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SeekingAlpha ETFs (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
ETF Database submits: Last week, Jefferies Asset Management unveiled two new exchange-traded funds targeting equities of global commodity producers. The two funds, which track subsets of the Thomson Reuters/ Jefferies CRB In-The-Ground Global Commodity Index tracked by CRBQ , invest in companies across the globe that are involved in the extraction and production of commodities. CRBI seeks to track...
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CommodityBullMarket.com (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Nouriel Roubini thinks that commodities and equities have gotten ahead of their fundamentals - now pricing in a "V-shaped" recovery, which Roubini thinks is unlikely (I agree). Here's an interview with Roubini conducted by our friend Lara Crigger at Hard Assets Investor. Well, in my view, commodity prices have increased since the beginning of the year too much, too fast, when compared to...
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SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Matthew Bradbard submits: Well, it looks like we only loss 190,000 jobs last month but the unemployment rate ticked above10% to its highest level since April of 1983. What recovery? I don’t see a recovery; just because prices of stock and commodities have moved up we’re NOT back on track. As for the markets, with more people out of work I guess the demand for Crude oil is perceived to...
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Climateer Investing (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
From the Wall Street Journal: The flood of investor cash that has helped drive up the prices of everything from oil to platinum this year is slowing amid worries prices could fall and evidence some of the popular commodity investment products have failed to live up to their promises. Investors plowed a record $50 billion into commodities this year, helping drive prices for crude oil up 79% and gold...
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SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Prieur du Plessis submits: “I think stocks are topping out, commodities are topping out and the dollar is making a bottom,” says Robert Prechter, president of Elliott Wave International and author of “ Conquer the Crash “. According to Yahoo Finance - Tech Ticker , Prechter also makes the seemingly counterintuitive argument that the dollar will rally because there’s so...
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Financial Times (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Source launches an exchange-traded product designed to track the price of oil
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SeekingAlpha ETFs (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
ValidFi submits: It is well recognized that asset allocation is perhaps the most important determining factor for investment return and risk. Tracking professional money managers' asset allocations in a timely fashion is thus of great interests. Moreover, being able to track timely smart pros moves is even better. Various techniques have been used for this purpose. One of widely followed methods is...
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Financial Times (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
It's not central bank gold purchases that are the key support for the metal, but the prospect of more controls on international flow of capital from the likes of Brazil, writes John Dizard
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
The Chamraj estate in Tamil Nadu is thriving thanks to the Fairtrade Foundation - but the same cannot be said for the south Indian tea industry The price of basic farm commodities has been hammered over the past 40 years, placing unbearable pressure on farmers. At the bottom of the food chain are smallholders. With processors, brokers, auctioneers, speculators and retailers all taking a cut, there...
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Sufiy. (Free subscription) | yesterday
Stratfor raises a very serious question: in green economy of the 21st century Lithium and REE become strategic commodities . We have wrote before about "Lithium in the Core of "The Next 100 Years" , now it is time to invest in secured Lithium supply in North America. "1. Lithium is Not only in Bolivia - for those who is afraid of Lithium availability for Green Mobility revolution...
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neilsamsung | yesterday
With a relatively increase of the everyday commodities, more and more people are finding ways how to earn additional sources of income so as to compensate their expenses. That's why most people who look for alternative ventures resort to real estate business . However, even if real estate business appears to be lucrative to many, it still needs a lot of effort and skills to survive in the industry.
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I cite (Free subscription) | yesterday
Various proposals for a Tobin tax have received renewed media attention in recent months. President Obama gave indirect support for the tax in a Press briefing on July 22, when he recommended that the government consider new fees on financial companies pursuing "far out transactions". Leaders from France, Germany, and the European Commission endorsed putting a speculation tax on the agenda...
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BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | yesterday
Filed under: ETF Investing , Commodities , Stocks to Buy , Best Stocks for 2009 The Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF ( GDX ) attempts to replicate as closely as possible the price and yield performance of the Amex Gold Miners Index. GDX is in a bull market with both the long-term support line and the 200-day moving average at near $40. Although this is a volatile performer, bouncing 10 points between...
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The Plank (Free subscription) | yesterday
The G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank governors are meeting today in St. Andrews , talking about the data they will need to look at in order to monitor each other’s economic performance and sustain growth (seriously). The underlying idea is that if you talk long enough about the U.S. current account deficit and the Chinese surplus, stuff happens and the imbalances will take care of themselves--or...
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PXDCO Reviews (Free subscription) | yesterday
Click Here to watch how I turned $4000 into $40000 on Forex The South African rand was the best performing among 16 main traded currencies in foreign-exchange markets, as demand for metallic commodities exported from the African nation rose globally, increasing their rates and influencing positive the ran 5 Vote(s) Learn how to trade Forex on Auto Pilot Bookmark [...]
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neilsamsung | yesterday
With a relatively increase of the everyday commodities, more and more people are finding ways how to earn additional sources of income so as to compensate their expenses. That's why most people who look for alternative ventures resort to real estate business . However, even if real estate business appears to be lucrative to many, it still needs a lot of effort and skills to survive in the industry....
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integrityfx | 03/07/2009
Background… A reserve currency is a currency that is stored in large quantities by foreign central banks and financial institutions as part of their foreign exchange reserves as a means to pay off international debt obligations, or to influence their domestic exchange rate. The U.S. dollar is the primary reserve currency. A reserve currency is generally the international pricing currency for goods