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By Frank Holmes |
May 9, 2012
There lingers a persistent negativity toward emerging markets growth and commodities that prevents many investors from jockeying their portfolios into a position for growth. Rather, they remain spectators on the sidelines, with equity fund outflows continuing.
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By Frank Holmes |
May 4, 2012
Millions of consumers want an iPad and many want a computer, yet, every single person in the world needs global resources. We need companies to grow our food; we need oil, natural gas and coal to fuel our cities.
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By Frank Holmes |
April 17, 2012
Gold bulls have plenty of room to graze in the stockyard these days as the investing herd migrated to other assets during the market’s steep climb in 2012. For the fourth time in the past year, gold bears outnumbered the bulls in Bloomberg’s weekly Gold Bull/Bear Sentiment Survey.
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By Frank Holmes |
March 22, 2012
Gold’s been knocked down lately, but several enduring factors have conditioned the yellow metal for a comeback. The yellow metal will go the distance, and with bullion below its long-term average, it makes for a rare and attractive entry point for investors today.
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By Frank Holmes |
March 6, 2012
Beginning in March, crude oil has a seasonal wind at its back. For nearly 30 years, the third month of the year has been the best month for crude oil. Over past cycles, WTI crude oil prices head higher in March, and have generally continued to climb through September.
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By Frank Holmes |
October 14, 2011
Because of the dramatic price decline in early-stage companies, investors have the opportunity to purchase explorers and developers, often referred to as juniors, at about half of the company's net asset value.
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By Frank Holmes |
August 30, 2011
One market trend that seems to be attracting more and more attention is the large performance gap between gold bullion and gold stocks. The price of gold bullion has increased roughly 28% in 2011, while the S&P/TSX Gold Index was recently down 1%.
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By Frank Holmes |
July 25, 2011
Copper slightly disappointed investors, ending the first half of the year with a decline of 3.50%. Worries about global inflation and, more specifically, the potential slowing of China's economy weighed on copper's price.
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By Frank Holmes |
June 28, 2011
Oil markets took another dose of global geopolitics last week when the International Energy Agency unexpectedly announced that it would be releasing 60 million barrels of oil from strategic petroleum reserves around the globe.
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By Frank Holmes |
June 8, 2011
It's officially hurricane season in the Atlantic, and another year of above-normal activity is expected. The prediction from several well-known weather forecasters is that disruption of offshore oil production may add to already turbulent oil prices.
