Jon OggStocks are still within striking distance of all-time highs going into year-end and 2014. That means that investors have to figure out how to position their assets and portfolios for 2014…
ThinkstockThe yellow metal has lost about 30% of its value over the past year, from a high of nearly $1,700 an ounce to right around $1,200 an ounce. The companies that mine…
ThinkstockStocks are challenging all-time highs, and this is a shortened week due to Thanksgiving. Investors have to start positioning their assets and portfolios for 2014. 24/7 Wall St. reviews dozens of research…
ThinkstockThe price of spot gold has been hammered over the past year. The top American gold producers have gone through waves of restructuring and cost cutting in an effort to squeeze out…
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…
ThinkstockBarrick Gold Corp. (NYSE: ABX) already was having a bad week after earnings, when it disclosed more delays on projects. The real snafu here was that Barrick decided to add insult to…
ThinkstockMaybe the worst is over for major gold miners and producers. Canaccord Genuity has decided to step out and initiate coverage of some key precious metals producers and miners in new coverage.…
ThinkstockGiven the dramatic decline in share prices, some investors may perceive gold equities as inexpensive. The analysts at Jefferies strongly disagree. In their opinion, gold equities rarely have been more expensive, when current…
ThinkstockGold bugs and fans of gold mining stocks are not going to get a pleasant feeling here. Fitch Ratings has a cautious report on what can happen to gold miners and producers…
ThinkstockThe research team at Merrill Lynch has found that global investors remain very “underweight” in their holdings of metals and mining shares, while valuations do not look stretched. This contrasts with decent…
August 1, 2013: U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning as PMI readings in Europe bounced generally higher and China’s PMI improved slightly to remain positive. In the U.K., the Bank of…
July 31, 2013: U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning as traders and investors this afternoon’s announcement from the FOMC. In Europe, the unemployment rate in the eurozone was unchanged at 12.1%,…
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning adding to yesterday’s carnage following the FOMC announcement yesterday. The widespread belief that sometime this year the Fed will start reducing its $85 billion in…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning but turned south early and finished the day with losses. In Europe, the German high court still continues to debate the constitutionality of the ECB’s…
These are the top analyst downgrades, cautious research notes and stocks to sell from Wall Street for Wednesday, June 12, 2013. They include Biogen Idec, Dean Foods, Kinross Gold and Wells Fargo.
