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Gold Chart of The Week

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Each Week Longleaftrading.com will be providing us a chart of the week as analyzed by a member of their team. We hope that you enjoy and learn from this new feature.

Weekly Gold Report (February 18th through February 22nd)

Last week definitely had a “hurry up and wait” sort of feel to it. With China on a week-long break for the Lunar New Year Holiday, there was potential for light volume action across the board. And despite the fact that it has been a long time since a G20 Summit has caused any waves, traders were holding their breath and waiting on news that might have a significant impact on Currencies. The market sprinkled in a few reports in the US and in Europe, but nothing really stuck for a directional move. Continue reading "Gold Chart of The Week" →

David Baker's Three Must-Haves for the New Generation of Gold Companies: Accountability, Accountability and Accountability

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The Gold Report: The major gold producers have ceded market share to gold exchange-traded funds and royalty companies and are vastly underperforming those investment vehicles. If you were running a major gold producer, how would you go about restoring the appeal of your company's shares?

David Baker: Mining companies need to restore trust and give more clarity. They are confusing investors because on the one hand they tell us they have so many ounces of gold in reserves and are producing so many ounces of gold, and then they confuse us by benchmarking all this to dollarsa depreciating asset. We believe the mining companies should be consistent and report in gold; this would then give investors a clearer picture on how much gold it is costing to mine the resource and how many ounces of gold are added to the shareholder vault. Continue reading "David Baker's Three Must-Haves for the New Generation of Gold Companies: Accountability, Accountability and Accountability" →

The Simplest Way to Profit From Gold And Silver Right Now

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The Federal Reserve Bank has been pulling out all the stops to help the U.S. economy gain strength, but many fear the Bank's aggressive moves eventually could lead to a serious backlash.

We spelled out those concerns in this article, and though the Fed's bold $1 trillion move hasn't led to ruinous inflation just yet, many inflation hawks have been loading up on gold and silver -- just in case.

Of course, buying and storing gold and silver bullion is no simple task. That's why many investors prefer to own these two commodities through exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

There are a wide range of options, and here's a quick primer on the topic. Continue reading "The Simplest Way to Profit From Gold And Silver Right Now" →

High Yield Dividend Stocks: What Every Investor Should Look For

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It can be mighty hard to earn any interest at all in today’s banking environment. Many in­vestors are looking to riskier investments to find the kind of returns they once got from an FDIC-insured CD or even a savings account.

But don’t despair. There are still a few decent ways to make your cash earn some income without putting it at too great a risk.

My wife takes care of our filing, and during one of her filing sprees some time ago she walked into my office with the brokerage statement for her IRA and asked me why the interest was less than $1. “Interest rates have gone down that much,” I said.

She replied, “That’s terrible,” and turned around, went back into her office, and stuffed the statement into the appropriate file. Continue reading "High Yield Dividend Stocks: What Every Investor Should Look For" →

Crisis Investing 101: How to Protect Your Portfolio With Commodities

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I'll never forget my first meeting with uber-investor and hedge fund manager, Jim Rogers. He was my market hero of sorts, having founded the Quantum Fund with George Soros. He has explored the world by motorcycle and automobile, all while writing about his adventures and being a fixture on financial news TV shows. I have met some quirky characters in the financial markets, but he was the first to chat with me while jogging on a treadmill.

Rogers is known as being a huge proponent of commodities. His new book, Hot Commodities, lays out the case for commodity investments extensively.

He has reinforced the notion that commodities are different from stocks in that they represent life's necessities rather than simply a company's profits. Commodities are all around us and are far simpler investments than stocks -- they're purely driven by supply and demand.  Continue reading "Crisis Investing 101: How to Protect Your Portfolio With Commodities" →