Are there better technical signals for buying gold than forward rates? 

• What really happened in gold last week
• Why gold didn't rally during the financial crisis
• Do negative lease rates mean a rally is on its way?

HardAssetsInvestor's managing editor investigates whether cocoa futures are building a price base.

• Technical picture
• The fundamentals
• Trader commitments

 

HardAssetsInvestor's managing editor posits that it may be time to trade, not just drink, your morning joe.

• Venti-sized coffee break?
• Credit market's impact on production
• What price are java bulls eyeing?

HardAssetsInvestor's managing editor explains how to enjoy the efficiencies of the wholesale market while acquiring retail-sized lots of precious metals.

• An anomaly in bullion supply?
• Mini futures
• Taking physical delivery

 

HardAssetsInvestor.com's managing editor talks biofuels with Ed Schafer.

• Optimizing domestic fossil fuels
• Fractured focus stalls national policy
• Orange juice industry reuses discarded by-product

HardAssetsInvestor's managing editor examines the fine print regarding how the energy mogul wants to bring energy independence to the nation.

• It's blowing in the wind...
• Funding with OPM
• Taking his show on the road

 

HardAssetsInvestor's managing editor does the math on how many barrels of black gold that Big Mac actually costs.

• The tie to nonrenewable energy sources
• Reducing food transport distances
• Supply-side efficiency improvements

HAI's managing editor talks with Duncan Niederauer about NYSE Euronext debuting as a domestic futures bourse.

• Diversifying its asset base
• Principle-based regulation
• The 75-year-old rule book