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Jefferies analysts have met with management teams from the major steel companies and came away feeling very positive on the set-up for the rest of the year.
A new wave of analyst downgrades put added pressure on coal stocks on Tuesday. The firm has concerns about China under trade tensions and an expected construction slowdown in homebuilding activities.
With gold breaking out to six-year highs, it makes sense to add some to portfolios now in case trends continue on the current path. These three stocks look like solid plays now.
With China devaluing the yuan and halting purchases of U.S. agricultural products in response to President Trump's additional tariffs last week, gold and gold miners are having their day.
The World Gold Council's latest quarterly report on gold trends shows that the gold held by central banks is at a record level and a small number of nations control it.
Coal companies don't have many weapons to fight back with against the ever-falling prices and increasing capability of renewable electricity generation. Coal's flailing decline may be picking up...
Vale shares were down handily on Tuesday after a Brazilian Senate committee announced that it recommends indicting Vale in a deadly dam collapse that occurred in late January. The committee also...
Many investors maintain holdings of precious metals stocks in their portfolios as a hedge against inflation and the stock's tendency to go up when the market goes down. Here are four solid precious...
The Trump administration has released a plan to ensure U.S. access to certain minerals deemed critical to the country's economic and national security.
In the wake of multiple analyst downgrades and price target cuts from major Wall Street firms, Goldman Sachs now has downgraded U.S. Steel. The firm maintained other Neutral and Buy ratings on steel...
If tariffs and an ongoing trade war with China were not enough, now gold bugs get to cheer in silence at a 5% tariff implemented on goods coming from Mexico as an economic tool to fight illegal...
There is more pain coming for the steel industry. At least that is the take from Deutsche Bank.
This exchange-traded fund could find itself right in the middle of the trade war if China decides to halt or limit its exports of rare earth metals and minerals.