Global X Silver Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:SIL)

Gold and Silver

Why Value Investors Must at Least Start to Look at Mining and Metals Stocks

Posted: May 29, 2013 at 10:25 am
Last updated: October 8, 2013 1:33 pm

There are a variety of ways to invest in precious metals. Buying gold or silver bars and coins is one. Exchange traded funds (ETFs) are another. A third way is by investing ...
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Beyond Gold: ETFs Loving Silver, the Devil’s Metal (SLV, SIVR, SIL, SILJ)

Posted: March 8, 2013 at 10:35 am

While exchange traded funds (ETFs) have been dumping gold in the first two months of 2013, exactly the reverse is happening in the silver ETFs. Total silver holdings now amount ...
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Gold ETFs Dumping the Yellow Metal

Posted: March 6, 2013 at 12:26 pm

Last year marked the twelfth consecutive year for rising gold prices. But that could be the end of the yellow metals string. Since the beginning of the year, gold ETFs ...
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Metals Stocks: Questionable Value for Rest of 2013 (GLD, SLV, GDX, GDXJ, SIL, ABX, GG, KGC, NEM, AUY, FCX, SLW, CDE, SWC)

Posted: February 8, 2013 at 9:05 am

There 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 ...
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Gold and Silver

Gold and Silver: Look for Another Great Year in 2013

Posted: January 4, 2013 at 8:14 am

Gold 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 ...
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Silver Miners Struggle with Low Prices (SLW, HL, CDE, PAAS, SLV, SIL)

Posted: November 6, 2012 at 10:30 am

When Silver Wheaton Corp. (NYSE: SLW) reported third-quarter results yesterday, the silver miner noted that lower sales and lower prices hit both revenues and profits, down 13% and 11% respectively. ...
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Silver Miner Price to Silver ETF Ratio Getting Out Of Whack (SLW, SLV, SIL, HL)

Posted: September 21, 2012 at 2:22 pm

The move in silver has been amazing, but something else has been even more amazing. Silver miners have selectively moved in a manner much more than the metal itself. The ...
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QE3 Brings More Reward For Miners Than For Gold & Silver

Posted: September 13, 2012 at 1:51 pm

The announcement of QE3 is not bringing a "sell the news" reaction at all when it comes to the metals market. Gold is surging, but The Devil's Metal of silver is ...
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Silver & Gold ETFs Getting Overbought… And May Stay That Way (GLD, SGOL, PHYS, SLV, SIVR, GDX, SIL)

Posted: September 7, 2012 at 11:28 am

Quantitative easing is back on the table and back in traders' pockets.  Forget about what Ben Bernanke said at Jackson Hole about vigilance.  This is after Mario Draghi's bond buying news ...
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Stronger Dollar Pushes Down Gold, Silver, and Crude (GLD, GDX, SLV, SIL, USO, OIH)

Posted: August 13, 2012 at 11:16 am

Futures prices for gold, silver, and WTI crude are all lower today as the dollar gains strength against the euro. Oddly enough, the dollar index versus a basket of currencies ...
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Silver Tries For Breakout, The Devil’s Metal Fights Charts (SLV, SIL, SLW, PAAS, HL)

Posted: August 8, 2012 at 1:14 pm

Silver is trying to make a breakout as spot silver has been trading between $28.00 and $28.20 most of yesterday and today.  Its chart is running into some resistance after ...
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Silver Lives Up To ‘The Devil’s Metal’ Name on Employment Data (SLV, GLD, SIL, SLW, PAAS, HL)

Posted: August 1, 2012 at 1:05 pm

The ADP report on jobs managed to come in much better than expected.  This has somewhat dampened the hope that the FOMC will need to immediately begin new stimulus measures ...
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Anti-Silver Bets Keep Rising Into Price Inflection Point (SLV, SIL, AGQ, HL, GLD)

Posted: June 21, 2012 at 4:57 pm

By now you have likely heard the term "The Devil's Metal."  When you see big price whips in silver, it generally means that there is something happening in commodity markets.  The ...
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Silver Proves To Be The Devil’s Metal All Over Again (SLV, AGQ, SIL, SLW, PAAS, EXK, SVM, GDX, GDXJ)

Posted: June 21, 2012 at 9:55 am

With commodities on the retreat and with preliminary inflation running very low, you can imagine that the gold and silver markets are trading softer again.  Gold is down 1.3% at ...
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After The Fall, Huge Upside & Value In Gold/Silver Miners (GDX, SIL, ABX, GG, NEM, AU, KGC, AEM, GFI, AUY, IAG, HMY, EGO, RGLD, SLW, PAAS)

Posted: May 22, 2012 at 10:44 am

Gold and silver have finally indicated that the free fall we saw over the last month may have at least stabilized.  The markets are mixed today in the commodities and ...
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