Saturday, November 21st, 2009

Posts Tagged ‘ Speculators ’

The Dollar, the Euro, and being Bullish on Gold

Nov 20th, 2009 | By Lord William Rees-Mogg | Category: Featured, Financial News

The dollar nevertheless remains the world’s leading reserve currency, with the euro in second place. Investors are naturally anxious to protect themselves against markets, including currency markets, which have shown such a high degree of volatility.

The Chinese, who have the greatest number of dollars in their currency reserves, have already suffered substantial losses.

In what amounts to a crisis of the dollar, the euro is in second place as a reserve currency, but there are potential threats to the future of the euro, due to the weak productivity of the Mediterranean economies.



An Update On Copper

May 20th, 2009 | By Rick Pendergraft | Category: Financial News, Gold Market

Back on March 2, I wrote a bullish piece on copper and detailed that the price had stabilized and that the bearish sentiment was over the top at that time. Copper has rallied nicely since then, so I thought it would be a good time to update you on my view.



Investments Lost? Just Follow Wall Street to Pennsylvania Avenue

Feb 26th, 2009 | By Andrew Snyder | Category: Financial News

The action on Wall Street is nauseating. The more Washington acts, the more Wall Street drops. The folks with stomachs strong enough to keep them in the market are looking more like gamblers than investors. They are quickly realizing all roads lead to Washington.



Who’s Really Behind Skyrocketing Oil and Commodities Prices?

Jul 2nd, 2008 | By Contrarian Profits | Category: Politics & Economics

American consumers are feeling the pain both at the pump and in the grocery store. Meanwhile with real full-time unemployment rates climbing towards 10%, penny-pinching consumers are wondering just who is to blame.



Asian Markets Oversold! Buy Vietnam ‘Now’

Jun 3rd, 2008 | By Manraaj Singh | Category: Emerging Markets

Short-term speculators are selling Asian stocks in their droves. No more so than in my favourite market of them all: Vietnam.



Looking for a Little Dignity

May 27th, 2008 | By Bill Bonner | Category: Politics & Economics

Prices should remain more or less stable when the supply of money increases at the same rate as the supply of goods and services.



Lynch the Commodities Traders?

May 21st, 2008 | By Contrarian Profits | Category: Featured, Financial News

Congress has threatened to take action against speculative commodities traders, as food and energy prices break fresh records.

A desperate Democratic Senator, Claire McCaskill, warned during a Senate hearing on commodities speculators that “the American people are about to take out pitchforks” because of the cost of groceries and gasoline.

McCaskill then told an official from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission: “If you don’t do something, Congress will,” according to a report in the LA Times.

Of course, it doesn’t appear to have struck the outraged Senator to consider mere market forces such as supply and demand or, in the case of oil prices, increased demand from emerging markets and decreased supply because of bad weather or geopolitical events.

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