June 2010
June 28, 2010 –
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RELATED TICKERS: JPM
This is no rumor. [more]
June 28, 2010 –
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RELATED TICKERS: FRG
, EXK
, PZG
Sometimes the greatest nuggets of wisdom and expertise come in the most unlikely of packages. [more]
June 25, 2010 –
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RELATED TICKERS: GG
, AUY
, NEM
This one is in honor of my lovely wife, who dances a mean Rumba. :) [more]
June 24, 2010 –
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RELATED TICKERS: CDE
, GDXJ
, CEF
Coeur d'Alene Mines' landmark deal to export 1/2 of the life-of-mine gold production at Kensington to China's primary (and state-owned) gold producer marks a significant signal of China's growth in gold demand continuing to outpace its ability to source adequate supply doestically (DESPITE REMAINING THE WORLD'S LARGEST PRODUCER SINCE 2007!!!!!!!!!). [more]
June 24, 2010 –
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RELATED TICKERS: PCXCQ
, KOL
, BTU
The market served up one seriously compelling investment opportunity this week when it painfully overreacted to Patriot Coal's mine closure announcement. [more]
June 23, 2010 –
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RELATED TICKERS: SLW
, GG
, NGD
Don't be fooled by gold's quick retreat from the latest all-time high above $1,260 ... that remains a significant breakout within an unbroken uptrend that is supported by a fresh round of fundamental drivers like China's currency move and Saudi Arabia's doubling of reserves. [more]
June 22, 2010 –
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RELATED TICKERS: CMC
, JOY
, NUE
This article explores the relevance of Commercial Metals' timely earnings release to the rapidly shifting consensus outlook away from recovery and into mounting economic headwinds. At times like this when prevailing signals are in sudden flux, the significance of these off-cycle earnings reports is heightened as important windows into economic reality. [more]
June 21, 2010 –
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RELATED TICKERS: GLD
, JPM
This article is the result of my April interview with Bill Murphy, co-founder of GATA (Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee). [more]
June 07, 2010 –
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RELATED TICKERS: JOY
, BUCY.DL
It's that time of year, Fools ... time for another breakdown of the global landscape for commodity investment by the happiest name in heavy equipment. [more]
June 07, 2010 –
You can sense it in the gold coverage from the talking heads. [more]
June 04, 2010 –
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RELATED TICKERS: GG
, SLW
I have an article forthcoming that details Goldcorp's landmark transaction to spin-off the San Dimas gold mine in Mexico into a new incarnation of Mala Noche Resources that will be renamed Primero Mining. [more]
June 01, 2010 –
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RELATED TICKERS: APC
, BP
, HAL
The deepwater segment unravels following BP's failed maneuvers. [more]
June 01, 2010 –
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RELATED TICKERS: CEF
, GLD
Special thanks to all Fools who contributed to the prior discussion of the tax implications for U.S. investors in closed-end bullion funds like PHYS, as those discussions ultimately prompted this article to bring these important considerations to a wider audience. [more]
June 01, 2010 –
We have plunged through the debt saturation threshold, where we can no longer purchase GDP growth with ever-increasing scales of deficit spending ... an activity that has been so central to this entire post-Bretton Woods experiment in unbacked fiat currency (and every preceding fiat experiment before it). [more]