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By Eric McWhinnie |
May 14, 2012
Although gold and silver have been in a “funk” lately, the chief executive officer of Sprott Asset Management says the reasons for holding precious metals have not changed.
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By Mark Leibovit |
May 14, 2012
Do I need to get my head examined for remaining on a “Bull” signal? Some may say so, and if you're a trader it's clear we're in a downtrend. I think you're going to come in some Tuesday morning and gold could be up $1,000 an ounce (one thousand, your...
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By Frank Holmes |
May 11, 2012
There was a strong reaction to the elevated debt crisis in Europe, with commodities and equities being indiscriminately sold. Gold fell 3% this week, losing its safe haven status as the dollar grew stronger and the 10-year government note headed lower.
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By Alasdair Macleod |
May 11, 2012
Will the outcome be deflationary, or inflationary, or are we worrying unnecessarily? We all have opinions, but opinions only last for a brief moment in time. Opinion unbacked by rational analysis is entirely subjective and has no value.
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By Karen Roche, JT Long |
May 11, 2012
These three speakers at the New York Hard Assets Investment Conference won't be pinned down to a timeframe, but they're looking forward to a buyer's market, as equity prices fall and volatility increases. As Rick Rule puts it, "When the best come cheap, you have to play."
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By Jay Taylor |
May 10, 2012
The debt is too onerous to be repaid. So we will have to see massive defaults in terms of transfer payments to the masses and huge numbers of bankruptcies in the future. This will all be very deflationary and that means that the price of most everything could fall dramatically.
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By Gregory T. Weldon |
May 10, 2012
The EU “went down looking," “taking” strike three while watching a fastball cross the middle of the “plate” ... as defined by a deluge of macro-economic data releases on the offer in two key member nations – Italy and Germany.
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By Frank Holmes |
May 9, 2012
There lingers a persistent negativity toward emerging markets growth and commodities that prevents many investors from jockeying their portfolios into a position for growth. Rather, they remain spectators on the sidelines, with equity fund outflows continuing.
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By Brian Ostroff |
May 8, 2012
North America has a problem when it comes to phosphate because North America is not self-reliant. Canada has only one operating phosphate mine which is scheduled to close within a year and Florida’s operations have had issues mostly brought on by environmental concerns.
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By Dudley Pierce Baker |
May 7, 2012
We suspect that many precious metals investors are saying, “We don’t want to play anymore!” and our reply is, “You want to quit right now, right at the bottom of this cycle? You must be crazy - crazy with a capital C!”