Julian Murdoch:  World Gold Council reports strong investment interest in second quarter.  The World Gold Council tracks ETF flows, futures activity and the purchase of gold bars and coins, and reports on these investment trends each quarter. For the second quarter of 2011, gold investment Read more…

NYSE:GLD, NYSE:IAU, NYSE:SGOL

Unrest in the Middle East usually means supply-side problems for oil, and the current month-long conflict raging in Libya is no exception.  Read more…

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Analysts have been bullish on copper for a while now—who wouldn’t be, after last year’s price rise of 31.44 percent? But 2011 may prove to be a different story. Year-to-date, copper prices have Read more…

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In just over one year, the ETF Securities Platinum Trust (NYSE:PPLT) and Palladium Trust (NYSE:PALL) have swelled to $832.65 million and $932.66 million in assets under management Read more…

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With the Brent-WTI spread hitting record highs, you have to wonder: Is crude oil still a fundamentally driven market? To separate the facts from the fluff, Hard Assets Investor reporter Read more…

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As we covered yesterday, the nature of demand in the gold market is in flux. Emerging market consumers, not Western buyers, currently drive the bulk of jewelry and physical bullion Read more…

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Earlier today, the World Gold Council released its quarterly Gold Demand Trends report, the go-to source for industry data on consumption patterns for the yellow metal. Read more…

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As gold prices skyrocketed last year, so too did investment demand, according to the World Gold Council’s recent Gold Investment Digest. Read more…

NYSE:GLD

We often talk about the difference between Brent and WTI crude oil on this site. But never has the difference seemed so stark as now. Read more…

NYSE:BNO, NYSE:USO

Last week I looked at how the white metals (that is, silver, platinum and palladium) hadbeen performing. Now it’s time to turn our attention to gold, and what 2011 will bring. Read more…

NYSE:GDX, NYSE:GDXJ, NYSE:GLD

Precious metals have had a heck of a year, even the non-gold metals. Especially those, in fact: As of December 23^rd, silverprices had risen 73% for the year and platinumup 17%; palladium, Read more…

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Looks like those great gains we’ve seen in crude oil haven’t translated to natural gas. In fact, natural gas will close out the year as one of 2010′s biggest losers, because ample supply has continued to Read more…

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