The Commerce Department has released its international trade data for the month of December. Why on earth this is not just called the Trade Deficit is a mystery. We have ... Read Full Story »
CME Group Inc. (NYSE: CME) is going to make it cheaper for traders to trade energy and metals futures, something which could make it easier and cheaper for traders, speculators, ... Read Full Story »
US coal miners had a tough fourth quarter and most are expecting the same conditions for at least the first half of 2012. Alpha Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE: ANR), Patriot ... Read Full Story »
Fed Funds Futures are not widely used by Joe Public, and much of the public may not even understand or know what these are. The layman explanation is that they ... Read Full Story »
They say there is an ETF for just about any investing strategy and just about any sector. Today, there are five new ETFs hitting the market from BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) ... Read Full Story »
TrimTabs is out with its newest round of investment research and it is calling for investors to buy gold and silver for the long-term on what it calls a dollar cost ... Read Full Story »
The US Energy Information Administration today reported the US natural gas stocks fell by a total of 192 billion cubic feet in the past week, somewhat more than the drawdown ... Read Full Story »
Silver and gold miners just got some great news today after having lost so much luster in recent months. The FOMC has now telegraphed that it expects that interest rates ... Read Full Story »
The SPDR Gold Trust (NYSE: GLD) and the iShares Silver Trust (NYSE: SLV) are not falling on this news due to 'risk-on trading' this morning, but the two metals were part ... Read Full Story »
Fertilizer stocks are on skid row after the U.S. Department of Agriculture report showed that the unsold corn supplies from December were down about 1% less than what analysts were ... Read Full Story »
Molycorp, Inc. (NYSE: MCP) is being punished today on news which some would argue is very mixed. J.P. Morgan decided to lower its price target and earnings estimates for Molycorp. ... Read Full Story »
Fears for a supply shortage of corn earlier this year led the world’s farmers to plant more of the crop on expectations of higher prices. Now that the crop is ... Read Full Story »
It seems that all of the nations around the world are facing sovereign credit ratings downgrades or warnings of downgrades. After the United States lost its prized "AAA" rating, the threat of downgrades ... Read Full Story »
This is an interesting point in time for the sector of Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs). The oil and gas business could greatly unlock much of the domestic unemployment woes (and ... Read Full Story »
Gold continues to take it on the chin. It all depends upon what you want to blame. Dennis Gartman, the 50-day moving average test, or the rising U.S. Dollar against ... Read Full Story »