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March 31, 201809:00 AM EasternThere’s a staring contest going on in the global oil markets right now. On the one side is the Russia-OPEC alliance. On the other is U.S. oil producers. You can get crushed if you get caught...
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Mike Larson On
March 29, 201809:00 AM EasternI could think of lots to spend $664,000 on if someone handed it to me today. A parking place is not one of them.
But apparently, Kwan Wai-ming is cut from a different cloth. The executive...
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March 27, 201811:00 AM EasternIn Saturday’s column, we talked about why President Trump’s decisions on trade tariffs and security are good for gold. You can read it here: “Cry Havoc! And Grab Gold.”
Last week, we saw gold...
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Sean Brodrick On
March 24, 201811:55 AM Eastern“Cry havoc! And let slip the dogs of war!”
— Mark Antony in William Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar.
The U.S. is gearing up for war on multiple fronts: the trade front and actual, physical...
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Mike Larson On
March 22, 201812:00 PM EasternJust over a decade ago, one of the first major dominoes in the mortgage crisis toppled. The venerable Wall Street brokerage firm Bear Stearns collapsed, forcing the government and Federal Reserve...
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Sean Brodrick On
March 19, 201811:58 PM EasternToday’s story is about oil, gasoline and perspective. Let me explain that with a joke.
Jean-Claude goes to his doctor for his annual checkup. A week later, his doctor calls with the results.
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March 17, 201812:00 PM EasternThere is a trade war brewing. You might think the biggest target would be China. You’d be wrong.
That’s not to say China isn’t a target. Of course it is. In fact, the Nikkei Asian Review reports...
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Mike Larson On
March 15, 201811:00 AM EasternI don’t make a lot of changes to my 401(k) account. Heck, I barely touch the thing. That’s because it’s for my “long term money,” something not to be traded actively or taken lightly.
But a few...
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Sean Brodrick On
March 13, 201811:58 AM EasternI’m not here to kick cryptocurrencies. They’ve been on a losing streak since December, but all investments go up and down. No, I’m here to talk about the future. And the awesome potential in...
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March 10, 201811:00 AM EasternRecently, we saw companies leveraged to energy metals — lithium and cobalt in particular, but others as well — fall off a cliff. This was due to a shocking report from Morgan Stanley.
They’re...
