Commodity Trading & Trend Following

All are seeking safety in these times of uncertainty. The question rises did Crude oil become a safe haven? According to reports supplies are at record highs and some analysts suggested crude should fall to 10-20 dollars a barrel. Hearing things like this simply reinforce my belief that with trend following a basket of [...]

Everyone would love to know what would be the outlook for the commodity markets and commodity trading. After a roaring 2007 and 2008 it seemed that commodity trading advisors would know no limit. The stock markets collapsed in 2008 and fear was rampant through out the world. During the turmoil when virtually every strategy lost [...]

Will Gold be the Only Currency?
Lets face itג€¦when we look at a $100 Bill. It says this note is legal tender for all debts public and private. More so. It says In God We Trust. Howeverג€¦ Can we still believe in the central banks, the [...]

There was an interesting article online of Forbes discussing Billionaire predictions that I glanced through this morning. My immediate thought was..Do these Billionaires know something that we don’t? They know better than us? What I expected was they had a variance of opinions as we all do…as well as they are optimistic.. Really they are [...]

Countless investors fear a double-dip recession. It is quite possible that a second drop of economic activity during 2010 will occur. It is also quite possible that the supportive actions of governments will run out. Even the central banks are not a bottomless pit ( as long at they have enought paper to print more [...]

I am not a gold bug or an end of the world fanatic… but in all seriousness…Can Gold be the next currency? Honestly…As an investor, I became very concerned about having my assets denominated in U.S. dollars. Even if I was clever enough to denominate my assets in other currencies…the fact is they are all [...]

Can You Lose Money By owning Gold? So many gold bugs think this is absolutely impossible. However as a commodity trading advisor… I believe anything can happen and stick to a thought out plan. Let me give you an example, In the 1980s gold reached $1223 and investors were throwing money at gold. However almost [...]

I was in China last summer for several weeks…however this not one of the words I learned. Maybe in retrospect I should have. Gold is traditional Chinese is huֳ¡ng jִ«n. If you are like my wife…you would ask …why do I need to know this? Simple answer..China is posed to be the next big buyer [...]

There are really no isolated incidents in the world. Today we are waking up to the news that Dubai might be defaulting on its debt. Stock Markets around the world are plummeting. There are many other issues that hardly made the news. Firstly Vietnam devalued their currency and their populace as Mark Mobius has coined [...]

If you think…that I or anyone else really know why the price of gold is moving…you will need to find another article. Guess what…everyone has opinions..The fact however is that the price is going up…and that is why virtually every trend follower …every commodity trading advisor has purchased gold. It is as simple as we [...]