Archive - Jan 2, 2011 - Blog entry

If you think Gold's 30% gain last year is impressive, one base metal--Copper--even outshined the precious metal by rallying 33% on the year. After a short cover rally in Dec., looking ahead into 2011, the price direction of copper will likely still hinge on supply, and mostly China demand, but it also depends on a couple of new market factors emerged just within the last year or so.

The most powerful force in the universe is the seed of an idea that is embodied and made real, first in our minds and then with our hands. Often the cost of implementation is minor except for the activating ingredients, those most precious and rare elements called imagination, inspiration, initiative and leadership.

Here are my 10 most favorite/important articles from 2010, all of them are still relevant today.

Our thoughts on the markets looking ahead into 2011.

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