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AskTraders.com helps people learn to trade

AskTraders.com has been around for a while now but recently it has had some new features we are loving – especially the Q&A trading forum section. The Q&A section has lots of advice and help for traders who are actively trading and for new traders who are just getting into the game. We can also…

Where Did Gold Come From: Black Holes, Aztecs And The Gods

Forever synonymous with wealth, gold has been the most coveted mineral on earth since its first recorded use back in 3000 BC. >From Ancient Egypt to the U.S. Treasury its history is one of war, death, love and prosperity. But how did this most precious of precious metals actually get here? How much gold is…

Will the Nickel Run-Up Last?

In February of 2016 the price of nickel hit a thirteen-year low. The price had been in a downward spiral with sporadic rallies since 2011. Then on 6 June of 2016 the perceived champion of the anticipated “revolution” in Electric Vehicles – Elon Musk of US-based Tesla Motors – commented that the batteries used in…

“Are We Entering the Golden Age of Gas?”

That question was posed in the title of a 2011 special World Energy Outlook report issued by the IEA (International Energy Agency.) In the opening paragraph the authors cited supporting evidence for that bold speculation, among them the North American shale gas boom, the expansion of LNG trade, troubling questions over the future of nuclear…

Silver Mining Stocks Fundamentals

The silver miners’ stocks have been pummeled in recent months, plunging near major secular lows in late May. Sentiment in this tiny sector is miserable, reflecting silver prices continuing to languish relative to gold. This has forced traditional silver miners to increasingly diversify into gold, which has far-superior economics. The major silver miners’ ongoing shift…

Reshuffling Lithium Supply

Start trading with CityIndex today – up to $1000 bonus Futurists dating back to Alvin Toffler in the 1970’s and farther have provided investors with places to look for investing opportunities.  Toffler’s ground-breaking book Future Shock paved the way for the decade later work of another futurist, John Naisbitt, who coined the now ubiquitous term…

Could A Lithium Shortage De-Rail The Electric Car Boom?

We\’ve gone electric, and there\’s no going back at this point. Lithium is our new fuel, but like fossil fuels, the reserves we\’re currently tapping into are finite-and that\’s what investors can take to the bank. You may think lithium got too popular too fast. You may suspect electric vehicles are too much buzz and…

Everyone Is Guessing When It Comes To Oil Prices

Predicting and diagnosing the trajectory of oil prices has become something of a cottage industry in the past year. But along with all of the excess crude flowing from the oil patch, there is also an abundance of market indicators that while important, tend to produce a lot of noise that makes any accurate estimate…

The 10 Biggest Energy Company Bankruptcies

Running a multi-billion dollar energy company isn’t easy. Just ask the executives in the corner suites of some of the energy companies that have gone bust over the years. Some, like Enron, were brought down because of insider malfeasance. A few, like ATP, blamed damaging government policies, while others went off the rails due to…

Warm countries to dominate the world economy as energy prices rise

The story of energy and the economy seems to be an obvious common sense one: some sources of energy are becoming scarce or overly polluting, so we need to develop new ones. The new ones may be more expensive, but the world will adapt. Prices will rise and people will learn to do more with…