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I count myself among the pool of investors who believed that oil could spike higher and bought some Canadian oil trusts - pwe and erf - only to find that they now trade at the same price that they...
Is gold really a hedge against inflation? The conventional wisdom says yes but the data seems to suggest otherwise. Indeed, the data suggestions that gold is not a hedge against inflation as it is...
Goldman Sachs analyst Jeffrie Currie predicts that oil will rally swiftly and violently rise as bear market fundamentals like the war in Gaza and the Russian pipeline dispute dominate.
Gold has continued to go up over the last couple of months and now sits as at close to a 10 year high. Will it continue to go up? I believe so and here is why:
Both Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, two of the preeminent investment banks in Wall Street have turned to commodities to cushion their balance sheet from the mortgage implosion. Based on their...
If you want to hold commodities in your investment portfolio, what's the best way?
The simplest commodities investments follow various indexes. You'll find a wide choice of exchange-traded funds...
For alternative energy to make a dent in US energy generation, massive construction of wind farms will be necessary. But just like the old fashion power plants, there's going to be a "not in my...
Investment bubbles usually begin as legitimate bull markets, and I wouldn't be surprised if gold were next.
First, there's a serious investment case. Central banks are flooding the world economy...
If oil stays at or around the current levels, US GDP, by all estimates, will be significantly impacted. Even if the subprime / housing crisis is over (it is not), current oil prices will certainly...
In my experience, professors are actually pretty good at seeing the big picture and figuring out what is going. This interview of Jeremy Siegel and Witold Henisz is illuminating regarding the...
Many people are buying gold due to inflation and stock market fears, but as the article describes, there are risks:
As an inflation hedge, gold's record isn't perfect either. After reaching a...
The dollar continues to collapse against world currencies, hitting a new low against the Euro. The video below explains what is going on and makes the case that gold is the only hedge against what...
The problem here is that this isn't some sort of wacky analyst trying to gain publicity through making a far out prediction (ala Henry Blodget and Amazon), but this is real, and it is a real...
There's a lot of bad news out there but there are also some positive things happening. A story that has gotten somewhat lost in the credit and banking crisis is the fact that the price of oil has...