So what exactly is the best way to grab profits from the important and often explosive world of commodities? In my column last week, I showed you some of the spectacular moves that the four most actively traded commodities (oil, natural gas, gold and silver) have made over the past couple of years. And when you see the wide trading ranges, it also gives you an idea of just how lucrative they can be. But you don’t need to be an expert to take advantage. You just need to know how to

How to Buy Gold… At the Price You Want Get Paid For It by Lee Lowell , Advisory Panelist So what exactly is the best way to grab profits from the important and often explosive world of commodities? In my column last week, I showed you some of the spectacular moves that the four most actively traded commodities (oil, natural gas, gold and silver) have made over the past couple of years. And when you see the wide trading ranges, it also gives you an idea of just how lucrati

The Daily Reckoning This weekend’s edition of the Daily Reckoning is a little unusual. Dr. Alex Cowie is on holiday in Queensland and I’ve only just returned from a publishing conference myself. And because I was travelling this week, I didn’t write a full complement of Daily Reckoning notes. So instead of reviewing the week’s events, I thought I’d tell you about a noteworthy phone conversation I had on Friday morning. “Australians are staking a lot on their understanding of what’s rea

This weekend's edition of the Daily Reckoning is a little unusual. Dr. Alex Cowie is on holiday in Queensland and I've only just returned from a publishing conference myself. And because I was travelling this week, I didn't write a full complement of Daily Reckoning notes. So instead of reviewing the week's events, I thought I'd tell you about a noteworthy phone conversation I had on Friday morning. Australians are staking a lot on their understanding of what's really going on with gold.

After hitting its best levels of the year on Wednesday ahead of the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) communiqué, the SP 500 Index ran into heavy weather on the realization that the Fed could start scaling back on emergency support of the economy. US equities dropped further later in the week on renewed concerns about the state of the troubled housing market and weaker-than-expected durable goods orders. In addition to global stock markets declining, risky assets such as commodities,