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ThinkstockIf you had questions about the “if and when” of the tapering of the $85 billion in bond purchases in quantitative easing, the answer is looking more and more clear that it will begin...
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ThinkstockCredit Suisse’s Ralph Profiti has a note out on silver mining stocks. Investors will want to pay close attention because silver and gold have come back on strong. Profiti has some...
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ThinkstockWe have had earnings results from a handful of silver miners in the past few days, and the news has not been very good. After markets closed on Wednesday, Silver Wheaton Corp. (NYSE: SLW)...
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ThinkstockThe world of gold and silver has been turned upside down. The market fears that Ben Bernanke’s quantitative easing under the Federal Reserve will end sooner rather than later, and that...
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ThinkstockFirst Majestic Silver Corp. (NYSE: AG) reported second-quarter 2013 earnings before markets opened this morning. The Canada-based silver miner posted adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of...
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ThinkstockFirst Majestic Silver Corp. (NYSE: AG) has been crushed along with silver and gold players in recent weeks and months. In fact, its stock price has been cut in more than half. Apparently...
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ThinkstockSlower-than-expected Chinese growth and Federal Reserve tapering discussions have severely affected the commodity world. Strengthening of the U.S dollar, unwinding of the global carry-trade...
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ThinkstockGold trading closed for the day shortly before the FOMC announcement that the Fed forecast for 2013 growth had slipped, but that the central bank expects unemployment to reach a level...
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ThinkstockThere are a variety of ways to invest in precious metals. Buying gold or silver bars and coins is one. Exchange traded funds (ETFs) are another. A third way is by investing in mining...
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ThinkstockShares of Barrick Gold Corp. (NYSE: ABX) and Silver Wheaton Corp. (NYSE: SLW) were halted shortly after noon today following a Chilean court ruling that blocks further work at Barrick’s...
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ThinkstockWhile exchange traded funds (ETFs) have been dumping gold in the first two months of 2013, exactly the reverse is happening in the silver ETFs. Total silver holdings now amount to a...
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ThinkstockDeutsche Bank A.G. (NYSE: DB) has joined a growing list of investment banks cutting their forecasts on precious metals for 2013 and 2014. By cutting their estimates for gold and silver and...
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ThinkstockGold futures closed at around $1,676 an ounce in 2012, about 7% higher than the $1,565 or so the yellow metal fetched at the beginning of the year. Forecasts for the price of gold at the...
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There are two schools of thought regarding the reaction of precious metals to the eventual resolution (or non-resolution) of the current negotiations on the U.S. fiscal cliff. If the two sides can...
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ThinkstockWhen Silver Wheaton Corp. (NYSE: SLW) reported third-quarter results yesterday, the silver miner noted that lower sales and lower prices hit both revenues and profits, down 13% and 11%...
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