Commodities


Stash Some Gold in Your Portfolio—But Not Too Much

Gold is on a historic run, fueled by uncertainty and buying by central banks and individuals. How it fits in a portfolio.

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Gold Is at a Record High. Why It Could Climb All the Way to $3700.

Strategists at Goldman Sachs expect gold to keep rising. Miners look fairly cheap as well. But investors should still be cautious.

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Rare Earths Show What Trump Gets Right, and Wrong, on Trade

China understands that there are more weapons in a trade war besides tariffs. The White House should consider what that means for U.S. trade policy.

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DOGE and Tariffs Hit This Engineering Company’s Stock. Investors Should Swoop In.

Jacobs Solutions has more than $21 billion of projects in its pipeline and a stock that looks too cheap.

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MP Materials Soars on China’s Export Ban on Rare-Earth Metals. It’s Ready for the Challenge.

China has made similar threats before. The upshot: U.S. production increased.

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Trump Considers More Farm Aid. It Might Not Be Enough.

Any aid package might largely benefit larger farms and leave many smaller players in the lurch as happened during the 2018 trade war.

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Here’s the Right Way to Buy Gold in Your Retirement Account

Gold has badly outperformed equities this year, and holing the precious yellow metal in a tax-deferred retirement account has become more appealing.

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Stocks to Consider as Markets Melt Down

Investors are fearing the worst, but bargain-hunters should consider well-regarded stocks that have been hit hard in recent weeks.

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Archer Daniels, Bunge Stocks Plunge to Lowest Level in Years. Soybean Tariffs Are Why.

ADM and Bunge handle soybean processing and trading, and their revenue and profit are impacted by prices and trading volume of the commodity.

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Soybean Prices Tank on China’s Retaliatory Tariff. Beijing Already Has Shifted Suppliers.

China is one of the largest export markets for U.S. agricultural products, and soybeans alone were nearly half of the total in 2024. 

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