the world’s absolute reserve currency. And at the same time the euro is coming apart at the seams! Read more…
Przemyslaw Radomski: Nowadays one can safely say that gold has come around full circle, its shine untarnished by the passing years as it has reclaimed its respected place at the heart of the financial system. The debate over a return to the gold standard has resurfaced in the last few years in a way Read more…
Tim Seymour: For all you gold bears out there, here are a few numbers to digest from an emerging markets perspective. Read more…
George Maniere: In 1953, renowned economist Milton Freidman was the first man to propose the “floating exchange rate system.” In 1971 it became a reality as then President Nixon was trying to open trade with China. Friedman saw the floating exchange rate system as a way to even the playing Read more…
Is this the gold bubble bursting or is this a buying opportunity for investors? According to Dennis Gartman, it’s not a buying opportunity. He states that anybody who is not paying attention to the technicals in gold right now, and doesn’t liquidate, will find themselves in trouble. Read more…
George Mack: Thomson Reuters’ Commodity and Energy Specialist Christopher Henwood believes bailouts of too-big-to-fail companies and countries addicted to entitlements have cast an ominous shadow over the global economy. Nevertheless, he finds room for optimism as global economic Read more…
Keith Fitz-Gerald: I hate to sound alarmist, but it looks as though the European banking system – and consequently the global banking system – is edging its way towards another epic collapse. Read more…
I feel like I need to get in touch with my inner Bob Barker this morning, the legendary host of The Price is Right. After talking to Ryan Detrick, Senior Technical Strategist at Schaeffer’s Investment Research, and hearing him list Read more…
Thanks to a general feeling of gloom hanging over the economy as of late, many investors have been looking for any bright spots no matter how dim they might initially appear to be. One sector that many have looked to for strength is the manufacturing and production sector, as a weaker dollar Read more…
EconMatters: It has become quite apparent that major changes are necessary in the oil futures market after the latest year of volatility which had little relation to the actual fundamentals of supply and demand in the marketplace. Read more…
Todd Shriber: I’m not ashamed to say I’m a gold bull and I’ll be forthright with you: To put it in Wall Street parlance, maybe I’m “talking my book” because I’m long one of the ETFs backed by physical gold. Tuesday’s decline in gold prices, the biggest slide in a year, doesn’t have me worried and it Read more…
US stock futures point to a lower open Tuesday after a powerful bounce yesterday. In the world of IBD that action constituted a follow-through day and we are now in a “confirmed uptrend”. What does this mean? It means the market has a new “fledgling rally”. This type of rally doesn’t always lead to a major bull run, but none have Read more…
Stocks staged an impressive rally on Tuesday on higher trade. The major indices all finished higher on the day. The small-cap Russell 2000 (NYSE:IWM) led the move as it posted a strong 4.9% gain. The Nasdaq (NASDAQ:QQQ) and the S&P MidCap 400 also posted impressive gains as they ended the Read more…
The ETF industry’s strong growth in recent years has led to innovation across the board. Now, investors can find products that offer exposure to nearly every corner of global markets through a single ticker. And while many of these new options have been welcomed with open arms Read more…
In trading on Tuesday, the ELEMENTS CS Global Warming ETN (NYSE:GWO) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 17.54% on the day. Also up on the day are the 
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