Do TV and Film Investments Make Money?

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Trends in television The introduction of video-on-demand (VOD) services including Amazon and Netflix has revolutionised the way we watch TV. They are each gaining millions of new subscribers each year and produce ever more of their own award-winning…

Monetary Exhaustion Means Rising Gold Prices

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As non-traditional monetary policies in advanced economies are likely to eclipse, investors will increasingly turn to gold to hedge their portfolios. Around mid-April, when the price of gold was still about $1,290, I made a contrarian projection…

Oil markets are falling into a bear trap and it’s way overdone

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Oil markets have been prone to over-bearishness of late with fears over supply returning to the market largely "overdone," according to the latest oil market analysis by RBC Capital Markets. Oil prices are oscillating on hopes that a rebalancing…

Gold prices up 26% in 2016, but gold ETFs losing assets: Here’s why

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Gold has been the biggest outperformer among all asset classes this year, up 26 per cent, yet in each of the six months this year, gold funds in India have seen outflows. "Gold funds (including ETFs) have delivered around 15 per cent return…

Propaganda And Precious Metals

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As gold reaches for higher prices and gains more attention, the propagandists are flooding the news outlets with articles on the virtues of investing in the stock market and the evils of precious metals – silver/devil. The Ponzi must continue…

Oil decline resumes following oversupply concerns, precious metals lose shine

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US data-backed price support for the oil markets proven to be short-lived and precious metals also declined. Oil markets slipped back into negative mode on Thursday (21 July 2016), with US inventory data-led support proving to be short-lived,…

Gold remains near 2-year high, even as global political outlook improves

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Gold closed virtually flat on Monday in choppy trade, as Shinzo Abe's landslide victory in Japan and the likelihood of Theresa May's appointment as David Cameron's replacement in the U.K. helped reduce global political uncertainty, offsetting…

‘Highly negative’ 3Q credit outlook for oil, mining sectors: S&P

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Standard & Poor's is warning of a "highly negative" credit outlook for Asia-Pacific oil and gas companies this quarter, pointing to plummeting profitability and cash flow pressures for smaller players, as well as potential ratings downgrades. Despite…

A Look at the Implied Volatilities of Crude Oil and Natural Gas

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Crude oil’s implied volatility Crude oil’s (USO) (OIIL) implied volatility was 39.71 on June 17, 2016. Its 15-day average implied volatility is 36.16. This means that its current level is 9.8% above its 15-day average. Crude oil’s…

Citigroup is ‘bullish commodities’ for 2017 as Brexit impact to fade

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Forget Brexit, go for raw materials. Citigroup Inc. says it's bullish on the outlook for commodities in 2017 as the impact of Britain's vote to quit the European Union will fade, global growth chugs along and investors will plow more cash into…