Keith KohlUpdated January 12, 2007
I like gold. But I love silver. That's simply because since silver cost a fraction of gold, it has the ability to tack much large percentage increases during a bull market. In fact, in certain...
Luke BurgessUpdated January 15, 2007
Indium: It's a metal that most folks have never heard of. But in today's high-tech economy, demand for this material is soaring in everything from thin-film solar panels to flat-screen TVs. The...
Brian HicksUpdated January 18, 2007
During the bubblicious frenzy, the mantra of the real-estate crowd was as simple. Housing, they said, was nothing like stocks. And in a certain respect they were right. Because although I have never...
Keith KohlUpdated January 22, 2007
The house unveiled its attack on big oil last week with the introduction of their new energy plan. Yet their plan seems as if it is preparing for a future after peak oil.
Brian HicksUpdated January 24, 2007
Chavez has already announced his intention to have the constitution changed to permit him to run for a third term in 2012. Currently, any Venezuelan president is limited to two consecutive six-year...
Brian HicksUpdated January 25, 2007
The madness of the nation's housing bulls reached new highs this week as they continued to chortle that the show must go on. Desperate for fresh evidence that the boom still has legs, they even...
Keith KohlUpdated January 29, 2007
Although liquefied natural gas has experienced relatively low growth over the last five years, its outlook is looking brighter.
Brian HicksUpdated September 14, 2006
Buying a home is an exciting experience. In fact, its kind of giddy, because for a lot of people it represents something of a fulfillment of a dream. Thats how deep the belief in home ownership...
Luke BurgessUpdated September 18, 2006
Zinc prices have slumped nearly 10% in just two weeks. And the 12-month rally has seemingly stalled as prices have remained relatively flat since April. But the fundamentals that have been driving...
Brian HicksUpdated September 20, 2006
Just as it looked as if the summer doldrums were ending and gold was beginning to creep higher, WHAM, we have a huge sell-off that takes gold below $600 an ounce!
Brian HicksUpdated September 21, 2006
Baltimore,Md-Thomas M. Stevens should have known better. After all as the reigning president of the National Association of Realtors, he is a guy that ought to have some bona fide real estate savvy...
Brian HicksUpdated September 25, 2006
Today Americans enjoy unlimited benefits from new technologies in our wired world. But those wires send information in two directions, and the access to our personal data has never been more open...