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Gold and Silver Stocks Are in Deep Value Territory: Alka Singh
2012-05-25 20:30:00 The Gold Report: In early 2009, gold began its ascent that lasted for two and a half years until it began to correct at the beginning of September 2011. What were the issues that caused the rise, and what caused the correction? Alka Singh: Gold prices have actually been on a rise since early 2002, but you are right that the last leg up started about two and a half years ago. The issues that led to the rise were that countries were printing money to finance themselves. Gold is considered a safe haven, but the issue that gave rise to the correction is mainly the Eurozone concern?in Greece, … [visit site to read . . . → Read More: Gold and Silver Stocks Are in Deep Value Territory: Alka Singh
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Uranium Is a Deep-Value Sector: Alka Singh
2012-05-24 21:34:00 The Energy Report: Alka, after years at Rodman and Renshaw and then at Jennings Capital and Dahlman Rose, you started your own shop, Mine2Capital. What made you decide to set out on your own, and what investing philosophy will you use? Alka Singh: The reason we founded Mine2Capital was to provide trusted information for reliable investments. That was the theme with which we started this company. In the financial markets around the world, it is not always clear to investors which information can be trusted, because some data are massaged to look different from the reality. It is … [visit site to read . . . → Read More: Uranium Is a Deep-Value Sector: Alka Singh
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Take Control of Your Finances (Part 2)
2012-05-23 14:23:00 Last week, I shared the first 4 steps to taking control of your finances. This week my article continues with 2 more steps: 5. Take stock and move money around. Target the expenses you can have an immediate effect on. These likely include the monthly grocery bill, eating out, and ? believe it or not ? your tax ...Original Post on www.thesunsfinancialdiary.com Special Promotional OffersScottrade 3 Commission Free TradesBritish Airways Visa Signature Card 100,000 Bonus PointsChase Freedom Card $200 BonusCiti Dividend Select Platinum Card $100 BonusCitibank Checking Account $400 Bonus Promotion Take Control of Your Finances (Part 2)
The People Have Spoken and Precious Metals Will Soar: Leonard Melman
2012-05-21 20:04:00 TGR: It seems that economists can plan and recommend, and politicians can negotiate and maneuver, and pundits can analyze and predict all they want, yet when the people don’t want to play along, it can all mean nothing. Of course, we’re talking about the elections in France and Greece. What’s going on? Leonard Melman: What’s going on is that the monetary authorities in Europe have decided that austerity is the only way out of the financial dilemma, which I find kind of amusing, because it is their Keynesian activities that created those policies in the first place. Their decision now is that austerity, … [visit site to read . . . → Read More: The People Have Spoken and Precious Metals Will Soar: Leonard Melman
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APNewsBreak: 22 states join campaign finance fight
2012-05-20 14:56:00 Twenty-two states and the District of Columbia are backing Montana in its fight to prevent the U.S. Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision from being used to strike down state laws restricting corporate ...
APNewsBreak: 22 states join campaign finance fight
2012-05-20 09:31:00 Twenty-two states and the District of Columbia are backing Montana in its fight to prevent the U.S. Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision from being used to strike down state laws restricting corporate campaign spending.
If You Are Bearish On the Economy, Then You Need To Own This Stock
2012-05-18 19:00:00 Trading is in my blood. I vividly remember, as an elementary school student, trading baseball cards with my classmates. My trading interest blossomed as I learned how to buy low and sell high via various part-time business endeavors. These businesses included selling produce I got for free from my grandparent's garden door-to-door and . . . → Read More: If You Are Bearish On the Economy, Then You Need To Own This Stock
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Take Control of Your Finances (Part 1)
2012-05-17 14:26:00 It?s easy to fall into the trap of thinking that bringing more money in will solve your financial struggles, but it?s important to remember that those supposed ?added? funds come with their own price tag. Make more money, you?ll pay more in taxes. Work more hours to bring in more pay, you lose valuable time ...Original Post on www.thesunsfinancialdiary.com Special Promotional OffersScottrade 3 Commission Free TradesBritish Airways Visa Signature Card 100,000 Bonus PointsChase Freedom Card $200 BonusCiti Dividend Select Platinum Card $100 BonusCitibank Checking Account $400 Bonus Promotion Take Control of Your Finances (Part 1)
Aussiewood Film Finance And China Co-Productions. Ever The Twain Shall Mee
2012-05-16 00:34:00 By:Â Mathew Alderson During the Beijing International Film Festival last month, several Hollywood executives and film producers expressed interest in the Australian producer offset and asked me whether their films might qualify for it. Though these sorts of inquiries tend to arise in connection with official Chinese co-productions, they also come up in connection with Hollywood projects with no immediate China connection. In this post I will look at the Australian producer offset generally. There are significant exceptions to the rules in the case of an official Chinese co-production so I will look at the producer offset from the standpoint of an official Chinese co-production in a subsequent post. Under the Australian producer offset, 40% of the production costs of certain feature films can be recovered by the producer, in cash, from the Australian Taxation Office. The producer offset is claimed in the production company’s annual tax return filed in Australia for the year in...
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What Lies Ahead for Junior E&Ps: Bruce Edgelow
2012-05-15 22:00:00 The Energy Report: Bruce, what major changes do you see under way for junior explorers and producers (E&Ps)? Bruce Edgelow: Juniors have begun to transition from drilling moderately priced individual vertical wells to drilling much more capital-intensive resource plays. For example, in 2000 the cost to drill and complete one well in Pembina was ~$330,000. By 2010, the cost had ballooned to ~$2.75 million (M) due to horizontal drilling and more complex completion techniques. This trend is expected to continue as resource plays become increasingly dominant and as larger budgets, bigger … [visit site to read . . . → Read More: What Lies Ahead for Junior E&Ps: Bruce Edgelow
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Euro zone finance ministers dismiss Greek exit 'propaganda'
2012-05-15 02:50:00 Euro zone finance ministers dismissed talk of Greece leaving the euro zone as "propaganda and nonsense" on Monday, but said the country had to respect the terms of the bailout program agreed with the EU and the International Monetary Fund. If Greece can form a government and that government signs up to the bailout agreement, then it is possible some of the targets in the program could be softened, the chairman of the euro zone finance ministers, Jean-Claude Juncker, said. "I don't envisage, not even for one second, Greece leaving the euro area. ...
German Finance Minister eyes growth measures for Greece
2012-05-12 13:10:00 BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany is ready to consider additional measures to promote growth in Greece but the struggling economy must still carry out agreed reforms, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said in an interview with the Welt am Sonntag weekly on Saturday. "If the Greeks have an idea of what we could do, in addition, to promote growth, we can always talk and think about this," Schaeuble was quoted as saying. "But ultimately it is about making Greece competitive again, allowing the economy to grow and opening the path to the financial markets again. ...
Gold Is Not a Growth Industry?It Can Just Pay Investors Big: John Hathaway
2012-05-11 23:34:00 The Gold Report: When we spoke last October, you were bullish on gold and gold equities. You blamed lagging gold‐mining stock performance on competition from exchange‐traded funds (ETF), lack of investor confidence and investor doubts on the sustainability of higher gold prices. Now that prices are hovering around $1,600 an ounce (oz), will that dynamic change? John Hathaway: The dynamic will change based on higher gold prices. When one looks at Newmont Mining Corp. (NEM:NYSE), which is trading at about five times cash … [visit site to read . . . → Read More: Gold Is Not a Growth Industry—It Can Just Pay Investors Big: John Hathaway
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Malawi CSOs to hold demo for Finance Minister, MRA boss ouster
2012-05-11 11:24:00 Malawi’s vocal Civil Society Organizations have unequivocally demanded that Finance Minister Ken Lipenga and Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) boss Lloyd Muhara spare themselves the embarrassment by voluntarily resigning from their respective posts with immediate effect. Lipenga admitted the revenue authority borrowed K15 billion to paint a picture that the late Bingu wa Mutharika’s initiative–Zero Deficit Budget – was working. “If our demands are not met, we will use our constitutional rights in organizing peaceful protests to demand their resignation or firing,” said the CSOs in a joint statement dated May 10th 2012 and a copy made available to Nyasa Times. The CSOs have also quashed Lipenga’s defense made in various media outlets that he acted out of ignorance and that he was not part of this shameful act, saying such utterances did not add up and therefore must be challenged outright. MRA boss Lloyd Muhara: Under fire “By virtue of being the Minister of Finance he ...
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Malawi Rural Finance Company going bust
2012-05-10 22:19:00 Saddled with debts amounting to over MK 2 billion, maladministration and dubious procurement processes, Malawi’s largest microfinance organization, the Malawi Rural Finance Company Limited (MRFC) is on the brink of collapse if government does not organize an immediate a bail out package, Nyasa Times has established. An employee from the  company’s Kasungu branch is optimistic that the government will rescue employees and customers by injecting cash so that the company remains operational. While another employee from Blantyre has demanded that the entire board should be dissolved and the executive management sacked. MRFC CEO Patson Kuntambila, a highly educated lecturer, could not been reached for comment. Mawindo: recommended that MRFC should be liquidated Sources said Kuntambila lives a life style that signifies as if all is well at the Company at the time when ordinary employees are going for months without pay. Nyasa Times sources said the company is on life support and tra...
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The End of the Debt Supercycle Draws Near: John Mauldin
2012-05-08 01:32:00 The Gold Report: What does your new partnership with Casey Research mean for investors going forward? John Mauldin: We’re creating a joint venture, Mauldin Economics, which will have its own brand and publications. We’ll be starting out with a fixed-income letter. Casey Research and Mauldin Economics will be sister companies. It’s not so much a partnership with Casey as it’s a partnership with the team that runs Casey. There will be a number of other letters, too. Editors and writers whom I like and have worked with will be writing rather than me. My personal letter will still always go out … [visit site to read . . . → Read More: The End of the Debt Supercycle Draws Near: John Mauldin
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The Emperor is Naked: David Stockman
2012-05-04 22:03:00 The Gold Report: David, you have talked and written about the effect of government-funded, debt-fueled spending on the stock market. What will be the real impact of quantitative easing? David Stockman: We are in the last innings of a very bad ball game. We are coping with the crash of a 30-year?long debt super-cycle and the aftermath of an unsustainable bubble. Quantitative easing is making it worse by facilitating more public-sector borrowing and preventing debt liquidation in the private sector?both erroneous steps in my view. The federal government is not … [visit site to read . . . → Read More: The Emperor is Naked: David Stockman
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Catalysts Move Drug and Medtech Stocks: Michael Hay and Jocelyn August
2012-05-04 00:34:00 The Life Sciences Report: Briefly, tell me what you’re doing with your BioMedTracker product. How is it important for investors? Michael Hay: With BioMedTracker we are following all the clinical drug development phases through the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval process. Clinical development is, obviously, a very risky undertaking, with about one in 10 products making it from phase 1 all the way to approval. There are steps or milestones along the way that each company needs to achieve before the FDA will approve a drug. Any catalyst or event that changes that 1-in-10 … [visit site to read . . . → Read More: Catalysts Move Drug and Medtech Stocks: Michael Hay and Jocelyn August
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Potash Stocks Offer Profits Ahead of Summer Doldrums: Corey Dias
2012-05-01 22:34:00 The Energy Report: Have there been any significant developments in the potash industry since you last spoke with us in January? Corey Dias: The biggest change has been that China has actually come back to the market and is buying potash. Earlier this year, neither China nor India were buying, hoping to see a price decline. China has since agreed to purchase about 550,000 tons (t) at $470/t from Israeli potash company ICL Fertilizers (ICL:TASE). Canpotex … [visit site to read . . . → Read More: Potash Stocks Offer Profits Ahead of Summer Doldrums: Corey Dias
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Everything Finance Monthly Round Up ? President Obama, The Comedian
2012-04-29 20:39:00 Everything Finance Monthly Round Up – President Obama, The Comedian is a post originally published on: Everything Finance - Everything Finance - Its all about Money!Did you watch the White House Correspondence Dinner? We might have knew President Obama had a sense of humor, but who knew he was such a comedian? His opening act was so good, the jokes so funny, and his timing spot on that he put the professional comedian, Jimmy Kimmel, to shame. Around the web, ...Get a free mortgage quote!
Invest in Africa Now: Nana Sangmuah
2012-04-27 21:01:00 The Gold Report: Gold consultancy GFMS, which is now owned by Thomson Reuters, recently published its 2012 Gold Survey. GFMS predicts that before the end of 2012, the yellow metal will likely reach above its all-time nominal high of $1,920/ounce (oz) in September 2011. The catalysts include inflation concerns and sovereign debt problems in Europe, especially Spain. What are your thoughts on these predictions and conclusions? Nana Sangmuah: I agree with those predictions and the drivers. One thing that has been missing from the gold rally is inflation hedge demand. With the significant monetary … [visit site to read . . . → Read More: Invest in Africa Now: Nana Sangmuah
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Low APR Loans ? Your Effort Helps Secure Cheaper Financing
2012-04-24 22:24:00 Low APR Loans – Your Effort Helps Secure Cheaper Financing - Loans can be tied to the lifetime of the equipment or other asset you are borrowing the money to pay for. You need credit, better you shop carefully. Compare offers … Continue reading →
Low APR Loans ? Key Basics To Borrow Less Burdensome Finance
2012-04-24 19:25:00 Low Apr Loans - Key Basics To Borrow Less Burdensome Finance - A borrower should not keep him self restricted to just seeing rate of interest on a certain loan. The rate is not sole parameter of judging whether a borrowed amount is … Continue reading →
Indicators Predict Gold Trend to Continue: John LaForge
2012-04-23 20:32:00 The Gold Report: The recent price performance of gold has probably left many investors puzzled about what’s going on amid all the conflicting background news. What’s your broad-picture view? John LaForge: Gold is telling many stories at the same time. Recently, though, one of the main issues has been seasonality. Gold tends to do best toward the end of the fall, right around the Diwali wedding season in India, up until about now. Springtime through fall is a good time for accumulating, but not to expect big price rises. The second factor impacting the price recently has been the new Indian … [visit site to read . . . → Read More: Indicators Predict Gold Trend to Continue: John LaForge
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What Do Low APR Loans Mean and How Can I Find Loan Providers Providing This
2012-04-21 09:14:00 For the very best low APR loans , take a look at our following article here. It’s a great article and goes into a lot more detail. APR fundamentally means annual percentage rate and it is generally just associated with financial loans. It … Continue reading →
Orrin Hatch banks on Finance chairmanship ahead of Utah primary
2012-04-20 22:14:00 SALT LAKE CITY?Did you hear Sen. Orrin Hatch could be the next Senate Finance Committee chairman? Delegates in Utah sure have. The potential for Hatch, a 36-year Senate veteran, to rise from ranking Republican to chairman of his committee if Republicans win the Senate this fall is the major message the Utah senator is impressing ...
How to Speculate Your Way to Success: Doug Casey
2012-04-20 21:31:00 The Gold Report: You told us about two ticking time bombs last September?the trillions of dollars owned outside the U.S. that could be dumped if the holders lose confidence and the trillions of dollars in the U.S. created to paper over the 2008 liquidity crisis. It’s been six months since then. Have we averted the disaster or are we closer than ever? Doug Casey: Things are worse now. The way I see it, what’s going to happen is inevitable; it’s just a question of when. We’re rapidly approaching that moment. I suspect it will start in Europe, because so many European governments are bankrupt; Greece … [visit site to read . . . → Read More: How to Speculate Your Way to Success: Doug Casey
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How to Speculate Your Way to Success: Doug Casey
2012-04-20 21:30:00 The Gold Report: You told us about two ticking time bombs last September?the trillions of dollars owned outside the U.S. that could be dumped if the holders lose confidence and the trillions of dollars in the U.S. created to paper over the 2008 liquidity crisis. It’s been six months since then. Have we averted the disaster or are we closer than ever? Doug Casey: Things are worse now. The way I see it, what’s going to happen is inevitable; it’s just a question of when. We’re rapidly approaching that moment. I suspect it will start in Europe, because so many European governments are bankrupt; Greece … [visit site to read . . . → Read More: How to Speculate Your Way to Success: Doug Casey
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How to Get Some of the Highest Yields in the World for as Little Risk as Po
2012-04-20 14:30:00 Here's an old Wall Street saying that investors should "Sell in May and go away." While there's no identifiable rationale to explain why that should be good advice, there is an element of empirical truth. A study by Plexus Asset management … [visit site to read . . . → Read More: How to Get Some of the Highest Yields in the World for as Little Risk as Possible
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Cambodia, Once Secret, Is Now Open for Business: Richard Stanger
2012-04-18 22:00:00 The Gold Report: Cambodia’s gross domestic product (GDP) is roughly $13.2 billion (B) annually, or around $1,000 a person, according to the Association for Southeast Asian Nations. It’s clearly an impoverished nation, but until the last few years, the country has done little to develop its mineral wealth. Why? Richard Stanger: Mainly because there was almost no information available about the geology of the country. Most of it was destroyed during the civil war. The country is a bit of a secret. People don’t know much about Cambodia, or, in some cases, even where it is located. The infrastructure was pretty poor until recently. Roads were very difficult to travel. Telecommunications were really undeveloped. There was almost no infrastructure . . . → Read More: Cambodia, Once Secret, Is Now Open for Business: Richard Stanger
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Domestic Oil Production Is Bullish for Americans: Evan Calio
2012-04-17 22:31:00 The Energy Report: Oil and gas controversies are all over the news these days. Evan, what is your take on the space? Evan Calio: Energy is a challenging space currently. The biggest story right now is the widening West Texas Intermediate (WTI) discount to water-borne, global crudes like Brent, largely as a result of unconventional oil production growth in the U.S. Our five-year forecast for U.S. oil liquids production growth is 2 million barrels per day (MMb/d). You could add some of the Canadian barrels that ultimately should travel into the U.S. refining system of almost 700 thousand barrels per day (Mb/d). That is a pretty material amount of production growth on a relative basis and could result in . . . → Read More: Domestic Oil Production Is Bullish for Americans: Evan Calio
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How Honesty Pays You Back
2012-04-17 14:23:00 The truth may indeed set you free, but it can help improve you bottom line, too, in very real ways. From honesty with others to ?fessing up and coming clean with yourself, here are just a few of the specific ways that owning up to the truth will not only leave your conscience clean but ...Original Post on www.thesunsfinancialdiary.com Special Promotional OffersScottrade 3 Commission Free TradesBritish Airways Visa Signature Card 100,000 Bonus PointsChase Freedom Card $200 BonusCiti Dividend Select Platinum Card $100 BonusCitibank Checking Account $400 Bonus Promotion How Honesty Pays You Back
Gold, Silver and Copper Investing Strategies and M&A Ideas: Vishal Gupta
2012-04-16 22:30:00 The Gold Report: You are an analyst and a geologist. Can you explain the fundamentals behind investing in base metals compared to precious metals? Vishal Gupta: The fundamental difference is that base metals can be fairly straightforward in quantification when it comes to supply-demand balances. The world needs a certain amount of base metals to keep up its growth rate. Growing economies like India and China require base metals for their industrialization initiatives. For instance, copper would be required in electrical wiring and zinc would be required in steel galvanization. There is a specific purpose for base metals in industry. Gold is valued more from a currency standpoint. There are actually very few uses for gold. That is why . . . → Read More: Gold, Silver and Copper Investing Strategies and M&A Ideas: Vishal Gupta
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Silver Miners Building for Breakout: Chris Marchese
2012-04-13 23:00:00 The Gold Report: This is an election year and everybody is waiting to see what happens with the economy between now and November. The Federal Reserve just signaled that it may be less willing to provide more stimulus. What’s your reading on that? Chris Marchese: The Fed meeting minutes signaled that the members are willing to be very accommodating if gross domestic product (GDP) slows down, if it doesn’t maintain a 2% inflation rate and/or unemployment starts to creep back up. Then they tried to play the metals down; they don’t like high gold or silver prices because they delegitimize the dollar. I think they are doing that in preparation for the next round of quantitative easing, which in . . . → Read More: Silver Miners Building for Breakout: Chris Marchese
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Vaccine Therapies Hold Promise for Investors: Stephen Dunn
2012-04-13 01:03:00 The Life Sciences Report: I?d like to talk about preventive and therapeutic immunization. How large is the preventive vaccine market? Stephen Dunn: According to the World Health Organization, over 12 million (M) people are reported to die from infectious diseases annually, with the unreported figures much higher. In addition, the number of people afflicted with nonfatal infectious diseases is likely near 1 billion (B), which also represents significant global healthcare and economic costs. While difficult to calculate precisely in dollar terms, the global vaccine market is roughly $30B or more, with the U.S. representing $20B or more. We expect this to grow significantly as there are over 300 infectious diseases and only about 15% of them have an effective . . . → Read More: Vaccine Therapies Hold Promise for Investors: Stephen Dunn
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Brazil?s Biofuel Boom: Mark McHugh
2012-04-12 22:03:00 The Energy Report: The biofuels sector encompasses a range of products. Can you give us an overview of this commodity space and how production processes differ? Mark McHugh: Biofuels are derived from agricultural commodities. There are three types of “first-generation”- biofuels, two liquids and one solid. Bioethanol is added to gasoline. It is produced largely from corn grown in the U.S., sugar beets grown in Europe and sugar cane grown in Brazil. Biodiesel is produced from vegetable oils and/or animal fats. The third biofuel is biomass or biomass pellets, which are used in electricity generation to replace coal. The pellets are produced from wood chips or renewable energy crops. TER: With traditional fossil fuel prices ever steeper, is . . . → Read More: Brazil’s Biofuel Boom: Mark McHugh
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Gold Equities Gaining Credibility: Doug Groh
2012-04-11 20:04:00 The Gold Report: Doug, macro factors like the European sovereign debt situation, U.S. monetary policy and an economic slowdown in China drove the markets in 2011, with company fundamentals and stock valuations playing second fiddle. How is the Tocqueville Gold Fund mitigating these factors in 2012? Doug Groh: We remain very positive on the dynamics of the gold market and are even more excited about the prospects for gold mining companies. We really are not taking a different path, other than sticking by our positions and seeking out good opportunities. The market has been missing the tremendous margins gold mining companies have right now, despite rising production costs. The average gold price is up more than the cost increase . . . → Read More: Gold Equities Gaining Credibility: Doug Groh
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Never Mistake Intelligence for a Bull Market: George Ireland
2012-04-10 02:00:00 The Gold Report: Your grandfather was a mining engineer. Your father founded a coal company. You are a geologist, worked with Cliffs and ASARCO and are on the boards of several mining companies. How much of your success at Geologic Resource Partners do you attribute to your business acumen and how much to your relationships in the industry? George Ireland: Having grown up in a mining-oriented family, the dinner table conversations from an early age steeped me in the lore and intrigue of business. Based on that early interest, I have built up quite a book of relationships and a broad knowledge over the years, but I attribute a lot of the opportunities that have come my way to . . . → Read More: Never Mistake Intelligence for a Bull Market: George Ireland
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Gold Juniors Available at Bargain Prices: Brien Lundin
2012-04-06 21:00:00 The Gold Report: You’ve compared the gold market to the weather because it’s about that predictable. What does your experience tell you about navigating a market like this? Brien Lundin: You have to be nimble and keep your eye on the big picture. Every asset class is searching for a trend. The U.S. economy is in transition. The equity markets are in transition. Everything is in limbo searching for the next trend line. There’s just no telling whether that next direction is upward or downward. In times like this, investors need to look beyond the day-to-day headlines. They need to keep the bigger picture in mind, focus on buying value on the dips and not getting too aggressive . . . → Read More: Gold Juniors Available at Bargain Prices: Brien Lundin
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Junior Miners Building for a Rebound: Jordan Roy-Byrne
2012-04-04 23:30:00 The Gold Report: When we last spoke four months ago, gold and silver stocks generally, and the juniors in particular, were in their year-end, tax-loss-selling doldrums. What is your view on where these things are now? Jordan Roy-Byrne: I think the sector is basically in a bottoming process. It has been in a state of negative sentiment for weeks but has been unable to rally. We thought the market had bottomed last week but it now appears a final washout is beginning, which could be ugly. There has been a lot of technical damage inflicted on the sector. Over the next several months or so, I think we’ll see a rebound but a breakout to new highs is now . . . → Read More: Junior Miners Building for a Rebound: Jordan Roy-Byrne
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Safe Heaven Currencies Continue to Rise on High Risk Aversion
2012-03-30 08:14:00 Source: ForexYard Safe Heaven Currencies Continue to Rise on High Risk Aversion Traders moving assets to safer, lower yielding currencies appear to be playing a factor in the correction of the major crosses. The USD and JPY, which are seen as a safer bet than others currencies in times of market stress, will likely keep drawing demand as investors stay away from riskier assets. Economic News USD – U.S Dollar Soars against the EUR and GBP The dollar rose against the EUR on Thursday, reversing the single currency's earlier gains, as investors grew more risk averse and sought safety in the dollar. By yesterday's close, the USD rose against the EUR, pushing the oft-traded currency pair to . . . → Read More: Safe Heaven Currencies Continue to Rise on High Risk Aversion
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Everything Finance Monthly Round Up ? What?s Going on In the Skies?
2012-03-28 16:40:00 Everything Finance Monthly Round Up – What’s Going on In the Skies? is a post originally published on: Everything Finance - Everything Finance - Its all about Money!Since 9/11, we as a country have gotten used to having a different kind of airline experience. However, recently there has been trouble on board a few flights, but now the trouble is caused by flight attendants and pilots. Just a few weeks ago a flight attendant who was bipolar and off her medication terrified ...Get a free mortgage quote!
Rare Earth Metals Growth Drivers: Siddharth Rajeev
2012-03-27 23:00:00 The Critical Metals Report: China recently announced it is maintaining its rare earth export quotas of 31,130 metric tons (t), but the U.S., the EU and Japan filed a claim at the World Trade Organization (WTO), saying that the restrictions are illegal. What will this controversy mean for rare earth prices? Siddharth Rajeev: One of the main reasons for the run-up in rare earth prices is the export quotas set by China, which controls 97?98% of the supply. End users started looking for alternatives to rare earths, which is resulting in lower demand. As for the WTO case regarding China’s export quotas, Chinese officials think they are in line with WTO regulations. The WTO had previously ruled against . . . → Read More: Rare Earth Metals Growth Drivers: Siddharth Rajeev
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Energy Metals Bonanza: Chris Berry
2012-03-27 23:00:00 The Energy Report: Please tell our readers about TIMBIs and CIVETS and their expected contributions to global gross domestic product (GDP) growth over the next five years and beyond. Chris Berry: About 10 years ago, Jim O’Neill from Goldman Sachs coined the term BRICs: Brazil, Russia, India and China, referring to major emerging markets that will drive above-trend global growth. Since then, other acronyms have emerged as investors hunt for other countries offering higher returns. Not long ago, HSBC coined the phrase “CIVETS” to refer to Colombia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt, Turkey and South Africa. Recently, the magazine Foreign Policy created an acronym for Turkey, India, Mexico, Brazil and Indonesia, now referred to as the TIMBIs. Clearly, investors are looking . . . → Read More: Energy Metals Bonanza: Chris Berry
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Bernanke Speech Sends Dollar Tumbling
2012-03-27 16:00:00 Source: ForexYard Bernanke Speech Sends Dollar Tumbling A speech by Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke yesterday resulted in the US dollar tumbling throughout the European trading session. The speech, which hinted that the Fed may initiate another round of quantitative easing in the near future, turned the USD bearish against both the euro and Swiss franc. Turning to today, traders will want to pay attention to the US CB Consumer Confidence report, scheduled to be released at 14:00 GMT. A positive figure may help the dollar recoup some of yesterday's losses. Economic News USD – US Consumer Confidence Set to Impact Dollar Signs that the Fed may initiate a new round of quantitative easing sent the dollar tumbling against . . . → Read More: Bernanke Speech Sends Dollar Tumbling
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Winning the Rare Earth Economic War: Luisa Moreno
2012-03-20 21:30:00 The Critical Metals Report: Last year you published a research report called the Rare Earth Economic War. When we talked last time, you said that China was on one side and industrialized nations were on the other, with China winning. Does China’s new five-year plan with an emphasis on consumer consumption change that balance? Luisa Moreno: China’s new five-year plan as it concerns raw materials suggests that China wants to better utilize its resources primarily for its own economic development, which in part supports the concept of a raw materials economic war. China, just as most nations, would like to be self-sufficient in key mineral resources. The country has about one-third of all the total rare earth element (REE) . . . → Read More: Winning the Rare Earth Economic War: Luisa Moreno
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Gold Mining in West Africa Promises Growth: Mark Lackey
2012-03-19 21:00:00 The Gold Report: Mark, do you agree with Patricia Mohr, Scotiabank’s vice president of economics, that gold would need further reflation or another round of quantitative easing to rise above $2,000/ounce (oz) in the near term? Mark Lackey: Higher inflation in the Western world would certainly help push gold over $2,000/oz in the next 18 to 24 months. But inflation is not the only factor underlying the price of gold. On the demand side, you have growing demand among the middle class in India and China. On the supply side, we are seeing that companies are not always getting to production as quickly as they anticipate. Given all of these factors, gold could top $2,000/oz even without a significant . . . → Read More: Gold Mining in West Africa Promises Growth: Mark Lackey
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Choose Medical Technology Stocks Carefully: William Plovanic
2012-03-16 02:30:00 The Life Sciences Report: What is the general feeling of institutional investors? Are they positive on medtech? Are they seeing flows of funds come in from investors? William Plovanic: I don’t think investors are necessarily positive on medical technology, but they are definitely looking for opportunities. Medtech has been difficult from a macro perspective, and therefore investors have not been focused on putting money to work in this space. Over the last year or two it’s been challenging, to say the least. TLSR: We had a bit of a run-up in medtech between mid-December and end of January. My assumption was that this was part of a general market upswing. WJP: Over the last 12 months, a lot of . . . → Read More: Choose Medical Technology Stocks Carefully: William Plovanic
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Profit with Undiscovered Oil and Gas Plays: Josh Young
2012-03-15 22:30:00 The Energy Report: When we last spoke three months ago, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude was trading at around $98 per barrel (/bbl). Since then we’ve had a spike up for a combination of reasons. Do you think that all the talk of $5 per gallon (/gal) gasoline is real or just hype by oil companies and traders; and where would the oil price need to go for $5/gal gas to become a reality? Josh Young: Five-dollar/gal gas is a real possibility as prices are linked to the price of oil, which now seems to be driven by tight supply and demand dynamics. We saw that recently when there was an apparently false news report that a pipeline in . . . → Read More: Profit with Undiscovered Oil and Gas Plays: Josh Young
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Opportunities in Clean Mining: Dallas Kachan
2012-03-14 01:00:00 The Critical Metals Report: Dallas, can retail investors make money in the near-term in cleantech companies or should they be more focused on the long-term? Dallas Kachan: If you had asked this question three months ago, my answer would have been different. Recently, cleantech stocks have outperformed the broad indexes and investors have made money in cleantech investments in the short-term. Three indexes in particular, the Australian Cleatech Index (ACT), the Clean Edge Indexes (CLES) and the Cleantech Index (CTIUS) are all outperforming the NASDAQ and other benchmarks, largely because cleantech did not have much farther to fall. Companies have taken a battering in recent months. With the recent rise in oil prices, investors have started to remember . . . → Read More: Opportunities in Clean Mining: Dallas Kachan
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