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The headline data that financial media ignored on Wednesday
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The headline data that financial media ignored on Wednesday

However, there is one eye-opening concern that does not support Chairman Bernanke’s position about a housing recovery and unfortunately points to less demand in the immediate future. While many investors do not track lumber prices, the chart below demonstrates the sheer bear market that has befallen lumber futures prices. As can be seen above, random [...]

Published by on May 24, 2013 1:08 AM
Investors vs. traders: A battle for oil & gas profits
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Investors vs. traders: A battle for oil & gas profits

TER: What’s your view on the Keystone Pipeline? Will it be built? RC: That’s the million-dollar question. President Obama is under considerable pressure from environmentalists who believe oil sands development is the main bogeyman contributing to global warming. But the U.S. has had a goal of achieving energy security since Nixon, and Keystone would move the U.S. [...]

Published by on May 23, 2013 11:08 AM
Sprott is bullish on silver and gold equities
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Sprott is bullish on silver and gold equities

TGR: Fresnillo also owns about 17% of MAG Silver. Some market watchers believe Fresnillo will ultimately buy MAG Silver given its ownership stake and the Juanicipio joint venture, but Fresnillo lacks the money to make an all-cash bid. Does that change the investment thesis for MAG? MS: No, not at all. Fresnillo recently raised about $350M with [...]

Published by on May 22, 2013 9:06 PM
Gold, silver and miners: Powerful reversal off multiyear support
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Gold, silver and miners: Powerful reversal off multiyear support

Silver hit a five-year trailing average in the low $20s and gold hit a three-year trailing average below $1,350. Multi-year support should hold after this downturn for close to two years. This is one of the first major bullish engulfings since the decline and may suggest that a low is in place and the end [...]

Published by on May 22, 2013 7:06 AM
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Primer on reading drill result press releases

TGR: How do you determine the difference between an anomaly and an economic deposit? BC: That is the hard part. That takes tens of millions of dollars and is what a feasibility study is all about. Explorers run around the world, finding and evaluating anomalies. The earth has been evolving and changing over its 4.6 [...]

Published by on May 21, 2013 5:05 PM
What your dentist doesn’t know about gold
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What your dentist doesn’t know about gold

What use is gold? Besides jewelry, outrageous cutlery, money, microchips and a thin veneer for astronauts’ visors, gold once got sizeable demand from dentists. The least reactive of all elements, gold is also highly malleable but very dense. Making it the perfect fit for cavity fillings everywhere. No more however. “The long-term declining trend in dental demand [...]

Published by on May 21, 2013 3:05 AM
The last investable moment for silver
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The last investable moment for silver

In the context of the current U.S. dollar valuation bubble, silver’s eventual price rise seems inevitable. This paper currency bubble commenced with a desperate flight to quality, despite the fact that the U.S. dollar had been an intrinsically worthless currency since it was taken off the gold standard by Nixon in the early 1970s. Silver [...]

Published by on May 20, 2013 1:05 PM
Gold bears revived as rout resumes after coin rush
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Gold bears revived as rout resumes after coin rush

Gold bears are dominant again after prices resumed their slump and billionaire George Soros joined investors selling holdings in exchange-traded products that have retreated to a two-year low. Seventeen analysts surveyed by Bloomberg expect prices to fall next week, with eight bullish and three neutral, the highest proportion of bears in two weeks. The analysts [...]

Published by on May 19, 2013 11:05 PM
Gold wars: U.S. undermining Iranian currency by blocking gold imports
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Gold wars: U.S. undermining Iranian currency by blocking gold imports

The dollar has fallen by 52% against gold in the same period having fallen from $920/oz to $1,380/oz. XAU/USD Spot Exchange Rate – Price of 1 XAU in USD – 5 Years Iranian people are suffering from the currency devaluation with the very significant increase in the cost of living.  “It has an effect on [...]

Published by on May 19, 2013 9:03 AM
Pension funds seen selling gold ETFs
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Pension funds seen selling gold ETFs

Gold prices failed to hold a rally above $1,380 per ounce in London on Friday morning, trading 5% down for the week as world stock markets held steady. Both the Euro and British Pound also cut their mid-week rallies against the Dollar, holding gold prices at €1070 and £904 per ounce respectively. New data overnight [...]

Published by on May 18, 2013 9:01 PM
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