Jared Cummans: Emerging market ETFs were hailed as a must buy for all portfolios after 2010 watched a number of these product produce eye-popping returns. But last year had other things in mind, as the majority of these products felt the pinch of volatile markets and endured a hefty slide. Read more…
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Michael Johnston: When the Federal Reserve announced recently that it plans to keep key interest rates at nearly zero until 2014, it hardly came as a surprise. With the economic recovery still in a very fragile state and inflationary pressures remaining tame, record low interest rates are expected to hang Read more…
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Peter Krauth: Silver prices soared as high as $50 an ounce last year before experiencing a brief correction that took it back below $30. However, despite this blip, mounting inflationary pressures, a weakening dollar, and emerging market demand will see silver retest its record highs in 2012. In fact, this Read more…
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The single biggest news event this week besides the Royal Wedding (who actually cares) was Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s televised press conference. The Federal Reserve Read more…
NYSE:SPY, NYSE:UUP
Thanks to inflationary pressures and booming emerging markets, a number of key commodities have seen their values soar so far in 2011. While this trend has been especially pronounced in the Read more…
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Martin Hutchinson: Months or years from now, when analysts are studying the death of the U.S. dollar, they’ll look back and see that the greenback’s demise began on a specific day – Wednesday, Read more…
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“Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have been a tremendous catalyst for swelling gold demand,” said Peter Krauth, a Money Morning Read more…
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