HardAssetsInvestor.com's managing editor offers a simple way to measure the performance of commodities versus commodities stocks.

• Commodities and commodity stocks behave differently
• A look at the HAP/GCC ratio
• Correlations remain high

HardAssetsInvestor.com's managing editor explains the long and the short of some new inverse commodity products.

• The shape of the futures price curve
• Shopping for advantageous swaps
• The real-world effect of the market's contango

Can futures traders really obtain more leverage with less-apparent risk?

• Training wheels for novices
• More bang for the margin buck
• Exploiting market nuances

HardAssetsInvestor.com's managing editor checks up on his six-month bullish forecast.

• Market fundamentals
• Tectonic shifts in coffee positions
• Speculative buying

 

HardAssetsInvestor's managing editor celebrates the fiat currency's 10^th birthday and digs into its relationship to gold.

• More inflation resistant than the dollar
• The second most widely held reserve currency
• Current global recession could hobble its 'cachet'

Mom Vets Treasury Secretary
Time for a return to old-fashioned sensibilities

Can spread-minded investors capture refining profits without the risk of margin calls?

• The topsy-turvy oil market
• Reliable profit indicators
• The long and short relationship

Managing Editor Brad Zigler schools investors on how best to hedge their (gold) bets.

• Identifying the risks
• How beta factors in
• What about margins and puts?

The Breakfast Index takes the measure of wholesale price changes in a basket of foods commonly seen in a morning meal.