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Closing Bell for Friday on Wall Street: Markets Open Mixed, Close Higher

Posted: May 10, 2013 at 4:07 pm

U.S. equity markets opened mixed this morning and failed to find a direction driver throughout the trading day. In Europe, Germany reported a stronger-than-expected trade surplus, while the U.K.’s trade ...
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Closing Bell for Thursday on Wall Street: Lower Opening and Close Despite Jobs Report

Posted: May 9, 2013 at 4:07 pm

U.S. equity markets opened slightly lower this morning after the Bank of England left its key interest rate and asset purchase program unchanged (more coverage here). In Asia, China’s consumer ...
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Speculators Pulling Out of Commodities

Posted: April 8, 2013 at 11:15 am

Rising stockpiles of virtually every commodity had led to a sharp drop in long-dated noncommercial (speculative) futures. Slowing growth in the United States and elsewhere is getting the blame for ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — March 8, 2013: Markets Maintain Buying Trend (TIF, SKUL, TWX, HL, AAPL, FNSR, HRB, P, WDAY, ANN, FL, CSIQ, CHYR, DKS, RENN, P, VALE, VOD)

Posted: March 8, 2013 at 4:02 pm

U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning mostly on the strength of a far-better-than-expected report on U.S. non-farm payrolls and a lower-than-expected unemployment rate of 7.7% (more coverage here). In ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AAPL, CS, HL, NAV, P, ROK, SKUL, TEF, TIF, TWX, TIVO, WHR, XLNX)

Posted: March 8, 2013 at 8:25 am

These are some of this Friday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) reiterated Outperform and $600 price target by Credit ...
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Today’s Market Winners and Losers

Posted: March 4, 2013 at 10:34 am

The stock market is down Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.35%, the Nasdaq down 0.20% and the S&P 500 down 0.20%. Today's winners include a materials manufacturer ...
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Hecla Diversification Buyout Seen as Too Costly

Posted: March 4, 2013 at 9:55 am

Hecla Mining Co. (NYSE: HL) is seeing its shares clipped hard this morning due to an acquisition it is making. The company will spend close to $800 million to acquire ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — February 25, 2013: Markets Slide on Italian Elections (AIG, SWY, OXY, PAAS, VMW, DDD, FE, HL, HTZ, LOW, KWK, ADSK, OKE, TUMI, VVUS, AZO, BZ, HFC, HD, M, MSO, RSH, SKS, THC, TSL, DDD, AFFY, ZNGA)

Posted: February 25, 2013 at 4:02 pm

U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning as they awaited results from the Italian elections. Early exit polls had the center-left party of Pier Luigi Bersani in the lead, but ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — February 22, 2013: Markets Show Some Strength Today (BBRY, FSLR, MCD, CAT, S, AGU, AIG, FTR, HPQ, MRVL, NEM, JWN, ANF, EGO, DDD, FE, HL, HTZ, LOW, KWK, HPQ, FIRE, ZNGA)

Posted: February 22, 2013 at 4:04 pm

U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following a two-day run of losses. No significant data was scheduled to be released in the U.S. today, so investors were guided by ...
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Silver Miners Struggle with Low Prices (SLW, HL, CDE, PAAS, SLV, SIL)

Posted: November 6, 2012 at 10:30 am

When Silver Wheaton Corp. (NYSE: SLW) reported third-quarter results yesterday, the silver miner noted that lower sales and lower prices hit both revenues and profits, down 13% and 11% respectively. ...
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Silver Miner Price to Silver ETF Ratio Getting Out Of Whack (SLW, SLV, SIL, HL)

Posted: September 21, 2012 at 2:22 pm

The move in silver has been amazing, but something else has been even more amazing. Silver miners have selectively moved in a manner much more than the metal itself. The ...
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Metals Ignoring Japanese QE and Not Considering Future U.K. QE

Posted: September 19, 2012 at 9:37 am

Gold had hit yet a new six-month high of $1,779.10 per ounce in early bird trading today after the Bank of Japan decided to ease via an expanded asset purchase ...
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QE3 Brings More Reward For Miners Than For Gold & Silver

Posted: September 13, 2012 at 1:51 pm

The announcement of QE3 is not bringing a "sell the news" reaction at all when it comes to the metals market. Gold is surging, but The Devil's Metal of silver is ...
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Silver Tries For Breakout, The Devil’s Metal Fights Charts (SLV, SIL, SLW, PAAS, HL)

Posted: August 8, 2012 at 1:14 pm

Silver is trying to make a breakout as spot silver has been trading between $28.00 and $28.20 most of yesterday and today.  Its chart is running into some resistance after ...
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Silver Merger Formally Falls Apart (HL)

Posted: August 7, 2012 at 1:31 pm

Hecla Mining Company (NYSE: HL) has had troubles of its own for a while.  After the U.S. Silver Corporation (traded in Canada, operating in Idaho) said that a sufficient number ...
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