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By Cory Comments On The Balmoral Resource and Insider Buying In The Sector David Erfle, Editor of The Junior miner Junky, shares his thoughts on resource estimate out of Balmoral Resources today. No denying it has disappointing the market. We also discuss the drop in the metals due to options expiration day. There are positive […]

By Nicholas Vardy Every investor is looking for an edge to beat the market. Factor investing offers just that kind of edge. It’s the investment “free lunch” that promises the holy grail of investing… beating the stock market with less risk. So just what is a “factor”? Factors explain why specific investment strategies outperform the

By Rob Otman Cal-Maine (Nasdaq: CALM) is a $3 billion company today. Investors that bought shares one year ago are sitting on a 19.79% total return. That’s above the S&P 500’s return of 14.84%. Cal-Maine stock is beating the market, and it reports earnings soon. But does that make it a good buy today? To

By analyst By Cecilia Jamasmie Mining giant Rio Tinto (ASX, LON:RIO) has agreed to sell its Kestrel coal mine in Australia to private equity manager EMR Capital and Indonesian coal company Adaro Energy, in a deal worth $2.25 billion. The transaction makes of Rio Tinto the first major miner to exit the coal industry, and

By Rob Otman Adobe Systems stock had a great day in the market on Monday March 26. Shares jumped 6.46% and closed the day at $228.91. They’re now trading 1.05% below their 52-week high of $231.34. With yesterday’s big gain, Adobe Systems now has a market cap of $113 billion. That makes it a large

By Keith Weiner Smoke Signals Gold went up by 33 of the Master’s Notes, but silver went up only 22 of the His Cents. Decrepit though he may be… it’s still his funny money, and he always wants more of it. [PT] The rising gold-silver ratio is one thing we add to others that signal

By analyst By Cecilia Jamasmie Canada’s Copper Mountain Mining (TSX: CMMC) has obtained shareholder approval for its planned acquisition of Australian junior Altona Mining (ASX:AOH) in a deal worth A$93 million, or about $71m at today’s rates. Under the agreement, each Altona share will be exchanged for 0.0974 Copper Mountain shares, which equates to a

By analyst By Cecilia Jamasmie Vedanta, the London-listed natural resources company controlled by one of India’s richest men, said Tuesday it was shutting its copper smelting operations in the south of the country, for a 15-day planned maintenance. The halt, originally scheduled for April, comes amid local media reports of massive protests around the smelter

By analyst By Valentina Ruiz Leotaud Geneva-based IndustriALL, a global union federation that says it represents more than 50 million workers in 140 countries, joined forces with Building and Wood Workers’ International to file a complaint against BHP Billiton (NYSE:BHP) and Vale (NYSE:VALE) under the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises.

By analyst By Valentina Ruiz Leotaud Canada-based Gungnir Resources (TSX-V: GUG) announced that authorities have approved a permit application to start drilling on its Knaften gold project, located in the Vasterbotten district of northern Sweden. According to the miner’s website, Knaften covers Au in boulders and outcrop, as well as drill-indicated Au mineralization along a