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From time to time, the editors of  HRA provide articles to industry related websites such as Kitco, The Korelin Report and 321Gold.  We also eMail articles to our rapidly growing Free List for their use and information.  Below is a small collection of these articles.  Enjoy reading them and be sure to signup to our Free eMail list to receive these automatically.

   

Capital Contradictions Dec 2009

Diverse opinions about the coming year may shift into an “Inverse Goldilocks” outlook – some areas are too hot while others are too cold.



Trendy Markets Dec 2009

The gold price has swept past the US $1200 mark - in both directions - so it’s time to check numbers against concepts and patterns.



Eric Coffin has a Q&A

with Peter Grandich

Dec 2009 Eric discusses the markets and other subjects with Peter Grandich


If the US Weakens Again, What Happens to Metals? Nov 2009

The announcement of a surprisingly large US trade deficit for September had some assuming the US consumer is back in a buying mood.



HRA Presentation

Montreal 2009

Nov 2009

“Interest Rates (Liquidity) and Currencies Driving Metals and Markets”



Telling the Tale for Metals and Resource Stocks Nov 2009

India’s central bank taking 200 tonnes (6.4 million oz) of gold from the IMF in an off market trade has certainly lit a fire under the yellow metal.



Gold’s New Friends

Oct 2009

Press rumors of planning meetings to shift crude pricing away from the US$, plus a 0.25% increase in Australia’s bank rate, has put some serious bounce in gold and silver prices.



The Other Carry Trade

Sept 2009

Until the middle of this decade Yen-carry trade was all the rage. 


Time to Cash In?

Sept 2009

The overall market tone remains bullish though volumes are still light.



School's Back

Sept 2009

Few are convinced they can read a direction for the broader markets.



Lending Reversals

East and West

Aug 2009

The chorus singing of the need to separate commodities from broader views of market movement appears to be growing again.



Metals Snap Back Rally

Aug 2009

The continued enthusiasm for metals can be tied to a combination of devaluation of the Greenback and hopes that western recessions are bottoming.

 

Decision Time

Jul 2009

The shift towards a more positive mood became infectious last week, despite a continuation of at best mixed results from either side of the Atlantic.



Currency Clips

Jul 2009

The most notable decline of the past week or so has been in the price of crude oil.


Bothered or Becalmed

Jul 2009

The second half of 2009 will be dominated by differences of opinion about the depth, length and, we think most importantly, the geography of the recession.



Uranium Bull

Jun 2009

This decade has been a great one for commodities, part of a longer term secular trend that HRA expects to last for another 10-20 years, as previous ones have.



Too Much of a Good Thing?

Jun 2009

There is ample evidence in the measures we watch that a more normal commerce, still significantly reduced from a year ago, has returned to the 3rd rock from the sun.



Who's Got the Goods

Jun 2009

As credit and markets collapsed during the past year, one of the more common measures cited as a gauge of the disaster was the Baltic Dry Index.



Indecision Time

Jun 2009

As we move through June, markets look less and less decisive about the medium term trend. Large cap indices have flattened out and look like they are slowly rolling over.



HRA Reboot

May 2009

The greatest economic realignment since Genghis Kahn took over Eurasia’s trade routes is continuing apace.



Old Fashioned Leverage

Feb 2009

Decoupled or not, China has the cash for a shopping spree, and its spending.


Gold:  New Buyers

Feb 2009

Editorial from February 2009 on how the gold market is changing.


2009 - A Happier New Year

Jan 2009

Our take on what markets and metals might look like as we head through 2009



 

 

 


 

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