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Mike Burnick: Ever since the acronym BRIC was coined by Goldman Sachs’ Jim O’Neill in 2001, investors have been enjoying a decade-long love affair with emerging markets … although it’s has been an on-again, off-again romance at times. Read more…
Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul: Short positions positioned by the smart money stand at the lowest level since the start of gold‘s near-double in price and silver‘s near-triple price surge of 2009. Read more…
Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul: After months of public outcry over Washington’s out-of-control fiscal and monetary policies, Utah Governor Gary Herbert signed into law Utah House Bill 157 Currency Amendment allowing gold and silver bullion as legal tender within the state to settle retail transactions and debts. Read more…
Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul: Commodities guru Jim Rogers and Euro Pacific Capital CEO Peter Schiff have recently gone on the record that the next harrowing event in the ongoing global financial crisis will most likely take place after the presidential election, with the crisis in Europe spreading to Japan and Read more…
Michael Snyder: The U.S. dollar (NYSEARCA:UUP) has probably been the closest thing to a true global currency that the world has ever seen. For decades, the use of the U.S. dollar has been absolutely dominant in international trade. This has had tremendous benefits for the U.S. financial system and for U.S. Read more…
Randall Mah: The International Monetary Fund has officially agreed to pay $36.7 billion to Greece, bringing the debt-ridden country’s second bailout total to $170 billion. The move was expected after the country’s successful debt swap last week. Read more…
Michael Adams: Global economic uncertainty can create a volatile metals sector and lead some investors to bail on the industry altogether. But doing so would mean missing the huge profit opportunities from rising copper prices in 2012. Read more…
Sy Harding: There was much anticipation in advance of Friday’s Labor Department employment report for February. The report has a reputation for often coming in with a big surprise in one Read more…
Monty Agarwal: A 10-page document prepared by analysts in the so-called “troika” of international lenders (the European Central Bank, European Commission and International Monetary Fund) — marked “strictly confidential” and dated Feb. 15 — was meant for only the top brass of the troika. Read more…
Tony Sagami: In last week’s video issue, we talked about the World Bank’s discouraging view of Europe (NYSEArca:VGK) and the United States, and its optimistic view about China (NYSEArca:FXI) and its Read more…
Don Miller: The never-ending hunt for higher yield is leading investors to bet record amounts on emerging market debt. In just the first two weeks of 2012, governments of undeveloped economies from Asia to Africa sold more than $30.6 billion in dollar-denominated bonds Read more…
Chris Ciovacco: A golden cross occurs when a market’s 50-day moving average crosses above its 200-day moving average. We believe conditions have improved since central banks have cranked up the printing presses, which means the recent “golden cross” in the S&P 500 (NYSEArca:UPRO) may turn Read more…
Keith Fitz-Gerald: The next 1,000 points on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSEArca:DIA) in either direction are going to be determined by what happens in two cities thousands of miles from our own shores… Athens and Berlin. Read more…
Ben Traynor: THE U.S. DOLLAR cost to buy gold hit a six-week high of $1677 an ounce Monday morning in London, as stock markets, commodities and the Euro all pushed higher and US Treasury bond prices dipped. Read more…
Jack Crooks: We’re constantly talking about how much help the euro zone (NYSEArca:VGK) needs to escape the economic mess they’ve created. So will the European Central Bank (ECB) monetize debt? Read more…
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