Dividend investors would be wise to focus not just on a stock's current yield, but also on the long-term growth potential of its dividends.
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September 3 - Dividend Stocks, News
Hedge funds and other speculative investors have shifted their investments away from gold to equity markets yielding higher returns.
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August 28 - Commodities, News
Barrick Gold Corporation (USA) (NYSE:ABX) announced that it will be selling-off 3 of its mines located in the Australia, to Gold Fields Ltd.
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August 26 - Commodities, News
To the average investor, there are plenty of indicators shareholders can use to monitor Mr. Market.
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August 25 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Cliffs Natural Resources Inc (NYSE:CLF), Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MU), Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL), Goldcorp Inc.
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August 23 - News
Gold's shimmer is losing its luster. And as gold grows more dull, Barrick Gold Corporation (USA) (NYSE:ABX) feels more and more pain.
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August 23 - Commodities, News
It's pretty evident that with that recent failures in the gold markets, gold miners are struggling too. Newmont Mining Corp (NYSE:NEM) is no stranger to this, and the smart money...
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August 22 - News
If you were to ask many of your fellow readers, hedge funds are viewed as bloated, old investment tools of an era lost to time.
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August 22 - News
As Ben Bernanke's tenure as the chairman of the Federal Reserve nears its end, the debate and battle over who will assume control is one of the most important contests currently...
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August 21 - News
While U.S. Treasury yields hit new highs at the end of last week's trading session, driving the U.S.
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August 20 - News
Ron Paul is a lot like licorice; not everyone likes him, but the ones who do really like him.
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August 20 - News
Investors love stocks that consistently beat the Street without getting ahead of their fundamentals and risking a meltdown.
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August 17 - News
Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes -- just in case they're material to our investing...
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August 9 - News
The aftermath of gold's bloodbath last quarter continues. After falling a record 23%, gold isn't done ruining investor returns just yet.
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August 5 - News
When AuRico Gold Inc (USA) (NYSE:AUQ) announced its preliminary operational results on July 16, the company showed that total cash costs per ounce of gold were up from $635, to...
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August 5 - News
Apparently, Washington isn't the only place where fiscal belt-tightening is all the rage. The mining industry has been ramping up its efforts to slash spending as well.
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August 3 - News
The price of gold is arguably the most critical factor among miners used by management in determining which projects should be pursued and which should be shelved.
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August 2 - News
Barrick Gold Corporation (USA) (NYSE:ABX) will release its quarterly report on Thursday, and with the entire industry having gotten hit hard by the recent plunge in gold prices...
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July 31 - News
The earnings season is at full speed, and big gold stocks have started reporting their financial results.
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July 29 - News
If the eyes are the window into a person’s soul, then on a corporate level, we can say the same about dividends. Dividend payouts cannot be faked.
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July 27 - News
Shares of Goldcorp Inc. (USA) (NYSE:GG) are down after the company reported a $1.93 billion loss on the second quarter.
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July 26 - News
The price of gold has been in a free fall for the last year, which has made me think about gold producers. In particular, I’ve been wondering about Goldcorp Inc.
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July 26 - News
This past quarter was terrible for gold. In fact, it was the once-shiny metal's worst quarter in almost 50 years, and its price plunged 23%.
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July 24 - News
There are winners and losers in every gold rush; for every miner that turned up gold in California in the 19th century, hundreds got absolutely nothing.
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July 11 - News
Baron Rothschild, who made a fortune after Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo, is credited with the saying: “The time to buy is when there is blood in the streets.” In more...
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July 8 - News
It was a great first half for many investors as the market, as measured by the S&P 500, was up by about 10%. The health care sector led the way as it appreciated 19.1%.
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July 8 - News
Two years ago, before I became a Fool blogger, I was a blogger for a libertarian movie company called Silver Circle.
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July 5 - News
This year is a nightmare for gold investors. The precious metal has already lost 25% since January. The situation in the mining stocks is even worse.
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July 2 - News
I am a dividend growth investor. I like to buy dividend paying companies with long track records of increasing dividends and strong competitive advantages.
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July 1 - News
It has been a miserable year for gold bulls and the gold miners themselves, with the yellow metal suffering its worst decline in a decade.
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July 1 - News
With the much talked about headwinds faced by the companies in the gold mining sector, the debate continues as to whether investing in a top gold grosser is still a worthwhile...
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June 27 - News
Higher dependency on golddate) as they tumbled by more than 35%.
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June 27 - News
I recently wrote this article on the falling price of gold and how it was going to hurt mining companies.
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June 27 - News
I follow quite a lot of companies, so the usefulness of a watchlist to me cannot be overstated.
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June 27 - News
Credit Suisse reported on Friday that it has initiated coverage on mining company, Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (NYSE:FCX).
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June 17 - News
According to the World Gold Council, 2011 was the golden period for gold as global demand for gold increased 0.4% to 4,067 tons at an estimated value of $205.5 billion, the highest...
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June 17 - News
Gold miners are not known for their shareholder returns. In fact, miners are often criticized for not returning enough cash to shareholders, choosing instead to spend their...
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June 17 - News
It's been a challenging year for Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (NYSE:FCX).
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June 5 - News
From a high point near $1,900 an ounce reached in August of 2011 -- and a more recent high near $1,800 last September -- gold prices have plunged to something like $1,400 an ounce...
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June 4 - News
At Insider Monkey, we track some of the hedge fund world’s most elite money managers, and one that often flies under the radar, yet is in our top 500 is Clint Carlson's Carlson...
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May 31 - Hedge Funds
Toronto-based mining giant Barrick Gold Corporation (USA) (NYSE:ABX) has not had a very good start to the year.
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May 29 - News
On Monday, May 6, after the close of market, the government of the Province of Quebec released its much anticipated proposal to change the mining tax and royalty regime in ...
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May 28 - News
While gold prices are falling, gold miners’ stocks are falling at a faster pace. Gold prices are down 20% year-to-date.
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May 28 - News
Many in the investment community have been sounding the warning bells over the future direction of gold, given all that's occurring in the global macroeconomic landscape.
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May 28 - News
Since its precipitous fall in mid-April, the SPDR Gold Trust (ETF) (NYSEARCA:GLD) has been largely range-bound ever since, both struggling to recover and testing previous lows...
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May 28 - News
Friday's trading session saw a halt in trading of two major precious-metals companies on news that the Chilean government was shutting down operations at the Pascua Lama mine.
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May 28 - News
Is Barrick Gold Corporation (USA) (NYSE:ABX) worth your attention right now? Money managers are turning less bullish.
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May 24 - News
In the 21st century investor’s toolkit, there are plenty of indicators market participants can use to analyze Mr. Market.
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May 24 - News
Investing in gold was one of the safest things to do under volatile economic conditions. But all that changed when gold took a plunge last month.
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May 23 - News
