There are a lot of hedge fund, mutual funds and traders who are bullish on gold miners lately. Relatively speaking, the gold miners are cheap after investors fled the sector thinking the gold bull was over. In case you are scared of the big decline that happened in gold prices, the gold miners aren’t dead [...]

Rises in both capital and operating costs have become a growing problem for the mining industry, which faces ever higher price tags for everything from skilled labor to power, maintenance and even explosives and prefabricated buildings. The weakening US dollar of late hasn’t helped much either as many report their earnings in US funds. I [...]

If you’ve been paying attention to markets lately, you’ve probably noticed the massive run up commodities have had of late. This is especially apparent in gold and oil as they have by far experienced the largest gains of all commodity sectors. This is all thanks to the central banks of the works and their drive [...]

I have always been interested in the way commodity prices move over times. I’m not a day trader, but I try to understand commodity prices becuase it gives me a good understanding; I believe, of the macro economic and global economic picture. I have stated in my earlier article that 2012 will see a shift [...]

As we begin a new year for the markets, things are looking a little more optimistic. Investors have already sold what they wanted to sell in order to take advantage of capital losses in 2011 and now, with a new year comes new beginnings…. or so it seems today. We saw quite a rally in [...]

We have grown accustomed to seeing gold prices rocket ever higher all year long, but as we near the end of 2011, something has changed.  Gold may not be the wondrous ever increasing in value commodity that everyone has come to love.  Now that even farmer Joe and his dog fluffy own gold, it’s probably [...]

It’s quite astounding how much volatility there has been in the markets lately, and although the big scare (or more rightfully mini-crash) that occurred back in August almost feels like ancient history, there is still a very high amount of instability and insecurity in the markets. This is simplest to see in the VIX or [...]

Back on October 20, 2011 Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd. (NYSE: AEM, TSX: AEM-T ) plummeted drastically. This happened on news that the Goldex Mine is to be written off. The loss is estimated to be around $1.00 per share, however, investors moved fast to dump the stock, taking it down $10.58 or 18.55% on volume of [...]

There has been an unusual trend this year in the gold market. many governments and central banks around the world have been buying gold bullion over the last year as opposed to selling it; which is what has been the trend over the last 20 years. Official net purchases of gold exploded in the third [...]

There has been an interesting trend of late. Everyone is well aware of the rise in the price of precious metals, particularly gold, but the unstable economic environment many investor are now asking themselves a fundamental question. “Where is the safest place for me to to store my gold?” For many, it’s not a bank, [...]