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By Debarati Roy, Bloomberg February 2, 2014 • Reprints Hedge funds raised bullish gold wagers by the most since July and sold copper holdings as emerging-market turmoil boosted concern the global economy will slow and increased demand for precious…
Gold Funds See Unprecedented 31% Slump With World Losing Faith //
By Alasdair Macleod December 9, 2013 • Reprints Western central banks have tried to shake off the constraints of gold (COMEX:GCG14) for a long time, which has created enormous difficulties for them. They have generally succeeded in managing opinion…
By Frank Holmes December 4, 2013 • Reprints I recently returned from India, a nation where an incredible 600 million people are under the age of 25. That’s nearly double the entire population of the U.S.! What’s amazing about that figure is…
By Alasdair Macleod December 2, 2013 • Reprints Ron Paul, the (retired) Republican Senator concluded a speech before Congress in 2006 thus: “The chaos that one day will ensue from our 35-year experiment with worldwide fiat money will require a return…
By Frank Holmes November 27, 2013 • Reprints If the sweeping economic reforms planned by Chinese leaders during the Third Plenum can be our guide, it looks to be a promising decade for global investors. Details released recently confirmed President…
By Elizabeth Campbell, Bloomberg December 2, 2013 • Reprints The commodity slump that spurred bear markets in everything from gold to corn to sugar this year will deepen by the end of December as prices head for their first annual loss since 2008,…
By Press Release November 26, 2013 • Reprints CME Group, the world’s leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced the sale of the NYMEX Building located at One North End Avenue to Brookfield Office Properties. Brookfield will…
By Ginger Szala, Michael McFarlin November 25, 2013 • Reprints Five years is a long time. Think about it: In 2008, the financial markets were in upheaval, still reeling from the failure of Lehman Brothers and the infamous bail-out of the too-big-to…
By Daniel P. Collins November 25, 2013 • Reprints William Ziemba is a researcher, academic, author and trader; not necessarily in that order. Ever since launching his academic career as a professor at the University of British Columbia after earning…
By Ginger Szala and Michael McFarlin November 25, 2013 • Reprints In putting together our 2013 story on the top brokers, we sent a questionnaire to more than a score of industry leaders, getting their input on various topics. Many of these comments…
By Kristin Fox, Michael McFarlin, Ginger Szala November 25, 2013 • Reprints Inc. 500, 2010. Crain’s Fast Fifty, 2011. Crain’s Fast Fifty, 2012. AlphaMetrix Group LLC, Chicago, appeared to be a company going places fast. That is, until 2013, when…
Bears remain on sidelines as stock market advances (via Futures Magazine)
By Jeff Greenblatt November 25, 2013 • Reprints What is unique about this bubble is so many people are suspecting it. Traders certainly are. Media pundits absolute are talking about. Politicians are also mumbling about it. OK, so we are all talking…
By Scott Skrym October 1, 2013 • Reprints 1. The Federal Reserve and the creation of Repo market 1917 The modern use of Repo financing began shortly after the U.S. entered World War I in 1917. The Federal Reserve was created three years earlier in…
By Ginger Szala November 22, 2013 • Reprints This month’s regulatory actions: California Federal Court orders Thomas B. Breen, to pay $1.75 million to settle fraud charges The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that it…