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Tony Daltorio: If there is one economic item that unites Americans in frustration, it’s the rising price of gasoline. The fuel for our vehicles has become a necessity for many of us, so price hikes hit hard in the wallet, affecting purchases of other items. Read more…
Eric Dutram: Thanks to the sovereign debt crisis in Europe and a strong dollar at home, commodities have been a terrible place to invest this year. Most commodity ETFs and ETNs tracking the broad market have lost at least double digits in the year-to-date period with even Read more…
First Trust has filed paperwork with the SEC for a “First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund.” The Fund’s investment objective is to seek total return. They did not provide a trading symbol or expense ratio in the Read more…
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Sumit Roy: Investors ran—not walked—away from commodity-related investments this week, as over the past five sessions, the S&P GSCI Index fell the most since 2008. We saw silver plunge over Read more…
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We’ve recently looked at the tools used to gauge petroleum fundamentals (“Oil Market Indicators Explained: Part 2“). Now it’s time to turn our attention to the technical side: chart reading. Read more…
Thanks to protests in North Africa, oil prices have been surging in recent weeks as investors fear the loss of meaningful supplies of the important commodity from the world supply. Read more…
On Wednesday, Feb. 16 Israel said Iran is sending two warships into the Suez Canal on way to Syria, and that the action is considered a “provocation.” Due to the long history of bad blood between Read more…
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Powershares has changed the underlying indexes for eight of their commodity ETFs. The changes take effect today, February 2, 2011. The funds affected are the PowerShares DB Commodity Index Tracking (NYSE:DBC), PowerShares DB Energy (NYSE:DBE), PowerShares DB Oil (NYSE:DBO), Read more…
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Images of mass Egyptian protesters clashing with police in Cairo broadcasted around the world shook global financial markets on Friday, Jan. 28. Dow and S&P 500 both dropped more than 1%, Read more…
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This is my last post on crude oil for a while, as I’m heading off to Mexico to look at a gold project. But I couldn’t leave without writing about crude oil one more time, for the simple reason that a Read more…
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As global demand for crude oil continues to increase to record levels and supply remains constricted, the price of gasoline continues to itch upwards, passing the $3 per gallon mark in Read more…
We are on a collision course with the next oil shock. Most people won’t know it until it hits them right between the eyes with all the force of a ball-peen hammer. By then it will be too late. Read more…
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Last week saw a typical volatile reaction in commodity prices during international turbulence: the violence in Libya was a major cause for energy, commodities’ ascent. It was believed that the 
Amid steady up trend of U.S. stock markets, silver (NYSE:SLV) finally broke out last week, ending the week with 8.8% gain. SLV is now above the previous high $30.18 per share, achieved on 
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