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Every trader in the oil market is fascinated by the recent price action. The last few months have seen an onslaught of negative news developments…
Unfortunately, I know Blythe, California too well. This natural blast furnace is in a God-forsaken corner of the state where I hunted jack rabbits as…
Since this is such an important development for investors on the calendar, I thought I would repeat this piece from a few weeks ago. After…
This trade has been a real disappointment. Despite seeing the greatest monetary stimulus package in history, gold is now lower than when QE3 was announced.…
With U.S. energy independence fast emerging as a topic in the presidential election, I thought I'd delve into this topic in greater depth and see…
I love it. First, Israel's right-wing prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, calls for a snap election. Many observers are viewing this as a referendum on war…
Look at the chart below and it is clear that Ben Bernanke's announcement of QE3 triggered a classic "Buy the rumor, sell the news" type…
Look at the $25 move in gold today, and it's clear that an upside breakout is imminent. It made this move on a whisper of…
I received another one of those scratchy cell phone calls from my friend in the West Texas oil patch. You could almost feel the dust…
Those transfixed by gold blasting through the $1,750 level have been missing the real action in silver. The white metal has soared 34% to $34…
With silver back in the headlines, I thought I'd touch base with a wizened and grizzled old veteran who still remembers the last time the…
I think that Ben Bernanke's QE3 is such a game changer, that we have to throw all existing strategies into the trash and start all…
Look at the charts for the barbarous relic below and you can only come to one possible conclusion. If the Federal Reserve disappoints on Thursday,…
With oil (USO) getting ready to take a run at $100 a barrel once again, the first thing I do when I get up every…
Much of the fury in this morning's nearly 60 point "melt up" opening in the Dow was generated by hedge funds panicking to cover shorts.…
The Treasury bond market has just suffered one of the most horrific selloffs in recent memory, taking the yield on ten year paper up from…
Gold has clearly evolved into a call option on global quantitative easing. Don't think of it just as the stuff your dentist puts in your…
Over the last two months, I have witnessed one of the least convincing rallies in the US stock market in recent memory. Looking at the…
For the past two years, I have maintained a GDP growth forecast for the US of 2% a year. I have not stuck with this…
One of my best calls of the year was to plead with readers to avoid gold like the plague, periodically dipping in on the short…