Jeff Clark: While many of us at Casey Research don’t like making price predictions, and certainly ones accompanied by a specific date, it’s hard to ignore the correlation between Read more…

Mike Burnick: Earnings season always adds an extra dose of volatility to the markets. But as third-quarter profit reports begin coming in fast and furious this week there is a lot more riding on results than usual. Read more…

Jared Cummans: George Soros is one of the biggest names in commodities, as he is largely known for his success running the Quantum Fund with Jim Rogers. In recent years, Soros has been something of a gold bug, making huge allocations to the SPDR Gold Trust (NYSEARCA:GLD). Read more…

ETFGI announced today that net new asset inflows into global Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) and Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) hit an all-time high of US$188 billion year-to-date through end of Q3 2012, which is US$18 billion more than the prior record of US$170 billion gathered in 2011. Read more…

San Francisco, California, July 11, 2012– SmartStops.net, an online service that helps investors of all levels manage investment risk, announced today that the SmartStops BrokerLink service is now available for clients of online broker Read more…

Is your investment portfolio more like a roller coaster with no exit strategy, just going round and round and up and down, arriving right back to where it started? Don’t just go along for the ride, use a managed approach to limit downside risk Read more…

An important debate is still unfolding amongst investors and advisors – Is Buy & Hold dead? Does it really still make sense to buy a stock or ETF and ignore strong signs that reflect increased risk that could seriously threaten returns? While some Read more…

Stocktouch is an amazing app designed for both the iPhone and iPad by Visible Market Inc. According to Visible Market, the app concept was developed from a need to bring clarity to financial information, “we found the way financial information is typically Read more…

Although one may think that they’re not invested in the Greek crisis, many portfolios may hold equity positions and ETFs that could be effected by the European debt crisis.  The European Union is the U.S.’s number one trading Read more…

Without question the most popular model to predict market crashes is the VIX, commonly referred to as the “Fear Gauge,” a market index that measures the implied volatility of the S&P 500 index options. Its concept is quite simple, when the uncertainty and fear among Read more…

This is a followup to a previous postings suggesting how investors can take refuge in the oncoming financial storm. If you’ve not done so already, be sure to read my previous post Say It Ain’t So for a description of our dismal macroeconomic Read more…

In the prequel to this article (European Default Inevitable — Sell Your Gold?), I discussed the fact that safe-haven-seeking investors could be in for a surprise when they run to buy gold after a Greek default and find huge sellers in Read more…