Archive for July, 2008

Commodities: Anxiety and Performance

Oil, precious metals and farm products are causing anxiety for consumers at the gas station and the supermarket and we anticipate continued escalation in the gas and food prices. The unique market dynamics to this almost recession have created a situation in which commodity mutual funds may be your best hedge against rising gas and [...]

Doom, gloom, and the silver lining in mining stocks

Written by Michael Vass>
As I recall, back in December I spoke about the chance of the Dow Jones hitting 11,000. It was roughly the same time that I mentioned my targets for the price of oil (initially 110 and then upped to 125). So far one has exceeded my expectations the other is probably forthcoming [...]