In the eyes of many traders, hedge funds are perceived as overrated, old financial tools of a forgotten age.
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August 25 - News
If you were to ask many traders, hedge funds are perceived as bloated, old financial tools of an era lost to time.
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August 22 - News
It bears the atomic number 29, and you may think of it as a boring element. But copper is also one of the best conductors of electricity.
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August 12 - News
The economic benefits of the massive copper, gold, and molybdenum Pebble Mine in Bristol Bay, Alaska, seem incontrovertible.
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August 5 - News
BHP Billiton Limited (ADR) (NYSE:BHP), Vale SA (ADR) (NYSE:VALE) and Rio Tinto plc (ADR) (NYSE:RIO) being the leading mining companies, cater to most of the world’s demand ...
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August 5 - News
Anglo American (NASDAQOTH:AAUKY.PK), which is down by more than 30% year-to-date , has hugely underperformed its peer miners BHP Billiton Limited (ADR) (NYSE:BHP) and Rio Tinto...
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August 3 - News
While copper concentrate shipments to China began earlier this month from Rio Tinto plc (ADR) (NYSE:RIO)'s huge Oyu Tolgoi project in Mongolia, as the miner and the region's ...
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July 31 - News
Investing in copper explorers, developers, or producers involves understanding the price volatility concerning the commodity.
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July 30 - News
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (NYSE:FCX)'s biggest asset is also its biggest liability.
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July 30 - News
The recent earnings reports from steel companies have shown that there is significant overcapacity in the industry.
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July 30 - News
I've felt, for some time, that we would see a copper boom this year as a convergence of events would lead to shortages, though admittedly, I didn't expect the continent's economic...
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July 29 - News
It has been very easy to pounce on the coal industry lately.
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July 25 - News
It is definitely saddening to see a great company like the aluminum giant Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA) being reduced to a mere non-entity.
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July 24 - News
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.
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July 22 - News
More often than not, the departure of a CEO is bad for the short-term prospects of a stock.
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July 19 - News
Softening demand for commodities, on the back of China's slowing economy, has hurt the profitability of all the major mining companies, creating a sentiment-fueled selloff of ...
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July 17 - News
Minerals producer Cliffs Natural Resources Inc (NYSE:CLF) recently announced that president and chief executive officer Joseph Carrabba has decided to retire.
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July 17 - News
More often than not, the departure of a CEO is bad for the short-term prospects of a stock.
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July 15 - News
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 its Grasberg mine in Indonesia...
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July 11 - News
Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA), the largest producer of aluminum in the U.S., was once a bellwether with a $40 billion market capitalization whose quarterly performance gave us a real sense...
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July 9 - News
Having "the Midas touch" conveys a profitable outcome for just about any business scheme.
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July 8 - News
Last year, three major diamond players decided they wanted out of the business. Two were successful.
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July 3 - News
Amid all the turmoil in the stock and bond markets lately, many investors have forgotten about the big swings in the U.S. dollar recently.
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July 3 - News
Coal is far from a favorite fuel these days, despite its abundance. No matter how much we scrub it, we simply can't make it turn green.
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July 1 - News
Those of us looking to diversify into a company that mine a myriad of metals have some excellent opportunities available at the moment.
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June 28 - News
It’s a well known fact that mining and metals industry has been bleeding severely, and investing in the sector is not advisable.
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June 27 - News
Who will be left to mine the world's metals and minerals? As prices for gold, silver, copper, uranium, and iron ore continue to fall, miners are increasingly turning to layoffs...
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June 27 - News
After a spate of tragic accidents claimed the lives of dozens of workers at its huge Grasberg gold and copper mine in Indonesia, Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.
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June 25 - News
It’s no secret that precious metals have been crushed over the past several weeks.
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June 25 - News
LONDON -- This is either a lousy time to buy the big mining companies or a great one. Just look at Rio Tinto plc (ADR) (LSE:RIO) (NYSE:RIO) .
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June 25 - News
In what seems like a decisive win for Cameco Corporation (USA) (NYSE:CCJ), the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) awarded the company a uranium mining license that will...
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June 21 - News
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.
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June 21 - News
With the world’s largest iron ore miner Brazil’s Vale SA (ADR) (NYSE:VALE) now trading at lows not seen since 2007, many investors are convinced that now is the time to invest...
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June 19 - News
According to Wikipedia, Resource Nationalism (RN) is "the tendency of people and governments to assert control over natural resources located on their territory." This definition...
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June 18 - News
Remuneration committees bang on about having to provide executives with "competitive" pay packages.
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June 18 - News
Watching the mining companies race downhill of late may be terrific preparation for taking in the 2014 Winter Olympics from Sochi, Russia.
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June 18 - News
The figurative cauldron containing recently revealed federal government shenanigans just might be overflowing.
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June 18 - News
So, mining stocks took a beating during 2013’s first four months, down by an estimated 20%.
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June 17 - News
So, should you look elsewhere and give Joy Global Inc.
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June 14 - News
To most investors, hedge funds are assumed to be worthless, outdated investment tools of yesteryear.
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June 13 - News
Last week Credit Suisse increased its year-end target for the FTSE 100 from 7,000 to 7,100. JPMorgan Cazenove recommends exploiting the volatility by buying on the dips.
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June 12 - News
Mining companies have been under pressure this year. Whatever you dig, be it gold, silver, iron ore or coal – your stock would fall.
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June 10 - News
Copper is one of the metals that suffered the least this year. Wide industrial implications of copper make it a more price-stable metal than others.
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June 10 - News
These two ratios provide an indication of how successful a company is at generating profits using shareholders' funds and debt, and they have a strong influence on dividend payments...
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June 10 - News
If you're on the hunt for income in this low-yield environment, I have just the industry for you.
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June 10 - News
Investors count on the Dow Jones Industrials to represent the cream of the crop of America's top companies.
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June 10 - News
LONDON -- A popular way to dig out reasonably priced stocks with robust growth potential is through the "Growth at a Reasonable Price", or GARP, strategy.
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June 5 - News
It's been a challenging year for Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (NYSE:FCX).
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June 5 - News
Companies reliant on growth in manufacturing and consumer spending have had a tough time over the past few years.
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June 4 - News
It's beginning to look like Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (NYSE:FCX)'s acquisition of oil and gas produce Plains Exploration was prescient.
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June 4 - News