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Commodities & Metals
What to Think When Platinum Prices Go Lower Than Gold
Platinum is generally supposed to be worth more than gold per ounce. After all, it is more rare and considered more precious.
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Commodities & Metals
Oppenheimer Has Gold Miners as a Top Trade Idea
ThinkstockIf any asset class has disappointed investors over the last three years, it has been gold. Many on Wall Street are just now starting to reexamine gold for investors’ portfolios. Years of…
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Commodities & Metals
World Gold Council Sees Gold Staging a Comeback
ThinkstockThe World Gold Council is out with its first half of 2014 review of gold. Readers will want to at least consider that the council will of course look on the bright…
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Commodities & Metals
Analysts’ Top Gold Stocks to Buy for the Rest of 2014
A new report from the precious metals team at RBC identifies several key winners in the gold mining stocks. These top gold mining stocks rated Overweight at RBC.
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Economy
Deutsche Bank Says Inflation Bump Is More Than Just Market “Noise”
ThinkstockFor years the inflation monster has been the genie in the bottle or in Pandora’s box. It was something we were warned about, but told not to be concerned over. Food and…
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Commodities & Metals
Global Gold Demand Far Better Than Gold Prices Indicate
ThinkstockNow that gold has pulled back from a peak of around $1,900 per ounce to less than $1,300 per ounce, many of the gold bugs have disappeared. What is interesting is that…
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Commodities & Metals
India Could Rekindle the Gold Bugs — If the Chart Allows It
ThinkstockIndia is supposed to be back open for business. After Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party won a majority, this is supposed to be solid for getting India back in business without…
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Commodities & Metals
Gold Bugs Chart Dilemma: Breakout or Fake Out?
ThinkstockGold is back. After challenging $1,200 per ounce in December, gold bugs have become bullish again and the shiny yellow metal is back above $1,300 per ounce. Now a key technical milestone…
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Special Report
Five Unusual Alternatives to Investing in Gold
As gold prices have fallen, many investors have begun to actively seek alternatives from among the many possible choices available today. These are five unusual alternatives investments to gold.
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Commodities & Metals
Moody’s Lowers Downside Targets to $900 on Gold and $15 on Silver
If a prediction from Moody's Investors Service turns out to be true, gold and silver are going to have a bad year. Moody's reduced its forward views for the average prices of…
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Investing
ETFs Strategies for the Top Ten 2014 Predictions of Bob Doll
Jon OggBob Doll, Chief Equity Strategist and Senior Portfolio Manager of Nuveen Asset Management, is out with his ten predictions for 2014. His predictions are followed by many, and he scored a…
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Commodities & Metals
Virtual Currency vs. Metal: Will Bitcoin Outperform Gold Again in 2014?
Wikimedia CommonsThe craze behind Bitcoin has been monumental. Some might even call it silly. In some ways, Bitcoin is acting just like gold did, but on steroids. Investors and speculators wanting an…
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Commodities & Metals
The Gold Contrarian Bet, As Gold Bugs and Paulson Get Slaughtered
ThinkstockWhat happens when everyone hates an investment or when everyone likes an investment? A contrarian investor would say it is time to go the other way. Gold has gone from shinola to…
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Commodities & Metals
World Gold Demand Cannot Stop Falling Gold Prices
ThinkstockThe World Gold Council is out with its third-quarter gold demand trends. Despite soft gold prices, the council maintains that gold demand remains strong, even with many of the negative factors. The…
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Commodities & Metals
Jefferies Shows How to Profit from Gold
ThinkstockFor most of the past decade, gold was the place to be. A disastrous housing market collapse, terror attacks in the United States and a host of additional geopolitical issues pushed the…