Two Moves to Make as the Fed Inflates the Commodities Bubble
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke ignored the warnings of most economists last week, and kept the benchmark Federal Funds rate a...

2008 Second Quarter in Review
Well. That wasn't pleasant. The market (as measured by the S&P500)extended its losses for the year, down about 3% for Q208. We are now at128...

Gold futures close at two-and-a-half-month high
Dollar weakness, strength in oil feed gold's risk aversion traits...

Gold Watch: Bullion nears $950 as rally rages on
Gold for August delivery gained $16.20 to finish the session at $944.50 an ounce on the New York Mercantile Exchange. MarketWatch reports: G...

Hey, Congress, Speculators May Not Be the Bad Guys
Congress has a mind to save us all from speculators and their evil-doing ways in commodities markets. Trouble is, as the following Bloomberg...

A Month of Seeing Red
Blood was definitely running in the streets last month. As our table below reminds, red is now the dominant color in performance tallies. B...

Energy Transitions Past and Future
This is a guest post from Cutler Cleveland. It provides an excellent big picture overview of what variables we need to consider as we transi...

A MONTH OF SEEING RED
Blood was definitely running in the streets last month. As our table below reminds, red is now the dominant color in performance tallies. Bu...

DrumBeat: July 1, 2008
Peak Oil: IEA Inches Toward the Pessimists CampBut the juiciest nugget? The conservative IEA appears to be inching ever-closer to the ...