Ted's Financial Blog

Since the market lows in crude oil in the late 90′s growing demand from emerging markets and a realization that the easy oil has been found combined to make oil a very popular investment theme. At the same time innovative new products such as the Oil ETF have caused a sharp rise in investor demand. [...]

As is true with most people in this country, there is constant upward pressure on the price of everything I purchase but my salary remains about the same as it was 10 years ago. How long can this possibly continue to be the case? It’s no wonder that gold and silver keep hitting new highs [...]