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By Roman Baudzus |
December 21, 2012
South African platinum producers are already enduring significant production drops caused by strike activities. Now that the situation is somewhat back to normal, the government is upsetting companies and markets with plans to introduce legal changes.
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By The Mad Hedge Fund Trader |
December 14, 2012
It gave a great overview on many key commodities and precious metals that are in long-term bull markets. There are few sure things in life, but one for me is that I will be attending the next Hard Assets Investment Conference in New York.
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By Brian Sylvester |
December 12, 2012
The fundamentals at many junior mining companies have improved, yet their stock prices continue to languish. Market guru Peter Grandich gives his thoughts on when this may end and where gold is headed in 2013, and names some of his picks in unlikely jurisdictions.
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By JT Long |
December 3, 2012
Many goldbugs like gold as a hedge against Federal Reserve policies and high inflation. The president of Cranberry Capital is a different kind of goldbug and explains how his proprietary monetary measure, "The Actual Money Supply," is the reason why.
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By Leo Liu |
November 28, 2012
It is clear that the time to dedicate resources to explore for new platinum mines and deposits outside South Africa has come. With a coming deficit market, new platinum projects in Canada patiently await inevitable courting by international platinum investors and producers.
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By JT Long |
November 28, 2012
Buy and hold or go for the tenbagger? Two successful money managers, Adrian Day and Brian Ostroff, sat down with The Gold Report at the Hard Assets Conference to share their forecasts for 2013.
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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.
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By Jon Nadler |
November 27, 2012
While news that the euro zone had reached a deal on the next installment of aid for Greece initially pressured the US dollar and lifted gold and the euro a tad, its impact wore off relatively quickly and markets opened with a different tenor this morning.
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By Karen Roche |
November 27, 2012
The founder and chairman of Sprott Global Resource Investments Ltd. shares his belief in the power of gold as both "catastrophe insurance" and an investment vehicle. As to equities, he sees a new discovery cycle lifting the prospects of majors and juniors.
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By Roman Baudzus |
November 21, 2012
A new report from the world's largest gold producer Barrick Gold provides yet another illustration of the problems facing gold mining companies. According to Barrick, total production costs for all mining companies exceeded the $8 billion mark last year.