|
|
Money Morning: Gold prices are still far from last year’s record $1,920.30 an ounce. Given the economic volatility in 2011, last year was a banner year for gold prices. Read more…
Peter Krauth: No one knows the machinations of the day-to-day silver price better than Ted Butler. Ted publishes bi-weekly commentary at www.butlerresearch.com, with a special focus on the silver Read more…
Money Morning Staff: Few things push the frontiers of the future more than an army’s desire to defeat its enemies. Just look at what happened to America after World War II. Our need to counter Soviet power delivered a tidal wave of innovation. Read more…
Money Morning Staff: A commodity is something that has universal definition and demand. Everyone knows what food is, and everybody wants it. Nearly everyone in the world knows what gold (NYSEARCA:GLD) is, and nearly all of them want it. The same is true for oil, steel, copper… the list goes on. Read more…
Money Morning: Silver is better than gold. In fact, it’s poised to be the “Greatest Trade Ever.” I know that’s a big statement. I’m certain that it grabbed your attention. Perhaps you’re even considering arguments that would shoot it down. Read more…
Money Morning Staff: Inquiring minds are always wondering when to invest in commodities. Commodities are something that has universal definition and demand. Everybody knows what a meal is, and all of us want it. Most people on the globe know what gold is, and nearly all of them want Read more…
Money Morning: After reading columnist Martin Hutchinson’s latest report on the Greek debt crisis last week, one Money Morning reader posed an excellent question: Given the crises already Read more…
Frank E. Holmes: International coal prices hit $124 per ton last week, the highest level in five months, as strong demand from reconstruction projects in Japan and reduced supply from flood Read more…
Money Morning: Rising prices are hitting U.S. consumers a lot harder than the U.S. Federal Reserve – or the U.S. government – would have us believe. The government-issued consumer price Read more…
Money Morning Editors: China it’s set to see its 10th year in a row of more than 9% growth in 2011. But that estimate is only based on the “official” Chinese numbers. The real growth is in China’s “gray Read more…
After starting the year at slightly more than $80 a barrel, oil prices yesterday (Tuesday) rose to their highest level in two years, with West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude surging as high as Read more…
Whether you win or lose on your Americas-related investments in 2011 will come down to a single factor – natural-resource prices. If the prices of oil, gold, copper and other natural resources are Read more…
The price of silver today (Monday) surged above $30 an ounce for the first time since 1980, after U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke indicated that further quantitative easing (QE) could Read more…
NYSE:AGQ, NYSE:DBS, NYSE:SIL, NYSE:SIVR, NYSE:SLV, NYSE:USV, NYSE:ZSL
The outlook for the U.S. stock market in the New Year figures to be an exasperating mixture of promise and peril. Positive momentum is building going into 2011, but so are dangerous bubbles. 
Asia was a great place to invest this year. While some individual Latin American markets have outpaced their Asian counterparts, the fact is that the 10.9% return of the overall MSCI Asia Index 
Most Comments