Apr 9th, 2009 |
By Byron King |
Category: Featured, Investing Strategies
As far as I’m concerned, there are three things you ought to be doing with your money right now…
The first is to have at least 5-10% of your portfolio invested in precious metals. (Or more, if it helps you sleep at night.) That’s gold, G-O-L-D. Or silver, S-I-L-V-E-R. Take delivery. ...
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Tags: Energy, gold
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Dec 16th, 2008 |
By Byron King |
Category: Commodities, Energy, Featured
“Global Demand for Oil to Plummet,” screams the headline of the Financial Times on Dec. 10. Huh? No it won’t. Who are they trying to kid?
Global oil demand is not going to “plummet.” And for the FT to say so is just plain silly, if not irresponsible. OK, I know. ...
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Tags: oil, OPEC, World Bank
Posted in Commodities, Energy, Featured |
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Nov 21st, 2008 |
By Byron King |
Category: Macroeconomics
I was recently looking through my pocket-copy of the U.S. Constitution for the “Bailout Clause.” But somehow I must have missed it. If any readers out there can find the Bailout Clause, please send me a note and let me know where it is. There is, however, a “Bankruptcy Clause” ...
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Tags: AIG, bailout, bankruptcy, constitution, Ford, General Motors, US bailout
Posted in Macroeconomics |
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Oct 28th, 2008 |
By Byron King |
Category: Commodities, Energy, Investing Strategies
The price of oil goes up. The price of oil goes down. On July 11, 2008, oil sold for a record $146 per barrel. Just over two months later, on Sept. 15, oil plunged through the $100 mark for the first time since last February and was changing hands at ...
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Tags: Cost to hire a tanker, The Crude Oil, The Price of Oil, Two Billion Barrels of Oil, Very Large Crude Carriers, Well Managed Tanker Company, Worlds Oil Moves by Pipeline
Posted in Commodities, Energy, Investing Strategies |
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Oct 21st, 2008 |
By Byron King |
Category: Commodities, Energy, Technology
“It’s not easy being green,” sang Kermit the Frog many years ago on Sesame Street. At the time, Kermit was simply referring to the fact that he’s a frog, frogs are green and it’s tough out there for green frogs — especially if they can talk.
But today, “being green” has ...
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Tags: Being Green, Cost-Efficient Energy Storage, Electricity from windmills, Energy Conservation and Efficiency, GE spent Millions On Green, Low-carbon Environmental virtues, Support renewable power systems, Wind and Solar Power
Posted in Commodities, Energy, Technology |
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Oct 2nd, 2008 |
By Byron King |
Category: Commodities
We’ve been witnessing utter political bumbling in Washington, D.C. — beyond the scale of a mere $400 million “Bridge to Nowhere.” Here’s the central fact: Congress spent years enabling the crooked dealings of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the like. Now some of the key political perps are writing the ...
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Tags: $700 billion bailout, price of gold, Tsushima, U.S. Mint
Posted in Commodities |
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Sep 24th, 2008 |
By Byron King |
Category: Commodities
Why are precious metals moving upwards? After all, the market smashed them down all summer as the dollar strengthened. The short answer is that right now gold and silver are the only decent game in town.
Yes, there are a few other asset and income plays as well in the market. ...
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Tags: $700 billion bailout, gold and silver, precious metals, U.S. dollar
Posted in Commodities |
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Sep 9th, 2008 |
By Byron King |
Category: Commodities, Energy
In the world of energy and scarcity, the name of the next president will matter to us quite a bit. “People are policy,” as Ronald Reagan used to say.
But then again, a lot of energy and scarcity facts defy party labels. The energy resources are out there.
They are what they ...
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Tags: energy and scarcity, Presidential energy policy, rising fuel costs, world commodity boom
Posted in Commodities, Energy |
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Sep 5th, 2008 |
By Byron King |
Category: Commodities, Energy, International
Western nations — the U.S., in particular — are now experiencing the bow wave of a profound change in the current and future availability of oil. According to recently published data, oil output from all major Western oil companies is on an ominous decline trend. Exxon Mobil, for example, announced ...
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Tags: Global Oil Problems, national oil companies, NOC, Western oil companies, Western oil supply, world's oil resources
Posted in Commodities, Energy, International |
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Aug 26th, 2008 |
By Byron King |
Category: Energy, Technology
Imagine a municipal bus that’s powered by an electric motor, crawling along the crowded streets of Beijing. What does this bus have in common with the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California?
Or imagine offshore oil production platforms in the Gulf of Alaska or the North Sea. What do ...
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Tags: electric hybrid vehicles, electricity from microturbines, investing in microturbines, microturbines, offshore platforms, the Beijing bus
Posted in Energy, Technology |
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