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2011 Trade Deficit Hits 3-Year High, Over $550 Billion

Posted: February 10, 2012 at 8:47 am

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 ...
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CME Lowers Energy & Metals Margin Trading Requirements (CME, GLD, USO, SLV, JJC)

Posted: February 9, 2012 at 5:37 pm

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, ...
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Lower Coal Demand, Odd Investor Outlook (ANR, PCX, BTU, CNX, ACI, KOL)

Posted: February 6, 2012 at 12:12 pm

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 ...
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Fed Fund Futures Calling For December Rate Hike… In 2013

Posted: February 3, 2012 at 10:54 am

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 ...
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iShares Launching Commodity Production ETFs To Take Share (BLK, VEGI, MOO, FILL, DIG, PICK, XME, RING, GDX, SVLP, SIL)

Posted: February 3, 2012 at 10:33 am

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) ...
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Research Stays Bullish On Gold & Silver Over S&P 500 (GLD, SLV, SPY)

Posted: February 3, 2012 at 9:23 am

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 ...
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Natural Gas Inventories Fall, Prices Rise (CHK)

Posted: January 26, 2012 at 1:33 pm

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 ...
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Gold & Silver Miners Love Low-Rate Outlook (SLW, PAAS, GG, NEM, KGC, AEM, GDX, GDXJ, SIL)

Posted: January 25, 2012 at 3:07 pm

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 ...
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Morgan Stanley Slashes Gold & Silver Target Expectations (GLD, SLV, MS)

Posted: January 18, 2012 at 8:17 am

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 ...
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Is Corn This Serious For Potash & Fertilizer? Yes, Maybe (MOS, POT, CF, IPI, MOO)

Posted: January 12, 2012 at 11:26 am

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 ...
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Efficient Market Theory Cannot Apply To Molycorp (MCP, AVL, REE, REMX)

Posted: December 28, 2011 at 10:14 am

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.  ...
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Corn Crop Booms, Prices to Fall (ADM, VLO, HML, TSN, GIS, K)

Posted: December 22, 2011 at 11:38 am

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 ...
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Eight Countries With Credit Ratings Set to Rise Next Year

Posted: December 21, 2011 at 12:14 pm

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 ...
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MLP 2012 Sector Breakout? Outlook, Charts, Income (EPD, KMP, MWE, PAA, WPZ, MMP, BPL, EPB, KYN, AMJ, AMLP)

Posted: December 20, 2011 at 10:41 am

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 ...
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Gold Challenges Silver for “The Devil’s Metal” Name (GLD, SLV)

Posted: December 14, 2011 at 12:40 pm

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 ...
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