What about forex investing? Oil? The middle east?

What about forex investing? Oil? The middle east? July 17 6 Comments latest by Moneymonk I get these emails all the time and they drive me nuts. Victor writes: I read your blog often, and I’ve been looking into trading currency on FOREX ... allocations here (or just invest in a target-date fund). * * * New feature: Money Diaries. I’m launching [more...]

Date: 2008-07-17 15:43:12

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Credit Crunch

In the earlier part of the year, as my company has some extra funds sitting around and not doing anything, I decided to put them in fixed deposit ... to a new commodity investment fund that they were introducing - oil! As the investment period required ... deposit instead. She highlighted to me the flexibility and advantages of doing so. My fund would [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 19:42:00

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

17/10/08. Commoditex Review and Other News

Hi, guys! I would first like to thank one of my readers who recommended this program to me. So today I can introduce it to you – meet Commoditex! ... by the name Commoditex is apparently involved with commodity trading, meaning gold, oil, soybeans and other products. This is how they describe their investment strategy in a nutshell: “Trading with oil [more...]

Date: 2008-10-17 17:02:05

DrumBeat: January 4, 2009

Canadian oil-sand mines stuck as crude price plummets Canada's once booming oil sands industry is cooling fast as the plunging oil price undermines investment. More than US$60 billion (£41 billion) worth of projects to extract oil from the bitumen-rich sands of northern Alberta have been delayed in the past three months, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 13:51:54

thinking like an analyst

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

iBankCoin Spits on You

Why do you people bother blogging? No one reads your shit anyway. Let your readers come to my site and they will never go back to yours ... . There will be more bodies. I know oil is a very popular investment for the internet type these days. Back ... the ramifications of the credit squeeze and declining commodity prices, no doubt. COP has over 22 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 03:16:40

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

Why did Russian stock prices start to drop in May?

The RTS index of Russian stocks began to decline in mid-May: Russian RTS 07jan09 Source: Bloomberg investment tools. Oil prices (and broader commodity indices) wouldn't peak for weeks, the war with Georgia didn't start until August, and the Putin/Medvedev predation on corporate Russia had been obvious for years.  Why was May [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 06:53:17

DrumBeat: September 23, 2008

Oil Short Squeeze Prompts Call to Curtail Speculators (Bloomberg) -- U.S. lawmakers may seek to include commodity speculation limits in legislation designed to rescue banks from bad mortgage investments after a squeeze in oil trading sent crude to a record gain [more...]

Date: 2008-09-23 13:51:42

OPEC: Too Little, Too Late

In March of 1974, in the midst of the oil-dependent world’s first oil shock, economist and Nobel Laureate Milton Friedman noted: Higher ... of a giant “V” formed in the oil price charts? How much capital investment will really be cut? How [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 23:39:40

WCI: Costly, or cost-effective investment?

Yesterday the price of oil rose $25. In one day. Some might ascribe that rise to the shaky financial markets, ... was helpful. More pertinent to today's issuance of a regional emissions trading system by seven western [more...]

Date: 2008-09-23 13:25:02

Mind Numbing Oil Facts

by The Mogambo Guru Around here I am famous for many things (and many people have a fistful of restraining orders against me to prove it) ... -related investments, and even buying and storing oil itself if they have an empty swimming pool nearby [more...]

Date: 2008-10-29 19:19:50

OIL.....

If you didn't see the special on CBS last night on oil.....here it is. It's a 13 minute clip that is EXTREMELY ENLIGHTENING ... such as commodities, equity's, and debt.(3) advisory/wealth management services for their clients(4) long term investments on their own behalf.In the case of oil prices.....they were publicly pushing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 12:18:00

Golden Ratios

Carolyn Cui reports: Precious metals ratios are far from a sure-fire indicator ... , gold tends to stand out as an ultimate store of value. Commodity investors often look at these ratios for clues, as hard assets such as oil, gold or wheat don’t enjoy handy investing yardsticks [more...]

Date: 2008-11-26 17:38:15

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

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

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

Latest News In Stock Market Investment Research - Dec 26, 2008

India’s Reliance refinery could lean on oil margins: Journal 26 Dec 2008 at 1:16am MADRID (MarketWatch) — India’s Reliance Industries Ltd. on Thursday revved up operations at its 580,000-barrel-a-day refinery in western India, a move that will likely raise pressure on refining margins globally, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 08:34:48

The oil-major prop desks cometh

Proprietary trading (Wikipedia): The term used in investment banking to describe when the firm's traders actively trade stocks, bonds, options, commodities, or other items with its own money as opposed to its customers' money, so as to make a profit for itself. Not so easy anymore says former Sempra Metals-economist turned Reuters columnist [more...]

Date: 2008-11-06 09:21:39

OPEC and Friends Want Oil Prices to Behave Like a Hot Air Balloon, Not A Bubble

Here is a line of thinking that I have heard several times recently - oil prices have increased so rapidly recently that the market has become ... investment manias that exploded, is a commodity with visible, experienced hands on the controls ... commodity that responds to even tiny differences between daily supply and daily demand. During the decades [more...]

Date: 2008-06-15 00:55:33

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

DrumBeat: December 14, 2008

Global oil supply will peak in 2020, says energy agency Global oil production will peak much earlier than expected amid a collapse in petroleum investment due to the credit crunch, one of the world's foremost experts has revealed. Fatih Birol, chief economist to the International Energy Agency, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-14 14:06:53

Daily News Roundup - Jan 12 2009

Government to take over management control of Satyam Computers.(BL)ONGC borrows Rs52.5bn to help finance its take over of UK-based Imperial Energy.(BS)Essar Oil is likely to ink four major MoUs with the state government with proposed investment of Rs210bn in Gujarat.(ET)Tata Motors cancels plans to go for a block-closure of its Jamshedpur plant [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 03:41:00

The “Cheap Oil Era” is Ending Soon…

Editor's Note: This is the ninth installment of our "Outlook 2009" series, which looks at the global investing outlook for the New Year. By Jason Simpkins Associate Editor Money Morning Oil [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 09:59:21

Invest on Stocks or Property?

It’s a very strange economic climate at the moment with stocks at very low levels, property prices well off their peaks, oil prices down, and commodity prices down as well. So if you were looking to invest your money somewhere, which ... account automatically. The major drawback with share investing is that you have to pick quality [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 13:34:31

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

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

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

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

Four at Four: Oil’s Rally Slips Away

No better an illustration of the market’s fickle expectations can be found than in the crude-oil market, ... , it created “a vacuum where the market just collapsed,” says Darin Newsom, DTN senior commodities analyst ... investment analyst at Fort Pitt Capital Group in Pittsburgh [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 21:52:18

Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/23/2008

Of interest tonight: the Spanish government is moving strongly to make sure that Russia doesn’t by a large chunk of the Repsol oil company. Prince Alwaleed intends to buy a 5% share of Citigroup. Kuwait lost $1.4 billion dollars in its investments in derivatives [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 04:05:00

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

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

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

Eric Bolling: "Oil Should be $75 to $80"

Watch the following video... So, how to play it? the tickers are (USO), (DBO) and the double return (up or down) is the (DXO).Right now, I find it hard to be investing in stocks. Financials are out, consumer discretionary ... . So, that leaves certain commodities and I think the most value here is in oil..Disclosure ("none [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 17:53:00

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

Re: Mike Masters on oil on CBS

Watch CBS Videos Online (email exchange) ... funds not being allowed to use passive commodity strategies as investments, but not sure it won’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 12:37:52

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

Investing in electric cars

GM to build a lithium-ion battery factory in Michigan. The facility will assemble power packs made by a Korean company, LG Chem, so I guess it doesn't quite demonstrate independence from Asian suppliers on the battery front. But I'd rather buy batteries from Korea and Japan than oil from Saudi Arabia, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 17:19:30

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

China’s FDI inflow seen at $95 bln in 2008 -minister

China will attract an estimated $95 billion of foreign direct investment (FDI) this year, Minister of Commerce Chen Deming said on Tuesday ... 22, 2008 — Aussie advances on firmer commodities, gains muted August 13, 2008 — Free Forex Trading ... Street Gains; Oil Extends Losses December 22, 2008 — HK dollar falls slightly, interbank rates ease [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 05:55:42

Oil price outlook from Roger Wiegand: Part II

... up in the commodity market to invest, that investors should look at as a general trend? RW: The two best commodity plays for next year, in my view, are gold and soybeans. Corn and wheat are going to be good, too [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 14:33:58

Further reading

Elsewhere on Wednesday, - "Treasurys are clearly the belle of the investment ball." - The model made me do it. - The M&A buyers' market. - Surprised there's a recession? - "If the TARP were a private company, it would have a Sarbanes-Oxley problem." - Commodity traders' pay falling faster than oil prices...... [more...]

Date: 2008-12-03 08:08:54

Macquarie Airports launches A$250 mln bond buyback

Macquarie Airports (MAP) <MAP.AX>, a fund managed by Australian investment bank Macquarie Group Ltd <MCG ... , initially issued in 2004, were trading between A$90 and A$95 before the announcement, the market source ... 4, 2008 — FOREX-Dollar dips on oil rise, central bank meetings eyed August 1, 2008 — Thai July [more...]

Date: 2008-08-22 07:49:47

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

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

Soil Not Oil: Environmental Justice in an Age of Climate Crisis

Click on the image to purchase this book through Amazon.com. Purchases help support MediaMouse.org ... their pollution onto other nations and communities by investing in "green" technology abroad. Shiva [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 18:30:29

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

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