Streetwise Articles
The Many Factors Fueling a Return to $100 Oil
Source: Frank Holmes, U.S. Global Investors (11/15/11)
"What is driving this increase? The emerging-market transportation sector."
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Sobering Outlook from the IEA
Source: Dirk van Dijk, Zacks Investment Research (11/15/11)
"World energy demand is projected to increase by one-third between 2010–2035, with energy-related CO2 emissions increasing 20%."
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Keystone XL Pipeline Opportunities
Source: Jeff Siegel, Energy & Capital (11/15/11)
"Although we know that the pipeline is going to happen, the delay looks like it's now causing a rush on a few producers in the Bakken and Fort McMurray regions."
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Dollar Teetering on the Abyss
Source: Toby Connor, Gold Scents (11/15/11)
"Sometime in the next two weeks the dollar is going to drop down into its next daily cycle bottom."
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How to Win with Options
Source: Kevin Matras, Zacks Investment Research (11/15/11)
"Options give the investor numerous ways to make money in the market—and in any direction."
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John Kaiser: Gold as a Positive Economic Indicator
Source: JT Long of The Gold Report (11/14/11)
A $3,000/ounce gold spike could boost equity valuation. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, John Kaiser, editor of Kaiser Research Online, shares the catalysts that could propel gold and silver stock prices higher in 2012.
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Molycorp Stumbles, Avalon and Lynas Delay, Ucore Shines
Source: Jeb Handwerger, Gold Stock Trades (11/14/11)
"Today, the Goliaths are stumbling as they finally have to come up against their moment of truth."
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Will Gold Offer Protection from a Thanksgiving Feast?
Source: Eric McWhinnie, Wall St. Cheat Sheet (11/14/11)
"Although central banks may be in denial about inflation, investors should strongly consider protecting themselves from rising inflation and lax monetary policies by allocating a portion of their portfolio in gold."
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Gold and Silver Miners Lead Market Rebound
Source: Jeb Handwerger, Gold Stock Trades (11/14/11)
"Investors are beginning to look at the gold miners as leaders in a market, which is desperately looking for strength."
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The Final Market Rally Up Before the Big Leg Down Is Near an End
Source: David Banister, MarketTrendForecast (11/14/11)
"The current S&P 500 rally is part of a normal retracement of the 1370 highs to 1074 lows that similarly occurred in the 2008 rally off the first major market drop.
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Platinum: The 'Cheapest' Precious Metal. . .
Source: Willem Weytjens, Profitimes (11/14/11)
"Gold is trading near all-time highs, while platinum is trading about $700 below its all-time high reached in 2008."
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Why the Oil VIX is Broken (and How to Profit Anyway)
Source: Kent Moors, Money Morning (11/14/11)
"The oil market we're now facing is fundamentally different from the one we encountered a year ago. It requires a fundamentally different approach."
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Geordie Mark: Iron Ore Still Strong
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report (11/11/11)
In an environment of declining steel prices, Geordie Mark, mining analyst with Haywood Securities in Vancouver, nonetheless believes that iron ore juniors are poised for a rebound. Read his reasons for optimism in this exclusive Gold Report interview.
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Gold and Silver Market Morning
Source: Julian Phillips, Gold Forecaster (11/11/11)
"Gold and other markets have gone into fear mode, dropping like stones. But gold and silver should be the exceptions shortly, as they do not have the features of currencies."
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Bullishness Rises in Gold Derivatives
Source: Adrian Ash, BullionVault (11/11/11)
"People are seeing the value of their money eroding. There is still enough juice in gold to continue to attract investment."
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What Germany and China Really Think About Gold
Source: Eric McWhinnie, Wall St. Cheat Sheet (11/11/11)
"The loyalty of the Germans and Chinese to maintain and add gold holdings is a perfect example of a safe haven asset."
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Copper Prices Update: Prosper As Copper Becomes the "New Gold"
Source: Peter Krauth, Money Morning (11/11/11)
"If copper is to replace gold as the world's most-valuable metal, China will play a huge role. With all its uses, from hybrid cars to an electricity grid, copper may become both an inflation hedge and a strategic asset."
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Richard Kelertas: Economic Turmoil Creates Potash Values
Source: George Mack of The Energy Report (11/10/11)
Fertilizer companies have felt the pain of global monetary chaos, but as indicators lag, some potash equities are positioned ahead of the curve for big gains. Dundee Capital Markets Vice President and Senior Financial Analyst Richard Kelertas believes investors need to be sharpening their pencils and establishing positions. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Kelertas shares his best names.
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Double Your Profits in the New Age of Natural Gas
Source: Kent Moors, Money Morning (11/10/11)
"LNG is a major remedy for the accelerating glut of American and Canadian unconventional natural gas production, which runs the risk of oversaturating the market and depressing prices."
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How to Bet on Oil Prices in 2012
Source: Keith Kohl, Energy & Capital (11/10/11)
"Higher costs mean higher prices. And the poorer the quality the world adds to the mix, the more it will cost."
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Venezuela Oil: The World's Largest Reserves
Source: John Daly, Oil & Gas Investments Bulletin (11/10/11)
"Two months ago the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) declared Venezuela to have the world's largest oil reserves, estimated at 296.5 billion barrels, exceeding even Saudi Arabia."
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European Shareholders a Boon for Resource Explorers
Source: Thom Calandra, Resource Investor (11/10/11)
"Fresh shareholders from Germany, Austria, France and Switzerland are showing up in the rosters of Canada metals and potash explorers."
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Buy Into the 20-Year Bakken Boom
Source: Ian Cooper, Wealth Daily (11/10/11)
"We're talking about an oil-rich behemoth that holds more oil than Prudhoe Bay on the North Slope of Alaska. . ."
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Michael O'Brian: Gold Isn't All That Glitters
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report (11/9/11)
Michael O'Brian has learned to apply some philosophies as an avid art collector to his successful investment career: an investor should always be in it for the long term. O'Brian's principles have led him to look beyond gold to copper and some special projects for long-term gains. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, O'Brian, president of private investment firm Nairbo Investments, talks about why he's just as likely to sink his resources into a copper project as he is into gold.
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The Euro Mess Brings Out the Best in Gold
Source: Eric McWhinnie, Wall St. Cheat Sheet (11/9/11)
"Over the past 20 years, central banks were net sellers of gold holdings, but recently turned into net buyers as concerns about paper money and massive global debt plague the market."
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