Evy Hamro the manager of BlackRock's commodities funds, recently told a room full of investors in London that 'Gold miners will become a barbarous relic, without change' after...
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May 10 - News
Few questioned the reasoning behind the thesis. Natural gas prices had been stuck in a range between $2.00-$3.30/mmBtu for almost two years.
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May 8 - News
On Friday, Silver Wheaton Corp. (USA) (NYSE:SLW) will release its latest quarterly results.
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May 8 - News
Since the beginning of 2013, gold has remained in the spotlight. It certainly receives its share of publicity.
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May 7 - News
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) usually makes a big splash when introducing new products, and it continued that tradition by making the largest corporate debt issue in history .
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May 6 - News
The contrasts couldn't be more stark: At a time when demand for physical possession of gold and silver has rarely been higher, the companies charged with extracting the yellow...
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May 3 - News
The bearishness surrounding resource companies is creating an unappreciated benefit for investors: rising dividend yields.
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May 3 - News
Usually, economic concerns drive up the price of gold. However, the economic troubles in Cyprus have led that nation to sell the yellow metal.
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May 2 - News
Get out and stay out! You could almost hear the door being slammed on Vale SA (ADR) (NYSE:VALE) after it reached an agreement with Argentina's government over closing down its...
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May 1 - News
The best thing about the stock market is that you can make money in either direction. Historically, stock indexes have tended to trend up over the long term.
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May 1 - News
Underscoring the turmoil ripping through the world's biggest gold miner in the wake of a court order suspending its Chilean Pascua-Lama project, Barrick Gold Corporation (USA...
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April 28 - News
As its name implies, Sun Valley Gold—at least on the equity side—is concentrated on the precious metals market, in companies related to mining, producing and refining.
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April 27 - Hedge Funds
With the SPDR Gold Trust (NYSEMKT:GLD) on the cusp of seeing the worst month of cash outflows since it began trading, central banks have increased their purchases of gold bullion...
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April 26 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE:ABX), Goldcorp Inc. (NYSE:GG), NovaGold Resources Inc.
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April 25 - News
The world's largest gold miner is trying to sell three of its Australian mines that produced some 452,000 ounces of gold last year and had combined reserves of almost 2.6 million...
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April 24 - News
Barrick Gold Corporation (USA) (NYSE:ABX) tallied revenue of $3.44 billion.
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April 24 - News
With the massive drops from these precious metals came the massive drops of those who mine them. Silver Wheaton Corp. (USA) (NYSE:SLW), Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.
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April 22 - News
The world of gold is quite lively these days. Sudden mine closures and falling gold prices are causing havoc in the market.
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April 21 - News
With everyone talking about how the great gold boom is over, that with the price of gold tumbling to $1,400 an ounce the back of the yellow metal as a safe-haven investment ...
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April 21 - News
Last week, the gold price dropped below a psychologically important barrier at $1,500.
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April 19 - News
The price of gold, and the broader commodities market, plummeted on Monday morning.
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April 19 - News
A month ago, in an article published in this blog, I warned about gold being expensive. Despite this, I never thought that the fall would be so violent.
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April 18 - News
Unemployment is still a major issue. The Fed has pointed at the unemployment rate as a key number that influences their policies.
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April 18 - News
On Friday, Apr. 12, gold prices fell more than $80 per ounce to about $1,480.
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April 17 - News
Editor's Note: Related Tickers: Barrick Gold Corporation (USA) (NYSE:ABX), Goldcorp Inc. (USA) (NYSE:GG), Newmont Mining Corp (NYSE:NEM), Yamana Gold Inc.
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April 17 - News
It's too early to tell if today's nice jump for the Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI) will prove to be another example of the bull market's resilience or just a small...
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April 17 - News
In the realm of personal financial planning, commodities often get a bad name as being too risky, too speculative, and not an appropriate part of most portfolios.
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April 16 - News
Person B: "Gold is a bulletproof investment! It'll help you hedge against inflation, and when our government collapses and the dollar becomes worthless, gold can only go up in...
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April 16 - News
Editor's Note: Related Tickers: Barrick Gold Corporation (USA) (NYSE:ABX), SPDR Gold Trust (ETF) (NYSEARCA:GLD), Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (NYSE:FCX), Goldcorp Inc.
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April 15 - News
I'm not much of a gold investor; however, as someone that likes a good value, the recent sell off in gold has caught my eye.
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April 15 - News
Following a week that saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average (Dow Jones Indices:.DJI) gain 275 points despite horrendous economic data, the index closed out Friday unchanged from...
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April 14 - News
For the second time this year, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS) slashed its forecasts for gold prices for both 2013 and 2014, adding to the pressure on gold prices lately.
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April 14 - News
After Barrick Gold Corporation (USA) (NYSE:ABX) became the latest miner to have a development project halted in South America, investors need to ask whether the continent will...
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April 13 - News
Read on for five of billionaire David Harding’s Winton Capital Management’s top picks as of the end of December with dividend yields of 4% or higher.
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April 9 - Hedge Funds
Spring is finally here, and a new earnings season is right around the corner. On Wednesday, NovaGold Resources Inc.
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April 8 - News
It's been an awful start to the year for investors in gold miners. Shares of both Goldcorp Inc.
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April 5 - News
China's Purchasing Managers Index rose last month, with a March reading of 55.6 relative to the February reading of 54.5; remember, a reading above 50 indicates expansion and ...
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April 4 - News
I am not in favor of letting daily news affect my long-term investments.
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April 2 - News
One thing's for sure: You'll never discover truly great investments unless you actively look for them.
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April 2 - News
While the deal reached over the weekend to restructure the critical debt situation in Cyprus has been met with wildly disparate opinions from across the eurozone, it's creating...
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March 28 - News
Barrick Gold Corporation (USA) (NYSE:ABX) was in 40 hedge funds' portfolio at the end of December.
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March 27 - Hedge Funds
Investors may want to consider making new friends with a couple of companies in the Basic Materials sector who have some history of rewarding shareholders.
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March 26 - News
Last week, the Senate passed a sequestration deal that will lock in the $85 billion of government spending cuts slated for this fiscal year. While many of the measures are hugely...
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March 26 - News
Private citizens rushed to the bank yesterday in Cyprus; a flurry of withdrawals resulted as citizens learned the terms of the Cyprus bailout.
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March 22 - News
Canada has been struggling.
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March 20 - News
Earlier this month, The Wall Street Journal reported that Warren Buffett's BNSF Railway will initiate a pilot program to investigate the viability of using natural gas to power...
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March 18 - News
After reviewing the hedge fund filings for last quarter, there are five stocks that stood out as being loved by hedge funds. The hedge fund activity in these five stocks were...
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March 15 - News
In a recent interview, Pimco CEO and co-CIO Mohamed El-Erian said the Federal Reserve's ultimate exit from its current course of bond buying would be "one of the most challenging...
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March 14 - News
Metals and mining companies have had a tough go of it in recent times. Year to date as of March 8, the industry has fallen 5.98% while the S&P 500 has risen 8.28%.
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March 11 - News
