Many look to copper prices as the “Canary In The Coal Mine” or a leading indicator for stocks, commodity prices as well as the global economy. I’m not sure it’s quite that important but it’s definitely worth keeping an eye on because the price is sensitive to changes in economic expansion. Copper has been in [...]
With Silver Futures hitting 30 year highs all Silver ETFs are now at new 52 week as well as all time highs including the double silver etf AGQ. The only one that hasn’t reached a new 52 week high is the silver mining ETF as miners in general continue to lag the performance of the [...]
When I initially looked at the Health Savings Account it seemed like a no brainer. Set aside money in a tax advantaged account instead of throwing it away on health insurance premiums. It makes perfect sense for our family. We tend to be light consumers of health care services with the majority of our costs [...]
It looks like cotton futures might finally be putting in a top after running to nearly twice the all time high. Squeezed by short supplies cotton has been on a once in a lifetime run since last fall. It initially peaked at $2.07 but after a minor retracement took another run at the highs peaking [...]
It seems that every other day we are seeing one commodity or another soaring to new yearly or even all time highs. This has caused tremendous growth in the Commodity ETF industry as assets under management grew by 41% in 2010 alone. Considering that nearly all Commodity ETFs are “Buy Side” ETFs it does bear [...]
