Posts Tagged ‘ Energy ’

Three Important Pieces of Advice from a Gold Bug

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. ...read more


Green Energy’s Beneficial Impact on Natural Gas

Feb 25th, 2009 | By Jim Nelson | Category: Featured, Macroeconomics
There are very few things we need in this world. According to most state legislatures, heat and electricity are two of these things. If you are planning on moving into a new apartment or house in most states, you are required — by law — to have your gas and ...read more


Investing in Water: Mining for Blue Gold

Jan 8th, 2009 | By Chris Mayer | Category: Commodities, Energy, Featured
Two days before Christmas, a 66-inch water main burst on River Road, not far from where I live, during morning rush hour. Water spewed out at a rate of 150,000 gallons per minute, turning River Road into an actual river for a time. People at the scene described the burst ...read more


Protecting Yourself in this Dismal Economy

Aug 20th, 2008 | By Dan Amoss | Category: Energy, Investing Strategies, Macroeconomics
Last year, I devoted several issues of my Strategic Investment service to the web of structured finance. I think it paid off. Since then, banks and brokerage stocks were punished. Energy and material stocks have soared-thanks to the Fed’s inflation campaign. Fed officials have taken their ability to devalue the U.S. ...read more