Gold has made a series of higher lows during the past few weeks after a visit to key support at $1,550 per ounce. A move above $1,620 could confirm a bottom and resume the overall bull trend. Gold, as measured by the… Read More

Gold versus silver. It’s a long-standing debate among precious-metal investors as to which commodity is a wiser investment. Both are seen as a hedge against… Read More

When looking at the actions of Sandridge Energy’s (NYSE: SD) CEO Tom Ward, the phrase “heads I win, tails you lose,” comes to mind. He’s overseen an 80% plunge in his company’s stock since Sandridge’s 2007… Read More

As the major indexes post multi-year highs, many investors credit the invisible hand of the Federal Reserve.#-ad_banner-# The Fed‘s pump-priming quantitative easing (QE) has acted… Read More

Every investment appeals to emotions at some level. Behavioral economists might argue that we buy stocks to satisfy our need for security since stocks are associated with long-term growth. Bonds are… Read More

Investors have been wisely diversifying their portfolios to provide exposure to more than just U.S. stocks. Whether it’s emerging markets, real estate or gold bullion, a broad-based approach provides for… Read More

On Monday, Jan. 7, the U.S. Mint began taking orders for 2013 American Eagle silver coins. Officials were bracing for an onslaught of sales, but I doubt they were expecting this. By the end of the day, the Mint had sold more than 3.9 million of the 1-ounce 99.9% silver… Read More

Between 1841 and 1869, about half a million people flocked to the U.S. West Coast for gold. That number was so significant, the prospectors were given a nickname based on the year the migration peaked — 49ers.#-ad_banner-# While most of the 49ers didn’t find significant amounts of… Read More

The Brazil turnaround story garnered headlines and investors’ attention in the first half of the past decade. But the past two years have seen an economic slowdown and a pullback in stock prices that I believe… Read More

As the U.S. economy underwent a heady boom in the 1950s, our nation’s energy needs grew at a rapid pace. Seizing an opening, legendary oilman T. Boone Pickens used his geology degree to become one of the energy industry’s most aggressive wildcatters. (These… Read More