Hard Assets Investor submits: By Julian Murdoch A while ago, energy and energy stocks were the hottest thing since Google. But that bubble may have burst - or has it? by Hard Assets Investor
Hard Assets Investor submits: by Julian Murdoch We reported just two weeks ago on the declining state of the precious metals markets. We also covered the dismal situation in the automobile industry in our piece on the changing fates of automakers and oil producers. by Hard Assets Investor
Hard Assets Investor submits: By Joanne Legomsky The growing sense that the air is quickly going out of the commodity bubble has only served to dampen the already-waning interest in emerging market stocks. by Hard Assets Investor
Hard Assets Investor submits: By Murray Coleman Joe Clark is a student of demographics and how that plays out in financial markets. As a result, the managing partner at Financial Enhancement Group takes a different sort of look at commodities and the world's need for more raw materials to...
Hard Assets Investor submits: By Brad Zigler The currency dodged a bullet in July, going into the month worth 14.59 U.S. cents, peaking at 14.70, then sliding into August at 14.66. by Hard Assets Investor
Hard Assets Investor submits: By Brad Zigler We all, by now, should have apprehended the recent decline in the pump price of gasoline. In my neck of the woods, would you believe, petrol at $3.94 a gallon's considered a bargain. That only makes sense when you consider that just...
Hard Assets Investor submits: By Brad Zigler Fed watchers normally have to resort to teas leaves and chicken entrails to parse the pronouncements of the Federal Reserve Board, but this month the language of the Federal Open Market Committee was fairly straightforward. by Hard Assets Investor
Hard Assets Investor submits: By Brad Zigler Aside from absolving speculators from culpability for spiraling oil prices, the recently released report of the Interagency Task Force on Commodity Markets also identified the fastest-growing segment of the crude oil market as spread trading. by Hard Assets Investor
Hard Assets Investor submits: By Julian Murdoch Barrick Gold's ABX bid to acquire Cadence Energy (CDSFF.PK) surprised me at first. After all, Barrick is a gold miner, right? by Hard Assets Investor
Hard Assets Investor submits: By Eli Neusner It's easy to forget in this day of digital commerce, fiber optics, and the Internet, much of the world's commerce is still moved from one place to the other by planes, trains, trucks and automobiles. Perhaps the most critical link in an...
Hard Assets Investor submits: By Eli Neusner The dollar's long downward slide may be over, but more significantly, a bull market of historical proportions in commodities may be on its last legs. The two trends are by no means unrelated, and it's not coincidental that they're happening simultaneously. There...
Hard Assets Investor submits: By Brad Zigler Today, journalists and pundits waited for the monthly inflation reports to be released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics [BLS]. Upon their issuance, newsrooms become frenzied as ink-stained wretches put out calls to economists and sell-side analysts for comments. by Hard...
Hard Assets Investor submits: By Jacob Bunge As with any asset class, commodities investing often can come down to getting into and out of a given market at the right time. Sounds simple, until you factor in fundamental factors, time horizons, the waxing and waning strength of the U.S....
Hard Assets Investor submits: By Brad Zigler James Bond fans (that's the Agent 007 Bond, not the botanist) may recall that bad guy Oddjob flung his steel-rimmed hat with deadly accurate results in the movie "Goldfinger." by Hard Assets Investor
Hard Assets Investor submits: By Julian Murdoch Pretty much every bullish commodity story in the last few years has mentioned one common word: China. China's insatiable demand for energy, materials - anything that drives growth - is legend. So you'd think that a local player - one who could...
Hard Assets Investor submits: By Brad Zigler The EIA says domestic crude oil inventories fell by a whopping 1.9 million barrels from the previous week, blowing away oil patch experts' forecast for a 300,000-arrel decline. by Hard Assets Investor
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