FT.com - Commodities News and Market Data:
Gold maintained a grip near its all-time high while oil prices dipped and base metals eased as commodity markets paused for breath after their recent strong run. (Read More)
AppScout:
If you can make friends with a local cheese maker or find a spice shop in your neighborhood, I recommend doing so. But if specialty shops that suit your champagne tastes aren't available, you might like Gourmet Library. .The site is a new social network plus Web service that brings people who love food together with the foo (Read More)
The Tycoon Report:
A Special Note from The Tycoon Report: As a free investor-education newsletter, we continually look for opportunities to round out your education with different strategies and approaches. Today, we are pleased to bring back Profits Run Founder Bill Poulos, who is presenting the final installment of a four-part series on get (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
In the old days, with the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index down 1.75% through midday, chances were pretty good that gold prices would find a “safe haven” buying bid. That was then. This is now. Instead, gold prices were also down, off about 0.6%.The link these days is the dollar, and the correlations between the dollar and (Read More)
FT.com - Financial Markets News:
Gold prices dipped after hitting a record in the previous session while oil prices eased and base metals moved lower as commodity markets consolidated after recent gains. (Read More)
24/7 Wall St.:
This was an important week for investment guru and billionaire watchers to see which gurus were holding which stocks. The full public equity holdings of Warren Buffett via Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) were particularly of note, particularly with those B shares under “BRK-B” soon to split and giving a chance for ev (Read More)
Money Smart Life:
The holiday shopping season is almost here! With Black Friday just around the corner, you can use these tips to help you stay out of debt while buying gifts for all your friends and family this year.Set a budget: Obviously if you have credit card debt now, you don’t want to elevate those numbers. Remember, your credit scor (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
Energy and materials sector leading the broad weakness in the markets early. Materials are off by 2.3%, lead by metals firms such as Allegheny Technologies (-4.8%), Titanium Metals (-4.1) and Alcoa (-3.9%). Energy sector is off 2.2%, with energy firms like Massey Energy (-4.6%), Nabors Industries (-4.6%) and Marathon Oil (- (Read More)
FT Alphaville:
Late on Wednesday Brazil -- land of impressive football and interest rates -- announced a further development in its controversial capital controls.From the Wall Street Journal:BRASILIA---Brazil's government will apply a tax on Brazilian stocks traded as American depositary receipts, another effort to stem the rapid flow of (Read More)
Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis:
Typically, one of the best thing Congress ever does is nothing. And so it is again with the Cap-And-Trade energy bill. Thankfully, Senate Climate Bill Delay Raises Doubt on Chance for U.S. Law.The U.S. Senate won’t try to pass a bill limiting U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions for months, clouding the prospects for final legisla (Read More)
The Tycoon Report:
A Special Note from The Tycoon Report: As a free investor-education newsletter, we continually look for opportunities to round out your education with different strategies and approaches. Today, we are pleased to bring back Profits Run Founder Bill Poulos, who has talked with you about why trading forex now beats the stock (Read More)
Canadian Daily Digest:
The DAILY DIGEST: INFORMATION and OPINION from ST. JOHN'S to VICTORIA. ARCHIVED at http://cdndailydigest.blogspot.com/ EDITORIAL PAGEs ST.JOHN'S TELEGRAM - In excess CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN - Ontario got a better deal HALIFAX CHRONICLE HERALD - Terror prosecutions: Sea change in handling of detainees AMHERST DAILY (Read More)
Financial Times:
China Investment Corp has bought a HK$5.5bn ($710m) stake in a Hong Kong-based solar power component maker as the sovereign wealth fund invests in energy and commodities companies to hedge against inflation, reports Bloomberg. CIC will have a 20% stake in GCL-Poly Energy Holdings and the two companies agreed to set up a ven (Read More)
24/7 Wall St.:
A broker noted something about this yesterday as a gold bug, and frankly it seemed far fetched considering the magnitude of the move we have already seen in recent weeks and months. But the talk was about John Paulson, the great bank and financial short seller who cleaned up betting against housing and financials, opening (Read More)