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US Offshore Drilling…and Politics

Bush lifting the OCS ban changes the political dynamic.

The Republican message is singular…… “Drill, Drill, Drill.” That’s it. No “conservation & efficiency.” No “alternative energy” stuff. Just DRILL!!! And no, they are NOT crazy, just being politically pragmatic. It’s a…

23Jul2008 | Energy and Oil | 0 comments | Continued

Option Investing Tips

Ten Tips to Successful Options Trading

Options can be a menacing trading practice. Once you think you have it figured out, it shifts. Like any investment, there’s going to be some sort of gamble. Although viewed by bitter traders as confusing,…

23Jul2008 | The Penny Sleuth | 0 comments | Continued

Chevron Says Hurricane Dolly Evacuation Won’t Affect Company’s Gulf Oil Production

Chevron Corp. (CVX) - the No. 2 U.S. oil company and the most-recent topic of Money Morning’s new “Buy, Sell or Hold” feature - said that a hurricane-induced evacuation of its personnel from the Gulf of Mexico should not hamper production.

Chevron on…

23Jul2008 | Money Morning | 0 comments | Continued

Inside Wall Street: The Real Reason the Federal Reserve Can’t Raise Interest Rates

Given that the U.S. Federal Reserve is the master of “Three-Card Monte,” can you tell what’s in the cards for short-term interest rates?

Three-Card Monte is a confidence game in which manipulation and misdirection are employed as the “mark” tries…

23Jul2008 | Money Morning | 0 comments | Continued

Commodities Corner: No Rest For The Wicked…Or Gas, Corn and Silver

Welcome to another installment of our bi-weekly round-up of what’s been happening in the world of commodities. Once again, there’s been no shortage of wild action, so let’s get right to it.

Oil Resting For The Moment

The energy markets took a…

22Jul2008 | Smart Profits Report | 0 comments | Continued

Pledge to Hedge: A High-Tech Way to Boost Your Vehicle’s Gas Mileage

begin today with a startling number: 5.2.

That’s the percentage my gas mileage improved when I added Pulstar Pulse Spark Plugs to my 1991 Mazda Miata.

Made by the Albuquerque, N.M.-based Enerpulse Inc., Pulstar Plugs are the latest in a series of innovative new products…

22Jul2008 | Money Morning | 0 comments | Continued

Commodity Trading

It’s a Wild World

Well another week of wild trading has left many on Wall Street bruised, battered and not sure what to think. Is the oil bubble bursting? Are commodities and resources heading lower? No one can say for sure, but this…

22Jul2008 | Whiskey and Gunpowder | 0 comments | Continued

The Junior Miner Checklist

Grading a junior is an important process where many analysts fall short. Grading juniors is much different than grading a major gold producer — that’s why I came up with a set of concepts that I always look for in…

21Jul2008 | The Penny Sleuth | 0 comments | Continued

Global Investing Roundups

Piracy Robs Microsoft; BlackRock Profits Rise 23%; Nokia Beats Expectations; Venezuela Lights Up U.S.; BOE’s Sentance “Struck”; Coke’s Earnings Hiccup; JPMorgan Earnings Surprise; Investor Outrage in Pakistan

Microsoft Corp.’s (MSFT) profit growth may be stunted this year by a resurgence of software…

18Jul2008 | Money Morning | 0 comments | Continued

If You’re Prospecting for Gold, Tell Them Ben Bernanke Sent You

U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke is caught between a rock and a hard place right now.

Sure, he would prefer that you focus on “core inflation,” since it excludes sharply rising food and oil prices. But we all have…

18Jul2008 | Money Morning | 0 comments | Continued

Sovereign Wealth Funds Reducing Exposure to U.S. Dollar

State-run sovereign wealth funds are diversifying away from the U.S. dollar, as well as dollar denominated assets, at an unheralded pace, as the greenback’s protracted declined undermines the credibility of U.S. policymakers.

The Financial Times reported yesterday (Thursday) that one large, unnamed Gulf…

18Jul2008 | Stephen Oakes | 1 comment | Continued

Indicators of a Falling Market

Is Calling a Bottom Premature?

As I wrote last week, it’s pretty clear times are tough right now. With three quarters of the population thinking we’re already in a recession and the market sinking by the day, I don’t think there’s any…

18Jul2008 | The Penny Sleuth | 0 comments | Continued

THE NEW GOLD RALLY

A correction in oil prices is so inevitable that there is no point in even calling it, especially since I don’t have any great insights as to when it’ll start. But just when the world economy is slowing and central…

18Jul2008 | Daily Reckoning | 0 comments | Continued