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Nov 16th, 2009 |
By James Stafford |
Category: Financial News, Submissions
Are you sold on gold? The precious metal outperformed every major equity index in the world in 2008. The question is, can gold—and other precious metals—keep on flying? Or would buying today be buying high and selling low?
Precious metals have always been intriguing to investors because they tend to hold their value. In times of geopolitical crisis or currency devaluation, for example, the value of paper money might fluctuate, but a hard asset will always be worth something. As a result, historically, precious metals have been considered a “safe haven” in times of economic and financial instability.
That brings us to why gold is on a tear today. It declined in 2008 and early 2009 as panicked investors rushed into cash…
Tags: Amou, Commodity Supply, Currency Devaluation, Equity Index, Federal Reserve, Financial Crisis, Financial Instability, Financial Markets, Gold Investors, Gold Metals, Gold Prices, Gold Supplies, Lack Of Confidence, Paper Money, Precious Metal, precious metals, Principal Factors, Safe Haven, Sidelines, Supply And Demand
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Sep 4th, 2009 |
By Jason Simpkins |
Category: Financial News
The financial services industry in the United States and Europe is still reeling from the financial crisis, shedding tens of thousands of jobs each month – even a year after the crisis hit its apex.
Tags: BAC, Citigroup Inc, CS, Financial Crisis, Financial Markets, Insurance Sector, Jason Simpkins, JPM, Labor Markets, recession, Unemployment Rate
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Sep 1st, 2009 |
By Chris Mayer |
Category: Financial News, Politics & Economics
“Work eight hours and sleep eight hours and make sure that they are not the same hours.”
– T. Boone Pickens
Tags: Chris Mayer, Consumer Price Index, Dow Jones, Financial Markets, inflation, natural gas, T. Boone Pickens, Weak Dollar
Posted in Financial News, Politics & Economics |
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May 15th, 2009 |
By Keith Fitz-Gerald |
Category: Featured, US Dollar & Forex Trading
Institutional investors have talked a lot about the so-called “yen carry trade” over the past couple of years. But that’s really just been a warm-up act for a much bigger story. I’m talking about the “yuan carry trade.”
Tags: carry trades, China Economy, Financial Markets, Keith Fitz-Gerald, Overseas Markets, Profits, Yen Carry Trade, Yuan, yuan carry trade
Posted in Featured, US Dollar & Forex Trading |
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Mar 4th, 2009 |
By Lee Lowell |
Category: Featured
If you know how to play the volatile nature of the commodity sector, this article is not for you. Lee Lowell of the Smart Profits Report gives three reasons why commodity investing has changed for the better, and how to profit from them.
Tags: agricultural commodities, blue chip stocks, DELL, Financial Markets, GDX, GLD, Gold Etf, gold investing, investing in commodities, Lee Lowell, Natural Gas Stocks, oj futures, Opec, Precious Metal Stocks, Silver Etf, SLV, Stock Market, Volatility
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Feb 20th, 2009 |
By Addison Wiggin |
Category: Financial News
Bernanke says we can “break the back of this thing”… but issues gloomy forecast for 2009…Three recession rules for the small-cap investor…
Chris Mayer’s argument for gold stocks, with a compelling chart to boot…
Dan Denning passes on “the most disturbing story of the day”…New bill for hammered homeowners, $50 billion yesterday, $275 billion today…Plus, a sad sign of the times, how to delay foreclosure with one simple request…
Tags: Addison Wiggin, Bank Bailout, Ben Bernanke, Cap Investor, credit crisis, Financial Markets, Fomc Minutes, Gold Stocks, Ian Mathias, inflation, Mortgage Bailout, recession plays, Small Cap, unemployment crisis
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Jan 2nd, 2009 |
By William Patalon III |
Category: Financial News
China Lifts Inflation Controls; Awful Year for India Rupee; 30-year Mortgage Rates Hit Record Low; First Recorded Decline in Online Holiday Shopping; UBS Offloads Bank of China Stake
Tags: Asian Currencies, Bank Of China, China Inflation, Financial Markets, Freddie Mac, Holiday Sales, India Rupee, Liquefied Petroleum Gas, Ubs, William Patalon III
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Dec 29th, 2008 |
By Alexander Green |
Category: Financial News
Pessimism about the U.S. economy and financial market is so thick right now you could cut it with a knife. I’ll be the first to admit that times are tough. But Americans have seen tough times before. And we have always prevailed.
Tags: Alexander Green, credit crisis, Crude Oil Prices, Fed Rate Cuts, Financial Markets, Free Markets, US economy, US stocks, World Economic Forum
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