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Apr 15, 2011 at 11:37

Gold market witnessed a bumpy roller coaster ride during the week. An interesting thing to observe was the reasons that economic commentators gave for price fluctuations. On Tuesday gold for…

Apr 15, 2011 at 11:01

Stock bull markets don't rally higher in a nice linear fashion. Their advance is much more chaotic, flowing and ebbing. Two steps forward are inevitably followed by one step back.…

Apr 15, 2011 at 10:47

If we look at the gold price in the euro, we see it holding between Euro 1,010 and 1,020 for the last couple of weeks. In the Swiss Franc it…

Apr 15, 2011 at 08:12

Given some adverse short-term developments, Rhodium has held up quite well. Japanese earthquake is having some impact on automobile production. Rhodium is one of the catalysts used in converters in…

Apr 15, 2011 at 07:34

When the market became extended and peaked in October in the graph above, nobody knew how bad things would get over the next two years. Incrementally stepping away from risk…

Apr 15, 2011 at 07:21

Bar chart patterns often introduces sizable moves in price ... To many novice investors, chart patterns might as well be tea leaves. Can they really tell you anything reliable? And…

Apr 15, 2011 at 07:05

I watch expectantly as the national debt again nears the debt limit, and Zero Hour is just a few weeks away, a term I cleverly used to indicate that available…

Apr 15, 2011 at 06:58

In the US, the recovery was willed into existence through inflationary policy which, in creating so many USD through debt monetization, brings forth the laws of supply and demand; seemingly…

Apr 15, 2011 at 06:41

Thursday's trading was a surprise to the bears who have had their way with the bulls of late. With the gap down open and immediate test lower being bought by…

Apr 15, 2011 at 06:24

Peak Sentiment, Peak Prices. That is the contrarian in us sounding warning signs. We took a look at the number of speculative long positions in oil futures contracts as a…