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ETFs Winning & Losing Fund Flows Into Year-End (GLD, XLV, FXI, SPY, XLK, EFA)

Posted: December 28, 2011 at 2:46 pm

TrimTabs is showing what many investors might have expected.  After such a volatile year in the stock market, investors are seeking safety in the nearly no-income offered by bond funds and ...
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Why Gold Traders Are So Concerned (GLD, GDX, AU, GOLD, ABX)

Posted: December 19, 2011 at 2:40 pm

Asking a technician or chartist about directional movement is often mind-numbing for fundamental investors.  Basing future price movement prediction solely on the past without a care about the underlying fundamentals 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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Gold Could Have Been Worse (GLD, GDX, GDXJ, GGN)

Posted: December 8, 2011 at 2:42 pm

Gold took it on the chin today because the Euro Zone bailout is not looking quite as robust nor as inflationary as many market participants have been hoping for.  Living ...
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Top ETFs for the Market (FAS, RSX, RUSL, JNK, GLD)

Posted: November 28, 2011 at 11:49 am

The market is surging on European hopes of the beginning of the end to the financial crisis, despite credit rating bantering out of credit ratings agencies.  Now we just have ...
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The 13 Countries That Own the World’s Gold

Posted: November 17, 2011 at 7:41 pm

Central banks are contributing to world gold demand. The latest data from the World Gold Council indicate even more changes among the nations holding the most in gold reserves. Those are ...
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Whale Watching: Paulson & Co. Speared By Banks & Gold (BAC, COF, C, JPM, WFC, XL, NYX, GLD, TEVA, FDO, MGM, HPQ, AMCX, CEPH, COV, CVS, MYL)

Posted: November 14, 2011 at 6:37 pm

Paulson & Co. Inc. is another hedge fund group that investors use for Whale Watching, although this last quarter was not exactly kind to Mr. Paulson's billions... The current 13F ...
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Charting Silver Versus Gold… Dollar/Euro Reserve Currency Challenge (SLV, GLD, FXE)

Posted: November 11, 2011 at 9:30 am

We often look for a read on gold and silver and we have a potentially interesting development underway.  We track these via iShares Silver Trust (NYSE: SLV) and SPDR Gold Shares ...
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New Leveraged Gold, Silver, Platinum, Palladium ETF/ETNs, The Wild West (GLD, SLV, PPLT, UGLD, DGLD, USLV, DLSV, LPAL, IPAL, LPLT, IPLT)

Posted: October 17, 2011 at 3:17 pm

Leveraged ETFs and ETNs are not new to most investors.  They are also not new in all cases when it comes to precious metals.  You are likely familiar with the SPDR Gold Shares ...
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Has Gold Moved From ‘Safe Haven’ To ‘Risk-On’?… Reading the Charts (GLD, IAU)

Posted: October 13, 2011 at 3:08 pm

Paper money was supposed to be dead, the dollar was supposed to implode, and hyperinflation from all of the bailout money and deficit spending was supposed to eat us alive.  ...
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New Alaska Gold & Copper Mine Clears Major Hurdle (NAK, RIO, AAUKY, ABX, NG, GDX, GDXJ, GLD)

Posted: October 7, 2011 at 8:54 am

A state superior court judge in Alaska has ruled against an environmental group in a lawsuit aimed at stopping development of the Pebble gold and copper mine project in the ...
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Comex Raises Copper Margin Requirements — Gold & Silver Next? (CME, FCX, SCCO, NEM, ABX, SLW, JJC, GLD, GDX, GDXJ, SIL)

Posted: October 6, 2011 at 12:43 pm

In what appears to be a counterintuitive move, CME Group (NASDAQ: CME) today raised its margin requirements for copper futures contracts. The requirement rose by 15%, from $6,750 to $7,763 ...
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Against the Grain: Early Morning Movers (EK, YHOO, NFLX, FMCN, NEM, NAK, GDX, GDXJ, GLD)

Posted: October 3, 2011 at 10:36 am

The markets opened in the red this morning but have recovered after the ISM Manufacturing data favored very low growth rather than recession.  There were a number of stocks getting a ...
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The Bursting Gold & Silver Bubble… Both Became The Devil’s Metal (GLD, GDX, GDXJ, SLV, TIF)

Posted: September 26, 2011 at 3:59 pm

On the way up, you heard many $2,000 gold targets.  On the way down, the dooms-day crowd not only gets bold but they come out of the woodwork.  Monday marked ...
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In Shaky Times, Precious Metals Funds That Thrive (GLD, GDX, SLV, USERX, KGC, OCMGX, GG, FSAGX, ABX, NCM, GOLDX, GOLD)

Posted: September 23, 2011 at 8:10 am

Owning gold or silver has been tricky up until recent years.  It has also been a wild ride. Now with the flourishing ETFs, investors can buy the most liquid gold ...
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