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Steel IPO Filing: Hirschfeld Industries, Inc. (HSFD)

Hirschfeld Industries, Inc. filed after the close on Monday to come public via an initial public offering of up to $150,000,000 in equity being sold via the New York Stock Exchange under the stock…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 17 years ago

Russian ADRs Take Off (MTL)(LUKOY)

Tickerspy’s Russian Stock and ADR Index is up close to 5% as the market goes into its close.  Among the biggest movers was LUKOIL (OTC: LUKOY), an oil and gas company that was up…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 17 years ago

Yet Higher Gold Prices Cometh (GLD, GDX, ABX, GG)

Yesterday’s surprise move from India that sent gold through the roof to almost $1,085.00 per ounce was a game changing event in gold.  Many technical analysts and chartists were looking for, or at least…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 17 years ago

India Buys 200 Tons Of Gold And Moves From The Dollar

The dollar is still losing its luster as the foreign reserve currency of choice. India has just bought 200 tons of gold from the IMF at $1,045 an ounce which is close to a…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 17 years ago

Coal IPO Hikes Planned Sale (CLD, RTP, ACI)

It seems that there is no caution in all the pending Initial Public Offerings coming to market.  Cloud Peak Energy, Inc. is raising the amount targeted for its capital raise of up to $650…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 17 years ago

Are Inflation ETFs For You? (CPI, GRES)

This week marks the launch of two new exchange traded funds, both of which intend to offer investors a direct hedge against inflation.  IndexIQ introduced the IQ CPI Inflation Hedged ETF (NYSE: CPI) and…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 17 years ago

When Special Dividends Don’t Deliver (MOS, MOO)

Sometimes special dividends make sense, and sometimes they do not.  Mosaic Co. (NYSE: MOS) traded lower most of the trading day after the fertilizer and potash giant declared a special cash dividend of $1.30…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 17 years ago

52-Week High Club

CF Industries Holdings Inc (NYSE: CF) rallied over 4% to a yearly high of $95.06 after Agrium Inc. announced that it had extened its offer to acquire CF Industries holding for $40 in cash…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 17 years ago

Quasi-IPO FILING: Golden Minerals Company (GDMN)

An initial public offering filing has been made by a company called Golden Minerals Company, although we would rate this as a quasi-IPO that looks more like a secondary offering and not a full…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 17 years ago

24/7 Wall St. TV: Not All’s Well At Alcoa (NYSE:AA)

Aluminum giant and Dow Jones Industrial Average component Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) has just kicked off earnings season for the Q3-2009 period.  Shares were halted ahead of the earnings report.  The company posted a…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 17 years ago

ALCOA Brings In Surprise Profit (AA)

Aluminum giant and Dow Jones Industrial Average component Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) has just kicked off earnings season for the Q3-2009 period.  Shares were halted ahead of the earnings report.  The company posted a…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 17 years ago

A Few Lagging Gold Names (GDX, NXG, EGI, GRZ)

With gold totally breaking out of the old power-band, it is interesting that a few players are still lagging the pack.  Many of these stocks are up 7% and closer to 10% now that…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 17 years ago

Record Gold Prices Spark ETF/ETN (GLD, SLV)

Gold has just hit a new contract high of $1,035.00 on a nominal basis.  While this is far short of an inflation-adjusted price compared to the 1980’s highs, this is still a nominal high. …

Douglas A. McIntyre · 17 years ago

Mosaic Misses A Low Bar, Yet Holds Up (MOS)

The Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS) was one stock where we noted that the bar for earnings expectations was  very low.  The fertilizer and potash player came even lower.  It posted $0.23 EPS rather than $2.65…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 17 years ago

The Improbable Success Of Cash4Gold

Cash4Gold is a low-rent business that buys cheap TV time to promote its program for people to send it gold in exchange for cash. Turn that old jewelry into money. It turns out that…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 17 years ago