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By Brian Sylvester |
March 8, 2013
Stock picking can be an exercise in compromise, and investors who wait for a perfect zinc mining project could be sitting on the sidelines — and missing out on profits. Matthew O'Keefe talks about his criteria for choosing investments in the zinc small-cap space.
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By Brian Sylvester |
February 13, 2013
The U.S. and Europe may have been skirting the edge of financial peril for years, but Christopher Ecclestone, who is the principal and mining strategist of London-based Hallgarten & Co., says that the gold price should drop this year as investors realize that there's no more cause for panic.
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By Jeb Handwerger |
January 16, 2013
The pullback in uranium miners and price coming into the year end was a potential buying opportunity as they reached important support levels historically indicative of a bullish reversal.
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By Alec Gimurtu |
January 16, 2013
David Skarica, founder of Addicted to Profits, says another — bigger — graphite bubble is likely on its way. He compares the graphite space to the rare earth and uranium arenas.
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By Ilya Spivak |
January 15, 2013
Commodities are putting in a mixed performance in overnight trade. Crude oil and copper prices are showing little directional conviction, mirroring European shares. S&P 500 index futures are accelerating lower, hinting risk aversion is likely to pick up steam.
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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 Ryan Fletcher |
January 15, 2013
With global equity markets booming and some commodity prices still on the rise one could have expected that the TSX Venture would have had a decent year. The exact opposite, however, was the case as fear and uncertainty gripped the market.
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By Ilya Spivak |
January 10, 2013
Commodities are on the upswing in the wake of dramatically better-than-expected Chinese export figures. December’s report showed overseas sales rose 14.1% year-on-year, nearly tripling forecasts calling for a 5% increase and buoying global recovery bets.
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By Ilya Spivak |
January 8, 2013
Sentiment-linked crude oil is on the upswing along with a narrow improvement in risk appetite in European hours, with regional shares edging higher. Gold and silver are likewise trading higher as the US dollar corrects lower.
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By Ilya Spivak |
January 7, 2013
Cycle-sensitive crude oil and copper prices are under pressure in European trade with risk appetite on the defensive to start the trading week. A short lull in big-ticket event risk this week opens the door for investors to digest last week’s volatility.