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By James Stafford |
June 18, 2013
India's relentless search for hydrocarbons to fuel its booming economy has managed the rather neat diplomatic trick of annoying Washington, delighting Tehran and intriguing Baghdad, all the while leaving the Indian Treasury fretting about how to pay for its oil imports.
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By JT Long |
June 11, 2013
Looking for profits in the oil and natural gas space? Look no further than shale plays, energy service companies and offshore oil drilling opportunities in the U.S., says Byron King of Agora Financial LLC.
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By James Stafford |
June 4, 2013
Technology is what has driven the American oil and gas boom, and new advances are coming online constantly. It's enough to rival the Saudis, if the Kingdom allows it to happen.
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By Siddhartha Singh and Swansy Afonso, Bloomberg |
June 3, 2013
India, the world’s largest bullion consumer, plans to review import policy after shipments surged in the past two months, threatening to widen a record current-account deficit.
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By Austin Kiddle |
December 12, 2012
What if the Fed disappoints? Physical demand has responded well in the recent gold price dips with central banks and gold-backed ETP investors picking up the slack. Also, the uncertainties from the fiscal cliff and the debt ceiling negotiations should boost demand for gold.
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By Jon Nadler |
November 13, 2012
Metals markets opened mixed this morning as US dollar strength (@81.20 on the index) kept a lid on advances in gold and in silver but did not manage to hold back those in platinum and palladium.
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By Frank Holmes |
October 23, 2012
With negative sentiment toward China reaching an extreme in recent months, patient investors have been rewarded with recent news of improving data from the Asian giant.
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By Kent Moors |
October 10, 2012
So far, the impact of Western sanctions – an EU embargo of oil purchases, European and US restrictions on Tehran's access to international banking, and a new move to intensify the trading restrictions even further – have had a devastating impact.
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By The Mad Hedge Fund Trader |
October 10, 2012
The Iranian Rial has just suffered one of the most cataclysmic crashes in the recent history of the foreign exchange markets. It was off 25% last week, and has plummeted a mind-numbing 72% since the beginning of 2011. Watch out Zimbabwe!
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By Frank Holmes |
September 11, 2012
China has kept investors on the edge of their seats, as we wait for some monetary or fiscal action. Every day that goes by with no significant policy decisions from the Asian giant causes the market to lose confidence in its ability to steer its ship.