ThinkstockInvestors of BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) and Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO) have taken a beating along with many other mining investors in recent days. There is an interesting multi-year outlook piece around new CEOs…
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…
Jon OggThese are some of this Thursday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls. AbbVie Inc. (NYSE: ABBV) started as Neutral at Credit Suisse. Akamai Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:…
ThinkstockSilver Wheaton Corp. (NYSE: SLW) is about to get larger. The company announced that it has entered into a binding term sheet to acquire the following from a subsidiary of Vale S.A.…
ThinkstockDeutsche Bank A.G. (NYSE: DB) has joined a growing list of investment banks cutting their forecasts on precious metals for 2013 and 2014. By cutting their estimates for gold and silver and…
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…
ThinkstockElection Day has come and gone. President Obama won a second term. The current electoral vote was by a margin of about 3 to 2 (unofficial), but the percentage last seen was…
ThinkstockWhen 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. A year-over-year…
U.S. equity markets opened mixed this morning as investors appear to be cautious as tomorrow’s elections get closer. Coupled with possible changes in the U.S., China will replace its leadership at its…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following the report on U.S. non-farm payrolls and the U.S. unemployment rate. Payrolls rose by 171,000, better than expected, and the unemployment rate came in…
It had been a while since the real gold bugs got to make their endlessly higher calls, but the latest surge ahead of and after QE3 in gold, silver and other inflation-hedging…
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 move in…
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 significantly outperforming…
Listing shares on the NYSE may sound a bit like an initial public offering. Today’s news is only half way there for a small gold mining capital financing player which has been…
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