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Randomly surfing news channels yesterday, I saw an economic analyst from a leading investment bank talk about his thoughts on surging oil ... to play the oil futures market, or are just care about when the price of your daily commute is going to come down, there's a specialist who provides this data, for a fee. Posted by Ed Cotton Tags [more...]

Date: 2008-06-11 16:03:04

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Commodities Markets Expected to Stabilize in 2009

Monday, December 29, 2008 Commodities may face lingering economic pressures; ... , particularly for those who had invested in oil, futures contracts were their undoing.At the start of 2009 ... demand and they need present demand," said Matt Zeman, head trader at LaSalle Futures in Chicago. "Until [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 02:50:00

Commodities markets expected to stabilize in 2009

Commodities markets expected to stabilize in 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com – NEW YORK -- During the first six months of 2008, commodities looked to be the savior ... who had invested in oil, futures contracts were their undoing. [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 23:10:48

Paul Krugman Critiques Guillermo Calvo on Commodity Prices

The fact that somebody has bought an oil futures contract means that somebody else has sold one--hence no effect on demand without real storage ... , as far as I can tell, online. Why isn’t Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv on JSTOR?). Speculation can affect ... institutions that buy commodity futures as an investment — are responsible for the price surge. The [more...]

Date: 2008-06-22 15:35:07

As Per Astrology: Gold Will Be Safe Investment in 2009

Lt. Col. Ajay Jain, Commodity Online Leave the year 2008 behind and look for the future as the coming year is expected to bring good hopes for Asian ... and commodity markets. But hold on. The US and European economy may still suffer before it can rebound. Astro ... , this is right time for investment in crude oil for short term trading, since crude oil [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 14:51:43

Oil Traders: Don't Fence Us In

Investment bank and hedge fund representatives tell the Commodity Futures Trading Commission the oil market doesn't need more oversight [more...]

Date: 2008-06-17 00:51:19

Loading Up on PBR

A little over a month ago, as a result of the dramatic fall in the market capitalizations of oil companies, I opened up a brokerage account with Ameritrade to take advantage of the fire sale. Besides ... up with the risk, you could buy oil futures. But I don't like that kind of risk. Better I think is investing [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 06:13:00

Monday's Links

Sears, Oil, Futures, Op-Ed - Not this bad- Oil ETF's- Over $60- A classicDisclosure ("none" means no position):Visit the ValuePlays Bookstore for Great Investing Books Posted by Todd Sullivan at 1:56 AM [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 06:56:00

Global Investing Roundups

General Growth Properties Facing Bankruptcy; Macy’s Cut Capital Spending 45%; Oil Futures Dip; China Retail Sales Soar; Yum Restructures; AB Shareholders Approve InBev Merger General ... Money [more...]

Date: 2008-11-13 06:00:00

Oil Ready For Another Big Bull Run?

Bolling: Oil Should Be in the $70-$85 Range, Buy the DipsPosted Jan 07, 2009 11:53am EST by Aaron Task in Investing, CommoditiesRelated: USO, DUG, ... futures contracts expire each month.Bolling said he will add to the USO position if/when spot crude falls ... from the different brokerage houses areall over the place. The parameters they are looking at [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 21:15:00

Buffett On Investing In Metals As Inflation Protection

We would not necessarily view metals investing as protection against inflation ... do better than most businesses. Buffett On Commodities We have no opinion on commodities. If we’re ... up, we could buy oil futures, which we did once. We think the South Korean Posco (PKX [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 07:43:00

Green Ink: With Obama Victory, What Next for Energy?

paper Crude oil futures remembered there is a recession and slumping demand and fell back to $67 after Tuesday’s rally, Bloomberg reports ... .) is sustainable investing. That means an end to investments in “subprime” assets like dirty old energy [more...]

Date: 2008-11-05 13:22:03

Green Ink: Packaging the Stimulus

paper Crude oil futures jumped above $43 Monday on the back of President-elect Obama’s plans for an economic stimulus package and talk of a deeper ... t have to worry, says a WaPo op-ed: Investing in critical infrastructure and boosting renewable energy would [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 13:07:37

Crude Oil Finds Longterm Support and Buy Signal at $40

We’ve witnessed absolute destruction in the price of crude oil and in other commodities in such a short period of time ... before making any trading or investing decisions. If you don’t trade futures, you might want to see [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 15:42:00

Gold Investments Market Update - Geopolitical Risk Escalates and Will Lead to Further Safe Haven Demand

Gold has commenced the New Year as it did in 2008 – up sharply in early trading before selling off somewhat. Gold surged (along with oil) ... . Gold Price Rupees per ounce Indian gold futures MAUc1 gained more than 29 percent in 2008 ... currencies so far this morning, gold has given up its earlier gains. The reemergence of geopolitical [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 15:35:50

Speculators not to blame

In certain quarters people keep arguing that the surging oil and food prices are caused by speculative international investments in these commodities. People who understand how the market is working have always maintained that the principle effect of commodity futures is beneficial because they smooth extreme swings of prices [more...]

Date: 2008-07-11 05:22:11

Latest News In Stock Market Investment Research - Dec 19, 2008

Dassault Aviation buys Alcatel-Lucent’s Thales stake 19 Dec 2008 at 2:14am LONDON (MarketWatch) ... trading on Friday, pulled down by more losses from oil majors as crude futures continued to hover [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 09:40:48

Gold gains in broad-based commodities surge

Gold and other metals futures rallied Monday, getting a boost from soaring oil prices, weakness in the U.S. dollar and President-elect Barack Obama's pledge of a massive new infrastructure investment [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 22:11:22

Why We Need the Oil and Gas Industry

Every large global corporation currently has a choice ... . One response is a strategy that moves investment away from low-value commodities towards ... gas will continue to be a significant part of our future. However, we can also agree that in order [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 11:39:17

Gold Investments Market Update - Savers Trusting Gold More Than Banks and Governments

Gold fell sharply yesterday on lower oil prices and the recently surging dollar, despite unprecedented physical demand for coins and bars in the UK, ... trading in futures, CFDs and spread betting is an extremely high risk endeavour in the current markets [more...]

Date: 2008-10-03 13:18:36

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