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Coal (Stocks) On Fire

Posted by lcrigger 1113 days ago (http://www.hardassetsinvestor.com)
Category: Commodities | Tags: coal miners kol pkol
Coal prices may have fallen, but coal stocks are up over 50% on the year. What gives? Julian Murdoch discusses the good news in the coal industry. read more »
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Why Invest In Commodities? - Hard Assets 101

Posted by blenheimeducation 1114 days ago, popular 1114 days ago (http://www.hardassetsinvestor.com)
Category: Commodities | Tags: gld gold oil silver slv dug
When stocks and bonds head south, commodities tend to head north. Commodities are the only asset class that is negatively correlated to bonds, making[...] read more »
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Don’t Bale On Cotton (Yet)... and Got Coffee?

Posted by lcrigger 1115 days ago (http://www.hardassetsinvestor.com)
Category: Commodities | Tags: coffee jo cotton bal ag
How have cotton and coffee prices fared since we last wrote about them? Brad Zigler crunches the numbers. read more »
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Oil Business Could Be Worse (But Not By Much): A Tale of Two Oil Majors

Posted by lcrigger 1116 days ago (http://www.hardassetsinvestor.com)
Category: Commodities | Tags: cop cvx earnings oil oil majors
Earnings season for the oil majors is (thankfully) over. Julian Murdoch examines the carnage, discussing the fates of Chevron and ConocoPhilips in pa[...] read more »
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Commodity ETPs Closing In On A Bull Market

Posted by lcrigger 1117 days ago (http://www.hardassetsinvestor.com)
Category: Commodities | Tags: bullish commodities etfs etns
Brad Zigler compares 6 broad-based commodities exchange-traded products, seeking signs of a bullish trend. So what did he find? read more »
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How Fees Negatively Impact 401(k)s

Posted by NorthNJ 1117 days ago (http://www.financialadvisormatch.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: 401k fees impact retirement savings
How fees can negatively impact your 401(k), what you can do to deal with them, and how things may change. Article and links to video. read more »
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Gold, And Its Ratios, On The Move

Posted by lcrigger 1117 days ago (http://www.hardassetsinvestor.com)
Category: Commodities | Tags: gold oil silver gold/oil ratio
Brad Zigler explains why slipping gold/oil and gold/silver ratios signal rising confidence in the economy—-whether it's deserved or not. read more »
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Yeah, Still MORE Oil, But ...

Posted by lcrigger 1118 days ago (http://www.hardassetsinvestor.com)
Category: Commodities | Tags: crude oil gas inventory eia api
Last week, the API predicted the EIA's weekly crude oil inventory report with uncanny accuracy.(The analysts, not so much.) Can API do it again? Tra[...] read more »
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Part 2 of Martin Weiss Interview: "Too Early For Triage"

Posted by lcrigger 1118 days ago (http://www.hardassetsinvestor.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: depression gold inverse etfs weiss
In part 2 of his popular interview with Hard Assets Investor, economist and best-selling author Martin Weiss details step-by-step how investors can s[...] read more »
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Actively-Managed ETFs: A Gamechanger?

Posted by nippletits 1118 days ago (http://etfdb.com)
Category: Funds and ETFs | Tags: etfs
Had Jerry Seinfeld pursued a career in finance, I imagine he’d be having a field day around the water cooler with the launch of the Grail American Be[...] read more »
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Gold Stocks Not Driven By Broader Market

Posted by lcrigger 1118 days ago, popular 1118 days ago (http://www.hardassetsinvestor.com)
Category: Commodities | Tags: gld gold gold miners gdx
Gold stocks aren't just beating gold bullion--they're beating the S&P, too. Why is that, and what does the future hold for gold miners? read more »
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Shorting Oil: HAI Podcast, Week of May 5, 2009

Posted by lcrigger 1119 days ago (http://www.hardassetsinvestor.com)
Category: Commodities | Tags: futures oil short uso
So if you agreed with Louis Stanasolovich's claim that shorting oil was the way to go, how exactly would you do so? Matt Hougan and Dave Nadig discu[...] read more »
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Gasoline IS What It’s Cracked Up To Be

Posted by lcrigger 1119 days ago, popular 1119 days ago (http://www.hardassetsinvestor.com)
Category: Commodities | Tags: crude oil gas crack spreads sco uba
Welcome to the start of the summer driving season. So where are gas prices going: higher or lower? And how do crack spreads factor in? read more »
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Ag Roundup

Posted by lcrigger 1120 days ago (http://www.hardassetsinvestor.com)
Category: Commodities | Tags: corn futures jja wheat soy
Corn, soybeans & wheat prices all popped at the end of last week. Will wet weather and delayed plantings keep prices rising, or is this rally unsusta[...] read more »
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The Future of Agribusiness Isn't Golden... And That's A Good Thing

Posted by lcrigger 1123 days ago (http://www.hardassetsinvestor.com)
Category: Commodities | Tags: agriculture commodities gld gold moo
Lately, you wouldn't have used the idiom "good as gold" to describe agribusiness. No, you'd have to say that agribusiness is actually *better* th[...] read more »
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