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2018 Commodity Forecast: Time to Love the Hated?
December 8, 2017 Natural Resource Investor
Investors have strategies for making decisions. A common strategy for good investors — or at least those who love to tout their goodness — is to buy what’s hated. Sir John Templeton, a guy Money magazine named as the greatest stock-picker of the 20th century, characterized the opportunity to buy what’s hated as the “point of maximum […]Here’s Why this Year’s Worst Performing Metal Could be First in 2018!
December 7, 2017 Gold Mining Millionaire
In 2018, the cycles forecast a major move to the upside for the entire precious metals complex, but naturally, some metals will perform better than others. Case in point, earlier this year I pointed out the big disparity between the performance of palladium vs. platinum prices. Historically, precious platinum had almost always traded at a premium to […]An Update on Third Point Reinsurance
December 6, 2017 Pivotal Point Trader
Third Point Reinsurance (TPRE) was added to the Pivotal Point portfolio in the middle of last month, and has struggled a bit since. No worries. The Bermuda company is the public investment vehicle of Dan Loeb, the billionaire activist hedge fund manager. The business prospects, and share price are nearing an inflection point. Reinsurance might not be […] Higher Oil Prices Breathe Life Into This Sector
December 5, 2017 Oil
The price of oil just hit its highest point since July 2015. That’s really helping the one sector of the oil patch that we should be watching now. Is Low Market Volatility Good or Bad for the Bullish?
December 4, 2017 Investing, Stocks, Trading Strategies
Using an indicator called the VIX Fix, we can see what market volatility was before 1990. That’s helpful when putting the current market into context.