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Gold prices have remained in a strange limbo—despite the Perfect Storm that should have propelled it to the $2,000-an-ounce the goldbugs have predicted since 1981. How’s the outlook for inflation going to affect gold prices?
by J. Christoph Amberger
Baltimore—TFN: If you hit Baltimore while driving south from New York or Jersey, you can take the [...]
Timing the market is easier than ever. It has been surging and plummeting like clockwork. Take advantage of the opportunity and buy some gold before the herd wants it once again.
By Andrew Snyder, TodaysFinancialNews.com
Baltimore – (TFN): If you believe in buying low and selling high, the gold markets have got to be getting your attention. [...]
There is word of a new use for gold, curing folks from cancer. Scientists tell us the research is promising and lives could be saved, but is this the news gold bugs have been praying for?
By Andrew Snyder, TodaysFinancialNews.com
Baltimore – (TFN): Just in case the ever-growing threat of rampant inflation is not enough to [...]
Nucor is teaching investors a very important lesson today. No matter how much we hope for change, letdowns will always be a part of Washington.
By Andrew Snyder, TodaysFinancialNews.com
Baltimore – (TFN): We are only sixty days or so into the Obama administration and most investors have just one word to sum it all up. Letdown.
The [...]
Potash Corp./Saskatchewan (NYSE:POT) is being touted as ready for a breakout. We beg to disagree!
by J. Christoph Amberger
Baltimore—TFN: These days, you may argue that any equity investing is automatically contrarian investing. Worse, that buying stocks is an irrational gamble that reason will prevail and the political superstitions of the 19th and 20th centuries will be [...]
Given the revived popularity that FDR’s top-down measures have enjoyed among Washington insiders, we can no longer regard a prohibition of the private ownership of gold as impossible.
Could it part of a longer-term plan to establish yet another workers’ paradise on earth? After all—some failed ideas just refuse to die…
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Gold prices break the $1,000 mark. Investors in gold-mining stocks are counting their gains, but should they be cashing out. Is the run at companies like Newmont Mining (NYSE:NEW) over, or is it just getting started?
By Andrew Snyder, TodaysFinancialNews.com
Baltimore—(TFN): Gold bugs are cheering today. After expecting a huge surge in pricing since the onslaught [...]
The equities market are taking Geithner’s proposal as kindly as flatulence at a funeral. It may be bad news for some investors, but gold bugs love it.
By Andrew Snyder, TodaysFinancialNews.com
Baltimore – (TFN): Gold bugs are finally getting the fuel they need to get the price of their precious metal out of the rut it [...]
No matter where you look… gold, oil, bonds, savings accounts… yields have disappeared. And deflation has taken all urgency out of spending. So what do you do if you’re not happy to just put your cash in storage?
by J. Christoph Amberger
Baltimore—(TFN): The unheard-of drop in energy prices since July forced down overall consumer prices by [...]
Our neighbors to the south had a fantastic few years, but the boom is over. For countries like Brazil, Chile and especially Venezuela it is time to diversify… or bust.
By Andrew Snyder, TodaysFinancialNews.com
Baltimore – (TFN): After enjoying nearly half a decade of economic good-ol’-days, South America is retracting faster that a lawmaker making an [...]
Don’t you think it’s quite amazing just how poorly those much-touted “safe havens” did when it really counted…
by J. Christoph Amberger
Baltimore—TFN: What ever happened to the 1990’s Clueless starlet Alicia Silverstone?
More relevantly, perhaps, what ever happened to “safe-haven” currencies?
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The coal industry is not the laggard many investors would like it to be. While most stocks have barely made gains over the past few weeks, some of the industry’s best companies have soared. If you followed my advice and bought shares of James River Coal (NASDAQ:JRCC) you are sitting on hefty gains.
By Andrew [...]
Gold investors are bidding up the value of the precious metal. As the dollar shows weakness and interest rates drop, gold’s demand is on the rise. The question is, how long will bulls remain in charge? The bears are already sharpening their claws.
By Andrew Snyder, TodaysFinancialNews.com
Baltimore – (TFN): The old saying that cash is [...]
The commodities market is taking a strong hit today. The news from Washington was more than enough to scare any potential investors back to the sidelines. Take this opportunity to invest in funds that have the potential to make strong, steady gains over the next few months.
By Andrew Snyder, TodaysFinancialNews.com
Baltimore – (TFN): It has been [...]
Gold may have gained… but its biggest users (like Bulgari) expect demand to continue falling.
by J. Christoph Amberger
Baltimore — (TFN): “Gold Has Biggest Monthly Gain in Nine Years on Demand for Haven,” trumpets Bloomberg.com’s Halia Pavliva today. “Gold prices rose in New York, capping the biggest monthly increase in nine years, on demand for a [...]
There are a lot of forces impacting the gold market, yet prices are barely moving. Demand is soaring, but prices are dropping. What gives?
By Andrew Snyder, TodaysFinancialNews.com
Baltimore – (TFN): It is an interesting time for gold investors. On one hand, gold prices should be soaring as investors flee to the precious metal for security. On [...]
Toll Brothers Inc. (NYSE:TOL) is the latest company to call for large-scale government intervention. But after General Motor’s (NYSE:GM) disastrous day in the sun, and oil now dripping toward $50, it’s time to realize that zero is now a realistic projection of downside for almost all assets.
by J. Christoph Amberger
Baltimore — (TFN): Home construction maven [...]
Stock markets are in violent flux. Safe-haven currencies are melting down. And Porsche punters just put hedge fund managers on notice: There is now massive pressure on funds to liquidate assets. Investors are piling into gold. But one top financial expert warns:
“Oil at $50… Gold at $500: This Crisis will affect ALL asset [...]
If you are going to invest in the mining industry, you had better have nerves of steel. Companies like Newmont Mining (NYSE:NEM) are reporting drastically slashed earnings, yet share price is on the rise.
By Andrew Snyder
Baltimore – (TFN): It is a confusing market for the world’s miners. Commodity prices are dropping, global demand is [...]
There is nothing left that could keep gold from sliding further. Applying the oil-to-gold ratio, the gold investor’s favorite tool in a precious metals bull market, every dollar shed by crude oil translates into a loss of $7.50 per once of bullion.
by J. Christoph Amberger
Baltimore — (TFN): Emerging markets plummeted this morning. So did all [...]
