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By Todd Gibson Occupy Wall Street turned 1 month old recently. What a difference a month makes. The movement went global this past weekend with OWS protests in many cities here in the US as well as abroad. What is the big deal? I'll try to answer that. The movement, recently, is being courted by...

This was an amazing week! Besides the fact that we got to see some green on the board, the week was totally eclipsed by the latest off Broadway version of “The Mouse That Roared” as Slovakia took the world to the brink and for one bright shining moment held the fate of the world in its hands. On...

Wheat futures, along with the rest of the grain complex took a beating last week on a stronger US Dollar and favorable MidWest weather conditions. This Wednesday's USDA crop report could be pivotal on whether prices continue lower or go back higher to regain uptrend status. Although the seasonal...

I do not toss around the idea of a market crash lightly.  If you've been following me long enough, you know that only in very rare instances do I issue a cautionary Alert (I've only issued four since my website launched in 2008), and I am generally not given to hyperbole. Let's be clear: I'm not...

Alcoa (NYSE: AA) kicked off earnings season on Tuesday after market closed. Its profit of 15 cents per share fell short of expectation of 22 cents per share, and its stock price fell from $10.30/share to $9.76/share after hours. While this does not sound very good, the decline was after the...

The market is currently developing a Dumpling Top. This information will produce powerful and profitable investment results. What if you had analytical tools that are highly accurate for evaluating price trends? Wouldn't you be able to establish profitable investment trades with a much higher...

LIVESTOCK: December live cattle closed down $1.50 at $120.35 today. Prices closed near the session low today and saw profit-taking pressure. The key “outside markets” were fully bullish for the cattle market today, as the U.S. dollar index was sharply lower, while crude oil and the U.S. stock...

Aside from the fact that the equity and commodity markets are substantially higher than they were at the end of last week... we really don't have too much more to add. Nothing new at least. The arguments have been that the markets tested the point of maximum stress around a week ago... and held....

How does gold perform during times of turmoil? Jason Toussaint from the World Gold Council (WGC) provided some interesting perspective during our recent Case for Investing in Gold webcast that sheds some light on this question. The WGC looked back at six incidences of market turmoil over the past...

It's pretty difficult to get enthusiastic about the stock market with sentiment so focused on the sovereign debt situation inGreece. Even in the face of solid earnings expectations for the third quarter, investors are looking into the future and seeing slow economic growth, translating into slower...

My email box is almost always full of posts from readers that want to know when the government is going to go back on the gold standard. I am sorry to say but they just don't get it. We have had a gold standard and all the government did was print more dollars than there was gold at the “standard...

We have been publishing Gold Based Investment related handpicked articles from web and which are helpful to our readers and visitors, this article will give you something which you cannot learn from anywhere in the market read the article ti know more. Last night, Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ/CSCO)...

After a dismal start to the month, major U.S. stock market indexes bounced the other day before closing in bear market territory and this has spawned all sorts of reports in the mainstream financial media in which analysts and pundits are now hopeful about a big fourth quarter rally. This Bloomberg...

The past month has been a wild ride for both equity and commodity traders around the globe. Novice traders have had their heads handed to them and their investment accounts drained. When fear, uncertainty and volatility are running high, some of the best opportunities become available to those who...

GRAINS: December corn futures closed down 7 1/2 cents at $5.85 1/4 today. Prices closed near mid-range and closed at a fresh 6.5-month low close today. The key "outside markets" were again bearish for the corn market today as crude oil and the U.S. stock indexes were lower, while the U.S. dollar...