Commodities and Gold

Gain valuable investment tips about commodities, including gold, silver, and oil/gas.

War Drums Beat on Markets

The latest soundtrack in the financial markets can best be described as the beating of war drums with...

Stocks Fall on Syria Tension; Investors Seek Refuge in Gold; Syria Fears Cause Yen to Beat Dollar

U.S. stocks experienced their worst one-day decline in more than two months today, as investors the world over...

21st Century Biotech: Buy the Pipeline; 70 Years of Oil Pipelines Need to be Reversed; Nuclear Industry Takes another Hit in Japan

With the cost in man hours and research spinning out of control, biotechnology companies are looking for faster,...

Stocks Rise as Investors Continue to Speculate on Tapering; Housing Decline Lowers Dollar; Improving China Data Boosts Gold

As of Friday afternoon, stocks were on pace to finish in the black, building on the previous day's...

S&P 500 Snaps Four-Day Losing Streak; Libyan Unrest Boosts Global Oil; Gold Rises for Fourth Time in Five Sessions

After losing almost three percent over the past four sessions, the S&P 500 rallied on Tuesday, as some...

Whack-a-Mole Real Estate Market; China to Assume Global Lead in Oil Imports by 2017; Canada Doesn’t Want to Stay on Target

For real estate investors, trying to get a handle on where the next surge in home value will...

Economic Data Lowers Stocks; Gold, Silver Rise; Egyptian Oilfields Remain Open but Alert

Economic Data Lowers Stocks (Bloomberg) Continued concern over when the Federal Reserve will reduce its stimulus combined with...

S&P 500 Heads for Weekly Loss; Oil Rallies Two Percent; Yen Rises Against U.S. Dollar

S&P 500 Heads for Weekly Loss (Bloomberg) As of Friday afternoon, falling stocks look to pull the S&P...

Rise of the Small Caps?; Shatner’s Dream: Priceline Shares Hit 14-Year High; Hedge Funds Shorting Corn

Fall 2013: Rise of the Small Caps? (YahooFinance) With both the S&P 500 and Russell 2,000 within two...

S&P 500 Snaps Three-Day Skid; Gold Rallies from Three-Week Low; Nikkei Falls to One-Month Low

S&P 500 Snaps Three-Day Skid (Bloomberg) After declining 1.1% in the past three sessions, the S&P rose Thursday,...