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By Frank Holmes |
April 17, 2012
Gold bulls have plenty of room to graze in the stockyard these days as the investing herd migrated to other assets during the market’s steep climb in 2012. For the fourth time in the past year, gold bears outnumbered the bulls in Bloomberg’s weekly Gold Bull/Bear Sentiment Survey.
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By Frank Holmes |
October 14, 2011
Because of the dramatic price decline in early-stage companies, investors have the opportunity to purchase explorers and developers, often referred to as juniors, at about half of the company's net asset value.
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By Frank Holmes |
August 30, 2011
One market trend that seems to be attracting more and more attention is the large performance gap between gold bullion and gold stocks. The price of gold bullion has increased roughly 28% in 2011, while the S&P/TSX Gold Index was recently down 1%.
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By Frank Holmes |
June 20, 2011
While the party continues for gold bullion prices, stocks of gold companies have been a no-show. The NYSE Arca Gold Bugs Index has fallen more than 13% year-to-date and the Philadelphia Gold & Silver Index has toppled more than 16%.
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By Frank Holmes |
March 15, 2011
Global markets present tremendous opportunities to those who are able to sort out what's meaningful from the background noise. It also means going where others don't.
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By The Gold Report |
June 9, 2010
Human nature being what it is, sucker punches to the portfolio can erode more than your net worth. They can wreak havoc with your sense of self-worth as well.
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By Frank Holmes |
April 27, 2010
Just as the U.S. consumer is key for Chinese exporters, so too is the Chinese consumer key as an export destination for the rest of emerging Asia.
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By Frank Holmes |
April 7, 2010
The new report "Gold in the Year of the Tiger" from the World Gold Council (WGC) predicts that gold consumption in China could double in the coming decade as a result of rising demand for jewelry, hard-asset investments and industrial uses.