Commodities & Metals
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ThinkstockThe research team at Merrill Lynch has found that global investors remain very “underweight” in their holdings of metals and…
ThinkstockAlmost every trading day 24/7 Wall St. covers research reports for analyst upgrades, analyst downgrades, and for new analyst coverage.…
ThinkstockSlower-than-expected Chinese growth and Federal Reserve tapering discussions have severely affected the commodity world. Strengthening of the U.S dollar, unwinding…
thinkstockShortly after markets opened this morning, the DJIA was down more than 1%, while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq…
ThinkstockThere are a variety of ways to invest in precious metals. Buying gold or silver bars and coins is one.…
ThinkstockAfter more than a year of twists and turns and negotiations, the $75 billion merger between Glencore International and Xstrata…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following a report on U.S. unemployment that was better than analysts expected (more…
U.S. equity markets opened mixed this morning as investors and traders tried to make sense of more than 150 earnings…
U.S. equity markets opened a bit higher this morning following a middling earnings report from Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) last…
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning but all three major indexes managed to pull off small gain by the…
ThinkstockRising stockpiles of virtually every commodity had led to a sharp drop in long-dated noncommercial (speculative) futures. Slowing growth in…
Jon OggInvestors and traders remain on the lookout for new ideas for profits and income. 24/7 Wall St. looks over…
ThinkstockIn an announcement today in Beijing, China’s National Development and Reform Commission, the country’s top planning agency, said that steel…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning mostly on the strength of a far-better-than-expected report on U.S. non-farm payrolls and…
ThinkstockInvestors of BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) and Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO) have taken a beating along with many other mining investors in…
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