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LEAPS Vs. Gold Stocks

Written by Brad Zigler
February 08, 2010 8:58 AM EST

Real-time Monetary Inflation (last 12 months): 2.2%

Last week really tested the mettle of metal-owners. An early-week bullish head fake was followed by some nasty selling that left COMEX spot gold nearly $31 an ounce lower for the week. Long liquidation was the name of the game on Wednesday and Thursday, but Friday the shorts rushed in. Well, maybe not rushed, but they weren't walking to get to the trading rings, that's for sure. Open interest rose nearly a percentage point for the week as shorts and longs passed each other at the doorway.

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How’d YOUR Gold Stock Fare Yesterday?

Written by Brad Zigler
February 05, 2010 9:56 AM EST

Real-time Monetary Inflation (last 12 months): 2.6%

PHEW! Thursday was quite a day! Spot gold dropped more than $48, or 4.4 percent, dragging gold stocks with it. Well, when you actually look at the losses sustained by the miners, you're apt to think it was the equities that led the descent. The Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSE Arca: GDX) gave up 5.5 percent yesterday.

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Traders Seeing Red This Morning

Written by Brad Zigler
February 04, 2010 1:22 PM EST

Real-time Monetary Inflation (last 12 months): 2.6%

There's nothing more bracing in the morning than glancing at the trading screen and seeing nothing but red numbers. Domestic stocks: down; foreign equities; down; crude oil: down; gold: down, commodities: down. Ooops. There's a green number—the U.S. dollar.

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Oil Supply Threads The Forecast Needle

Written by Brad Zigler
February 03, 2010 12:40 PM EST

Real-time Monetary Inflation (last 12 months): 2.4%

Forecasting changes in weekly oil inventories can be a dicey business. Sometimes the estimates made by the industry-supported American Petroleum Institute and sell-side analysts are widely disparate; sometimes they coincide. And sometimes, like this week, they can be on either side of the numbers posted by the U.S. Energy Department.

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Defining ‘Monetary Inflation’

Written by Brad Zigler
February 02, 2010 12:39 PM EST

Real-time Monetary Inflation (last 12 months): 2.0%

Inflation's a hot topic ‘round here. Has been for quite a while. There has been, especially, a lot of heat and light generated about the Consumer Price Index. Many people distrust the government's numbers.

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About Brad
Brad Zigler's stints as a contributing
editor for the Corporate Communica-
tions Broadcast Network, the Journal
of Indexes, and CRB Trader have set
the stage for his current role as manag-
ing editor of HardAssetsInvestor.com.