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The Power Of Social Media: Influencing Trading And The Markets

Posted: February 3, 2012 10:01AM by Lewis Humphries

When Facebook superseded Google as the world's most visited online resource in 2010 according to comScore, the trend was set for a significant period of social media dominance. Given that Google's...

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Filed Under: Active Trading, Business

Gold Is Broken, But Don't Count It Out

Posted: December 21, 2011 9:25AM by Tim Parker

The financial news media is calling it the end of a historic bull market, and top commodities traders are getting out as fast as they can. Dennis Gartman, one of the world's best known commodities...

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Filed Under: Active Trading, Commodities

Is The Santa Claus Rally For Real?

Posted: December 9, 2011 7:55AM by Tim Parker

Investors are taught never to use hope as a reason to invest, but after 2011 that has left the majority of professional money managers lagging the market, the hope of an upcoming Santa Claus rally is...

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Filed Under: Active Trading, Economy, Statistics

Who's To Blame For Rogue Traders?

Posted: October 12, 2011 9:56AM by Yolander Prinzel

Rogue traders aren't a new occurrence in the financial industry. For as long as there have been companies, with a viable way of making money, there have been people ready to test the limits and take...

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Buffett's World Travels

Posted: April 14, 2011 12:29PM by Marc Davis

No other investor in recent times has been more avidly watched than billionaire Warren Buffett, CEO and chairman of the monumentally successful Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.A). Once a textile firm...

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Filed Under: Active Trading, Business, Fundamental Analysis, Insurance, Warren Buffett

4 Commodities Affected By World Conflicts

Posted: April 13, 2011 1:33PM by Brent Radcliffe

Individuals and businesses need access to resourcesÂ for the manufacture of new products and creation of new services, but they also need them in order to keep the status quo of production. But what...

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Filed Under: Active Trading, Business, Commodities, Economy, International Markets

What Drives The Price Of Gold?

Posted: March 9, 2011 12:21PM by Jean Folger

The ancient Egyptians performed the first smelting of gold circa 3,600 BC. A thousand years later, gold jewelry appeared as the goldsmiths of ancient Mesopotamia crafted a burial headdress made of...

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Filed Under: Active Trading, Commodities, Forwards, Futures, Investment

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