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Gold & Silver Miners Love Low-Rate Outlook (SLW, PAAS, GG, NEM, KGC, AEM, GDX, GDXJ, SIL)

Silver and gold miners just got some great news today after having lost so much luster in recent months.  The FOMC has now telegraphed that it expects that interest rates ...
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Another Look at Expected Gains in Metals and Materials Stocks (X, NUE, STLD, NEM, ABX, SLW, FCX, SCCO, TIE, AA, MCP)

In mid-October, we took a look at target prices and implied gains among 11 metals and materials stocks. The companies we examined were United States Steel Corp. (NYSE: X), Nucor ...
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Top Earnings & Economic Events In The Week Ahead (PCLN, AONE, ATVI, PAAS, TM, CSCO, CSC, GM, GMCR, M, SLW, MCP, JWN, NVDA, DIS)

Earnings season has peaked, but we still have many key earnings reports and economic events coming in the week ahead.  24/7 Wall St. has featured a calendar with events scheduled ...
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Expected Upside Gains for Leading Metals Companies (X, NUE, STLD, NEM, ABX, SLW, FCX, SCCO, TIE, AA, MCP)

Companies focused on mining and metals have been experiencing high volatility this year based on both the overall global economy and, in some cases, expected demand, especially from China. We ...
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Comex Raises Copper Margin Requirements — Gold & Silver Next? (CME, FCX, SCCO, NEM, ABX, SLW, JJC, GLD, GDX, GDXJ, SIL)

In what appears to be a counterintuitive move, CME Group (NASDAQ: CME) today raised its margin requirements for copper futures contracts. The requirement rose by 15%, from $6,750 to $7,763 ...
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Gold Miners Outshine Copper Miners (RIO, BHP, VALE, FCX, SCCO, NEM, ABX, AUY, SLW, GLD, GDX, SLV, SIL)

At yesterday's meeting for investors, Rio Tinto plc (NYSE: RIO) offered a subdued forecast for the iron ore and copper markets going forward. There was some upbeat talk about new ...
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Stocks That Missed Out Thursday’s Rally (BFLY, BGG, CEF, COGO, LTRE, LNET, NKA, OTEX, OXGN, SAPX, SLW, SODA)

The stock market is getting yet another huge bounce today and the gain in the DJIA currently is up 377 points at 11,097 and change... The NASDAQ is up literally ...
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Top Earnings Previews for the Week Ahead (SLW, TSN, SPWRA, DIS, CSCO, CSC, DDS, M, MBIA, NWS, KSS, MCP, SODA, JCP, PBR)

Earnings season is still going strong, but we are now getting into the late-cycle companies which have a one-month lag to their earnings reports.  Several key stocks are due this ...
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Gold Sets Another Record High, Silver Punts (NEM, ABX, GG, GLD, IAU, GDX, GDXJ, SLV, DBS, SLW, PAAS, SIL)

As the disagreement on the US debt ceiling turns into a debacle, gold posted a new high near $1,635/ounce this morning before pulling back to trade at around $1,624 late ...
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The Devil’s Metal Redux… Is Silver Above $40 Just Another Death Trap? (SLV, SIVR, PSLV, ZSL, SIL, SLW, PAAS)

As the politicians in America play chicken with our prized Triple-A debt rating and as Europe is succumbing to its PIIGS, gold has eclipsed $1600 per ounce and now it ...
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Commodity Watch: Top Miners Near $1 Trillion in Assets (BHP, VALE, RIO, SLW, POT, ABX, GLD, SLV, GDX, GDXJ, SIL)

Consulting firm Pricewaterhouse Coopers has released its annual review of the mining industry, claiming that "the financial results for the Top 40 [companies] were spectacular." That's pretty hard to argue ...
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Commodities Watch: Silver May Have Bottomed, The Devil’s Metal Lives On (SLV, SIVR, PSLV, ZSL, SIL, SLW, PAAS)

Today's commodities watch focuses exclusively on silver, The Devil's Metal. It appears that the gray metal may have hit a floor although the exact level of that floor is arguable. ...
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Commodities Watch: Silver Streaking Again; Coffee is Steaming; Investors Shedding Exchange-traded Ag Funds (SLV, SIL, SLW, SBUX, SJM, MOO, DBA, CORN)

Today's commodities report takes a look at the recovery in silver, another comeback for coffee, and some concerns about agricultural exchange-traded products.  The price of silver is up about 4.5% ...
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Top Earnings Previews For The Week Ahead (ATVI, HL, LDK, RAX, SLW, TSN, CSIQ, DF, HELE, JASO, MCP, STEC, DIS, WEN, MT, CSCO, M, SYMC, TEVA, TM, JWN, NVDA, SPWRA, URBN)

Earnings season is slowing down as we have over 80% of the S&P 500 companies having reported earnings for the first quarter of 2011.  We do still have key companies ...
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The Devil’s Metal, Looking For A Silver Dead Cat Bounce Yet? (SLV, SIVR, PSLV, ZSL, SLW, PAAS)

The death of the silver trade is playing out even faster than the oil bubble popped in mid-2008.  Silver is truly living up to its name "The Devil's Metal."  The ...
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