by guest editor Kevin Kerr For many people when they think of natural resources and commodities, immediately gold and oil come up as the most important on the planet. They certainly tend…
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Recession Warning Flags Flying Again!
by Mike Larson The United States emerged from a grueling 18-month recession just two short years ago, according to the business cycle arbiters at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Yet for…
Three Often-Overlooked Risks of Inverse ETFs
by Ron Rowland The ETF revolution allows everyday investors to achieve the impossible. Just a few short years ago, short-selling, leverage, spreads, and commodities were practical only for the Wall Street insiders….
Why Obama’s Desperate Move Could Send Oil Prices Soaring!
by Kevin Kerr Wednesday, June 29, 2011 at 7:30am The sudden announcement last week that the International Energy Agency (IEA) would release strategic oil supplies onto the world markets caused a significant…
When it’s actually okay to “go naked”
by Nilus Mattive A few weeks ago, I told you about covered call writing … which is my favorite income-generating options strategy. And in that article, I told you that I absolutely,…
Portugal is big warning flag for ALL investors!
Remember 2007 when the subprime mortgage crisis began to unravel? If you recall, the cracks in the real estate market were exposed. And the problems kept spreading. First it was small mortgage…
The Greatest Complacency of the 21st Century
Many of our readers know intuitively that their neighbors and friends have become complacent about the world around them, but they don’t know how to prove it. Today, I’ll show you two…
Rising Inflation Turning Up the Heat on Central Bankers!
A hilarious thing happened earlier this month. The President of the New York Fed, William Dudley, tried to justify the Federal Reserve’s easy money policy. In a speech before the Queens Chamber…
The Rundown on Japan ETFs
We’re less than three full months into 2011, and the year is already chock-full of stunning world events. Yet if you depend on the media to tell you what is happening, you…
Argentina – A New ETF Lets You Get There from Here
Ron Rowland A few weeks ago I told you about opportunities in a huge Asian country overshadowed by an even bigger neighbor. I was talking about India. The bigger neighbor, of course,…