Outlook 2011: Fear and Love in Gold Trading

Wall Street has been calling gold a bubble since 2005, when it hit $500. Some media naysayers remained negative even as they wrote the headlines...

2011 Manufacturing Outlook: Slow, but Steady Growth Could Win Profits for Investors

It's often said that a little bit goes a long way, and that will certainly be the case for U.S. manufacturing growth in 2011. Although most...

Municipal Bond Forecast: Deadbeat States Emerge as Biggest Threat to Muni-Bond Investors

The U.S. municipal bond market could be cruising for a bruising.

The same thing goes for muni-bond investors.

The

2011 China Outlook: The Red Dragon Takes Its Next Step Forward

If the United States has a growth problem, China has just the opposite. The world's second-largest economy is set to grow 9-10% this year, building...

Tech Stocks Set To Soar in 2011 as a New Era of Personal Computing Dawns

Technology companies, and tech stocks, started a revival in 2010 and are heading toward an even more profitable 2011. That's because a new age of...

Biotech Stocks Will be Fueled by Takeovers in 2011

While a number of companies are on the verge of hitting the market with exciting new drug products or medical treatments, the biggest 2011...

U.S. Stock Market Forecast: Tech, Energy, Commodities and Gold Are Top Plays For 2011

The outlook for the U.S. stock market in the New Year figures to be an exasperating mixture of promise and peril. Positive momentum is building...

Bush Tax Cuts: How to Profit From the Compromise Tax Deal In 2011

With a compromise agreement that extends the Bush tax cuts for two more...

Alternative Energy Forecast: Why Investors Will Finally Start to Profit in 2011

For a long while now, we've heard a lot of talk about the potential for alternative-energy technology.

Investors take note: In 2011, that...

A Bond Investment Strategy For the New Year

For those seeking greater safety, bonds will be the wrong place to...

Eurozone Forecast: How to Profit From the Hidden "Good News" in Europe

If you wanted to describe how most of the European nations fared in 2010, you would do so quite easily by citing the old adage: "If it wasn't for...

U.S. Dollar Forecast: Seven Ways to Profit in 2011 - Despite the Greenback's Expected Struggles

The U.S. dollar faces a long list of challenges in the New Year.

The U.S. greenback could strengthen in 2011-but only against the European...

Energy Forecast: Oil Prices Poised to Again Test Record Levels in 2011

After starting the year at slightly more than $80 a barrel, oil prices yesterday (Tuesday) rose to their highest level in two years, with West...

Asia Forecast: High Growth Rates Will Create Top Profit Opportunities For 2011

Asia was a great place to invest this year.

While some individual Latin American markets have outpaced their Asian counterparts, the fact...

Investing in the Americas: Natural Resource Prices Will Be Key to 2011 Profits

Whether you win or lose on your Americas-related investments in 2011 will come down to a single factor - natural-resource prices.

If the...

Silver Price Forecast: Investment Strategies for the "Other" Precious Metal in 2011

Forecasting prices for anything can be tricky. And a precious-metal commodity such as silver is no exception.

With gold holding the leash...

Gold Price Forecast: Four Reasons the "Yellow Metal" Will Hit $1,900 an Ounce in 2011

Gold investors are a happy bunch. Those with the luck or foresight to have boarded the golden railroad back in 2001 have experienced a fivefold...

U.S. Economy Forecast: Five Ways to Profit in 2011 - Even With a Double Dip Recession

It's been a dull year for the U.S. economy.

But don't expect a repeat in 2011.

In fact, as we enter the New Year for the U.S....

U.S. Retailers Hoping Black Friday Sales, Smartphone Apps Fuel Strong Holiday Shopping Season

Another Black Friday. Another holiday shopping season. But a whole new strategy for U.S. retailers. As the Friday after the Thanksgiving holiday,...

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