Greenback Attack Gold – Gold futures have failed to keep up with the booming energy market, dropping sharply in overnight trading on a stronger US Dollar. Gold bulls were hoping that today's Akshaya Tritiya festival – a day when Hindus traditionally ... Go to Full Article

Mortgage Delinquencies and Foreclosures Chairman Bernanke made clear at last night's speech that the housing market's problems are worsening at the current time. This may help to explain the stock market's lack of upside progress in the face of a string of better than ... Go to Full Article

Barreling Upward Crude Oil – Oil futures jumped to new all-time highs yesterday, closing just below $120 per barrel. The ISM Non-Manufacturing Index grew for the first time this year, registering a 52.0 reading. The surprise jump in the service sector ... Go to Full Article

And then the market fell…. Let me tell you, it’s not pretty sitting in front of the quote machine, these days. I have been wanting to write this blog for quite some time, because like every other investor I am clinging to the sense of hope as I am looking for a ... Go to Full Article

Ever heard of Jerome Kerviel? Bernanke would probably like to meet ... I had never heard of him either…..until last week. He was the trader who single-handedly caused a world of chaos on Martin Luther king day here in the US. That same day, I stopped by the office early that morning, just to...

Trader’s Dilemma By: Jurgens Bauer. http://jurgensbauer.com/. I fear that the cotton market is broken… The cynic in me wants to say, “I’ve fallen and can’t get up,” in regard to the current cotton market. And while that failed attempt at humor may seem ... Go to Full...

The Latest Commodity Correction By Jake Bernstein www.trade-futures.com. When commodity prices were in the doldrums of bear markets and there were few “experts” who were willing to express bullish expectations, I told you that big bull markets were coming. ... Go to Full Article

CDE and UXG Update Following my October 29th, 2007 article on US Gold Inc. (UXG: 2.46 -1.99%, vol: 165010) and Coeur dAlene Mines Corp. (CDE: 3.63 -3.71%, vol: 11825188), UXG hasn’t followed through with the chart analysis I posted, while CDE has risen ... Go to Full Article

Short-term Precious Metals Investing I’ma bit leary of recommending current continued investment into precious metals. The speed at which funds have flowed into and out of physical gold and silver is alarming. Now is the time to begin bargain research for gold and silver ... Go to Full...

Raw Greed Hacked Raw Greed Hacked. My blog was sadly hacked by a Turkish hacker. Please click the image above. For the past few months I’ve struggled to make time to restore the blog. The most recent backup of my blog is from November 2007, ... Go to Full Article

Historical Gold to Oil Ratio and How to Monitor the Next Wave of ... On September, 2006 I wrote the following article, Gold’s downward spiral. Gold appears to be headed down along with the price of crude oil. Historically there has been a correlation between the price of crude oil and gold....

Alibaba Versus Baidu Alibaba Versus Baidu. Two of China’s Internet behemoths are oddly trading in opposite directions. Baidu (BIDU: 350.2801 +0.05%, vol: 4239208) has risen dramatically since its IPO. Baidu’s recent 52-week trading range was between $98.45 ... Go to Full Article

Extreme Gold Disparities We now have a large number of disparities facing gold investors. Here are a few oddities I’ve noticed and I saved the biggest for last:. - We are now facing the $120 level for oil yet gold is currently at $890. ... Go to Full Article

Reports & Events The editor of ProTrader Blog – Bill Henner – is also now the editor of Institutional Trend Insight, a publisher of genuine institutional research and information that is now available to individual investors. ... Go to Full Article

Crude, Products Pop on EIA Today’s EIA report showed a surprise drawdown of 3.2 million barrels in Crude Oil inventories versus expectations of a 2.5 million barrel build. Further bolstering the bullish Oil data, gasoline and distillate inventories both dropped ... Go to Full Article