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The Universal Investor. Speculation and Investment

Posted April 21st, 2008

Invest long term or speculate in the short term? Who said you can’t have both?! In this essay we present the advantages of investing simultaneously in different time frames and present a long-term-optimal way of calculating appropriate size of particular positions. Both investors and speculators may benefit thanks to this method.

Predicting and Taking Advantage of Corrections in Gold

Posted April 10th, 2008

In this essay we focus on using options to gain advantage of the dramatic moves in the precious metals sector. We present one of the things we look at when making predictions regarding tops and bottoms in the market. The differences between selling part of your holdings and hedging it are also discussed.

Juniors – performance and timing

Posted March 31st, 2008

Most gold and silver investors are aware that junior mining companies involve more leverage to the prices of precious metals than senior, big and liquid stocks. In this essay we will focus on juniors’ performance relative to gold and senior mining shares and speculate (as no one can say for sure why a particular sector moves in this way or the other) on the reasoning behind it.

Does you silver stock truly shine? Part 2: The Silver Stocks

Posted March 26th, 2008

In this essay we deal with the questions most commonly asked by people interested in the precious metals stocks. "Which stocks offer highest exposure to the prices of gold and silver?" Which of them are most leveraged. In this part we focus on the silver stocks.