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By Brian Sylvester |
May 16, 2013
Before you cash in, you might want to read why Peter Grandich still has hope for $2,000/oz gold, and which companies he believes have the mojo to make it through this trough.
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By JT Long |
May 7, 2013
Although miners are far more technologically conservative than oil producers, today's tough financing environment may prompt technological advancements in a sector that has historically approached processing "with brute force rather than finesse."
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By Sholom Sanik |
May 2, 2013
Palladium may be rare, but it is not a precious metal, because its investment sector is negligible. While volatility in gold prices may affect palladium prices in the short term, palladium should not be beholden to the broad precious metals investment climate.
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By Brian Sylvester |
April 19, 2013
The recent fall in precious metals prices has investors on edge. Peter Rose, head of mining research with Fox-Davies Capital Ltd. in London, provides a European perspective on mining and advises looking at under-appreciated jurisdictions.
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By Alasdair Macleod |
April 5, 2013
The sell-off in precious metals gathered pace this week into what is often called capitulation. Money-managers (hedge funds) cut their long gold positions on Comex by 19,044 contracts in the week to Tuesday, March 26.
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By Dr. Jeffrey Lewis |
February 15, 2013
The financial backdrop to the current prices of precious metals like silver and gold is that trillions of dollars and other currencies have been created to reflate stock markets and attempt to create a recovery in the property market.
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By Brian Sylvester |
January 15, 2013
It is difficult for retail investors to sift the wheat from the chaff in the junior miner sector but the president of RMB Resources reveals how his merchant bank, figures out what projects to invest in and those to pass over.
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By Brian Sylvester |
December 27, 2012
Many gold analysts are forecasting much higher gold prices in 2013 but the senior commodity analyst at the CPM Group says he believes all of the positive gold fundamentals, such as global turmoil, are already factored into the gold price.
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By Brian Sylvester |
December 7, 2012
Smart companies are beginning to ignore analysts' insistence that production growth is always good, and to focus instead on growing their margins by lowering capital expenses. This is good news to US Global Investors Inc.'s Brian Hicks and Ralph Aldis.
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By Anthony J. Alfidi |
November 28, 2012
The San Francisco Hard Assets Investment Conference is my favorite trade show ever. It was different this year with the exhibitors split between two levels at the Marriott Marquis but the seminars and workshops were phenomenal.