metal and mining

One of the great investment success stories of the past couple of decades was the meteoric rise in gold prices, which occupied most of the early 2000s and on into 2010.  Gold (NYSE: GLD) was propelled ever higher due to a conflation of factors, but saw its meteoric rise really take flight...

Heading into 2014 the momentum was with equities, as the S&P 500 finished last year at the best level ever. The first couple months have involved a wild swing lower, however, that caused investors to rethink the current bull market as well a rally to new highs over the last few weeks. The...