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Mar 31, 2009
My Favorite Way to Protect Against Inflation
By Andrew Mickey, Q1 Publishing
The U.S. Treasury Secretary said something very disturbing this weekend.
The U.S. Treasury Secretary said something very disturbing this weekend.
It wasn’t about the bank bailout though. It wasn’t about how the administration decided to draw a line between bank and automaker CEOs. It wasn’t about how a concrete deal for ongoing free trade (or anything else tangible or enforceable) will be reached at the G20 meeting...
Mar 28, 2009
5 Reasons to Buy the Other Fossil Fuel Now
By Andrew Mickey, Q1 Publishing
Every once in a while, commodity prices fall so low, they can’t be produced cost effectively anymore. Inevitably, producers have to eliminate production and scale back or drop expansion projects to reduce supply. Inevitably, the commodity’s price comes climbing back.
It happens all the time. It happened when uranium fell to $7 a pound nearly a decade ago. It happened when oil fell to $10 a barrel a few years ago. It happened again to oil a few months ago when prices fell to $35 a barrel. It’s happened to zinc, copper, agriculture – every commodity.
It’s how the commodity world works. Booms and busts. The most profitable way to invest in commodities is...
Every once in a while, commodity prices fall so low, they can’t be produced cost effectively anymore. Inevitably, producers have to eliminate production and scale back or drop expansion projects to reduce supply. Inevitably, the commodity’s price comes climbing back.
It happens all the time. It happened when uranium fell to $7 a pound nearly a decade ago. It happened when oil fell to $10 a barrel a few years ago. It happened again to oil a few months ago when prices fell to $35 a barrel. It’s happened to zinc, copper, agriculture – every commodity.
It’s how the commodity world works. Booms and busts. The most profitable way to invest in commodities is...
Mar 27, 2009
Exclusive Interview Reveals …Copper to climb 34% to 61%
By Andrew Mickey, Q1 Publishing
I expect within no less than six months, the copper price is somewhere between $2.50 and $3.00 per pound.” – Juan Villarzu, Former head of world’s largest copper company, Codelco
Sounds pretty reasonable right?
Copper prices have rebounded quickly in the past four months. A pound of copper now trades for $1.86. That’s up more than 40% from December lows of $1.30.
For copper to hit $2.50 or $3.00 a pound would only require another 30% to 60% gain. That’s reasonable considering what’s going on in the world...
I expect within no less than six months, the copper price is somewhere between $2.50 and $3.00 per pound.” – Juan Villarzu, Former head of world’s largest copper company, Codelco
Sounds pretty reasonable right?
Copper prices have rebounded quickly in the past four months. A pound of copper now trades for $1.86. That’s up more than 40% from December lows of $1.30.
For copper to hit $2.50 or $3.00 a pound would only require another 30% to 60% gain. That’s reasonable considering what’s going on in the world...
Mar 25, 2009
The Herd Mentality: Some Things Never Change
By Andrew Mickey, Q1 Publishing
An old friend of mine stopped by the office a few weeks ago and he unwittingly reinforced my complete confidence that you can still do very well in the markets. This is saying quite a bit given the frustrating state of the markets where government decree drives nearly all of daily trading activity.
Now, he wasn’t overly bullish or bearish. He wasn’t betting big on a rally with banks. And he didn’t just make a huge score on some triple-leverage ETF or anything like that. He’s simply running his business and, in the midst of the worst economic downturn decades, it’s doing exceptionally well.
You see, my friend is a coin dealer. He sells gold and silver coins and bullion. But just the fact more people want more gold and silver bullion “insurance policies” isn’t during this time of uncertainty isn’t what has reinforced my faith in the markets. That’s actually a bit unnerving. It is how his sales were moving on a day-by-day basis which had relieved any angst I may have been feeling.
He told me...
An old friend of mine stopped by the office a few weeks ago and he unwittingly reinforced my complete confidence that you can still do very well in the markets. This is saying quite a bit given the frustrating state of the markets where government decree drives nearly all of daily trading activity.
Now, he wasn’t overly bullish or bearish. He wasn’t betting big on a rally with banks. And he didn’t just make a huge score on some triple-leverage ETF or anything like that. He’s simply running his business and, in the midst of the worst economic downturn decades, it’s doing exceptionally well.
You see, my friend is a coin dealer. He sells gold and silver coins and bullion. But just the fact more people want more gold and silver bullion “insurance policies” isn’t during this time of uncertainty isn’t what has reinforced my faith in the markets. That’s actually a bit unnerving. It is how his sales were moving on a day-by-day basis which had relieved any angst I may have been feeling.
He told me...
Mar 21, 2009
Turning Wall Street's Darkest Art Into Your Gain
By Andrew Mickey, Q1 Publishing
It’s one of the oldest tricks in the bag and it has a terrible reputation. But the sooner you learn how to use it, the sooner you’ll be able to sleep soundly at night.
Bloomberg recently called it One of [Wall Street’s] darkest arts.
Time says, It's a trick that has been hastening market crashes for at least 400 years.
New York State’s Attorney General Andrew Cuomo likens this strategy to looting after a hurricane.
It has been called evil, un-American, and destructive. Despite it all, it’s one of the most profitable things you can do and one of the best ways to keep yourself protected in a bear market...
It’s one of the oldest tricks in the bag and it has a terrible reputation. But the sooner you learn how to use it, the sooner you’ll be able to sleep soundly at night.
Bloomberg recently called it One of [Wall Street’s] darkest arts.
Time says, It's a trick that has been hastening market crashes for at least 400 years.
New York State’s Attorney General Andrew Cuomo likens this strategy to looting after a hurricane.
It has been called evil, un-American, and destructive. Despite it all, it’s one of the most profitable things you can do and one of the best ways to keep yourself protected in a bear market...
