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Jack Barnes: SPDR Gold Trust (NYSEArca:GLD) experienced a major pullback on Leap Day last week, dropping almost exactly 100 points on the day. Read more…
Jack Barnes: If you listen to the talking heads, there is no end in sight to the Euro crisis. Even with the European Central Bank’s (ECB) recent Long Term Refinancing Operation (LTRO), Greece is still making all the headlines. Read more…
Jack Barnes: I’ve been watching natural gas for years now and find myself shaking my head lately. The cost to buy the “clean energy” is collapsing as crude oil, a product that needs refining, stays above $100 per barrel. Read more…
Jack Barnes: Iran kicked off the New Year with aggressive messages for the Western world, setting the stage for heightened political tensions and a huge oil price push in 2012. Read more…
Jack Barnes: If you follow the commodity markets, you know that weather can have a dramatic effect on your investments. A flood, drought, hurricane, tornado, or even something as simple as the changing of the seasons can be a game changer. Read more…
Larry Edelson: Despite all the grandstanding and dirty politics in Washington, any day now the United States debt ceiling of $14.294 trillion will be raised. Read more…
Jack Barnes: Someone dropped a bomb on the bond market Thursday – a $1 billion Armageddon trade betting the United States will lose its AAA credit rating. Read more…
Jack Barnes: The U.S. Federal Reserve only officially sets one interest rate, which is the “discount rate” at which a bank in trouble can borrow from the U.S. central bank. As the Fed itself states: Read more…
Jack Barnes: In our ongoing search for possible “inflection-point” catalysts – financial stimulants that could help turn global markets upside down – the Japanese economy has to be a prime Read more…
Jack Barnes: In fact, as all the latest speculation about Greece either abandoning the euro currency – or being booted out of the Eurozone outright – is demonstrating, “the market” is about to apply Read more…
Jack Barnes: For most of the past year, anything involving the U.S. dollar (NYSE:UUP) has been what traders like to refer to as a “one-way trade.” Read more…
Jack Barnes: With the demise of the “silver mania” we’ve seen in the past week, I thought it was time to take a closer look at where silver prices will likely go from here. Read more…
Jack Barnes: Back in late September, in an essay to Money Morning readers, I crowned cotton as the “new king” of the global commodities sector. Read more…
I love autumn. The leaves start to turn color, and the first hint of winter is invigorating. It is also a great time to peruse each of the financial markets for the shorter-term, seasonal trades that are Read more…
Gold is grabbing the headlines setting daily record highs. Silver is setting an-even-more-torrid pace. Wheat and coffee – American breakfast table staples – are surging due to bad weather around Read more…
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