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Why Gold Stocks Failed (And Why I'm Still Holding On)
The Sovereign Society submits: By Eric Roseman Since the start of the credit crisis in August 2007, the XAU Gold & Silver Index of mostly large-cap mining stocks has tumbled 27%. In October alone - the worst month for investors in global stocks since August 1998 - the XAU...
Tags: Stock, Seeking Alpha, Sovereign Society, Investment, Finance, The Sovereign Society, Streettracks Gold Trust, Gold & Precious Metals
External links 2008-10-15
Gold Has Significantly Outperformed: Can This Continue Indefinitely?
Adam Katz submits: Just a quick follow up from my article yesterday on gold and real estate. In the same way that short term treasuries have been bid up beyond their true intrinsic value due to the flight to safety, so to has that lent support to gold prices....
Tags: Treasury, Seeking Alpha, Adam Katz, Real Estate, Business Operations, Streettracks Gold Trust, Gold & Precious Metals
External links 2008-10-16
Silver: Gap Between Paper and Physical Prices Widening Daily
Tim Iacono submits: We were out for most of the day yesterday, so, I called into California Numismatics' 24-hour toll free recording to find out what happened in precious metals markets. What I heard was quite shocking and the chart below only tells half the story of how the...
Tags: Price, Gap, Seeking Alpha, Tim Iacono, IShares Silver Trust, Gold & Precious Metals
External links 2008-10-16
Oil Heading for $150 a Barrel, Gold for $1500 an Ounce - Merrill
William Patalon III submits: Gold could reach $1,500 an ounce, since the worldwide plans to bail out the global financial industry are certain to fuel inflation, analysts led by Francisco Blanch at Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. wrote in a research report. The Merrill Lynch analysts also predicted...
Tags: Oil, Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Barrel, Analyst, Seeking Alpha, William Patalon III, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Finance, Newmont Mining Corp., Gold & Precious Metals, Energy
External links 2008-10-17
Apex Silver Mines Might Be a Promising Short Play Now
J. Christoph Amberger submits: Crashing commodities prices are not just putting hedge fund managers into a jam, they're also putting resource producers at risk. The price surge triggered by the commodities super-cycle had been a boon to large-scale miners in particular. Soaring prices for oil, nickel,...
Tags: Commodity, Seeking Alpha, J. Christoph Amberger, Investment, Financial Services, Finance, Gold & Precious Metals
External links 2008-10-17
Is Gold As a Safe Haven Just a Myth?
Isn’t gold supposed to be a haven in times of stress? you know, real money? What happened then? why didn’t gold skyrocket to $2000 oz.? if it isn’t going to go up when the world’s financial market is in meltdown, when is it going to go up? The answer deduced...
Tags: Safe, Myth, Seeking Alpha, Financial Accounting, Investment, Finance, Babak, Gold & Precious Metals
External links 2008-10-17
Analysts: New Yamana Gold Guidance 'More Realistic'
FP Trading Desk submits: Yamana Gold Inc. AUY slashed its production outlook at its analyst day in Toronto Wednesday. The company still plans to reach two million ounces in 2012, but it cut the guidance for each year leading up to that. According to analysts at Paradigm Capital and...
Tags: Guidance, Analyst, Seeking Alpha, FP Trading Desk, Investment, Finance, Gold & Precious Metals
External links 2008-10-17
Gold Approaches Record
Hard Assets Investor submits: By Brad Zigler Gold Approaches Record; Makes New Highs by Hard Assets Investor
Tags: Seeking Alpha, Hard Assets Investor, Streettracks Gold Trust, Gold & Precious Metals
External links 2008-10-17
Inmet Mining: Analysts Upgrade, at Lower Estimates
FP Trading Desk submits: Yet another effect of the messed up global markets is the increasing number of analysts cutting price targets dramatically, while upgrading to "buy," their recommendations on the very same stocks. The latest to get this treatment is Inmet Mining Inc. (IEMMF.PK), which was upgraded from...
Tags: Analyst, Seeking Alpha, FP Trading Desk, Investment, Finance, Gold & Precious Metals
External links 2008-10-17
Charts of the Day: Gold, and Baltic Dry Index
Jordan Kahn submits:  One of the interesting charts I have been watching is that of gold above. Gold bulls have said for years that a runup in inflation, a weak dollar, and a global financial crisis would all serve to too a flight of investors into gold. They also said...
Tags: Financial, Seeking Alpha, Jordan Kahn, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Financial Accounting, Finance, Streettracks Gold Trust, Gold & Precious Metals
External links 2008-10-17
Silver Could Explode, Says Analyst
Hard Assets Investor submits: Ted Butler is one of the better-known silver analysts and longtime silver bulls in the world. The founder of Butler Research, a monthly publication focused on precious metals, Butler has been pounding the table on silver since way back when it was trading for $4/ounce....
Tags: Analyst, Bull, Seeking Alpha, Financial Services, Hard Assets Investor, IShares Silver Trust, Gold & Precious Metals
External links 2008-10-18
Is Gold Ready to Fly?
Bill Cara submits: [excerpted from Bill Cara's Week-in-Review] There is little I can do at this point to people who would like to believe dim-witted economists who tell you that the world is falling apart. Perhaps this anecdote will help. by Bill Cara
Tags: Economist, Anecdote, Seeking Alpha, Bill Cara, US Market, Gold & Precious Metals
External links 2008-10-18
Will Xstrata Make Another Bid for Lonmin?
Fat Prophets submits: Whilst walking away from a full bid for the world’s third-biggest platinum miner, Lonmin (LNMIY.PK), at this stage, Xstrata (XSRAF.PK) has simultaneously boosted its stake in the company to 25%, effectively blocking other bidders from gaining control of the company. We fully expect Xstrata to return,...
Tags: Bid, Seeking Alpha, Financial Accounting, Investment, Finance, Fat Prophets, Gold & Precious Metals
External links 2008-10-19
Misinterpretation of Gold Lease Rates and Why Gold Could Rise
Brian Kelly submits: As the credit crunch intensified and global financial panic set in, the gold lease rates soared to the highest level since 2001. However, what has been confused in the uproar about the absolute value of lease rates is the fact that relative lease ...
Tags: Gold, Rate, Seeking Alpha, Brian Kelly, Financial Planning, Financial Services, Finance, Streettracks Gold Trust, Gold & Precious Metals
External links 2008-10-20
The Credit Crunch Is the Solution, Not the Problem
Jason LaValley submits: Since roughly October 2007, the world’s financial institutions have trembled, credit markets have seized, and as the government bailouts arrive, a consensus view has developed that the root cause of our recent misery is the greed of over-levered, under-regulated financial institutions, helpless in the face of overwhelming...
Tags: Recession, Financial Company, Seeking Alpha, Jason LaValley, Mortgages, Government, Financial Services, Finance, Capital Structures, US Market, Gold & Precious Metals, Emerging Markets
External links 2008-10-20
What's It Going to Be: Inflation or Deflation?
Jason Tillberg submits: October 9, 2007, marked the day when the Dow Jones reached a peak at 14,198.83. On October 10, 2008, the Dow reached as low as 7,882.51 which is a decline of about 45%. These are tough and humbling times to be an investor or simply...
Tags: The Dow Chemical Co., Deflation, Gain, Inflation, Seeking Alpha, Jason Tillberg, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Finance, IShares Silver Trust, US Market, Gold & Precious Metals
External links 2008-10-20
NovaGold's Future Looks Promising - Wellington West Analyst
FP Trading Desk submits: Nearly a year after the cost over-run disaster at Galore Creek, analyst Paolo Lostritto of Wellington West Capital Markets wrote that the future actually looks promising for NovaGold Resources Inc. NG. With the Rock Creek mine up and running, NovaGold is finally generating some solid...
Tags: Analyst, Seeking Alpha, NovaGold, FP Trading Desk, Operational Accounting, Finance, Gold & Precious Metals
External links 2008-10-20
Gold Liquidity Play a Setup?
Hard Assets Investor submits: By Brad Zigler Our central bank may want you to buy gold. Well, indirectly, at least. by Hard Assets Investor
Tags: Gold, Liquidity, Seeking Alpha, Investment, Financial Services, Finance, Hard Assets Investor, Streettracks Gold Trust, Gold & Precious Metals
External links 2008-10-21
Freeport McMoRan: Short for a Trade?
Steve Patterson submits: Freeport McMoRan FCX stumbled out of the gate this morning after releasing an earnings report that showed slowing demand for copper in China as the world begins to worry about slowing economies everywhere. The price of copper fell dramatically over the past quarter after an incredible run...
Tags: Copper, Seeking Alpha, Steve Patterson, Pricing, Financial Accounting, Marketing Research, Marketing, Finance, Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., Gold & Precious Metals
External links 2008-10-21
Stop Selling, Don't Buy - Raymond James Analyst on Ivanhoe Mines
FP Trading Desk submits: Stop selling Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. IVN shares, says Raymond James analyst Tom Meyer. But don't buy them either, he adds. Mr. Meyer said in a note to clients: by FP Trading Desk
Tags: Analyst, Seeking Alpha, FP Trading Desk, Gold & Precious Metals
External links 2008-10-21
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