Commodities & Metals

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If you ever wanted to know if lower and lower interest rates for longer and longer helps to prop up the value of gold, look no further than Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's latest speech.
Proper asset allocation should always include a single-digit percentage holding of precious metal like gold and silver, which provides a cushion when world events rattle investor nerves.
Credit Suisse has updated its view on U.S. steel companies and where those companies stand to go from here.
While steel prices in the United States may see some near-term upside, one key analyst fears that momentum may run out of steam into summer.
With the government finally getting tough with China, iron ore prices rising, and demand improving, things are looking much better for these top steel companies and the industry as a whole.
Iron ore miner stocks rose sharply Monday morning after Chinese officials said over the weekend that the government would permit a record deficit to ensure strong economic growth.
After a dismal two years, shares of Freeport-McMoRan have been down so long that anything looks like up.
Freeport-McMoRan sold an interest in its stake in a Serbian copper project at Timok to Toronto's Lundin Mining. The deal could be worth up to $262.5 million to Freeport.
BlackRock has announced the temporary suspension of its plan to create new shares of the iShares Gold Trust until the new shares can be registered with the SEC.
24/7 Wall St. screened the Deutsche Bank metals universe for stocks currently rated Buy, and found two top companies for investors to consider.
After the recent strong performance of gold and gold mining stocks in 2016, many analysts have made new gold stock calls.
Where there is smoke there is fire, but there may not be any fire in the world's steel production.
Four gold miners reported earnings last week, and analysts were quick to raise price targets while leaving ratings alone.
If you think energy and the bank stocks have had a bad time, consider how gold investors have suffered over the past five years. Since peaking in 2011, the price of gold and gold stocks have taken an...
Both Barrick Gold and Newmont Mining reported fourth-quarter results on Wednesday, but investor reaction has been significantly different.