Commodities and Gold

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

Daily Data Flow: Gold Rebound Leads Stock Rally; Boston Explosions Could Impact Market Further; Yen Resumes Decline

Today, gold bounced back from its worst slump in thirty years, leading U.S. stocks to rally. In other...

Eagle Eye Opener: U.S. Stocks Rise, Despite Boston Bombing; Commodities Rout Slowed; JCPenny Looks to Sell Real Estate to Raise Cash

U.S. equities rose this morning, despite the act of terror near the finish line of the Boston Marathon...

Daily Data Flow: Boston Explosions Push Stocks Down Further; Gold Panic Brings Commodities Down; Italy Proclaims Bond Sale a Success

After two explosions near the finish line of the Boston Marathon today, stocks continued to slide. A fall...

Eagle Eye Opener: Gold Hits Two-Year Low; Dish Network Takes Run at Sprint; Voice of Chavez Still Echoes in Venezuela

Gold dipped to under $1,400 an ounce earlier today, losing more than $200 in value in the last...

Daily Data Flow: China, Earnings Season Boost Stocks; Housing Rebound Raises Homebuilder Stocks; EU Votes against Gas/Oil Company Corruption

Positive anticipation of earnings season again raised stocks for the day, though today's rise was also aided by...

The Global Guru: Why this is a Very Strange Market… and My “Hedge Portfolio”

It is strange time in global financial markets -- stranger than most investors realize. On the one hand,...

Daily Data Flow: Stimulus Efforts Boost Market; Oil Left out of Market Rally; Dollar, Euro Beat Easing Yen

Stocks rose today, with investor optimism over stimulus efforts overcame fears caused by an increase in U.S. jobless...

The 21st Century Gold Standard: Bitcoin!

Gold and silver have been in a bear market for the past two years, but a private alternative...

Daily Data Flow: Stocks Drop on Energy, Financials; Growth in Service Sector at Seven-Month Low; Oil, Dollar Fall

Falling financial and energy stocks today dragged down U.S. stocks, pulling the S&P 500 down from its recent...

ETF Talk: Chinese Energy ETF Offers Juice

We finish our series on energy sector exchange-traded funds (ETFs) with today’s look at a fund that focuses...