Streetwise Gold Articles

Why Are Gold, Silver Mining Share Prices Not Moving Higher?
Source: Julian Phillips,Gold Forecaster (8/15/12)
"The prime reason that institutional investors and wealthy retail investors are buying gold and silver mining shares now is that these will produce a greater total return than the gold and silver prices themselves."
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Paulson, Soros Add to Gold ETF Positions
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault (8/15/12)
"Soros Fund Management, which sold most of its SPDR Gold Trust position last year, doubled its stake to take it to 884,400 shares."
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Bear Market Conditions Hit Junior Mining Sector
Source: The Vancouver Sun, Gordon Hamilton (8/14/12)
"Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia President Gavin Dirom said tough economic conditions have hit the sector again, prompted by worries about Europe's sovereign debt crisis and China's slowing demand for copper."
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John Doody's Three Secret Factors for Beating the Indexes
Source: JT Long of The Gold Report (8/13/12)
John Doody doesn't run off chasing down Indiana Jones' lost gold mines in Peru. He focuses on producers or near-producers whose reserves have been verified as economic to produce. A former professor and the author of the Gold Stock Analyst, Doody has been lying in wait for the market to reach bottom, at which point he'll be ready to deploy the one-third of his portfolio he's been holding in cash into his top 10 stocks. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Doody shares the metrics he uses to nail down those companies.
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Gold's Fearless Summer Turnaround
Source: Clif Droke (8/13/12)
"Can fear refuel investment demand for gold? It's a question many investors are now asking."
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Better Sentiment Seen Toward Gold as Gold-Platinum Premium Sets New High
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault (8/13/12)
"The cost of an ounce of gold bullion minus that of an ounce of platinum breached $230/oz Monday, a new record high for the gold-platinum premium."
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'Ryan Factor' Could Prove Bullish for Gold
Source: Kitco, Kira McCaffrey Brecht (8/13/12)
"Political policies that could slow growth are likely to be bullish for gold, as the Federal Reserve would need to keep its accommodative monetary policies in place, amid efforts to achieve its official mandates."
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Post-Euro Possibilities
Source: Mickey Fulp, The Mercenary Geologist (8/13/12)
"The widely promoted gold standard would be absolute disaster for the sole reason of inadequate supply."
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Which Way Will the Pendulum Swing for Gold?
Source: Frank Holmes, U.S. Global Investors (8/13/12)
"Gold isn't always on an upward path. When looking at the average monthly returns over the past decade, you can see that short-term setbacks are normal throughout the year."
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Bulls Are Still in Control, But Time Is Running Out
Source: Toby Connor, Gold Scents (8/11/12)
"We will probably see the dollar continue to drift lower for the remainder of this month, possibly even into the Jackson Hole meeting as traders continue to hope for the next round of QE."
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Do You Have the Guts to Buy Low and Sell High?: Louis James
Source: JT Long of The Gold Report (8/10/12)
It's so outrageously simple that few investors can actually do it: buy low and sell high. The manic highs and lows of the market are actually good news for those investors who have mastered the discipline of buying low and waiting, according to Louis James, the senior editor of the International Speculator and Casey Investment Alert. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, James talks about how not to be fooled into timing the market and how he finds value in precious metals by scouring some knock-out jurisdictions like Mexico and China.
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Gold Marking Time Until Federal Reserve Symposium
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault (8/10/12)
"Heading into the weekend, gold prices looked set to end the week little changed by Friday lunchtime in London, with silver prices similarly flat."
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Gold Bulls Strengthen on Outlook for Additional Stimulus
Source: Bloomberg, Nicholas Larkin (8/10/12)
"Gold traders are the most bullish in five weeks as investors expanded their bullion holdings near a record on mounting speculation that central banks will have to do more to bolster economic growth."
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Will QE3 Be Gold's Last Hurrah?
Source: Jan Harvey, Mineweb (8/10/12)
"Investors banking on a third round of U.S. money-printing to push gold back to record highs this year are taking a risk, not least because the metal's other pillars of support look shaky."
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Mining Is One of the Most Undervalued Sectors
Source: Tekoa Da Silva, Bull Market Thinking (8/10/12)
"Erste Group Analyst Ronald-Peter Stöferle speaks about the strength and durability of the current bull market in gold."
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Gold Rush in China Could See It Sweep Past India
Source: Shivom Seth, Mineweb (8/9/12)
"China may have overtaken India as the world's top consumer of gold in the first quarter of 2012, but the country is not resting on its laurels. By buying gold mines and accumulating the produced gold before it hits the international market, China is able to purchase gold below the spot gold price."
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Get Ready for the Gold Rebound Before It Is Too Late: Marshall Auerback
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report (8/8/12)
While timing exactly when the rebound will happen is impossible, Marshall Auerback, director of Pinetree Capital, believes now is the time to pay the gold market renewed attention. In this exclusive Gold Report interview, he explains why the gold market is more interesting than in the recent past and shares what he would do if he were chairman of the Federal Reserve.
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There Is More to Gold than Mere Capital Appreciation: John Hathaway
Source: JT Long of The Gold Report (8/8/12)
John Hathaway, senior managing director of Tocqueville Asset Management, does not particularly trust banks to keep stores of physical gold safe and segregated. Indeed, he considers his black lab Jake a better watchdog than the SEC. That is why he favors the SmartMetals program from Hard Assets Alliance, a new service launched in July. Hard Assets Alliance has partnered with Gold Bullion International (GBI) to offer precious metal purchasing and storage solutions to retail investors. With more investors realizing that safety of capital is the real reason to own gold, safe storage is more important than ever. Read more in this exclusive Gold Report interview.
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Gold Market Lacking Momentum as Traders More Interested in Olympics
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault (8/8/12)
"Gold hovered just below $1,610/oz for most of Wednesday morning's trading in London, in line with last Friday's close."
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What Happens to the Gold World When Greece Exits the Eurozone?
Source: Julian Phillips,Gold Forecaster (8/8/12)
"The very fact that the B.I.S. undertook over 500 mt of currency/gold swaps two years ago testifies to its ability to facilitate and support the global monetary system as we know it now."
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Peru Seeks to Build a New Relationship with Mining Companies
Source: The Guardian, Mattia Cabitza (8/8/12)
"Central and regional governments, the mining companies and local residents say they are ready to build a new relationship based on trust and respect."
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Could Gold Be Tripped Up by a Coming Deflation?
Source: Jeff Clark, Casey Research (8/8/12)
"There are many high-quality mining stocks today that you can buy at 7, 8, 10 times earnings, something we have never seen in this bull market, and you can receive a dividend yield that is higher than a 30-year Treasury bond."
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All Roads Lead to Berlin
Source: Bob Kirtley, SK Options Trading (8/7/12)
"Despite numerous summits, we still look to the European Commissioners to present and implement a solution that would boost economic activity and drive down unemployment. As we see it, there are only two choices: They can either default or print."
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Guatemala Steps Back from Mining Reform Plans
Source: Reuters (8/7/12)
"The Guatemalan government is stepping back from plans to take a stake of as much as 40% in new mining projects, a top government official said."
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Gold Will Hit New Highs in 2013 and Beyond: Blanchard
Source: Lawrence Williams, Mineweb (8/7/12)
"While gold finished 2011 in consolidation mode after reaching a record nominal high above $1,900/oz in September, Blanchard's analysts see the stage being set for another robust advance through the remainder of the year and beyond."
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