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By Mark O'Byrne |
May 22, 2012
Gold edged slightly higher in Asia but has now fallen and continued this pattern in European trading where gold is now near $1,576/oz. level off about 1% from yesterday’s close in New York.
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By Eric McWhinnie |
April 3, 2012
The financial system serves as a global high-speed economic highway that is filled with many obstacles. Being the world’s reserve currency, the US dollar is the truck that is one good bump away from losing control and crashing, causing a chaotic financial wreck.
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By Eric McWhinnie |
March 7, 2012
The state of Wyoming recently brought up legislation to launch a study into what the state should do in the event of a complete financial collapse in the country. The bill was rejected but would have allocated $16,000 to study various measures.
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By Zig Lambo |
February 29, 2012
Sometimes the most exciting investment opportunities fly under the radar. James Passin of Firebird Management LLC combs the world for emerging opportunities in often overlooked areas.
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By Peter Krauth |
February 17, 2012
Thanks to requests by Bloomberg News under the Freedom of Information Act, the Federal Reserve has revealed unprecedented details concerning the personal holdings of its regional bank presidents. What they found is nothing short of stunning...
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By Jason Simpkins |
December 21, 2011
This was an up-and-down year for oil prices, but don't expect that pattern to repeat in 2012. No, next year, the trajectory for oil prices will be far more linear - and it's pointed up. In fact, we could even see $150 oil by mid-summer.
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By Gregor Macdonald |
November 23, 2011
In the new oil cycle, a debt crisis is no longer solvable with growth. Devaluation or jubilee are the only options. The loss to society will be borne most directly by those who hold sovereign debt as their savings. The time of containment is over.
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By Karen Roche |
November 18, 2011
In the high-risk junior resource sector, 95% of the companies investors might choose will fail to hit paydirt. For your best chance to pick winners from among the remaining 5%, the Exploration Insights Editor has some advice.
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By Scott Wright |
September 30, 2011
The bottom line is the world's largest oil consumer is undergoing a radical shift in long-standing supply trends. The US is seeing its first material imports decline in a quarter century. This is partly due to a once-unfathomable rise in domestic output.
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By Chris Munford |
September 26, 2011
Colombia, famed as an oil and thermal coal producer, is now fast becoming a focal point for a much rarer commodity - metallurgical coal - an essential ingredient for most of the world's steelmakers
