By Jeff D. Opdyke, Editor, The Sovereign Individual Dear Sovereign Investor, I stood recently on the shores of the massive Rio de la Plata that flows past Montevideo, and watched the cargo…
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China Is Gold’s Future
By Frank Holmes U.S. Global Investors CEO and chief investment officer The new report “Gold in the Year of the Tiger” from the World Gold Council (WGC) predicts that gold consumption in…
Weekly Fundamental Outlook for Energies and Metals – US/China Policy Uncertainty Weighed on Commodities
The commodity sector got hammered last week as investors worried that overheating in China and US’ bank proposal to curb risk-taking would reduce demand for higher-yield assets. The Reuters/Jefferies CRB Index dropped…
China Guided Yields Higher Again, Commodities Did Not React
Crude oil trades within a narrow range of 78 and 78.7 in Asian session. Sideways trading is expected to continue until European or even NY sessions when more economic data will be…
Strong China Commodity Demand Can Boost Gold Price as It Increases Inflation Pressure
Gold price stays firm in European morning as the dollar continues to weaken against major currencies. We receive strong trade data from China yesterday but most investors only related strong imports to…
Crude Reverses Gains as China Raises Yield and Weather May Get Warmer
Crude oil reversed gains after failing to test 84 in NY session Monday. The February contract ended the day at 82.52, down -0.3%. Currently trading at 81.9, the decline accelerates as the…
Strong China Imports Pushed Crude Price Higher
Crude oil price rose to as high as 83.67 after China reported strong imports in December. In 2009, robust demand in emerging countries, especially China, was the major driver for energy prices….
Energies Extend Gains as Strong China Trade Drives Sentiment
Crude oil extends rally to 83.95 in European session. Weakness in USD, abnormally cold weather in the Northern hemisphere and strong demand from China are pushing energy prices higher. Oil products also…
Seven Reasons China Will Lead the Global Economic Recovery
The recent -21% tumble in the Chinese markets had investors around the world bailing out of China as fast as they could. But, this sell-off actually created one of the biggest buying…
How to Trade China with ETFs
by Ron Rowland Right now, China is celebrating 60 years of Communist party rule. Most of the party-goers aren’t old enough to remember anything else, of course, but that isn’t stopping the…