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Gold and Silver

Gold Miner Takes Corporate Credit Downgrade, Gold Price Risk

Posted: April 29, 2013 at 2:57 pm

The latest recovery in the price of gold is not helping gold miners as much as some investors might think. In fact. Moody's Investors Service just issued a corporate credit ...
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Barrick Gold Earnings Recover from Fourth-Quarter Debacle

Posted: April 24, 2013 at 8:30 am

Barrick Gold Corp. (NYSE: ABX) reported first-quarter 2013 earnings before markets opened this morning. The gold miner posted adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.92 on revenues of $3.44 billion. ...
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After Gold, Now Goldman Sachs Kills Copper Price Target

Posted: April 22, 2013 at 3:33 pm

Copper is one of the metals that really matters at the street level of the global economy. The price of gold is much more exciting about the price of copper, ...
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Gold Concern: Miners Lagging Price of Gold Metal on Upside

Posted: April 22, 2013 at 2:53 pm

The news flow over the weekend and on Monday helped to drive the price of gold higher after one monster sell-off this year. Reports of spot gold shortages and premiums ...
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World Gold Council Blames Speculators For Gold Price Crash

Posted: April 18, 2013 at 2:47 pm

As we said the whole way down, it may be a painful lesson or a fool's game to try to predict or to try to catch the bottom on the ...
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After Price of Gold Tanks, Bank of America Slashes Gold Target

Posted: April 18, 2013 at 10:00 am

The gold bugs are getting crushed ever harder as the price of gold is now well into a bear market. Gold is losing its biggest bulls on top of the ...
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Bill Gross of PIMCO Joins the Sell Gold Camp (Updated for Clarity)

Posted: April 17, 2013 at 12:15 pm

OK, so everyone knows that the price of gold is tanking. After peaking at almost $1,800 and falling under $1,400, now the calls are growing louder and louder to sell ...
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Wall Street Analysts Defend Gold Miners

Posted: April 17, 2013 at 8:10 am

It is no secret that the gold bugs got squashed, but Wall St. analysts are starting to have something different to say. The price of gold broke from a peak ...
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Despite the Gold Tank, SPDR Gold Has More Gold Than Almost All Nations

Posted: April 16, 2013 at 10:50 am

The SPDR Gold Trust (NYSEMKT: GLD) has cratered along with the gold market. We will see if the bounce holds from Tuesday morning, but it has been hard to not see ...
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Countries Buying the World’s Gold

Posted: April 16, 2013 at 6:41 am

Gold prices may have just plummeted by double-digits -- the biggest percent sell-off in four decades -- but some of the world's central banks are still buying up large amounts of ...
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The Gold Crash Moves from One Year to One Week — or One Day

Posted: April 15, 2013 at 10:05 am

Beware of the calls to try to catch falling knives. Stepping in front of the train that is selling in gold and silver may come with severe pain for investors trying ...
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The Case for $1,300 or Even $1,200 Gold — It May Actually Be a Good Thing

Posted: April 13, 2013 at 10:06 am

The gold bugs are getting squashed and flushed down the drain as gold continues its slide. After breaking the $1500 mark on Friday there are some key calls to consider ...
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Bitcoin Craze Highlights Intrinsic Value of Gold and Silver (GLD, SLV, EBAY, AMZN)

Posted: April 12, 2013 at 11:00 am

If you have been following the coverage of Bitcoin this week, you have seen a frenzy level come about. The reality is that someone is trying to tell you that ...
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Alcoa Needs to Lose Earnings Season Indicator Status

Posted: April 9, 2013 at 9:25 am

Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) is an overrated stock, and even the company itself might admit that its global importance is perhaps a bit of a stretch. Wall St. tries each ...
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Alcoa Kicks Off Earnings Season with a Thud

Posted: April 8, 2013 at 4:20 pm

Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) has just kicked off earnings season for the companies reporting their first quarter earnings this April. The aluminum giant usually holds off on formal guidance until its ...
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