How Green Are Gold's Blue-Chip Mining Stocks?
- Written by Andrey Dashkov, Research Analyst
- Monday, 21 January 2013
Disenchanted with gold's lackadaisical performance over the last year, some investors are losing interest in the equities that are supposed to provide leverage to the metal's price movements. The press has added fuel to the fire by increasingly attacking gold-mining CEOs for rising production costs and weak stock prices.
Add a commentInvest In Equities: Your Future Self May Thank You
- Written by By Frank Holmes CEO and Chief Investment Officer U.S. Global Investors
- Monday, 14 January 2013
An interesting study published in Science recently found that people frequently underestimate their future selves. When asked to score their current preferences, values and personality traits compared with how they felt 10 years ago and how they will feel 10 years in the future, people believe they changed more in the past than they will in the future.
Add a commentThe Five Criteria for Every Investment
- Written by Dennis Miller
- Thursday, 03 January 2013
[Editor's Note: I'd like to start the new year from a quote from Dan Ferris, the very successful editor of Extreme Value, a publication worth subscribing to. Today Dan wrote the following, "We humans are our own worst enemies in the stock market. As a group, we buy at the top, sell at the bottom, and blame everyone from our brokers to the government for the loss.
"Clearly, it pays to become one of the few who can reverse that tendency, buy at the bottom when stocks are cheap, and sell at the top when they're dear. If you get that rhythm approximately right and not precisely wrong, you can make a fortune." That's one of my many positive wishes for your year ahead and the rest of your priceless life!]
Stock Market Articles Worth Reading
- Written by Marc Courtenay
- Wednesday, 26 December 2012
"Our biggest liability in the stock market has been the total destruction to confidence," James Paulsen, chief investment strategist at Minneapolis-based Wells Capital Management, which oversees about $325 billion, said in a 12/24/2012 telephone interview with Bloomberg. "There's just so much evidence of this recovery broadening."
Add a commentThe 12 Gold Bugs of Xmas
- Written by Jeff Clark, Senior Precious Metals Analyst
- Monday, 17 December 2012
While the price of gold has languished in a trading range much of the year, leaving some investors scratching their heads, many have been buying - and in some cases, really loading up.
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