Is Gold a Bubble About to Pop? These Charts Say No

Some are convinced the precious metal will keep rising, others that it’s tracing out a classic speculative bubble that’s ready to burst. Nobody has a crystal ball, but an “agnostic” technical analysis of the charts provides som…

Will Silver Outshine Gold Again in 2011?

Everybody knows gold had a great year in 2010, rising 27% and beating most other investments. But silver actually did much better, climbing a breathtaking 83%. Can the “poor man’s gold” keep beating its more costly big brother?…

What’s an Exchange-Traded Fund? [Video]


Laura Morrison, head of U.S. ETF trading and listings operations at NYSE Euronext, explains what these increasingly popular investment vehicles are and how they can best be used in an investment portfolio. She also talks about how how interested investors can purchase ETFs. [Video]

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How You Can Profit From the Coming Merger Mania

With interest rates so low and corporations sitting on $2 trillion in cash, a slew of mergers and takeovers across a number of industries appears likely in 2011. But picking individual companies is awfully tough. Here’s a bette…

How to Invest in Commodities, Carefully

Prices for copper, gold, wheat, corn and oil are soaring. But how can small investors can take advantage of this growth without taking on way too much risk? That’s a good question, indeed. And here are some good answers.
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