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Commodities
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Last Year's Winners Unwinding Along With Dollar Carry Trades
The weakness in the Euro is causing a short-squeeze in the U.S. dollar funded carry trade. The short…
February 5, 2010
Navigating Volatility: The Case for Tactical Alpha
In today's volatile markets, alternative investments are key for diversification, resilience, and returns, but they demand expertise to navigate. Ash Lawrence, Head of AGF Capital Partners and Scott Radke, CEO and Co-CIO of New Holland Capital discuss...
Emerging Markets Highlights
Emerging Markets Strengths Fitch raised Indonesia's long-term foreign and local currency credit ratings from BB to BB+, the…
February 1, 2010
China Holds the Trump Card?
China is trouncing its economic competition when it comes to manufacturing exports. In 2008, China decided to hitch…
January 25, 2010
A Decade of Hot Commodities
A Decade of Hot Commodities By Frank Holmes, CEO, US Global Funds, January 19, 2010 We’ve updated our…
January 24, 2010
Gold Market Highlights
Gold Market For the week, spot gold closed at $1,093.35 per ounce, down $37.58 or 3.32 percent. Gold…
January 24, 2010
The Case for Commodities in 2010 (And Beyond)
By Frank Holmes CEO and Chief Investment Officer U.S. Global Investors, Inc. The biggest emerging economies have ambitious…
January 24, 2010
As The Dollar Takes Off, The Dow Falters - Risk Appetite is Threatening Collapse
This article is a guest contribution by John Kicklighter, Currency Strategist for DailyFX.com. Any doubts that the market…
January 22, 2010
The Dollar Carry Trade is Collapsing
This article is a guest post by Vince Fernando, The Business Insider. Dollar strength at the end of…
January 22, 2010
China Rate Hikes May Be Premature
An interesting report on China reveals that 8.0% growth is the minimum GDP growth China needs to achieve…
January 21, 2010
RBS' Janjuah Shares 2010 Outlook (in Short-hand Note)
Courtesy of BusinessInsider.com, Bob Janjuah, Royal Bank of Scotland's Chief Global Strategist, shares his outlook for 2010 -…
January 21, 2010
Roundup: Gold Market
Gold Market For the week, spot gold closed at $1,130.93 per ounce down $7.32 or 0.64 percent. Gold…
January 17, 2010
Prechter: Commodities, Stocks Topping - USD Set for Rally
Robert Prechter tells Yahoo TechTicker that the USD is set for a rally, and Commodities and Stocks are…
November 6, 2009
David Rosenberg: Canada and Australia in the China Context
In today's 'Breakfast with Dave' newsletter, David Rosenberg shares some interesting facts about key differences between Canada and…
November 3, 2009
Roubini's Canada Outlook: Supported by Easier Credit and Commodities Recovery
Nouriel Roubini's RGE Monitor recently published "Are There Bright Spots Amid the Global Recession?," which provides a comprehensive…
August 18, 2009
Bespoke: Most Overbought ETFs
"With stocks rallying around the world, the many ETFs that track various equity markets have moved significantly above…
June 8, 2009