Ray Dalio is the founder of one of the largest global hedge funds in the world, Bridgewater Associates, which manages funds for approximately 350 global...
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December 7 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
While shares of copper miner Rio Tinto plc (ADR) (NYSE:RIO) have shown some resilience in recent weeks as they bounced 30% higher from their lows, reports...
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September 16 - Gold, News - Comments
Investors love stocks that consistently beat the Street without getting ahead of their fundamentals and risking a meltdown. The best stocks offer sustainable...
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September 11 - Gold, News - Comments
Rising capital expenditures, write-downs, and falling profits are all factors that are now affecting gold miners, pushing stock prices and valuations...
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September 7 - Gold, News - Comments
There’s something of a schizophrenic nature to how the mining industry is handling its overloaded condition. While there have been steep cuts in...
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September 6 - News - Comments
It was a little over a month ago that gold was plunging, sending investors into a panic and driving gold miners’ share prices to new 52-week lows...
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September 4 - News - Comments
Billionaire hedge fund manager John Paulson has soured on Barrick Gold Corporation (USA) (NYSE:ABX). According to his latest regulatory filings, Paulson...
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August 28 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Hedge funds and other speculative investors have shifted their investments away from gold to equity markets yielding higher returns. A strengthening U...
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August 28 - Commodities, News - Comments
With the price of gold down from about $1,600 per ounce at the end of 2012 to hover at around $1,370 per ounce today, miners of the precious metal have...
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August 25 - Commodities, News - Comments
Gold’s shimmer is losing its luster. And as gold grows more dull, Barrick Gold Corporation (USA) (NYSE:ABX) feels more and more pain. Barrick...
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August 23 - Commodities, News - Comments
It’s been a very tough year for gold miners. Just take a look at the performance of Newmont Mining Corp (NYSE:NEM), Barrick Gold Corporation (...
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August 23 - News - Comments
While Silver Wheaton Corp. (USA) (NYSE:SLW) is down nearly 26% on a year-to-date basis, the stock is up nearly 26% in the last month as the precious metals...
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August 22 - News - Comments
While U.S. Treasury yields hit new highs at the end of last week’s trading session, driving the U.S. dollar higher against major world currencies...
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August 20 - News - Comments
Barrick Gold Corporation (USA) (NYSE:ABX) has announced a massive impairment in its second quarter earnings report. This came as no surprise. The drop...
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August 12 - News - Comments
Although we don’t believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes — just in case...
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August 9 - News - Comments
The aftermath of gold’s bloodbath last quarter continues. After falling a record 23%, gold isn’t done ruining investor returns just yet. After...
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August 5 - News - Comments
The second quarter was terrible for gold miners as gold’s price plunged 23%. That took gold mining stocks down with it as seen in the following...
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August 5 - News - Comments
Over the past 12 months, the gold mining sector has seen a tremendous amount of turmoil. Collapsing gold prices have caused many marginal producers to...
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August 3 - News - Comments
Gold hasn’t performed well during the year: The price of gold has fallen by more than 20%. This tumble has also adversely affected gold companies such...
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August 2 - News - Comments
Barrick Gold Corporation (USA) (NYSE:ABX) will release its quarterly report on Thursday, and with the entire industry having gotten hit hard by the recent...
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July 31 - News - Comments
The earnings season is at full speed, and big gold stocks have started reporting their financial results. Two of the biggest gold companies have already...
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July 29 - News - Comments
The price of gold has been in a free fall for the last year, which has made me think about gold producers. In particular, I’ve been wondering about...
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July 26 - News - Comments
Remember, people will judge you by your actions, not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold — but so does a hard-boiled egg. (Quote from...
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July 25 - News - Comments
The sharp correction in the gold price since the start of 2013 has seen gold miners fall into disfavor with investors, with many of the major miners touching...
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July 24 - News - Comments
This past quarter was terrible for gold. In fact, it was the once-shiny metal’s worst quarter in almost 50 years, and its price plunged 23%. That...
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July 24 - News - Comments
Lots of stocks are getting as hot as some of the temperatures we’re seeing around the country, but there’s still no shortage of disappointments...
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July 22 - News - Comments
People have been trading gold for more than 200 years now. Gold is the one commodity that has remained attractive over the years with gradual gains. However...
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July 22 - News - Comments
Traditionally, gold is a safe haven asset, or it used to be. Currently, gold is anything but safe. Indeed, the SPDR Gold Trust has a beta of 0.19 indicating...
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July 17 - News - Comments
Chile wants to make really, really sure Barrick Gold Corporation (USA) (NYSE:ABX) understands the Pascua Lama mine is absolutely, positively shut until...
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July 17 - News - Comments
Every investor strives to be a contrarian; the individual who can see the wisdom and the folly of the crowd for what it is. The contrarian message usually...
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July 15 - News - Comments
There are winners and losers in every gold rush; for every miner that turned up gold in California in the 19th century, hundreds got absolutely nothing...
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July 11 - News - Comments
After a near-two month delay, copper and gold miner Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (NYSE:FCX) has begun running copper shipments again out of...
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July 11 - News - Comments
Gold miners in general, which are represented in the Market Vectors Gold MinersETF, and the world’s biggest gold producer, Barrick Gold Corporation (...
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July 9 - News - Comments
Baron Rothschild, who made a fortune after Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo, is credited with the saying: “The time to buy is when there is blood in...
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July 8 - News - Comments
The first half of the trading year is over. For all of my readers, I hope it was a successful venture in the markets and your outside lives. Given the...
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July 8 - News - Comments
NovaGold Resources Inc. (USA) (NYSEMKT:NG) will give investors its quarterly report on Wednesday. But the mining company has already seen its stock plunge...
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July 8 - News - Comments
Investors in the U.S. are looking forward to their Independence Day holiday on July 4, but every year, Canadians get a jump on their southern neighbors...
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July 5 - News - Comments
Two years ago, before I became a Fool blogger, I was a blogger for a libertarian movie company called Silver Circle. My job then was to write articles...
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July 5 - News - Comments
After a strong bull run in 2013, it appears that the markets are set to reverse and enter bear territory. Investors can still profit by shorting stocks...
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July 5 - News - Comments
Gold, as measured by the SPDR Gold Trust (ETF) (NYSEMKT:GLD) is down a remarkable 30% from its 52-week high. However, that performance pales in comparison...
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July 3 - News - Comments
This year is a nightmare for gold investors. The precious metal has already lost 25% since January. The situation in the mining stocks is even worse....
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July 2 - News - Comments
Barrick Gold Corporation (USA) (NYSE:ABX), the world’s largest gold miner by output, has delayed the opening of its newest mine as the price of...
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July 2 - News - Comments
I’ve never been much of a fan of investing in precious metals and stones. Such things derive most of their value from the price that the rich are...
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July 2 - News - Comments
I am a dividend growth investor. I like to buy dividend paying companies with long track records of increasing dividends and strong competitive advantages...
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July 1 - News - Comments
If you have been following markets recently, you have undoubtedly seen the rout in gold prices with the yellow metal falling faster and farther than any...
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June 28 - News - Comments
Metals such as copper and aluminum continue to struggle and even investment commodities like gold are not doing too well. Digging stuff up from the earth...
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June 28 - News - Comments
Warren Buffett, the Sage of Omaha, once said: “It’s only when the tide goes out that you learn who’s been swimming naked.” The...
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June 27 - News - Comments
Shares of Royal Gold, Inc USA) (NASDAQ:RGLD), much like many other gold stocks, haven’t performed well during 2013 (up to Higher dependency on golddate...
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June 27 - News - Comments
I recently wrote this article on the falling price of gold and how it was going to hurt mining companies. In summary, the article highlighted that the...
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June 27 - News - Comments
Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited (USA) (NYSE:AEM) is a gold mining company with mining and exploration activities across Canada, Europe, Latin America and...
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June 27 - News - Comments
