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Hey, How’re Those Gold Stocks Doin’?
Written by Brad Zigler
August 12, 2010 2:27 PM EST
Real-time Monetary Inflation (last 12 months): -1.0%

Last month in "Appraising Gold Miners' Equity Risk," we peeled into the Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSE Arca: GDX) components and discovered a connection between the miners' performance and that of the general market. More properly, it's a disconnect that makes for good numbers: The lower a gold miner's correlation to the stock market, the better its performance.

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Product Demand Slackens With Inventory Builds
Written by Brad Zigler
August 11, 2010 11:51 AM EST
Real-time Monetary Inflation (last 12 months): -0.7%

Oil industry and Street forecasts for a decline in the nation's crude oil stockpile were outdone this morning when the U.S. Energy Department announced a 3.0-million-barrel decrease in overall supplies. The off-take reduces the domestic commercial stash of crude now to 355 million barrels.

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Agribusiness Stocks: A Deere Friend?
Written by Brad Zigler
August 10, 2010 12:49 PM EST
Real-time Monetary Inflation (last 12 months): -1.1%

A while back, we heralded the breakdown in commodity stocks' relative strength ("Commodity Futures Outperforming Stocks"). Perhaps "heralded" isn't the right word. I mean, weakness isn't something to be sought after.

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The Real Action In Oil
Written by Brad Zigler
August 09, 2010 2:19 PM EST
Real-time Monetary Inflation (last 12 months): -1.4%

Crude oil's been an exciting market over the past couple of weeks. Since the September WTI contract became the NYMEX lead dog on July 21, Texas Tea has climbed 5.4 percent. That gain's been trumped, however, by a 6.6 percent appreciation in the price of October heating oil. Lest you think pump prices at your neighborhood fill-up spot are careening upward, the wholesale price for an October delivery of unleaded gasoline blendstock has risen only 4 percent.

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Inflation Scorecard: Gold Reverses Course
Written by Brad Zigler
August 06, 2010 12:48 PM EST
Real-time Monetary Inflation (last 12 months): -1.3%

Gold took revenge on the reserve currencies for two weeks of body blows, fighting back to score across-the-board gains. Outside of the U.S. dollar, bullion tagged the Swiss franc hardest, rising 1.6 percent. The euro lost 1.3 percent vs. gold, 0.7 percent against sterling and 0.6 percent in yen.

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  About Brad
Brad Zigler's stints as a contributing
editor for the Corporate Communica-
tions Broadcast Network, the Journal
of Indexes, and CRB Trader have set
the stage for his current role as manag-
ing editor of HardAssetsInvestor.com.

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