Commodities and Gold
Gain valuable investment tips about commodities, including gold, silver, and oil/gas.
S&P 500 Snaps Winning Streak; U.S. Business Activity Slows; Gold Miners Trade Similar to Junk as Bullion Sinks Below $1,200
Business activity in the U.S. cooled more than projected in June, a regional report showed today.
ETF Talk: Sink Your Teeth into PBJ
When most people think of the agricultural sector, farming is most likely to come to mind.
Gold Dips to 34-Month Low; U.S. Stocks Rise as GDP Report Fuels Fed Stimulus Bets; China’s Central Bank Soothes Markets
Gold fell to a 34-month low, as improving U.S. economic data strengthened the case for the Federal Reserve...
New Pipelines Opening in Texas; Home Foreclosures Not a Thing of the Past; Longtime Rivals Find Middle Ground on Cloud
The first of seven new oil pipelines came online yesterday, carrying oil from choke points in Oklahoma and...
Waving Bye-Bye to $47.2 Billion in Bond Purchases; 75% of American Families Living Paycheck to Paycheck; Golden Dominos Continue to Fall
It all began a little more than a month ago today, when the minutes of the May 22...
ETF Talk: Can Money Grow on Trees?
Conventional agricultural products include foods, fibers, fuels and raw materials, but there is an additional, unconventional segment of...
Pemex Oil Still Playing Monopoly at 75… But Not Much Longer; Run on Russia: Property Values on the Rise; Markets Tiptoe up to Fed Announcement Wednesday
Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex Oil) is Mexico’s 75-year old state run energy monopoly.
ETF Talk: Veggies May Pep up Your Portfolio
The last few ETF Talks have highlighted broad-based agricultural funds, but today’s featured exchange-traded fund is one that...
Nikkei Down 10 Percent from Five-Plus Year High; Gold is the Time-Honored Safe Haven, Right?; Greece Named World’s First ‘Demerging Market’
The Nikkei 225 Index followed up Tuesday’s 1.5 percent loss with today’s 2.4 percent dive. After the last...
Rising Unemployment Gives Fed Reason to Stay with Easy-Money Policies; Seek Profits in Eastern Europe; Is Gold about to Rise Again?
Investors should look at Eastern Europe for the next round of oversized profits, said Templeton Group’s Emerging Markets...