Clash of the Titans
Good Evening: Now that the Fed has morphed into the world’s largest hedge fund, ... to yesterday’s news out of the Eccles building, and U.S. stock futures pointed to a lower start ... s economic stats. Mortgage purchase applications remained moribund, and the Q3 current account deficit [more...]
Date: 2008-12-18 04:07:26
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The Depression: UK Edition
Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS), the UK's largest lender, is the latest victim in the global financial meltdown ... . No surprise the price of gold has soared. Today marked the largest one-day gain for that commodity ... rewarding malfeasance and encouraging more of the same in the future. By the same token, without [more...]
Date: 2008-09-18 02:26:58
Mid East tension takes precious metal prices higher
Gold and silver prices go up amid thin trading volumesBullion metal prices ended higher on Monday, 29 December, ... dollar. Generally, a stronger dollar pressures demand for dollar-denominated commodities, such as crude ... prices are higher by 4.6%. Futures have averaged $865 in 2008. The dollar index has gained 8% this year [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 04:20:00
The Global Financial Crisis: A Short Course on Commodity Trading
Due to all the recent global financial strife, DBKP wanted to look at one segment of the global financial sector, commodity trading, and how it fits into the world’s economy. Commodities What is a commodity? Lets start ... products, metals, petroleum, gasoline, heating oil, and natural gas. The term commodity may refer [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 21:18:59
Gold Price Down Back
Gold Price Down Back January 6th, 2009 JAKARTA, TUESDAY - The price of gold in the international market weakened, as strong U.S. currency. “strong U.S. dollar against the euro and Japanese yen, triggering the market sell gold,” that Vice President RBC Capital Markets Global Futures, George Gero. On the New York Mercantile Exchange [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 02:40:33
Hourly Action In Gold From Trader Dan
Dear CIGAs, News that the American automakers would gain access to the government’s political slush fund, also known in some circles as the TARP – Troubled Asset Relief Program – sent the Dollar skyward and was initially good for a pop in the US equity futures [more...]
Date: 2008-12-19 18:53:04
Gold promises to be an outperformer in 2009
On the global scale, gold performed exceptionally well as compared to other commodities during the past one year ... as compared to rest of the commodities though the ride was not smooth because of the demand worries due ... . During the first half of the last year, weakness in dollar resulted in rally in gold futures, while [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 20:26:40
Soybeans Rally On Weather Woes; Copper, Gold Up
COMMODITIES - Soybeans Rally On Weather Woes; Copper, Gold up * Soybeans hit 3-month highs * Copper up 6 percent as U.S. jobs data provides relief * Oil down more than 5 percent on worrying fundamentals NEW YORK, Jan 9 (Reuters) - U.S. soybean futures hit three-month highs on Friday, pulling along grains like corn [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 01:28:01
Forexpros.com Daily Analysis - 07/01/2009
FREE Live Forex Webinar This Afternoon!! Foreign Exchange doesn't have to be Foreign Hosted by Jay Engelmayer of Finexo Wed, Jan 7, 2009, 16:00 GMT For most people, the foreign exchange market – or Forex might seem – well, foreign ... s Webinar will address the following topics: -- The logical side of Forex trading – decoding all that data [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 13:42:35
American Gold IRA Report: Gold Heads for Record Eighth Annual Gain on Dollar, Recession
By Stuart Wallace Dec. 31 (Bloomberg) ... Index of 26 commodities this year, behind cocoa. The gains attracted money from investors seeking ... . This year’s advance would be the smallest since 2001. Futures for February fell $10.40, or 1.2 percent [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 17:00:37
Archives
Archives (0) 11: Another Duncan Energy Distribution Increase (0) 10: Cool New Tools (0) 09: It’s time to call your bank. (0) December 2008 (3) Detailed Monthly Archive 23: Merry Christmas, 2008 (0) 21: A case of the Christmas funk. (4) 14: A government in need of a history lesson. (4) November 2008 (9) [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 19:54:25
you are what you listen to.
apparently steve jobs and the mothership know more about me than initially thought. my take on the itunes shuffle:1 ... exactly. thoughts, my friends?What do you think about very often? "pile of gold" by the blow. yes, i often wish i had pile of gold, much like scrooge mcduck. one that i could just dive [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 22:34:00
Creative Real Estate Investing: 2009 Predications for Our Economy
Hello all:As I do every year I would like to give you what I see happening in the coming year in our economy ... again as speculators and corporations manipulate the oil and oil futures market !You will see ... territory. We could possibly see Dow 6,000 before all is said and done !You will see Gold [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 23:30:00
Words from the (investment) wise 12.28.08
Investors spent the holiday-shortened Christmas week in an un-merry mood, digesting more gloomy economic data and taking stock of a tumultuous 2008. With the S&P 500 Index and the Dow Jones Industrial Index down by 35.8% and 40.6% respectively for the year to date, many investors would be anxious to wave the old year goodbye [more...]
Date: 2008-12-28 12:31:33
Bullion metals turn very pale
Strong dollar and weak oil price hammer precious metalsBullion metals ended substantially lower on Monday, 12 January, 2009 as the dollar strengthened and also due to the weak crude oil price. Generally, a stronger dollar pressures demand for dollar-denominated commodities, such as crude oil and gold, which become [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 02:43:00
Bullion metals shine
Gold and silver prices rise for the first time in 2009After three sessions of fall, bullion metal prices ended higher on Tuesday, 06 January, ... %.On Tuesday, Comex silver futures for March delivery rose 15.5 cents (1.6%) to $11.445 an ounce. Last week, silver has gained 9%. For 2008, silver lost 24%.At the currency market on Tuesday, the dollar [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 04:03:00
Oil Prices Fell to Close to $US40 as Gold Price Rises
Oil prices fell to close to $US40 on Friday after a highly volatile trading week as new US data showed rising unemployment and deepening recession in the world’s biggest oil consuming nation. The benchmark contract, light sweet crude ... futures added 0.0805 cents to $US1.5595 a pound. [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 01:09:58
Pros Say: Buck Up — And Buy Upgraded Stocks!
#fullpost{display:inline;}An in-depth analysis of America's auto makers revealed startling details dating back at least five years, ... BeginsKevin Ferry of Cronus Futures Management said market strategists will be focusing on two things [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 19:19:00
Even Great Tips Can Go Badly Wrong
The third week of December, I put on the April Gold/Platinum spread. At the start of the trade, I felt less than $4 ... s, MONEX, or just playing one side of the spread instead of using the futures markets. Not doing the trade using gold and platinum futures has caused those friends to lose money as the spread wasn’ [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 15:12:18
The Death of Trust
I do not believe I have previously The Richter Report, or at least I do not recall doing so ... more to buy commodities for future delivery than for current delivery). On very rare occasions, markets ... buying for future delivery. Backwardations are unusual in most commodities, but not of great [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 18:49:54
CES: Live Blogging With Disney/ABC’s Anne Sweeney
I’m back at the Las Vegas Hilton Theater, where Anne Sweeney, head of Disney’s (DIS) ABC Television networks is about to take to the stage at the Consumer Electronics Show. Consumer Electronics Assocation head Gary Shapiro comes on stage to introduce Sweeney. He plays a video showing snippets of ABC shows (Ugly Betty, etc.) [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 13:46:00
Selling decimates the markets; gold rallies, T-bill rates dive
Calamity rules in markets today after the House, in a shocker, voted down the financial-system bailout bill ... demand to dry up if the global economy contracts sharply. Crude oil futures are down $9.26 to $97.63 a barrel. The Reuters/Jefferies CRB index of 19 commodities is down 5%. The only major commodity [more...]
Date: 2008-09-29 19:36:55
The Bailouts Are Doomed - All of Them
Thanks to Barbara Baty.The Bailouts Are Doomed - All of Them by Alan Geik A confession: I am fascinated by scams and frauds. Give me a National Geographic TV segment with Interpol following an art forger across Europe and I am a captive, even through the commercial breaks [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 14:13:00
Latest News in Stock Funds Markets - Jan 07, 2009
TIMELINE: Satyam chief quits, shares plunge - Reuters 7 Jan 2009 at 4:56am SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The chairman of Satyam Computer Services ( SATY ... . CalPERS has suffered huge losses in the value of its real estate … Gold futures fall below $850, amid oil, stock losses - Marketwatch 7 Jan 2009 at 7:48am NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Gold futures [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 17:19:20
DrumBeat: December 27, 2008
Oil giants are itching to invade Iraq For Iraq the timing couldn’t be better. As reserves dry up around the world and national governments tighten their grip on what is left, the industry is more desperate than ever to get its hands on the Iraqi honey-pot [more...]
Date: 2008-12-27 14:00:31
Faint praise for Gold ~ it rose the least since 2004 but sell rallies
Fron todays SMH, quoted in full...... "Gold rose, erasing earlier losses, on speculation that the dollar's rally will stall, ... of money thats sloshing around the financial system will weaken the dollar. Gold futures for February ... predicted gold will average $US650 an ounce this year. Gold futures averaged about $US874 last year [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 01:27:41
Thoughts Ahead of an Unusual FOMC Meeting
Good Evening: While the news flow affecting our capital markets has remained unswervingly negative over the past few days, the U.S ... their head in wonder. Heading into today, U.S. stock index futures were pointing higher in the wake [more...]
Date: 2008-12-16 04:10:19
Re-balancing for 2009
My first of the year rebalancing/repositioning is done ... ), and paying 4.80% currently. Another 12.5% of these funds are in HSTRX which is Hussman's managed Total ... high percentage in short duration TIPS. He also keeps 5-20% in gold stocks or gold ETF's or forex [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 03:33:06
The Manipulation of Gold Prices
There is no other leveraged commodity market where short sellers increase their positions, materially, as the price rises, ... or so, “fake” precious metals supply in the form of promises of future delivery have habitually [more...]
Date: 2008-12-11 03:05:27
Platinum Tops $1,000 on Stimulus Outlook; Gold, Silver Drop
By Pham-Duy Nguyen Jan. 7 (Bloomberg) – Platinum rose above $1, ... to benefit from the infrastructure plan,” said Frank McGhee, the head dealer at Integrated Brokerage ... futures for April delivery rose $28.30, or 2.9 percent, to $996.50 an ounce at 9:10 a.m. on New York [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 15:47:12
Gold, the solution to high commodity prices
If policy makers were astute, they would quickly seize on the obvious solution to today's soaring commodity prices that are causing so much pain and ... , corn, and other goods on commodities futures exchanges that really weren't set up to handle the sort [more...]
Date: 2008-06-20 14:21:00
Stocks Look To Open Lower
Stocks Look To Open Lower By newsroom | - 7:47 am - Posted in Business News, Economy, Financial News, Stock Markets, US News Now, Washington DC, ... of the market’s open, Dow Jones industrial average futures fell 57 points, or 0.64 percent, to 8,893. Standard & Poor’s 500 index futures fell 5.20 points, or 0.56 percent, to 925.30, and Nasdaq 100 [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 12:47:04
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
Been Down So Long, It Looks Like Up To Me
The gold market managed to recover from another downside extension early in the trading session but the reversal seemed to come off a setback in the ... the US economy.”- The Hightower Report, Futures Analysis and ForecastingDavid Hale: Only [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 01:20:00
Gold Down as Dollar Rises, Precious Metals Split
Precious metals split ways on Monday as the U.S. dollar rebounded and oil prices rose. New York gold and silver futures declined 2.5 percent and 1 ... $10.90 to end at $957.60 an ounce. Gold for February lost $21.70 to settle at $857.80 an ounce. (...) Read the rest of Gold Down as Dollar Rises, Precious Metals Split (158 words) © CoinNews.net [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 22:00:32
2009 Best Stocks: The Endless "PAYCHECK PORTFOLIO"
In just three simple steps, you could be eligible for 75 "work-free paychecks." Each deposited directly into your account, automatically over the next 24 months. This is "get paid while you sleep" money. You don't work for a dime. And you don't have to stop there [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 13:57:00
2009 Best Stocks: The Endless "PAYCHECK PORTFOLIO"
In just three simple steps, you could be eligible for 75 "work-free paychecks." Each deposited directly into your account, automatically over the next 24 months. This is "get paid while you sleep" money. You don't work for a dime. And you don't have to stop there [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 13:57:00
2009 Best Stocks: The Endless "PAYCHECK PORTFOLIO"
In just three simple steps, you could be eligible for 75 "work-free paychecks." Each deposited directly into your account, automatically over the next 24 months. This is "get paid while you sleep" money. You don't work for a dime. And you don't have to stop there [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 13:57:00
Royal Gold, Envy of Chartists & Gold Bugs (RGLD, ABX, MFN, GG, NEM, GDX)
In the current climate and current stock market, there are hardly any stocks which are hitting new 52-week highs ... and arguably without at least some of the risks of commodity prices. This can be good and can be bad ... a serious future pipeline. The company has also [more...]
Date: 2008-12-17 17:12:29
Forexpros.com Daily Analysis - 06/01/2009
FREE LIve Forex Webinar Know why Position Sizing in Forex is the difference between success and failure Hosted by Forex Trading expert of MTPredictor Ltd Thu, Jan 8th, 16:00 GMT Tony Beckwith, of the specialist risk-control trading software firm MTPredictor Ltd., explains what Position Sizing is and shows why it is vital [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 15:10:49
Oil and gold contest update #5
#fullpost{display:inline;}The switchover from the expiring January futures contract to the February contract in crude oil averted a required change ... End Price of Oil and Gold" contest.Gold ended the week at about $837 an ounce after surging earlier ... on this contest see:October 09 - Guess the year-end price of oil and gold!October 23 - Oil and gold [more...]
Date: 2008-12-19 23:04:00
DrumBeat: December 19, 2008
'No way' did oil demand plunge Simmons & Company Chairman Matthew Simmons says the low price of crude is not reflective of a drastic demand ... on Monday, rose 69 cents to $42.36 a barrel in a trading day with very little price movement. Energy [more...]
Date: 2008-12-19 13:33:59
Commodity Futures Weekly Review - January 11, 2009
Now for the weekly review of our commodity futures positions - current as of January 11, 2009.First, our top blog posts from the past week:Is It ( ... review of our trades and positions from the previous week:Sold our mini-gold futures contract ... our sell stop.Also sold our one cocoa futures contract - also for position sizing purposes. Cocoa [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 19:04:00
Five Ways to Play Gold’s Rebound to $1,500 an Ounce
Gold hit two historic milestones in 2008. First, in early March, the “yellow metal” hit its all-time high of $1,030 an ounce ... down from their record highs – in near-lockstep fashion. Corn futures are down nearly 50 [more...]
Date: 2008-11-17 15:21:31
Gold Down as Dollar Rises, Precious Metals Split
Gold Down as Dollar Rises, Precious Metals Split Topix - Business News Mon, 01/05/2009 - 16:20 Precious metals split ways on Monday as the U.S. dollar rebounded and oil prices rose. New York gold and silver futures declined 2.5 percent and 1.7 percent, respectively, while platinum headed north to climb 1.2 percent. [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 22:20:28
A new high at the gold ETF
#fullpost{display:inline;}Inventory at the SPDR Gold Shares ETF (NYSEArca:GLD) made a new high on Tuesday at a whopping 787 ... , a falling gold price (per the futures market) since the high of last spring failing to deter ... and steady since the fall when inventory rose and the price fell. The Gold ETF has been a pretty good [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 15:18:00
A look back at 2007 housing predictions
#fullpost{display:inline;}In looking back at material from a year ago as part of doing the normal year-end things around here, ... shill.Interestingly, futures based on the Case-Shiller Home Price Index got the 2007 decline mostly correct [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 16:13:00
Silver News and Views
Silver News and ViewsBy: David Morgan, Silver Investor, Silver-Investor.comThe Silver Institute just put out a press release which stated, "The silver price, per ounce, in 2008 averaged a strong US$14.98, a nearly 12-percent increase over the 2007 average price of US$13.38; the best average annual price since 1980 [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 14:52:00
In the edition of "Pros Say" entitled "Buck Up--And Buy Upgraded Stocks" who upped his rating on stocks to market weight?
#fullpost{display:inline;}CNBC Bonus Bucks TriviaCNBC Million Dollar Portfolio ChallengeSquawk on the StreetQuestion: In the edition of "Pros Say" ... Futures Management said market strategists will be focusing on two things for the near term: money [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 14:05:00
Gold prices falter as dollar strengthens
Gold prices declined Friday, as the dollar gained further strength against other major currencies, including the euro and the British pound. Energy prices recovered some, while agriculture futures fell. [more...]
Date: 2008-12-19 22:55:55
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