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Full video of Dennis Gartman on CNBC Thinks oil will drop to $80-90 range He’s not crazy enough to try and short the market Believes oil’s bull run will be on ice for the next couple of years Is short Toyota and long Harley Davidson – believes people will downsize their transportation (not sure if […]
If you, like me, are wondering where you’ve gone wrong in your trading over the past couple of months – we can take some minor solace in this fact. The CRB commodity benchmark index fell over 10% in July, marking the worst month for the index since 1980 (which, incidentally, marked the end of the […]
Will post some thoughts later in the week on the positions… Open Positions Date Position Qty Month/Yr Contract Entry Price Last Price Profit/Loss 07/23/08 Long 1 SEP 08 Australian Dlr 0.9567 0.9280 ($2,870.00) 06/17/08 Long 1 DEC 08 Cotton 82.20 70.72 ($5,740.00) 07/30/08 Long 1 FEB 09 Live Cattle 108.850 110.225 $550.00 08/01/08 Long 1 […]
Kevin Kerr gives CNBC his thoughts on the oil market. Kevin makes a great point – demand destruction is overblown, as it took $140 oil for to trigger a measly 2.5% drop in US demand. A drop in the global bucket, he says. He sees oil back up towards $150 by years end. I agree […]
Rick Rule, if you’re not familiar with him, is a legendary metals and mining investor. In this interview with Gold Report, he gives his thoughts on the disconnect between metal equities and the metals themselves, along with his outlook for the US dollar and metals. A quick teaser/summary: Believes the disparity between gold stocks and […]
Chris Gaffney of the Daily Pfennig writes this morning: “The situation here is bad and seems to be getting worse. The major question remains: Who will be standing in line to purchase all of this debt? And what happens to the dollar if/when foreign investors decide they have enough IOUs from the US Treasury and […]
Here’s our buddy Jim being interviewed by the UK newspaper the Telegraph – good old Jim is cheery as always, and predicts the US central bank will fold within the next decade or two, because it is “so bad”.
Kevin Kerr discusses the current resource situation with BNN Likes gold and silver (has $1200 price target for gold, may hit this year he believes) Thinks oil will trade between $85 and $105 for a bit, before continuing its rise Current correction in base metals and grains is a good thing for traders looking to […]
Current thoughts on these futures markets: Australian dollar – Of course, what would a currency trade be without a trip to the wrong side of the ledger? I’ve decided I am no longer using breakouts to determine my entry points with currencies, and have jumped into the Aussie on what I deemed a ‘pullback’. Since, […]
Bud Conrad is the Chief Economist at Casey Research, an offbeat, very insightful, investment research service that I subscribe to. Folks from Casey Research are rarely quoted in the mainstream press, as their level of thinking is a bit too deep for the dolts on regular financial news. Here’s a nice clip of Bud being […]
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