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Is a free market ever fair?

December 1, 2008 · Filed Under Oil and Energy · Comments 
The world’s oil producer are forgetting the basics of a free economy. When oil prices were soaring, OPEC loved a free market. But now that prices are plunging, it wants to implement artificial measures to stop the bleeding. By Andrew Snyder, TodaysFinancialNews.com Baltimore – (TFN): My mother always told me that life is not fair. As [...]

Oil and Russia: Check out the Market Vectors Russian ETF (RSX)

November 20, 2008 · Filed Under Oil and Energy · Comments 
Energy prices are plunging. Some of us love to see the decline. But countries like Russia and everybody in the OPEC cartel are counting pennies that were once dollars. By Andrew Snyder, TodaysFinancialNews.com Baltimore – (TFN): I hate it when my day gets off to a rough start. One early-morning hitch tends to set off an [...]

Wall Street Panic: Futures locked down

October 24, 2008 · Filed Under US Stocks and Markets · Comments 
Wall Street circuit breakers have popped. Futures trading is halted as investors are forced to bail out. It may look like panic, but we will recover. This is the day we have been waiting for. By Andrew Snyder Baltimore – (TFN): This is looking like one of those days we will remember for a long, long [...]

OPEC cuts create fantastic buying opportunity

October 20, 2008 · Filed Under Oil and Energy · Comments 
OPEC plans to meet later this week. A large cut in cartel oil production is widely anticipated. It will not be nearly enough to slow the oil industry’s downward spiral. Buy ETFs like UltraShort Oil and Gas ProShares (AMEX:DUG). By Andrew Snyder Baltimore – (TFN): Our good friends at OPEC are up to their same old tricks. [...]

Crude prices plunge: Use an UltraShort ETF (DUG) to make 2-to-1 profits

October 15, 2008 · Filed Under Editor's Pic, Oil and Energy · Comments 
The global economy is screeching to a halt. Pretty soon, it will be obvious we are in reverse. That means oil prices will continue to plunge. Use an UltraShort ETF (AMEX:DUG) to profit from the downturn. Read more

OPEC prez: “Crude oil might drop as low as $70 a barrel!”

July 29, 2008 · Filed Under Oil and Energy · Comments 
“Investors became net sellers in the crude oil market last week for the first time since mid-February 2007.” by Jad Mouawad, International Harald Tribune Baltimore — (TFN): “Commodity prices remain extraordinarily high by historical standards. But with the economy weakening amid a housing crisis and a credit squeeze that show few signs of improving, many traders [...]

Buy Kentz Corp (KENZ) and Profit from OPEC’s Trillions

July 18, 2008 · Filed Under International Investing · Comments 
” Just as the Romans built reservoirs and aqueducts, the city states of the United Arab Emirates have been building desalination plants. Skyscrapers, power plants and airports have sprung out of the desert. They are building a future for themselves beyond oil – an empire built on financial services, luxury [...]

Oil Prices Fall on Saudi Announcement

June 9, 2008 · Filed Under Oil and Energy · Comments 
“Al-Naimi has pumped hope back into the system after last week’s inflation terror hit the markets. Oil prices closed at $134.39 on the New York Merchantile Exchange.” — Stephanie Grimmett by Stephanie Grimmett Baltimore – (TFN): Well, at least oil prices are sensitive in both directions. Saudi Arabian oil minister Ali al-Naimi called for a conference [...]

Emerging Markets: Profiting from Indonesia

May 30, 2008 · Filed Under International Investing · Comments 
“If you were Indonesia, which countries would you rather have as your buddies? A bunch of sleazy, corrupt, idle ‘lottery winners’ such as Nigeria, Venezuela and Angola? Or would you prefer a set of hard-working and diligent neighbors such as Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand?” — Martin Hutchinson by Martin Hutchinson Baltimore – [...]

Oil and Energy Investing: Who has the oil?

January 2, 2008 · Filed Under Oil and Energy · Comments 
  "You wonder why the U.S. puts so much time and energy into the Middle East? This is why." — Christian DeHaemer, Crisis Trader Blogger's note: We found an interesting map and a few good comments from our friend Christian DeHaemer in a recent Taipan Publishing Group Chart of the Day. And I thought you would find [...]