Streetwise Gold Articles
Junior Gold Stocks Rebound from Lows
Source: Jordan Roy-Byrne, The Daily Gold (1/30/12)
"Mining companies that grow their business and add value could perform fantastically thanks to a likely increase in the valuation of the sector."
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Silver: Epic Reversal
Source: Willem Weytjens, Profitimes (1/30/12)
"If silver blasts through $40/oz, it's probably on its way to the all-time high. In that case, the next big move would be to the upside, with potential for $70/oz targets and triple-digit silver prices."
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Junior Gold Stocks Rebound from Lows
Source: Jordan Roy-Byrne, The Daily Gold (1/30/12)
"Mining companies that grow their businesses and add value could perform fantastically thanks to a likely increase in the valuation of the sector."
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Is 2012 the Year of the Golden Dragon?
Source: Eric McWhinnie, Wall St. Cheat Sheet (1/30/12)
"More Chinese customers are purchasing gold as a way to give a gift that will also offer protection from inflation and preserve wealth."
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Why Gold Is Shining Bright and What the Fed Is Doing
Source: Chris Vermeulen, The Gold and Oil Guy (1/30/12)
"If central banks around the world continue to print money, there are only a few places to hide. Precious metals and other commodities like oil will vastly outperform stocks in the long run if the dollar continues to slide."
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Gold Stocks To Rally Like During The Great Depression
Source: Hubert Moolman (1/29/12)
"It appears that we have conditions that are ideal for gold stocks to finally take the lead in this bull market."
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Arguing with the Market
Source: Toby Connor, Gold Scents (1/29/12)
"If Bernanke can break the dollar rally and get the dollar moving south again there is no way we are going to experience a deflationary bear market this year."
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The Long-Term Bull Market E Wave Count
Source: David Banister, The Market Trend Forecast (1/29/12)
"My instincts still tell me that the S&P 500 lows of 1,074 may have been primary wave 4, and we are in primary wave 5 up now."
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Is It Time to Get into Gold Junior Mining Plays?: Philip Ker
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report (1/27/12)
Philip Ker, a mining analyst for Canada-based Union Securities Ltd., says while current market conditions are affecting the junior mining space, they are also helping investors to identify low-risk opportunities and projects that may provide future value growth. In this exclusive interview for The Gold Report, Ker discusses how the industry will need to continue to see positive news, especially from senior and midtier producers, which should trickle down to the juniors.
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Gold Has Foundation to Build Next Move Higher
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault (1/27/12)
"Wholesale market gold prices were headed for their biggest one-week rise since the start of December in London Friday, climbing back through $1,720/oz, a weekly gain of over 3%."
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Central Bank Gold: Joining the Dots
Source: Adrian Ash, BullionVault (1/27/12)
"Central banks control a shrinking proportion of what's been mined from the ground. A far greater tonnage of gold again is finding its way into private ownership, and there it's having a greater still impact on how money and finance work."
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With Friends Like These, Does Gold Need an Official QE3?
Source: Eric McWhinnie, Wall St. Cheat Sheet (1/27/12)
"Recent moves by the Fed and Congress are very friendly to precious metals. They reinforce the belief that officials will continue to flood the economy with money in hopes of spurring growth. This reinforcement of friendship has helped gold prices increase more than 12% this month."
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Gold ETF Mass Exodus
Source: Adam Hamilton, Zeal Intelligence (1/27/12)
"The ETF GLD acts as an incredibly important conduit for the vast pools of stock-market capital to easily flow into and out of physical gold bullion."
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Junior Resources Companies Set to Outperform?
Source: Frank Holmes, U.S. Global Investors (1/27/12)
"Emerging market countries, including Brazil, India and China, have switched from a tightening mode to an easing cycle, which generally has had a positive effect on the markets."
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Broken Dollar
Source: Toby Connor, Gold Scents (1/26/12)
"The risk is great that the stock market could enter a runaway type rally if the dollar has begun the move down into an intermediate-degree bottom."
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The Surprise Rally in Gold and Silver
Source: Jeb Handwerger, Gold Stock Trades (1/26/12)
"Gold appears to be making a reversal at oversold and long-term support levels, breaking a five-month downtrend."
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'Mania' in Junior Mining Stocks Predicted: Fayyaz Alimohamed
Source: Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report (1/25/12)
Fayyaz Alimohamed, CEO of Altair Ventures Inc. and publisher of the Acamar Journal, offers historical perspective and predictions on the global economic crisis. In this exclusive Gold Report interview, he foresees a "mania" in junior mining stocks and recommends holding physical gold outside the banking system as a safety net.
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Fed Policy Set to Support Gold
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault (1/25/12)
"Spot market gold bullion prices dropped to $1,653/oz Wednesday morning, down 1.7% from Monday's high, while stock markets, commodities and the euro all slid and U.S. Treasuries gained after the head of the International Monetary Fund suggested the European Central Bank could take losses on its Greek bond holdings."
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Should Apple Buy Gold?
Source: Eric McWhinnie, Wall St. Cheat Sheet (1/25/12)
"What should Apple do with its massive cash hoard? A relatively small gold position in Apple's portfolio could help the company further offset currency and monetary policy risks to its $97.6B stockpile."
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The Fed Weighs In!
Source: Guiseppi Borelli, The Unpunctured Cycle (1/25/12)
"Right now no one owns gold outside of institutions and the so-called 'smart money' that filled out their positions years ago. That means the potential for much higher prices is tremendous."
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Super Mario
Source: David Coffin and Eric Coffin, HRA Journal (1/24/12)
"The euro discount is helping German exporters but didn't do the gold price any favors. Gold has seen a nice bounce in the past two weeks, aided by Iranian saber rattling."
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Gold Traders Welcome Chinese New Year Celebrations
Source: Shivom Seth, Mineweb (1/24/12)
"The week-long celebrations in China to usher in the Year of the Dragon are set to boost demand for gold, and traders say 2012 looks to be another good year for the metal."
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Another Chance to Sell Common Stocks and Buy Precious Metals
Source: Jordan Roy Byrne, The Daily Gold (1/24/12)
"Recently, we noted a potential major bottom in both the metals and the mining stocks. With common stocks nearing major resistance, it is no surprise that we are nearing a point where the secular bull trend is ripe for reemergence."
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Look for Gold Juniors with Theme-Changing Catalysts: Annie Zhang
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report (1/23/12)
Annie Zhang, an analyst with Toronto-based investment bank Octagon Capital, is expecting some good stories to come out of Argentina and Canada this year. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, she targets several exploration and near-term producing companies with burgeoning results on the horizon.
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What Does a Flattening Yield Curve Mean for Gold?
Source: Sam Kirtley, SK Options Trading (1/23/12)
"The yield curve is an immensely useful economic indicator and hence can be used as one of the determinants of the gold price."
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