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By Jeb Handwerger |
May 18, 2012
It is folly to look at the day to day gyrations of our wealth in the earth selections. There are those critics who might question the absence of risk management in precious metal selections. They miss the basic point completely.
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By Ben Traynor |
April 3, 2012
Prices to buy gold fell to $1,672 per ounce Tuesday lunchtime in London – 0.7% off Monday's high – as stocks and commodities ticked lower and US Treasury bonds gained ahead of the release of the latest Federal Reserve policy meeting minutes.
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By The Mad Hedge Fund Trader |
March 20, 2012
This was not a negative net worth bankruptcy, and customers are at the very top of seniority of claims. But it could be a long wait. However, their confidence on the US financial system is almost certainly gone for good.
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By Ben Traynor |
March 13, 2012
Gold prices drifted as low as $1,694 per ounce Tuesday morning in London – 1.3% down on the week so far – while stocks and commodities rose slightly and US Treasuries dipped ahead of today's US Federal Reserve interest rate decision.
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By Anthony J. Alfidi |
March 12, 2012
Individual clients of bankrupt commodities brokerage MF Global can take some cold comfort in the news that big corporations also got their pockets picked. Major corporations that used futures to hedge commodity prices comprised a fifth of the client funds that "vaporized."
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By Jeff Berwick |
January 11, 2012
Do you own gold and silver mining stocks? Or any stocks for that matter? Even if you say, "yes", chances are you don't really own them. It is one of the dirtiest little secrets in the brokerage business.
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By The Mad Hedge Fund Trader |
December 15, 2011
That is the question that was asked repeatedly by members of Congress to the former senior management of the late MF Global. The response was a few feeble shrugs and I don't knows.
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By Mark O'Byrne |
November 18, 2011
Gold has bounced 0.5% today, after falling 2.5% yesterday. Gold is down 2.6% week to date and is headed for its first weekly loss in four weeks which would turn the short term technicals bearish.
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By Jon Nadler |
November 1, 2011
Last week's "winning" mood among equity and commodity bulls, which was stoked by the statements coming after the EU summit, sustained serious damage over the past 24 hours. Players have begun to recognize that words do not equate action.
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By Ben Traynor |
August 31, 2011
Gold prices hovered around $1,830 per ounce Wednesday morning in London - 4.3% off last week's all-time high - as major commodities fell and stocks rose following Tuesday's publication of the latest US Federal Reserve minutes.
