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CME Lowers Energy & Metals Margin Trading Requirements (CME, GLD, USO, SLV, JJC)

Posted: February 9, 2012 at 5:37 pm

CME Group Inc. (NYSE: CME) is going to make it cheaper for traders to trade energy and metals futures, something which could make it easier and cheaper for traders, speculators, ...
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Lower Coal Demand, Odd Investor Outlook (ANR, PCX, BTU, CNX, ACI, KOL)

Posted: February 6, 2012 at 12:12 pm

US coal miners had a tough fourth quarter and most are expecting the same conditions for at least the first half of 2012. Alpha Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE: ANR), Patriot ...
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iShares Launching Commodity Production ETFs To Take Share (BLK, VEGI, MOO, FILL, DIG, PICK, XME, RING, GDX, SVLP, SIL)

Posted: February 3, 2012 at 10:33 am

They say there is an ETF for just about any investing strategy and just about any sector.  Today, there are five new ETFs hitting the market from BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) ...
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Research Stays Bullish On Gold & Silver Over S&P 500 (GLD, SLV, SPY)

Posted: February 3, 2012 at 9:23 am

TrimTabs is out with its newest round of investment research and it is calling for investors to buy gold and silver for the long-term on what it calls a dollar cost ...
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Faltering Kinross Gold May Be Buyout Target (KGC, NEM, ABX, GG, AU, GLD)

Posted: January 20, 2012 at 12:17 pm

Earlier this week, Kinross Gold Corp. (NYSE: KGC) released a preliminary statement on 2012 production, mining costs, and a writedown a portion of $4.6 billion in goodwill on an African ...
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Morgan Stanley Slashes Gold & Silver Target Expectations (GLD, SLV, MS)

Posted: January 18, 2012 at 8:17 am

The SPDR Gold Trust (NYSE: GLD) and the iShares Silver Trust (NYSE: SLV) are not falling on this news due to 'risk-on trading' this morning, but the two metals were part ...
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Weak Coal Demand Driving Fear (PCX, ANR, JRCC, MT, X, AKS)

Posted: January 13, 2012 at 11:23 am

US coal miner Patriot Coal Corp. (NYSE: PCX) said this morning that it was closing three of its contractor-operated coal mines and two production units in West Virginia “in response ...
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Alcoa, When Bad Earnings Should Be Good Enough & Priced In (AA)

Posted: January 9, 2012 at 4:15 pm

Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) has kicked off earnings season.  Expectations were not very high about the fourth quarter and expecting any great guidance seemed a bit misplaced if you have ...
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Efficient Market Theory Cannot Apply To Molycorp (MCP, AVL, REE, REMX)

Posted: December 28, 2011 at 10:14 am

Molycorp, Inc. (NYSE: MCP) is being punished today on news which some would argue is very mixed.  J.P. Morgan decided to lower its price target and earnings estimates for Molycorp.  ...
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Peru Set To Win From Trade Pacts & Ratings Upgrades in 2012 (EPU, BAP, BVN, SCCO)

Posted: December 27, 2011 at 12:21 pm

Peru was recently listed as one of the few nations which could actually face a ratings upgrade in 2012.  Not all nations are being downgraded.  Recent news of a new ...
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Molycorp: Attractive for 2012, With Some Risks at Stake (MCP, AVL, REMX)

Posted: December 23, 2011 at 10:01 am

Molycorp, Inc. (NYSE: MCP) is a stock that we started to really pan when the stock went up into the $60s and even into the $70s. It was a bubble ...
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Why Gold Traders Are So Concerned (GLD, GDX, AU, GOLD, ABX)

Posted: December 19, 2011 at 2:40 pm

Asking a technician or chartist about directional movement is often mind-numbing for fundamental investors.  Basing future price movement prediction solely on the past without a care about the underlying fundamentals and ...
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Schnitzer Warning… More Steel Sector Pain Ahead? (SCHN, AKS, X)

Posted: December 19, 2011 at 8:53 am

Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCHN) is set to report earnings on January 9, 2012, but the company has already telegraphed that the results will be a stinker.  It has ...
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Gold Challenges Silver for “The Devil’s Metal” Name (GLD, SLV)

Posted: December 14, 2011 at 12:40 pm

Gold continues to take it on the chin.  It all depends upon what you want to blame.  Dennis Gartman, the 50-day moving average test, or the rising U.S. Dollar against ...
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Victory in Uranium Miner Acquisition (RIO, CCJ, HTHXF, DNN, URZ, URRE, ARVCY)

Posted: November 28, 2011 at 11:33 am

Rio Tinto plc (NYSE: RIO) stands to complete its offer a junior uranium miner with the withdrawal of Cameco Corp. (NYSE: CCJ) from the bidding for Hathor Exploration Ltd. (OTC: ...
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