Streetwise Articles
Currency #1
Source: Adrian Ash, BullionVault (6/3/11)
"Does Washington want to kill the USD's #1 status?"
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Market Sentiment and Volume Reach Extreme Panic Levels
Source: Chris Vermeulen, TheGoldAndOilGuy (6/3/11)
"Buying into fear and selling into greed is my focus."
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Latest Dominique Strauss-Kahn Theory: It's All About Gold
Source: Business Insider, Courtney Comstock (6/3/11)
"DSK discovered that there's no gold in Fort Knox?"
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Legislative Push to End California Gold Rush
Source: Fox, Stephen Clark (6/2/11)
". . .has miners panning environmental rules."
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Daniela Desormeaux: Can Lithium Ride the Electric Vehicle Craze?
Source: George Mack of The Energy Report (6/2/11)
Although lithium is not in short supply now, electric and hybrid vehicles could soak up new production of the versatile light metal for decades to come. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Economist Daniela Desormeaux of Santiago, Chile-based signumBOX, elaborates on small exploration plays that could move up.
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Oil Slides under $99
Source: Associated Press (6/2/11)
"Traders digested news of a surprise jump in crude inventories."
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Africa's Riding the Red Dragon
Source: Richard (Rick) Mills, AheadOfTheHerd (6/2/11)
"China's aim to acquire Africa's, other nations' resources should be on everyone's radar screen."
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Durable Gold's Hold for Long-Term Investors
Source: Reuters, Nick Olivari (6/2/11)
"And investors haven't missed the boat. . ."
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India Financing Heats Up On Gold Fund Collaterals
Source: Commodity Online (6/2/11)
"In the past few months, India's banks have started giving loans against gold funds, popularly known as paper gold."
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Platinum Regains Poise for a Rally
Source: The Wall Street Journal, Rhiannon Hoyle (6/2/11)
"Commodity investors took a bath last mont, but a recovery is underway already."
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Downturn in China Would Slam Commodity Prices
Source: Reuters (6/2/11)
"While a severe downturn is unlikely, China's growth could slow more markedly at some point."
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Gold Prices Rally as Data Disappoints
Source: The Street, Alix Steel (6/1/11)
"Trading quickly quickly reversed course after a slew of disappointing data."
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Economists Call for Price on Carbon
Source: The Australian (6/1/11)
"There should be five elements in designing a carbon-pricing mechanism. . ."
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The Economist's Perfectly Useless Gold
Source: Paul Tustain, BullionVault (6/1/11)
"Will savers who own money-dated debt instruments in bonds panic at continued money-printing policies?"
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Jim Mustard: Is the Yukon Gold Rush Over-Hyped?
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report (6/1/11)
Yukon explorers are just getting started, says Jim Mustard, vice president of investment banking, mining, at Vancouver-based PI Financial. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, he shares several of the Yukon companies he believes have the potential to produce significant returns for investors.
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The Opulent BBQ
Source: Metro (6/1/11)
"Plated with 24-carat gold, the BBQ is worth £100K and stressful to clean."
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Richard Russell: Get Back into the Silver Pool
Source: Beacon Equity, Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul (6/1/11)
"Everyone back in the silver pool for more profit fun in the sun."
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Gold Holds Steady
Source: The Wall Street Journal, Tatyana Shumsky (6/1/11)
". . .while platinum and palladium eye U.S. car sales data."
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Swiss Solar Researchers Break World Record
Source: GenevaLunch, Ellen Wallace (6/1/11)
"This could enable low-cost solar electricity in the near future."
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Something in the Water: Lithium
Source: Deutsche Presse (6/1/11)
"Small amounts of natural lithium in drinking water lowers suicide rates."
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Fertilizer Makers Gain on Analyst Optimism
Source: Associated Press (6/1/11)
"Analysts see a further strengthening of the agriculture industry and strong crop prices."
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DRC to Publish Mining, Oil Contracts Online
Source: SteelGuru, Matsiko Mike (6/1/11)
"DRC mining stakeholders sign code of conduct to increase transparency."
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Rising Demand Seen for Uranium ETFs
Source: ETF Trends, Tom Lydon (6/1/11)
"Uranium is still backed by the fundamentals."
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Bill Would Allow $500M Emergency Oil Sale
Source: Reuters, Tom Doggett (6/1/11)
"Obama administration requests sale of $500M oil from U.S. emergency stockpile."
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