In a move that's very closely related to its tariff hikes early this year, you may have seen that, starting yesterday, China hiked export tariffs on its coal producers and even went so far as to back...
The ETF revolution is making it much easier than ever before to draw comparisons across related groups of stocks and commodities. In the past, it has been easy to compare and contrast the price...
Left to its own devices, the free market would clean up the current mess we find ourselves in relatively short order. Of course, in a free market we would have never grown to a position where total...
There is an article at Spiegel Online that discusses an interesting turn of events in the Persian Gulf, and illustrates another consequence of high crude oil prices. Oil rich countries are turning to...
First a note on general market conditions: S&P bounced higher from support level (August 06) just above 1270. This is positive over the very short term (perhaps the next week). Look for a rally...
Gold's Day Has Come The Fed's policy statement yesterday amounted to a move from being mildly accommodative to neutral. Neutral in an environment of negative real interest rates (and growing more...
Who would have thought that natural gas and coal would have been the safe haven investments during the current market massacre? This portfolio was initially designed mainly as a summertime weather...
Perhaps we should institute DNR rather than CPR
Two days ago Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke shocked the world by commenting on his concerns regarding the fall of the US Dollar. In past policy, the...
The peaceful co-existence between commodity-related investments and most sectors which comprise the broader US Stock indices, is drawing to a close. As inflation tightens its grip over the world...
A La Nina weather pattern portends heat and hurricanes. Forecasters are predicting a very active hurricane season with one possibly forming in the western Caribbean already. Oppressive heat on the...
