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. [...]
I’ve heard lots of people commenting on the sharp rise in silver the past 3-4 months. They speculate that JP Morgan is caught in a short squeeze or that our fiat currency is being replaced by people buying silver coins. They also talk as if Silver (& to a lesser extent Gold) are the only [...]
I glanced at the markets the day before Thanksgiving and noticed that crude oil was surging. I pulled up a USO chart on Bigcharts and noticed that it had been trading below the 50 day moving average for several days and now had surged back above it. In the past I’ve traded USO as well [...]
