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By Jeb Handwerger |
May 6, 2013
When it looks as though things couldn't get worse for precious metal mining equities (GDX), that may be just the time to buy for contrarians. Not only are the junior miners (GDXJ) sloping to historic decade lows, but gold (GLD) bullion has been hit hard recently by short selling, bearish...
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By JT Long |
March 13, 2013
The biggest new source for platinum group metals just might be what Jack Lifton calls "the rubber tire mine." Removing the catalytic converter from a car's emission system produces a rate of return that rivals the production rates of the South African platinum giants.
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By James Stafford |
March 6, 2013
Peak oil is almost here, and nothing new is coming online anytime soon. While the clock is ticking, forward movement on developing renewable energy resources has been sadly inadequate. We had a chance to speak with well-known energy expert Dave Summers where we cut through the media noise and take...
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By Peter Krauth |
November 8, 2012
So what does all of this mean to investors in hard assets – particularly those with holdings in gold and silver? Since Obama was elected in 2008, gold is up 116% and silver us up a whopping 198%. A similar performance could be enjoyed over the next four years.
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By Brian Sylvester |
October 18, 2012
Brent Cook, editor of Exploration Insights newsletter, and Quinton Hennigh, a geologist and contributor to the newsletter, believe investments in prospect generators have yielded some of their best investments, plodding slowly to unearth often spectacular projects.
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By Ben Traynor |
September 21, 2012
Wholesale gold bullion prices held above $1,770 an ounce Friday morning in London, a few dollars below six-month highs hit earlier in the week, while stocks and commodities were also broadly flat.
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By Bill Bonner |
September 20, 2012
Shouldn't stocks be flying? Shouldn't gold be closing over $1,800 per ounce... and on its way to the moon? The Fed last week announced what could turn out to be the biggest program of money-printing ever undertaken by a central bank in history.
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By Mark O'Byrne |
September 18, 2012
Gold inched lower in quiet volatile trade on Tuesday after equity and commodity markets pulled back overnight and investors booked profits from the recent rally created by the US Fed’s QE3 launch.
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By Sally Lowder |
August 29, 2012
Far from icebound, Greenland is wealthy in rare earth elements, precious metals and oil. Already, says the Aheadoftheherd.com publisher, companies are beginning to outline major discoveries at just pennies a share.
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By Scott Wright |
July 2, 2012
While the juniors spread themselves far and wide, there are definitely popular locales they tend to favor. And interestingly these locales don’t necessarily line up with all the major production centers.