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I have been waiting for a substantial dip in the grains to add to a position in corn, and it is clear from the chart…
Those who followed my advice to watch silver should by now have the precious coins raining down upon them. Since then, the precious white metal…
I opened the e-mail at my usual wake up time of 4:00 am. President Bill Clinton was playing at the Presidents' Cup PGA tournament at…
Gold bugs and naysayers alike take note. When the world's second largest and fastest growing economy liberalizes gold ownership by individuals, who happened to be…
OK, maybe it hasn't really crashed yet. But the two day, 3 ½ point sell off in the futures for the 30 year Treasury bond…
With hotel occupancy in the dumps at 20%-30%, and parts of downtown Bangkok still in ruins from the May riots, you would think the call…
I sat down with Forbes magazine publisher and perennial Republican presidential candidate, Steve Forbes, whose father, Malcolm, I knew from my journalism days in the…
While the rest of the world has been going to hell in a hand basket, gold (GLD), (GDX) refuses to take a serious dip, and…
It looks like the smart money these days is found in China. While American investors have been scrambling over each other to buy more Treasury…
After speaking to a gaggle of economists, portfolio managers, and traders the last few days, I’ve had one of those “Eureka” moments, as the markets…
I just wanted to follow up on the rare earths piece which I recently published. Despite lackluster market conditions at best, Molycorp (MCP) managed to…
After my year in the White House Press Corps, I vowed never to return, and took a really long shower, hoping to scrub every last…
We’re already eight years into what is probably a 20 year secular bull market for commodities. You can start with the traditional base commodities I…
I just want to pass on some data forwarded to me from my extensive band of Chilean readers in response to my recent piece, “Chile…
When the current outbreak of angst biting at the heels of the markets runs its course, and traders morph back into risk accumulation mode, you…
No, they are not donning a Stetson, cowboy boots, and a six gun to fight Indians in the Wild West, where I live. Their never…
I have always considered the US military to have one of the world’s greatest research organizations. The frustrating thing is that their “clients” only consist…
BHP Billiton’s (BHP) low key, South African CEO, Marius Kloppers, has announced that he is making a hostile takeover bid for Potash (POT) for $39…
With China’s (FXI) economy rocketing at 8%-13% quarterly growth rates, and Japan (EWJ) plodding away with meager 1%-2% rates, it was only a matter of…
I recently spent an evening with Ambassador Richard Jones, the Deputy Executive Director of the International Energy Agency in Paris, who had some eye opening…