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Could Permanent Gold Backwardation Be Around the Corner?

#gold #commodities #shortages #backwardation #contango #futures #dollar #fiatcurrency #soundmoney Today we will touch upon the commodity shortage that, according

Run On Copper Supplies Leads to Technical Default on the LME.

#LME #copper #backwardation #contango #dollar #gold #silver #commodities #futures #spotprice #supply #shortages Today Rafi Farber and I go over the situation in

A “Dirt Cheap” Investment Most People Don’t Know?

The best investment experts are discussing if shares are overvalued. If bonds are too expensive. If there is a bubble on these markets. The opinions, like always,

Is Gold A Good Inflation Hedge? And Crude, Copper?

(Commodities And Inflation Part I.) As I wrote various times before, I’m a bargain hunter by investments, searching for assets with good fundamental value but on

Thoughts Of A Short Seller – Carmageddon Or Tesla Miracle?

I’m absolutely no enemy of Tesla, nor Elon Musk, nor the technological advances. I am very curious about the world dominated by electric cars and self-driving cars.

Trade Short, Long, And Earn With Both? How Could That Be?

I like ideas with trading pairs where the two legs are moving mostly in the opposite direction and both can provide earnings. Or, the one can produce more earning

Coffee, Sweet Coffee, Make Me Rich

Chart courtesy of Stockcharts.com August the 22, 2018 I posted about the coffee prices on the commodity exchange, as it was on near-12-years low by 100 USD (or 1

Should gold be in contango or backwardation?

Many commentators have written about gold futures contracts and the term structure of gold. I always wonder why the futures price of gold "should" be higher

Sometimes the best INVETMENT ADVICE is about NOT LOSING MONEY. What they never teach you in business school can cost your dearly!

CONTANGO = when the spot price of an asset is less than the future price of an asset. All commodity exchange trade products as well as long volatility ETP's must

Commodities futures markets - the concepts of Contango and Backwardation - any BlockChain impact?

What are futures & options? For a normal market or a market in contango it is cheaper to buy a commodity at the spot market than buy at a future date using futures