March 9, 2011 · 2 comments
in ADRs, ETF(s), FTSE, Latin America, commodities, diversification, emerging markets, energy, foreign investment, frontier markets, gold, international economy, international stock market, metals, mining, portfolio, rare metals, sectors
The Global X Funds Andean 40 ETF was launched barely a month ago and isn’t high yet on many analyst radars (volume is also still low). The Andean 40 (AND) is worth examining for your portfolio because Peru, Chile and Colombia are some of the fastest growing economies in South America, whereas by now everyone [...]
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February 13, 2011 · 1 comment
in Canadian, S&P/TSX, TSX, commodities, energy, exports, investing, metals, mining, resources, stocks, unconventional energy, uranium
Canadian uranium stocks run the gamut from junior uranium start ups to senior uranium dividend-payers. In a previous post I wrote about the largest Canadian uranium stocks by market capitalization (that was back in September 2009). It’s worth an update now, because Canada’s uranium stocks have grown quite significantly since then.
List of Canadian energy and [...]
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December 26, 2010 · 2 comments
in 2011, US debt, bubble, bull market, coins, commodities, currencies, forecasts, gold, precious metals, silver
2010 was one of the best years on record for gold and silver – and predictions for gold and silver performance in 2011 are shaping up to be as varied and dynamic as they were back at the end of 2009, when everyone was calling for the gold bubble to burst.
Three Things That Would Kill the [...]
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December 3, 2010
in commodities, gold, indicators, inflation, market reports, market trends, mining, oil, prices, technical analysis
You don’t see many analysts talking about the gold-oil price ratio. Usually it’s the gold-silver ratio, or gold-EUR or gold-AUD and other currencies that gold is measured against.
The past two days, following the settlement of the EU-forced bailout of Ireland (Ireland itself resisted as long as it could), have seen oil prices hitting fresh 25-month [...]
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November 9, 2010
in 2010, China, Federal Reserve, GoldMoney, US debt, USD, World Bank, bubble, bull market, central banks, commodities, currencies, debt, economy, forecasts, forex, fundamentals, gold, hedging, hyperinflation, inflation, international economy, market reports, market trends, metals, precious metals, risk, silver, stimulus, world order, world reserve currency
And none of them are likely to happen in any conceivable near-term time frame.
Gold is sitting pretty now above $1400/oz following the World Bank’s suggestion of a return to the gold standard – and it’s inevitably already drawing out commentators from the woodwork who want to talk about how overvalued gold is and the fact [...]
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October 28, 2010
in Asia, BRIC, China, ETF(s), bubble, commodities, exports, frontier markets, indexes, market reports, metals, mining, protectionism, rare metals
A new Rare Earths ETF is on the market today, to take advantage of the coming rare earths bubble as a result of China reducing its rare earth exports, and threatening to reduce rare earth exports, to Japan and other countries.
I’ve written about the top 40+ rare earths in another post, which I encourage you [...]
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Gold is now itching to break through its 6-week high. Q4 is usually the strongest quarter for gold, so you might want to get ready for it. Remember just six months ago when everyone was talking about the bubble in gold around $1100/oz?
This time last year, you laughed when gold was $950/oz.
But over a period [...]
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