Four Forces Fueling Gold’s Next Move
Last week, I told you about a bunch of forces poised to push silver much higher. This week, I want to tell you about the forces lining up to send gold to $1,710 … and that’s only a signpost on the road Read more…
Weekly Commodity ETF Flows: Energy Leads, Gold Drops
Introducing our new regular data report, “Weekly Commodity ETF Flows.” In this new weekly feature, we’ll scrutinize the flows heading in and out of U.S. commodity exchange-traded funds, Read more…
Copper Prices Update: Prosper as Copper Becomes the “New Gold”
Peter Krauth: The Statue of Liberty is one of the most recognizable American icons in the world. And as she towers 305 feet above Ellis Island, what’s Lady Liberty wearing? Copper – 60,000 Read more…
Will 1970s-Style Inflation Derail The Bull Market In ETFs?
Inflation can adversely affect corporate profits, household discretionary spending, and stock prices. Rising costs for raw materials have a dampening effect on profits. Increasing costs of food Read more…
China’s Highway System Growth Paves the Way to a Stronger Economy
Kerri Shannon: What some have called “the worst traffic jam in human history” happened on the Beijing-Tibet Highway in August 2010. It trapped some drivers for more than 20 days and Read more…
Obama Energy Policy Boosts Natural Gas Stocks
Kerri Shannon: U.S. President Barack Obama addressed Georgetown University students Wednesday with a speech about U.S. energy policy. Many of his goals were the same as previous Read more…
Friday, April 1, 2011 ETF To Watch: Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR (XLY)
Although the stock market continues to rise modestly in light of bad geopolitical news and high commodity prices, the good news in equities has failed to trickle into real job creation as Read more…
Wagner Daily: A Closer Look At These ETFs
Thursday’s session, the conclusion to the first quarter of 2011, ended with mixed results and in uneventful fashion. Throughout the session, stocks merely meandered in a tight range. Read more…
SPDR Gold ETF (GLD) Pulls A Rabbit Out Of The Hat
Thomas Carreno: The gold price managed to pull a rabbit out of the hat today and blast higher, which structured the weekly MACD into bullish crossover mode. As of yesterday there was a risk Read more…
Quarterly Chart Review Of PowerShares QQQ ETF (QQQ) and S&P 500
Thomas Carreno: One of the longest most slowly moving price charts is the quarterly price chart. It is always a good idea to review this chart after every quarter or two to be sure one is correct on Read more…
Stock Picks For Obama’s New Energy Policy
President Obama made a speech where he announced a goal of cutting oil imports by a third over the next decade. He included a pledge to have federal agencies buy only alt-fuel vehicles by 2015 Read more…
MidAmerican Energy Company’s 401K Plan: More Diversification Needed
MidAmerican Energy Company is a domestic operation of MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company, a company of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK-A). As of 3/30/2011, David Sokol Read more…
Theme Thinking – S&P 500 ETF Moving Between Round Number Levels (SPY)
I strongly advocate “thinking in themes” rather than indicators and keeping your focus as much as possible on price structure. Read more…
In trading on Thursday, the Teucrium Corn (NYSE:CORN) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 8.56% on the day. Also up on the day are the Daily ETF Roundup: (DBA) Surges On Crop Report, (EWJ) Slumps On Nuclear Concerns
U.S. equity markets capped off the first quarter on a mixed note as surging oil prices and a lukewarm unemployment claims report left stocks on rocky footing heading into April. Read more…
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