Why the Next Move in Gold Could Be Big »

Why the Next Move in Gold Could Be Big

In recent weeks Gold has made new highs but they have been marginal. That is not what we call a sustained breakout or impulsive advance. In an impulsive advance the market continues higher in an unimpeded fashion. We are skeptical that Gold will make a big breakout here and now but [...]

Gold in a Bubble? Keep Telling Yourself That »

Gold in a Bubble? Keep Telling Yourself That

Ananthan Thangavel submits:
The past few weeks and months have witnessed an impressive rally in the price of precious metals. When any commodity has such an impressive run as silver and gold have, it would be natural to question how far it has left to go. While many market pundits have turned bearish on gold’s prospects, [...]

Extremes in Silver Sentiment? Don’t Worry Yet »

Extremes in Silver Sentiment? Don’t Worry Yet

Michael James McDonald submits:
In an earlier article “ETFs to Consider in Case of a Silver Blowoff” a sentiment indicator made from Ultra silver ETFs was presented. The indicator was the ratio of dollar assets in the double long Ultra silver ETF (AGQ) to those in the double short Ultra silver ETF (ZSL). The ratio [...]

Top 12 Solar Companies: Which Are the Best Bet for Investors? »

Top 12 Solar Companies: Which Are the Best Bet for Investors?

The Oxen Group submits:
The Oxen Group’s EquityAnalytics analyzes each company in order to determine price targets, buy/sell ranges and buy/sell/hold ratings, and places each company within its own industry into scoring systems based on factors of Value, Profitability, Growth, Financial Health and Management. These indices allow one to analyze what companies are the best [...]

ETF Pullback Choices: Mass Neurosis and Precious Metals »

ETF Pullback Choices: Mass Neurosis and Precious Metals

After last week’s mix of TIPS, and U.S. mid-cap and networking exposure, the
weekly
ETF Pullback is back to pulling things out of the ground. This week, the exposure is all commodities with a particular emphasis on precious metals. Here’s
this week’s list
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Silver Set for All-Time Record Quarterly Close »

Silver Set for All-Time Record Quarterly Close

Mark O’Byrne submits:
Gold and silver have consolidated on recent gains as inflation, geopolitical and eurozone debt concerns support. Silver has risen above its 31-year record closing price of yesterday and looks set to target new record nominal intraday highs above $38.16/oz.
“Poor man’s gold” is set for a record nominal quarterly close which [...]

Oil and Libya: Those Who Understand Commodity’s Importance Will Do Anything to Obtain It »

Oil and Libya: Those Who Understand Commodity’s Importance Will Do Anything to Obtain It

Ferdinand E. Banks submits:
Many years ago in Chicago, a man that I knew and heartily disliked, married to a beautiful actress and dancer, abandoned his bed in the middle of the night, rubbed the sleep from his eyes, put on his clothes, and left his apartment for the purpose of making a “citizen’s arrest.” Exactly [...]

Magellan Petroleum: Speculative Oil and Natural Gas Stock With Great Risk/Reward »

Magellan Petroleum: Speculative Oil and Natural Gas Stock With Great Risk/Reward

Michael Kudrna submits:
Continuing with the overall energy theme, Magellan Petro (MPET) is a very speculative oil and natural gas play with a base forming to run up from. The current setup is near two support levels, with the key level at $2.35, so you know where to place your [...]

New Arab Geopolitics to Push Oil, Gold and Silver Higher, Crash Other Markets »

New Arab Geopolitics to Push Oil, Gold and Silver Higher, Crash Other Markets

Peter Cooper submits:
It is quite self evident that global financial markets have not yet properly discounted what is going on in the Middle East and North Africa. That is because apart from the $100-plus oil price, nobody has a clue what is happening here, and those that do are too preoccupied fighting wars or [...]

BP’s Woes Persist While Tillerson Blames Management for Spill »

BP’s Woes Persist While Tillerson Blames Management for Spill

Trefis submits:
BP (NYSE:BP) chief Robert Dudley in his address to other oil industry executives at the CERAWeek 2011 conference earlier this month said the entire oil & gas industry needed to change to ensure that devastating deepwater oil spills like the one BP suffered in the Gulf of Mexico is not repeated in the [...]