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Our Outlook for 2018: Stocks, gold, oil and more.
What's in store for stocks, gold, oil, copper and stocks this year? Discover that and more in The Edelson Outlook for 2018. …
The One Webinar You Should See Before 2018
Some of my colleagues and I put our heads together in a webinar to talk about our outlooks for mining and metals markets in 2018. We shared our ideas in gold, silver, lithium and more. Be sure to watch it. …
Where Will All That Lithium Come From?
Demand for lithium is projected to mushroom over 300% within eight years. Where will all that lithium come from? Sean Brodrick explains... …
Give These Three Turkeys the Holiday Ax!
It's that time of year, when we get ready for a big Santa Claus rally. But I can think of three turkeys that you don't want to own. Give them the ax! …
Vroom-Vroom! Palladium Hits 16-Year High!
This morning, palladium climbed 1.1% to $1,023.70 an ounce. That's its highest level since 2001. A SIXTEEN-YEAR high. Here's how to invest in this shiniest of metals. …
Reefer Madness Could Make You Rich
Cannabis stocks have zig-zagged for months. It's been a regular roller coaster! Now, the next breakout is here. Just how high could this next round of reefer madness take us? Read on to learn more. …
Silver is Poised to Take the Gold
Silver is ready for a price boom. When it shoots higher, the profit margins of some tiny companies can widen like the Grand Canyon. Learn more here... …
The Catastrophe at Our Borders
There is a crisis brewing at our borders. But if you think this is a story about immigration, or President Trump’s wall, it’s not. The crisis is in trade. And if you think that’s not going to affect you, think again. …
Gold Miners Run Rings Around the Metal
Since 2016, gold is up 21.5%. But gold miners are up 73.6%. That's more than TRIPLE the performance of gold. Gold miners were actually up even more, but gave some back. It's for the same reason that miners are outperforming gold. That reason is leverage. Sean Brodrick explains. …
The Profit-packed Secret Hiding in Solar’s Surge
Solar power threatens to dominate the energy sector. But smart investors don't bet on PV solar panels. They know dependable sun power requires big, powerful, long-lasting batteries. …
Explosive Fuel for Higher Oil Prices
People are using more oil, and they're buying it from the U.S. That's because it's cheaper to buy WTI than Brent. Plus, Americans are driving more miles than ever as the economy grows. That's explosive fuel for higher oil prices. …
Ready for the Next Leg of This Rally?
The price of lithium has been on a tear since the beginning of 2016. Go for stunning profits with these lithium stocks. …
I’ve never seen Martin this worried!
You need to hear this stunning prediction for yourself.
Martin Weiss, who was traveling the world, emailed us that he was abruptly interrupting his travels to rush home. The reason: Something very dramatic is going to happen in October. …
Three D-Day Events Coming in October
There are three major events coming in October that will focus the world’s attention on the massive amount of debts piled up by the world’s most powerful governments. Can you name those events? Today’s column leads you to the answers. …
The Fountain of Youth is Legal in 29 States
Older Americans are hopping on the cannabis clue train in big numbers. That's because marijuana provides a fountain of youth for the mind and body in 29 states and D.C. …
This ‘Rodney Dangerfield of Metals’ Deserves Your Respect
Gold and silver may be the metals of kings. But if you’re looking for potentially royal returns on bullion bars and coins, you may want to consider adding ... …
Why I Like Smaller Natural Gas Stocks Right Now …
U.S. natural gas prices are currently trading near ten-year lows. And while most investors think that makes natural gas stocks a bad bet right now ... …
Why Am I Paying So Much for Gasoline?
It’s making many Americans so angry they’re ready to bite chunks out of their steering wheels. As a nation, we’re driving fewer miles. We’re using ... …
One of my favorite investment plays right now …
Let me tell you a story about a guy named Chris Moreno. He lost his job more than two years ago. And the 38-year-old was having trouble finding new work ... …
Inconvenient truths about alternative energy …
The year is 1979. And with the Arab oil embargo in full swing, Americans are coming face-to-face with an unpleasant truth — that our country has become dependent on ... …
What Comes After Peak Oil?
Yesterday I told you how it’s getting harder and harder to find new sources of oil — and why that essentially means “peak oil†has already arrived ... …
The End of an Energy Era
As a natural resource analyst, I spend a lot of time looking for the next big trend ... the commodities that are most in demand ... the technologies that are changing the way we produce these resources ... …
Stock Picks for Obama’s New Energy Policy
President Obama made a speech where he announced a goal of cutting oil imports by a third over the next decade. He included a pledge to have federal agencies buy only alt-fuel vehicles by 2015 and a ... …
The Astonishing Secret of Mexico’s Long-Lost Silver Treasure Maps
Tomorrow is the last day to sign up for the new mining stock recommendations I’m released on Tuesday. Plus, it’s also your last chance to save $1,195. Meanwhile, just as some pundits were saying silver was ... …
Silver stock gains: 104%, 275%, 720%! What to do …
In the last 12 months alone, select silver stocks have surged by 104%, 275%, even 720%! (More details in a moment.) These opportunities are so remarkable, I’ve taken some unusual steps to make sure you ... …
News Flash: Silver and gold stocks up 11%, 24%, 46% in 1 WEEK!
Frankly, I’ve never seen anything like it: Mining stocks are positively exploding in price. U.S. Silver is up 11% ... Silver Mines is up 13% ... Silvercrest Mine is up 15% ... Endeavour Silver is up 16% ... …
Dollar Falling Off a Cliff – What to Do …
The world is definitely NOT buying Bernanke’s snake oil — to the contrary: They’re dumping dollars with both fists! As a result, the euro is flying against the dollar this morning — and the dollar positively fell ... …
An Embarrassment of Riches
Tomorrow is not just the last day of February. It’s also your last day to see the brand new presentation on my 3 favorite, cheap silver stocks and still receive my $200 “thank-you†gift for watching. Timing is ... …
Metals … Energy … Agriculture … ALL BOOMING! What Do YOU Think Is Driving Commodity Prices Sky-High?
Look at this chart! The CRB Commodities Index has not been rallying for two years ... Its rise ACCELERATED starting in June of last year. It’s still FAR from the highs it reached in 2008. And it has a long, ... …
Dazzling Bargains in Commodities
Is gold a bargain at $1,400 an ounce? Is crude oil a screaming deal at $85 a barrel? Absolutely! In fact, I think the prices of many commodities such as gold, crude oil, wheat, soybeans, copper and silver will ... …
How to Survive The Three Most Imminent Disasters of 2010-2012
Needless to say, I’m delighted to see my book surge to #2! But what pleases me even more is the fact that more investors are finally learning how to take urgently-needed steps to prepare for THREE major ... …
The 3 most IMMINENT disasters. How to survive …
Of all the major disasters and threats to your security ahead — and all the major profit opportunities — three stand out as the most imminent of all: Disaster #1: America’s Empire of Debt. If you think ... …
Update on Guns, Gold … and More Gold
Today, I want to leave you with updates, including interesting charts, on three of my Money and Markets columns. If pictures are worth a thousand words, these three charts speak volumes ... …
New Chart and New Profit Opportunities!
I have a chart of copper that I MUST share with you. Despite the bearish news on the global economy as a whole, copper is strong and getting stronger ... You can see that after plunging ... …
The Time Bomb in Your Wallet
Happy Tax Day! As you fork over money to the IRS, you might want to take a closer look at the U.S. dollar. It could very well be turning into a ticking time bomb inside your wallet. To be sure ... …
7 Reasons Why the Big, Bad Bear Will Return
After four weeks of gains, the market has been on a slippery slope this week. Still, we could see stocks rally though the end of this month or even longer. But the bear is out there, my friends ... …
Financial Terrorism and You
Can we just drop the pretense and start calling the bank bailout what it is: Financial terrorism. Terrorism can be defined as achieving one’s aims through fear. And it sure seems to me that ... …
Fill 'Er Up … With Volatility
Industrial commodities are bouncing off their bottoms and headed higher. What’s driving this move? Simply put: The Fed has cranked up the printing presses and is throwing hundreds of ... …
Gold’s About to Burst Out of Its Recent Range
My friend Kevin just regaled me with a story about his trip to the mall — a guy was there handing out plastic bags for people to use to turn in their gold for cash. “Holy cow!†Kevin said. “It was ... …
3 Picks for a Down Market
I received some good reader reaction to my column last week, "Gold, Guns and Spam." I think some of you were surprised that I could write about something other than natural resources ... …
Gold, Guns and Spam
In these tough times, a good investment is hard to find. In fact, the S&P 500 was down 18.2 percent year-to-date through Friday. And the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped more than ... …
The Golden Phoenix
I’m writing this from Phoenix, as the Cambridge House Resource Investment Conference and Silver Summit winds to a close. The bullishness on gold and silver has such a tangible presence that I ... …
5 Rally Killers and How to Profit From Them
I’m very bullish on gold and silver. And at the same time, my target on the S&P 500 is 600 — a 24% drop from recent levels and 62% down from its October 2007 peak. As far as the economy goes ... …
Gold and the Fear Trade
I would like to state for the record that what’s happening to the U.S. economy is freaking me out. And I think that if you’re not scared, you’re not paying attention. That said, there are positive steps ... …
Blessing in Disguise
Boy, I wish I had a time machine. I wouldn’t have to go far — just back a few months to buy silver at under $9 an ounce (a 38% discount to recent prices) and gold at under $715 ... …
Secret Stock Bargains in Vancouver
‘It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light ... …
How Low Can Oil Go?
Just a year ago, many people, including me, were bracing for much higher oil prices, and making some good money on energy trades, too. Now, we are seven months into the steepest ... …
Obama Boom North of the Border?
Investors are already positioning themselves in U.S. stocks to make the most of the boom fueled by Obama’s stimulus plan. While many of these picks could rally nicely as our government throws hundreds of ... …
Gold and Oil Short-Term Trends
This market is so wild, so volatile, that I’m calling it the “Andy Warhol market†— everyone gets a turn to be right, but only for 15 minutes at a time! And right now, there are massive forces lined up ... …
Blood in the Streets
Happy New Year’s Eve. What a year, eh? Speculation causes a massive market collapse ... gold prices soar ... leading bankers fail ... But I’m not talking about today’s market woes ... …
3 Stock-ing Stuffers
It’s Christmas Eve. And I hope you’re having a happy holiday. Your shopping for loved ones should be done now. So let’s turn to the other kind of shopping you might be thinking about ... …
Mexico’s Streets of Gold
Last week, I went to Mexico to check out a new gold project. It capped off a great week for gold when we got more positive news for the yellow metal and technical signals that indicate ... …
Carnage in Crude
As you read this, I’m on my way to check out a new gold project in Mexico that I hope to tell you about in an upcoming Money and Markets column. But I couldn’t skip the chance to go ... …
Quest for the City of Gold
El Dorado ... Cibola ... Quivira ... these are all fabled "lost cities of gold" that fired up the imaginations of explorers who pursued their dreams to the four corners of the Earth. These cities only existed ... …
Financial Mayhem to Fuel Gold’s Next Surge?
Last week, I wrote about how our oil-rich friends in the Middle East are buying gold hand over fist. It turns out they’re not the only ones. The latest figures from the World Gold Council show a frenzy of activity ... …
Are Oil-Rich Sheiks Being Scared Into Gold?
Our oil-rich friends in the Middle East are scared. How do I know? Because they are buying gold like crazy! First, we got the news that Saudi investors spent $3.47 BILLION on gold in a recent two-week period ... …
Fear and Greed at the DC Money Show …
Last weekend, I attended the Money Show in Washington, DC. The themes of fear and greed ran throughout the show. And I'd say that fear had the upper hand. The speakers at the show (I was one ... …
Funding America's Future Can Make You a Whole Lot Richer …
By the time you read this, America will have a new President. I hope he's better with money than the last resident of the White House. Just look at how the Bush gang is spending the $700 billion bailout ... …
Oil to $50 … or $150?
When people ask me if I think crude oil is going to $50 or $150, I nod sagely and say: "Yes, probably." I'm not being flip. I'm simply giving both the short-term and the long-term timeframes ... …
Yes, We Have No Silver
As the price of silver pulled back under $10 an ounce recently, I started loading up on the white metal. Or, I should say, I tried to load up. While I was easily able to buy silver coins with numismatic ... …
Hey, Big Spender!
If the Central Banks were our kids, we'd be taking their credit cards away. They are spending us into the poor house! Sure, Wall Street is at the rotten root of this crisis. Their toxic debt is poisoning ... …
7 Trillion Reasons to Own Gold
In just a few short weeks, America has gone from looking at a potential economic downturn to staring into an economic abyss. In a matter of days, confidence in the Federal Reserve's ability ... …
Your Own Golden Parachute
Global markets are whipsawing right now as the Federal Government tries to put out a fire in the credit markets with a flood of liquidity. But the rescue plan is failing. As a result, credit ... …
Government Debt Rescue a Boon for Gold!
Treasury Secretary Paulson and Congress are hammering out details of the government's rescue plan for financial institutions, and we don't know what final impact it will have on the debt crisis ... …
Global Margin Call Pushing Oil Prices Lower …
The commodity correction continues. And it’s getting more painful by the minute as big trading houses like Lehman and Merrill Lynch go belly up or are forced into mergers. I think we’re …
The Agriculture Bomb
Commodity prices have pulled back sharply, enough for some market watchers to pronounce the commodity bull "dead." I'll take that bet, because I think we're just seeing a correction in a ... …
A Storm Called Cantarell
The oil industry along the Louisiana coast got off lightly from Hurricane Gustav. While 1.3 million barrels of oil and seven billion cubic feet of natural gas per day stopped pumping temporarily, ... …
Is the Commodity Squeeze Over?
We have seen commodities across the board tumble in the past few months. So is the commodity supply/demand squeeze over? My view: Not by a long shot. In fact, the pullback we've ... …
Gold in the Clouds
I was in Colorado recently, and all around me were reminders that I was in a state with a rich history of minerals — natural gas, silver, and especially gold. The Colorado Gold Rush, ... …
Investing in Solar Innovation …
As an energy crisis threatens to derail the U.S. economy, it really bugs me that there is a 170-billion-megawatt fusion reactor we are not taking advantage of. I'm talking about the sun, ... …
Get Ready for the Next Leg Up in Oil
Oil has pulled back from its highs, and now analysts are lining up to say the top is in. I've been saying all along that volatility is the name of the game in oil this year. Let me tell you now ... …
Alternative Energies That Work
Many Americans are disgusted by the fact that, faced with an energy crisis, the government seems to produce nothing but hot air. I think the government is paralyzed because there's no one ... …
Consider Gold & Silver Now!
Our nation may be on the cusp of economic catastrophe — call it a panic, a meltdown, an implosion; I don't care what you call it. But it's bad. And it's coming straight at you like a ... …
Bin Laden, Oil Prices & Inflation
Sometimes your worst fears come back to bite you in the rear. Case in point: In the New York Times, on October 14, 2001 the managing director of an oil consulting firm warned: "If Bin ... …
Oil Crisis Worsening! What's Next ?
I've been pounding the table about an energy crisis for quite some time. As a loyal reader of my Money and Markets column, you might think I've been proven right by gasoline soaring over ... …
OPEC: Brace For $170 Oil This Summer!
Just a few days ago, OPEC President Chakib Khelil told a French television station the awful truth that U.S. consumers don't want to hear. "I foresee prices probably between $150 and $170 ... …
Peak Oil Truths & Consequences
I hear that along with Peak Oil, the world is now hitting Peak Fertilizer. Well, there's enough BS being spread about the oil crisis that it could solve our fertilizer problem in a jiffy. Much of it ... …
China raises gas prices: Is this the end of the oil boom?
Last Thursday, China roiled the oil market, announcing it would raise gas and diesel prices by about 46 cents per gallon in order to reduce demand. In a matter of minutes, oil prices ... …
Get Rich as Gas Goes Supersonic
I just drove to Orlando, Florida and back — Ouch! My aching wallet! And my little Honda CRV averaged 26.5 miles per gallon on the trip, so my pain from paying for expensive gasoline ... …
How the New Oil Crisis Affects You
In ancient times, when mapmakers came to uncharted territory, they would scrawl: "Here There Be Dragons." Flash-forward to the 21st Century; oil markets went into uncharted territory on the ... …
Once Upon A Time in Mexico
In the mid-1500s, legend has it that Spanish explorers were traveling through the Guanajuato region of Mexico when they camped for the night by the side of a river. They piled stones in a ... …
Special Dispatch from Mexico: Silver Vein Discovered!
Greetings from Mexico! I'm traveling this mineral-rich country in search of conquistador silver. Yes, mines that the Spanish discovered and worked in the New World are still being worked today ... …
The Alternative Energy Bargain
All eyes are on oil as the price of crude trends higher and higher. But one of the rules of smart investing is to look at things others have ignored or written off, because you might find real bargains there ... …
3 Ways NOT to Lower Gas Prices
The price of gasoline is soaring — regular gas has hit an average $3.72 nationally according to the Energy Information Administration, and prices have already climbed well beyond $4 a gallon ... …
How to Get Cheap Gas
With gasoline prices up 15 cents a gallon in the last two weeks — and about 63% in the last 18 months — American drivers are feeling a pinch at the pump. Consumers are demanding that ... …
Seven Looming Crises: How to Protect Your Portfolio
Many of the investment trends I talk about tend to play out over an extended period of time — for example, the long-term price gains in food and energy. But I see at least seven different crises that could ... …
Oil Tops $119! What's Next …
Since trading as low as $50.53 early in 2007, oil prices have exploded higher, stunning the world. Just yesterday, crude jumped to a new all-time high above $119 a barrel! Consumers would probably ... …
Oil hits $115! Gold up $16.40 Dollar index plunging!
Man oh man, were we dead on when we urged you to jump all over resource markets yesterday, or what? Today, just 24 hours later, we've already seen all kinds of records broken and a heck of a lot ... …
Food Crisis May Threaten Your Portfolio
The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said that world cereal production may jump a record 2.6% this year as farmers boost plantings. In other words, supply is fine. Except ... …
Commodity Bull Ready to Charge Again
The last few weeks have been the roller coaster ride from hell for commodities, an up-and-down whirlwind that has left many traders feeling turned inside-out. But I think there are strong signs that ... …
Oil, Water and Wheat …
If you think you know what water is worth ... what wheat is worth ... and what oil is worth ... check out the latest news from Saudi Arabia ... The Kingdom is going to start importing wheat early next year... …
Three Lessons from the Great Depression
A huge bull market in commodities takes a downturn. Equities are getting clobbered. The nation is groaning under insurmountable debts after the banks throw caution to the wind. …
A Tale of Two Metals
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times," Charles Dickens famously wrote. That certainly describes markets nowadays, doesn't it? Heck, Ben Bernanke chopped both the fed funds rate ... …
How to Beat the Bears
The recent action on Wall Street is enough to send shivers up the spine of even the biggest bull. Despite yesterday's Fed-induced rally, we have multiple bear markets closing in simultaneously ... …
Last day to go for huge ETF gains
Just a friendly reminder ... I'm issuing a whole series of new ETF recos tomorrow! I can't wait. So if you want to get them, you'll need to join me now. Just look how everything is coming together ... …
2-Day Advance Alert: Major Action I'm Taking
These commodity markets are going wild, and I'm responding with major action — new commodity ETF recommendations I'm going to issue by mid-week, probably Wednesday. If you want to jump in ... …
Oil hits $106! Copper hits $4.00! Gold near $1,000 again! Now …
This is it, dear reader! Just this morning, crude oil surged to $106 per barrel ... copper hit the $4-per-pound level ... gold jumped back to near $1,000 again ... and, behind it all, the dollar has ... …
A New Way to Play the Commodity Super Cycle
In 2007, gold prices shot up 36.6% ... crude oil prices rocketed higher by 70.8%... and agriculture prices — corn, wheat, soybeans and more — soared to new records. …
The Ultimate Liquid Asset
Two centuries ago, people in New England were harvesting a resource for practically nothing and selling it at a fat profit in such distant locales as Calcutta, Martinique and Havana. As the wheel ... …
Platinum Goes Ballistic; Gold to Follow?
Natural resources markets exploded higher yesterday. Crude oil closed above the $100-a-barrel mark for the first time. And platinum's move was even more dramatic ... the price soared to a record high ... …
