Gold is trying to recover on Thursday as it moves back and forth between being a risk-trade asset and an end of the world trade. While gold may be on the mend or at least…
What happens when the Federal Reserve Chairman acts less optimistic and less as though he is ready to endlessly hit the quantitative easing button? It might not be the same as a tightening move,…
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) under its…
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 will remain…
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 without a…
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 with disappointment…
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 state. The…
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 for an…
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 boost right…
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 another day…
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 play in…
At yesterday’s meeting for investors, Rio Tinto plc (NYSE: RIO) offered a subdued forecast for the iron ore and copper markets going forward. There was some upbeat talk about new projects in…
Just two weeks after raising margin requirements on its 100-ounce gold contract, CME Group Inc. (NYSE: CME) has bumped the requirement again by 27%. It now costs a non-commercial (speculative) buyer $9,450…
You have already seen how gold has gone through the roof almost daily to higher highs. The world of print money is dying compared to the hard asset of gold. What is…
The World Gold Council has shown that demand from Asia remains high for gold. High prices be damned! This was reinforced in the second quarter where total global gold demand measured 919.8…
