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Hedging the Price of Oil

Balaji Viswanathan submits: Oil prices have been steadily declining over the last couple of months and some are wondering how long this will last. The price of oil is around $67/barrel (1 barrel of oil approximately equals 42 US gallons or 159 liters) for December 2008 delivery, less than half...

Tags: Price, Seeking Alpha, Balaji Viswanathan, Financial Services, United States Oil Fund LP, Energy

External links 2008-11-04

What's Happening to Gold?

Balaji Viswanathan submits: Gold had the biggest monthly drop since 1983, last month. It dropped 18% in that month to about $700/ounce (1 troy ounce approximately equals 31 grams). It seems counterintuitive given the fact that crisis generally increases the price of gold, and October is the month of peak...

Tags: Inflation, Seeking Alpha, Balaji Viswanathan, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Finance, Streettracks Gold Trust, Gold & Precious Metals

External links 2008-11-06

Explaining Inverse and Leveraged ETFs

Balaji Viswanathan submits: Suppose you believe that the market is going to go down, what would you do? The normal answer is sell what you have and get out. However, what if you have nothing to sell? Until a couple of years ago, the answer would have been "Stay on...

Tags: ETF, Investor, Seeking Alpha, Balaji Viswanathan, Financial Services, Financial Accounting, Finance

External links 2008-11-07

Tesoro and Valero Benefit from Higher Gross Margins

Balaji Viswanathan submits: Oil prices are going down and it should be bad for all petroleum related companies, right? Well, have you guys looked at the pump prices for gasoline over the last 2 months? I took a month vacation in December and when I returned I was shocked to...

Tags: Energy, Balaji Viswanathan, Tesoro Corp., Valero Energy Corp.

External links 2009-02-08

Could the Dow Fall to 1600?

Balaji Viswanathan submits: The Dow at 1600 seems a little too scary. Can we really get that bad and fall 3/4 from this point? Hopefully we won’t. But economic theories don’t preclude that possibility. This is because of the fundamental relationship between the stock market and the economy. ...

Tags: US Market, Balaji Viswanathan

External links 2009-03-03

How Will Radical Change in Gold Markets Affect Gold Prices?

Balaji Viswanathan submits:Executive Summary The gold market is undergoing radical change with investments in Europe and US taking a lead over the traditional market – Jewelry in India. While Indian Jewelry is still the world’s biggest consumer, the market seems more diverse now. The Gold ETF GLD has...

Tags: Gold & Precious Metals, ETF, Balaji Viswanathan, Streettracks Gold Trust

External links 2009-03-04