by Dave Howe It’s an everyday occurrence for investors around the world to entrust their hard-earned money to a mutual fund or a group of mutual funds in hopes of greater returns in the long run. These mutual funds are managed by professionals in the world of equity investing. But maybe you didn’t realize there [...]

Lind Plus Senior Market Strategist Phil Streible shares his outlook on commodities in 2011 in this CNBC clip. He said he expects the bull run to continue in the metals market, with copper facing supply issues that should likely keep driving the market to record highs.

Is Gold Nearing a Top? by James Barrett Gold has continued to break records, climbing above $1,200 an ounce on the first day of December. Despite the Dubai-inspired post-Thanksgiving correction, in my view a top hasn’t arrived. The technical setup isn’t there, and I see $1,240 as the next near-term target. Gold has been a [...]

Managed futures were featured in a recent story on Bloomberg television, which called them a “hit” in 2008. View it here: http://www.bloomberg.com/avp/avp.htm?N=video&T=Managed%20Futures%20Secure%20Position%20in%20Portfolios%20&clipSRC=mms://media2.bloomberg.com/cache/vIOumqheJBbU.asf According to BarclayHedge, the average managed futures fund returned more than 14 percent last year. (The S&P 500 dropped 38.5 percent) Bloomberg notes managed futures haven’t posted a down year since 1999, having [...]

Crude Oil Top Not In, Still Opportunities for Bulls By Tim Haberkorn Worries about inflation are heating up. Investors have been looking for inflation hedges and turning to commodities. A lot of that interest is directed at the energy markets, sending crude oil to new highs for the year at just above $70 a barrel. [...]

2009 Outlook: Confidence Returning–and Inflation by Matt Roma As we look ahead to 2009, I think there are reasons to be optimistic about the markets. We put an extremely volatile 2008 behind us. In the final trading sessions of the year, we saw high levels of volatility. While that can be partially attributed to light [...]