Gold Market SWOT
By Frank Holmes (Guest Post) For the week of Oct. 2, spot gold closed at $1,637.85, up $13.88 per ounce, or 0.85 percent. Gold stocks, as measured by the NYSE Arca Gold BUGS Index, drifted 0.29 percent lower. The U.S....
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Gold, Silver and US Dollar: A Technical Take
By Willem Weytjens Last week, we wrote that gold and gold stocks could be at or very close to a bottom. So far so good, as the miners rallied out of oversold conditions.Gold found support at the 35 weeks Exponential Moving...
Read MoreEurope Tops Global Foreign Land Dependency For Food and Goods
By Commodities Now (Guest Post) A new report confirms that Europe is more dependent on foreign land to provide it with products such as food and clothes than any other region in the world (See Chart Below), as UN negotiations to...
Read MoreHigh Oil Price Unwarranted vs. Coal and Natural Gas
By Eric Schaefer of American Independence Financial Services (via Doug Short)(Guest Post) The popular perception is a commodity’s price is determined by the market – as participants weigh a variety of different...
Read MoreThe “5-Friday Effect” Could Hit In October
By Bruce Krasting (Guest Post) For me, there is a disconnect in the economic numbers of late. Car sales, the ISMs, NFP (and others #s) are not pointing to a recession. The September numbers look more like an economy growing...
Read MoreDiverging Monetary Policies: Euro Zone vs. Emerging Economies
By Central Bank News (Guest Post) The week of Oct. 2 in monetary policy saw 12 central banks reviewing monetary policy settings, with 6 adjusting interest rates. Those that changed interest rates were: Albania -25bps to...
Read MoreQE Twist Continues at Euro Zone Central Banks
By Central Bank News (Guest Post) The Bank of England (BoE) held the Bank Rate at a record low stimulatory level of 0.50%. However the BoE did announce a 75 billion pound expansion of its 200 billion pound asset purchase...
Read MorePortfolioMatters: Coping With Uncertainty
By Charles Rotblut (Guest Post) The S&P 500 temporarily fell into bear market territory this week, meaning it fell 20% from its 2011 highs. It’s a milestone that gets attention, but whether stocks are in a...
Read MoreA Coming Greek CDS Crisis Could Dwarf Even The Subprime
By Roberto De Primis (Guest Post) Have you ever heard about a Credit Default Swap, also known as CDS ? There is a potential crisis ahead which could be caused by the CDS and the CDS exposure to Greece. In a few words,...
Read MoreDexia’s Collapse Could Be Belgium’s Doom
By Stratfor (Guest Post) Global Intelligence Vice President of Analysis at Sratfor Peter Zeihan discusses the collapse of the Franco-Belgian bank Dexia and examines its effects on the European debt crisis. (Clip Below) The...
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