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Outlook for Gold Prices, Crude Oil, and the Dollar

October 23, 2008 · Filed Under Investment Strategies · Comments 
Volatility continues in spot gold prices. What’s ahead for gold prices, crude oil, and the dollar? by J. Christoph Amberger Baltimore — (TFN): Spot gold prices bounced off a $700 low this morning. “Gold’s recent slump bewilders investors,” headlines MarketWatch.com. “An ugly, unmitigated disaster, this,” writes Jon Nadler of Golbug Central Kitco.com. Despite of valuation drops that seem to [...]

Shocking Forecast: Oil-to-gold ratio now puts gold’s downside at $500… even $375 an ounce!

October 17, 2008 · Filed Under Gold and Resources · Comments 
Oil has lost over 50% — or $70 dollars per barrel — in four months. Could it lose another $20? What could that mean for gold? Let’s do the math: Oil at $50, applying the 7.5:1 ratio, leaves us with $375 per ounce of gold! by J. Christoph Amberger Baltimore — (TFN): TFN reader Ray K. [...]

Crude oil down… gold hammered: Is this the commodities endgame?

September 10, 2008 · Filed Under Gold and Resources · Comments 
Crude oil prices are a hurricane stand-down away from breaking through $100… gold is about to hit $750… and SPDR Gold Trust (NYSE:GLD) is going to the dogs! What should you do as the commodities boom crumbles? by J. Christoph Amberger Baltimore — (TFN): These days, I watch my stock portfolio with a sense of pain [...]

Gold prices continue to fall

August 19, 2008 · Filed Under Gold and Resources · Comments 
After a short-lived breather, gold continues to sell off. So does crude oil, platinum, the euro. by J. Christoph Amberger Baltimore — (TFN): If goldbugs breathed a sigh of relief at gold’s close at $805 on Monday, they were premature. As the dollar rose despite news of increased wholesale inflation, gold, oil, and the euro continued [...]

The Speculative Downside of Gold

August 19, 2008 · Filed Under Featured Video, Gold and Resources, Videos · Comments 
We may shortly be at the beginning of Jimmy Carter’s second presidency. After “windfall taxes” have made a populist return, will we see 14% inflation and record gold prices again? Click here to view… Read more

Crude oil is in trouble if its upside depends on the weather report

August 18, 2008 · Filed Under News that Matters · Comments 
You know a bull market is on its last legs when its last upward twitches are based on the weather reports. by Mark Shenk, Bloomberg.com Baltimore — (TFN): Crude oil fell more than $1 a barrel amid signs Tropical Storm Fay will miss rigs and platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, which accounts for about a fifth [...]

Commodities sell-off: The gold bubble is deflating

August 18, 2008 · Filed Under Featured Video, Gold and Resources, Videos · Comments 
Speculative commodities like oil and gold are selling off at alarming speed as funds liquidate losing positions and buyers retreat to wait for a bottom. There are some tell-tale signs that the bubble has popped. Amberger tells you what to look out for… Read more

Hard Money inflation: Oil and gold continue to plunge

August 15, 2008 · Filed Under Gold and Resources · Comments 
Plunging gold and oil prices mean one thing: Welcome to the commodities bear market of 2008! by J. Christoph Amberger Baltimore — (TFN): The day was off to a good start: Crude oil fell as much as 2 percent to $112.75 a barrel. Platinum plummeted $125 to $1,365 an ounce, its gravest intraday loss since Sept. 25, [...]

Nation of Whiners: $4 gas still more affordable than back in the 60’s

August 12, 2008 · Filed Under Oil and Energy · Comments 
America’s Culture of Complaint is famous for losing perspective: New studies indicate that the cost of $4 gasoline, relative to incomes, is still far below what our parents spent on gasoline in the supposedly Golden Age of Kennedy. by Indur M. Goklany and Jerry Taylor, LA Times.com Baltimore — (TFN): Barack Obama thinks the government should intervene [...]

“Surprise” commodities downturn? Hardly. TFN told you so — in May!

August 12, 2008 · Filed Under Gold and Resources · Comments 
Were you surprised by the commodities downturn? You shouldn’t have been. We told you it would happen three months ago. by J. Christoph Amberger Baltimore — (TFN): Call me shallow. Egocentric. Auto-appreciative. Desperate for attention? Heck, call me Ishmael, for all I care. But may I point out that the “surprise” downturn in oil, gold, euro and other [...]

Commodities plunge: Is the hard asset bubble over?

August 8, 2008 · Filed Under Gold and Resources · Comments 
Commodities have fallen dramatically. Yet each price chart indicates that there’s plenty of value still to be shed just to erase the gains of 2008! Read more

Contrarian oil play

July 22, 2008 · Filed Under Featured Video, Podcast, Politics, Videos · Comments 
Despite temporary pullbacks, crude oil prices are again setting new historic record highs. But as funds liquidate their mortgage lender and bank stocks to pour them into oil and commodities, the beginnings of an alternate money flow are becoming visible. Click here to view! Read more    Standard Podcast: Play Now | Play in Popup | [...]

Top Analyst picks Valero (VLO:NYSE) as Best Oil Stock to Buy Now

June 28, 2008 · Filed Under Featured Video, Oil and Energy, Videos · Comments 
Top investment analyst Todd Schoenberger pegs the upside of crude oil prices at $175 by August… and recommends Valero Energy (VLO:NYSE), an oil-related company every investor should buy now, independent of where prices are heading. Click here to join… Read more