commodities

Gold has broken through to yet another record high. The previous high of $1226 per troy ounce was set in November 2009. Since then the gold market has dropped as low as $1044. We are now in the middle of 2010 and gold is trading $20 higher than its previous record level. In an almost contrarian view to the Euro, it is the bears who are looking a touch green about the gills, especially ...

The second most important variable for a point and figure chart is the reversal threshold. The most common amount of reversal threshold is three boxes or three points. A new column is only added when a reversal in an existing column exceeds the reversal threshold. What should be the reversal threshold or the reversal amount before a new column is added? The reversal amount in pips is 30 ...

Learning about the history of the gold price will stand you in good stead if you decide to buy gold bullion. By knowing how prices have changed over time, you are able to make a better judgement in the present. You will understand better when the right time to buy and sell gold bullion is if you have examined past rises and ...

There are 100s of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) and HOLDRS covering key industry benchmarks such as the various Standard & Poor (S&P) Indexes, Russell Indexes or the Dow Jones Products. There are other ETFs that cover the other less well known narrow based sectors. For example SPY tracks the Standard & Poors 500 Composite Index and is the largest of the ETFs. You should ...