Iron Ore, Copper, Gold, Potash to Drive Canadian 2013 Exports
May 23, 2013 by Gold Editor · Leave a Comment
SOURCE:[Mineweb] – Iron ore shipments, strong copper production and a 20% increase in Ontario’s gold output are expected to give a huge boost to Canada’s exports, advises Canada’s export credit agency. Export Development Canada Economics is forecasting an 18% surge in Canadian exports of metals ores and metal manufactured production in 2013 before declining to [...]
Tips for Diversifying Beyond Gold from Brent Cook
May 16, 2013 by Gold Editor · Leave a Comment
SOURCE:[The Metals Report] – Brent Cook Last month’s landslide at Utah’s Bingham Canyon, one of the world’s largest copper mines, triggered significant discussion on possible copper shortages. Brent Cook, veteran geologist and publisher of Exploration Insights, puts the landslide into perspective in this interview with The Metals Report. And for investors who want to dig [...]
The Real Reason Gold Fell—and Why It Has Already Stabilized: Lawrence Roulston
May 9, 2013 by Gold Editor · Leave a Comment
SOURCE: [The Gold Report]- Lawrence Roulston Things are upside down in the gold market. Valuations are irrationally low, while global consumerism fuels demand and supply comes up short. Lawrence Roulston, editor and publisher of Resource Opportunities, advises people to trust their guts as well as the numbers when weeding through prospective investments. In this interview [...]
Commodities: Be bullish, You’re Not Buying at the Peak
May 7, 2013 by Gold Editor · Leave a Comment
SOURCE:[The Globe and Mail] – Gold has cratered into bear market territory. Ditto for silver and copper. Aluminum is in a big downtrend too, along with its metallic cousin nickel. The price of oil has been moving sideways and agricultural commodities are well off last year’s drought-induced highs. Glance at a list of commodities, and [...]
Why Smart Money Is Buying Junior Strategic Metal Miners
February 27, 2013 by Gold Editor · Leave a Comment
SOURCE:[The Metals Report]-Jeb Handwerger Most investors have a tough time standing apart from the crowd. That’s why Jeb Handwerger says, “To be successful in the market, 99% of the people have to think you’re wrong.” While most investors are chasing overvalued equities, the smart money is acquiring assets that will benefit from the next uptick [...]
Gold versus Industrial Metals
February 20, 2013 by Gold Editor · Leave a Comment
SOURCE:[Speculative Investor] – The financial markets have begun 2013 in remarkably similar fashion to how they began 2010, 2011 and 2012. In each of these preceding three years the average market participant became optimistic about global economic growth during the first quarter, leading to weakness in gold relative to the industrial metals. Here we go [...]
Copper Seen Extending Rally With China Accelerating
January 25, 2013 by Gold Editor · Leave a Comment
SOURCE:[Bloomberg] – Copper traders are bullish for a third consecutive week as the fastest expansion in Chinese manufacturing in two years boosts confidence that the biggest buyer of the metal is leading a global recovery. Eleven analysts surveyed by Bloomberg expect prices to rise next week, six were bearish and a further five were neutral. [...]
Commodities Rise on Strong Chinese Trade Data
January 10, 2013 by Gold Editor · Leave a Comment
SOURCE:[Global News] – Resource stocks powered the Toronto stock market higher Thursday as prices for oil and copper ran ahead in the wake of strong Chinese trade data. The S&P/TSX composite index climbed 35.58 points to 12,557.82 while the TSX Venture Exchange was ahead 9.44 points to 1,238.55. The Canadian dollar rose 0.14 of a [...]
CIBC’s Matt Gibson Sees Upside in Iron in 2013
December 19, 2012 by Gold Editor · Leave a Comment
SOURCE: [Brian Sylvester] – Matt GibsonInvestors who want to play in the iron and copper space should look to small-cap producers for attractive valuations and lower risk, says Matt Gibson, institutional research analyst with CIBC World Markets. In this Gold Report interview, he says he believes iron has found its floor in 2012. The Gold [...]
China Now World’s Largest Market for Silver Investment
December 14, 2012 by Gold Editor · Leave a Comment
SOURCE:[Mineweb] – In spite of rapid development in the Chinese silver market over the past decade, both silver demand and supply are expected to achieve further growth, says a Thomson Reuters GFMS study released Thursday by the Silver Institute. Meanwhile, investment demand from Chinese silver investors has jumped in recent years, making China the world’s [...]
