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By Matthew Carr We’re in the midst of a new equity rally. The markets are at new highs… In the first quarter, the S&P 500 reported revenue growth of 7.6%. This was the highest level since the fourth quarter of 2011. On top of this, it marked the third consecutive quarter the index reported year-over-year […]

By Cory Recapping a Heavy Economic and Political News Week Download audio file (0610-Full-Weekend-Show.mp3) In a week that started off strong for the precious metals turned out to be the first down week for gold in over one month. Investors were closely watching Thursday when we heard and ECB statement (which was quite dovish), the

By Jordan Roy-Byrne CMT, MFTA Traders and investors noted and celebrated Gold’s alleged breakout from a its downtrend that began in 2011. Tuesday Gold closed at $1297/oz after nearly touching $1299/oz. Gold appeared to break its downtrend on the many charts that made the rounds. However, upon further inspection, there was no breakout from the

By analyst By Andrew Topf The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is building on earlier funding into research aimed at pulling rare earth elements (REEs) from coal. The DOE today said it will it will invest $3 million through three projects that will receive about $1 million each. The projects will use coal sourced from

By analyst By Andrew Topf Miner and commodities trader Glencore (LON:GLEN) has performed a coup d’etat on a deal that was practically sealed between Yancoal Australia (ASX:YAL) and Rio Tinto’s (ASX, LON:RIO) for Rio’s coal assets in Australia’s Hunter Valley. The company said Friday that it has offered $2.55 billion for the mines that are

By analyst By Andrew Topf Is the bad and the ugly over and the good returning to the mining industry? PwC seems to think so, according to a new report from the consulting firm. “The world’s Top 40 miners recovered from a race to the bottom, with bolstered balance sheets and a return to profitability

By Cory A sell off in tech but still not a lot fear Half way through the day we started to see the tech sector sell off. At one point the NASDAQ was down over 3% and the VIX was moving up. However instead of investors panicking across the board it was a more level

By Pater Tenebrarum [Ed. note: This article was originally posted in November of 2010 – we have decided to republish it with updated charts, as it has proved to be very useful as a reference – the mechanics of QE are less well understood than they should be, and this article explains them in detail.]

By Alexander Green When most investors think about emerging markets – to the extent that they think about them at all – they generally picture places like Mexico, Brazil, China or India. But how about Eastern Europe? My guess is 99% of American investors have never even considered putting capital to work there. But perhaps

By analyst The gold miners stocks remain deeply out of favor, largely shunned by traders. Since this sector just spent the better part of a year grinding sideways, such bearish sentiment isn’t surprising. The gold… …read more Source:: PRNewswire-Mining and Metals The post Gold-Stock Inflection Nears appeared first on Junior Mining Analyst.