Critical Metals Report: The list of once-obscure metals and minerals that are becoming “strategic” seems to be growing daily. However, population growth and rising living standards in developing Read more…

NYSE:LIT, NYSE:REMX

Peter Krauth: It’s the beginning of a new year, and there’s no shortage of big headlines… Europe is on the financial brink, Iran is a powder keg, and precious metals like gold have retreated. It’s also a time when there is no shortage of financial forecasts. Read more…

NYSE:GDX, NYSE:GDXJ, NYSE:GLD, NYSE:IAU, NYSE:SLV

Ron Rowland: If you’re a regular reader of Money and Markets, you weren’t surprised last Friday when Standard & Poor’s downgraded the sovereign debt of nine European nations. I’ve been expecting it, as have Martin Weiss, Mike Larson and our other editors. My main question: What took them so long? Read more…

NYSE:EWO, NYSE:EWP, NYSE:EZU, NYSE:FEZ, NYSE:IEV, NYSE:VGK

Michael Snyder: The European debt crisis has just gone to an entirely new level. Just when it seemed like things may be stabilizing somewhat, we get news of huge financial bombs being dropped all over Europe (NYSEARCA:VGK). Very shortly after U.S. financial markets closed on Friday, S&P Read more…

NYSE:EWI, NYSE:EWO, NYSE:EWP, NYSE:EWQ, NYSE:IEV, NYSE:VGK

Alex Strashny:  While we still like the strong uptrend in energy (NYSE:XLE), its risk has increased so much that we are reducing our position in it. Though the uptrend goes back to the Fall of 2010, Read more…

NASDAQ:IBB, NYSE:EWO, NYSE:EWY, NYSE:SMH, NYSE:XLE, NYSE:XLP

Below is a table in order of the sum of the 3, 6, and 12 month returns for individual country ETFs. Each column represents returns for various timeframes and the percent each ETF is above Read more…

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