ThinkstockWe have already covered the sea change that is washing over the mining industry. Where past practice has been to invest heavily in new assets with the strategy that growth was assured,…
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 corporate earnings…
ThinkstockWithout going through all the changes in the top management of the world’s largest mining companies, there is one thing that stands about virtually all of these changes: putting more focus on…
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning and continued a slow downward slide throughout the day. In Europe, flash PMI data from the eurozone came in below expectations on both manufacturing and…
ThinkstockBarrick Gold Corp. (NYSE: ABX) reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2012 earnings before markets opened this morning. For the quarter, the gold miner posted adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.11 on revenues…
ThinkstockThere are a variety of ways to invest in precious metals. Buying gold or silver bars and coins is one, exchange traded products (ETFs) are another, and a third is investing in…
ThinkstockThe Comex April gold price has risen more than $5 today and is currently trading at $1,676.00 an ounce. Last week’s poor showing for fourth quarter U.S. GDP growth has pushed the…
ThinkstockEverything about the mining industry is big, so it should come as no surprise that when things don’t work out as planned, the mistakes are big too. Two mining CEOs have lost…
ThinkstockGold futures closed at around $1,676 an ounce in 2012, about 7% higher than the $1,565 or so the yellow metal fetched at the beginning of the year. Forecasts for the price…
ThinkstockGold futures closed below $1,650 an ounce on the Comex last night, sharply lower than the $1,700 or so the yellow metal fetched at the beginning of December 2011, but well above…
Any Wall St. pundit will tell you that the overprinting of money is a train wreck waiting to happen. The Federal Reserve balance sheet sits at almost three trillion dollars after two rounds…
There are two schools of thought regarding the reaction of precious metals to the eventual resolution (or non-resolution) of the current negotiations on the U.S. fiscal cliff. If the two sides can…
ThinkstockInvestors were buying gold yesterday on the belief that newly re-elected President Obama will not be able to come up with a way to avoid having the U.S. economy fall off the…
ThinkstockGold prices are down nearly 2% today and gold mining stocks are taking their lumps right along with the yellow metal. Today’s U.S. jobs report has pumped some air into the greenback,…
ThinkstockGold miners have been hit hard in the past 12 months by falling prices for the yellow metal and by higher mining costs. Over the course of the past year, prices are…
