Which is more volatile: gold or silver?

How to Profit from the Jekyll-and-Hyde World of Silver Price Movements

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Most precious-metals investors know that silver is more volatile than gold. But do they know just how big that difference really is? We thought it would be interesting to measure how much greater silver’s daily moves are—both in gains and declines—than gold. We documented the daily price movements for both metals, and then calculated the […]

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Portfolio Insurance

Portfolio Insurance: A Concern for Industry Regulators?

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Most people are familiar with the traditional forms of insurance: home, life, auto, fire and more recently, disaster insurance. What you may not be familiar with is “Portfolio Insurance.” These are the non-traditional and non-insurance forms – products sold by the industry, some of which involve the use of derivatives. When primary insurers sell a policy

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Beijing Pollution

Beijing’s Pollution Alarms Neighbors

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The good news for the Chinese leadership is that their fiscal policies have paid off, producing both the world’s second-largest economy and the globe’s leading creditor nation in less than a generation. The less good news is that the country’s hell-bent drive towards industrialization has brought in its train a host of collateral problems, not the least of which is pollution. Last month Beijing’s air pollution soared past levels considered hazardous by the World Health Organization.

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Can Leak Detection End the Pipeline Impasse?

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Pipelines used to be things that were just built without blinking. It is said that there are enough pipelines now in the US to encircle the Earth 25 times with enough left over to also tie a bow around it. Today, getting a pipeline built is not so easy – there are too many environmental concerns and the industry has become highly polarized. But here’s one thing that could bring everyone together: pipeline safety technology. And it’s something we all want, especially for those who live along the thousands of miles of aging pipeline routes that carry hazardous liquids.

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Student Loan Consolidation Rates

Understanding Student Loan Consolidation Rates

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These days many recent graduates of colleges and universities have to deal with massive student loans. Often, seeing that lump of debt can be  overwhelming, and the process can be even more difficult when you are dealing with several different payments per month. Understanding student loan consolidation rates may help you to better deal with these issues.

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"Falling Real Estate Business In USA" by sdmania

Re-emergent house flippers are set to flop.

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Two years before the housing bust became painfully obvious to U.S. homeowners, EWI’s publications warned subscribers that the housing market had reached extremes and was about to bust. Now, lofty expectations for home prices have returned. So have house “flippers.” Is it different this time? Is it safe again to speculate in U.S. real estate?

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"Catching Money Bag" by Iamnee

The Last Believers: Government Grabs the Bag with Both Hands

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The following is a sample from Elliott Wave International’s new 40-page report, The State of the Global Markets — 2013 Edition: The Most Important Investment Report You’ll Read This Year. This article was originally published in the October 2012 issue of The Elliott Wave Financial Forecast. When government gets into the act of speculation, the

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