Every investor has a wide array of asset classes and investment vehicles to consider – stocks; bonds; commodities; funds; options; LEAPS; etc. and the relatively unknown and misunderstood category called ‘warrants’. This article discusses the reasons behind the performance to date of commodity related company stocks (i.e. gold, silver and other metal miners and oil and gas operators) and their associated warrants vis-à-vis the aforementioned categories.

Week after week throughout 2009 the warrants of natural resource companies in North America have outperformed their associated common stock, the various stock market indices and gold bullion and silver even more. It begs the question: What’s going on here? There are three over-riding reasons as discussed below.

Americans Investing in Canadian Securities Profiting from Strengthening Canadian Dollar

The U.S./Canadian dollar exchange rate is undergoing a major reversal. Since the beginning of the year the U.S. dollar has weakened 7.2% against the Canadian dollar.

Most commodity stocks and …

“Silver has been a form of money and store of value for thousands of years.”

Not only can silver provide a hedge provide a hedge against inflation, it also helps you add asset allocation and diversification to your portfolio, owning silver is easy, convenient and affordable, and thanks to the US governments pro-inflation policies, it’s going to be much more valuable in the near future.

This from Investors Daily Edges’  Ted Peroulakis:

I’m bullish on precious metals in general and silver is a nice compliment to your gold holdings.

Now keep in mind that silver can be quite volatile as industrial demand fluctuates. Silver often tracks gold prices although the ratio can vary.

I suggest you hold silver in your portfolio and here are some common ways to invest in silver:

Buy Silver Bars

An established way of investing in silver is by purchasing actual bullion bars. Physical silver can be stored in

This post is a double header, the Fannie and Freddie scenario, and rabid naked shorting of gold and silver mining stocks.

Out of the two, the “Frannie” situation has the potential to create more problems, but before we address that let me leave you with one thought on the naked shorting thing:

I have said for a long time now that we have not seen anywhere near the actual losses that brokerage houses and hedge funds have really taken from the sub-prime fallout that is still working its way through the financial system. Balance sheets are suffering badly.

To find a fundamental reason for the massive sell off across multiple sectors we may need look no further than the credit crisis and its effect on liquidity: to repair hemorrhaging balance sheets, funds and firms need liquidity, and badly.

So badly in fact, that it appears they