The price of gold has been kept down by hedge fund redemptions. These redemptions will end in a week and after that a nasty hand that has been holding the price of gold down will be lifted. As we begin this New Year news is starting to trickle out demonstrating that hedge fu...
Mike Swanson
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January 11, 2013
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There’s a lot of talk about diversification and asset allocation on this website, and rightly so. While diversification can limit large short-term gains, it also protects against large short-term losses. Since the markets tend to be unpredictable, it&CloseC...
Justin Dove
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October 28, 2012
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“Pandemic”. Few words in the English language conjure as much fear. The mere utterance evokes images of dying patients, surgical masks, haz-mat suits, a parade of coffins, helpless doctors and nurses, as the contagion spreads, first striking down the el...
Richard (Rick) Mills
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February 25, 2020
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Thursday's U.S. stock market trading session qualified as a genuine stock-market "panic." They're rare, fortunately, so they're memorable. You can say you were there. According to the volume analysts at Lowry Research Corp., this stock market panic was ...
Jon D. Markman
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October 28, 2012
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After Thursday’s rise, stocks went ever deeper into red since. Driven by incoming bad coronavirus news both in the US and abroad, not even Friday’s strong employment data stopped the selling. Monday’s bloodbath even caused tradin...
Monica Kingsley
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March 10, 2020
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About a month ago, market participants around the world learned that the end of a price slide does not have to end at zero on the expiry date of WTI contracts. Anyone who thought that a barrel of American WTI at USD 0.01, which is 159 litres of crude oil, would be a special ba...
Mario Hose
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May 19, 2020
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There are hardly any sectors not affected by Covid-19, including the US solar industry. The US solar industry is affected by compounding issues, delays in supply chains, strengthening the tax equity market, financial concerns of homeowners, shelter-in-place orders, and challen...
Ved Prakash
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May 22, 2020
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Canopy Growth Corp. (TSX:WEED) holds a prominent position in the Canadian cannabis industry, but is it a good stock to buy? Initially, the stock experienced remarkable growth, driven by the anticipation surrounding the legalization of recreational cannabis in ...
Jonathon Brown
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December 13, 2023
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BASF (OTCQX:BASFY) shares have gained over 30% within six months. But is the rally in BASF shares slowly running out of steam? The fact that the stock did not rise sharply yesterday despite a significant price target increase suggests this is the case. Many experts see ...
Fabian Lorenz
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9 days ago
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Despite evidence of a slowing economy, shipments of raw materials are gliding across Chinese docks at a torrid pace, especially metals, which form the backbone of China’s industrial supply chain. In fact a recent report shows that, while Chinese imports are...
Richard (Rick) Mills
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September 27, 2019
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