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If you are going to invest in the mining industry, you had better have nerves of steel. Companies like Newmont Mining (NYSE:NEM) are reporting drastically slashed earnings, yet share price is on the rise.
By Andrew Snyder
Baltimore – (TFN): It is a confusing market for the world’s miners. Commodity prices are dropping, global demand is [...]
Tags: Commodities, copper, copper mining, financial news, gold miners, investing in gold, nem, newmont earnings, newmont mining, nyse:Nem, price of gold
The commodities markets rallied today. The price of crude, natural gas, gold, silver, and coal were all on the rise. Investors that followed my advice and bought shares of James River Coal (NASDAQ:JRCC) are sitting on 28% gains.
By Andrew Snyder
Baltimore – (TFN): It turned out to be another wild day on Wall Street. The equities [...]
Tags: coal, Commodities, commodities prices, commodities rally, crude, financial news, Gold, james river coal, JRCC, nasdaq:JRCC, natural gas, oil
When a company as small and promising as Arbinet (NASDAQ:ARBX) makes such a big move, you had better investigate. With a bit of research, it looks like this company could be ready to make investors a lot of money.
By Andrew Snyder
Baltimore – (TFN): One of my old favorites is making headlines today. Well, actually [...]
Tags: arbinet-th, arbx, bandwidth exchange, bandwith, big gainer, big mover, Commodities, financial news, nasdaq:arbx, profit, quarter, revenue, spreads, stocks, telecommunication, winning stock
Bad news on retail sales and economic growth spell the end for the commodities supercycle. Crude oil prices will break through $70 before the month is over.
by J. Christoph Amberger
Baltimore — (TFN): “What a craptastic day for the markets,” said TFN’s Andy Snyder after the U.S. markets had beaten the Crash of 1987, closing almost [...]
The markets remain highly volatile. JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) and others announced surprise third-quarter earnings, yet the future is bleak. The more data we get the more I believe you should buy gold and short oil.
By Andrew Snyder
Baltimore – (TFN): America is a changed beast. What once was a country willing to go to war over [...]
Tags: bernanke, Commodities, earnings report, earnings season, economy, federal reserve, financial news, Gold, jp morgan, jpm, JPMorgan, NYSE:JPM, oil, paulson, recession, socialism
Russia’s largest steelmaker, Severstal (SVJTF) is planning a major Asian expansion at the worst of all possible times. But with the Russian economy in shambles and demand for commodities collapsing, the company can’t be serious.
by Stephanie Grimmett
Baltimore — (TFN): When in doubt, ignore the commodities crash and push your expansion through with sheer [...]
Tags: arcelormittal, asia, china, Commodities, expansion, India, market contraction, mt, recession, russia, severstal, Singapore, steel, stephanie grimmett, svjtf, vietnam
Earnings season is off to a rough start. Alcoa (NYSE:AA) spooked the market with a huge disappointment. What does the rest of the season have in store?
By Andrew Snyder
Baltimore – (TFN): With the year’s third quarter just a week or so in our past, it is time to enter earnings season. Like usual, the first [...]
Tags: aa, alcoa, aluminum, BA, Boeing, Commodities, earnings, earnings season, financial news, globalism, investment, investments, manufacturing, nyse:AA, nyse:ba
While the rest of the world has been growing more bitter by the day, The Hershey Company (HSY) has been gaining back a little of its sweetness. Unlike the rest of the market, HSY may have already seen its bottom and be one the way back up. Should you buy?
by Stephanie Grimmett
Baltimore — [...]
Tags: aig, bear stearns, Commodities, credit crisis, dow, fannie, Financial, fnm, fre, freddie, gas, hershey, hersheys, hsy, kisses, lehman, nestle, nsrgy, oil prices, recession, stephanie grimmett
Russian billionaires are squabling over the world’s largest nickel producer. But while they struggle for control, no one has considered what’s best for Norilsk (NILSY). Commodities prices are falling, and demand is sliding. Could Rusal save Norilsk? More importantly, does anyone care?
by Stephanie Grimmett
Baltimore — (TFN): Yet again, Russian billionaires are reenacting a [...]
Tags: alumina, aluminum, bauxite, bhp, billiton, Commodities, copper, deripaska, medvedev, nickel, nilsy, norilsk, palladium, platinum, potanin, putin, rusal, russian billionaires, stephanie grimmett
Crude prices are down today. Oil stocks like Exxon (NYSE:XOM) and Chevron (NYSE:CVX) have been all over the place lately. Is the commodity boom finally over?
By Andrew Snyder
Baltimore (TFN): If you are an energy-industry investor, it is a good bet that you have quite a headache after the last two trading sessions. With a free [...]
Tags: Chevron, Commodities, crude, crude prices, CVX, Exxon Mobil, financial news, oil, oil industry, selling, shorting, speculation, tfn, xom
While the herd was running for the nearest cliff, Lee Lowell was quietly closing seven recommended trades in 2008. Six were winners with an average return per play of 27%. Watch this video.
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"It’s important that we get back to the fundamentals of supply and demand. Some commodity prices have held up and even continued to rise. These tend to be those where the price is set by contract negotiations." — Bradley Mitchell
Blogger’s note: Ever wonder where professional traders are putting their money? Well, now you don’t have [...]
Tags: banks, bear, bradley mitchell, bull, coal, Commodities, commodity prices, contract negotiations, ifl, international ferro metals, iron ore, metal prices, miners, mining, Moneyweek, supply and demand, Xstrata, xta
"Make no mistake: We’re NOT at the cusp of a bear market. On the contrary, smart investors should take advantage of currently depressed prices to aggressively accumulate shares in select precious metals and energy companies." — Eric Roseman
by Eric Roseman
Baltimore — (TFN): Commodities, especially oil and gold, are in a correction. But make [...]
“No matter what happens to oil prices in the near term, the long-term outlook is clear: Over the longer term, oil and gasoline prices are going to rise. Let’s face it - they have to…” — William Patalon, III
by William Patalon, III
Baltimore — (TFN): Analysts are trumpeting the recent drop in oil [...]
Tags: Commodities, crude oil prices, futures, investing in oil, lng stocks, money morning, natural gas, speculative stocks, tfn, us fuel demand, william patalon
As financial editors dust off the Reverend Mathus’ “Doomsday Doctrine” to scare up new subscribers for their services, an exceptional corn crop in South Africa promises to eradicate even more of corn’s shrinking year-to-date gains.
by Carli Lourens, Bloomberg.com
Baltimore — (TFN): South Africa May Produce Biggest Corn Crop in Thirteen Years
Aug. 27 (Bloomberg) — South Africa, [...]
"The worst rout in the history of commodities may be ending, signaling a replay of the 2006 tumble that preceded a doubling of prices in the next 17 months." — Madelene Pearson, Bloomberg News
Blogger’s note: Depending on which camp you belong to, the recent dip in prices either means the commodities supercycle [...]
Tags: bernanke, bhp, boom, bust, china, Commodities, dominican republic, gsci, index, India, inflation, nestle, nickel, oil, standard & poor's, supercycle, trichet, Xstrata
"There are, no doubt, coffee market analysts noting their findings on the black bean with great care, diligence and detail, but none, to my knowledge, write what you might call ‘page-turning prose’. A chart can tell you all you need to know. What it cost, what it costs now [...]
"In typical fashion, gold and silver have not been playing to the script. A war breaks out between Russia and Georgia. You’d expect gold to rise. But the opposite happens: we get one of the most violent sell-offs in recent memory." — Dominic Frisby
Blogger’s note: Gold prices have fallen through the floor this week. And [...]
Were you surprised by the commodities downturn? You shouldn’t have been. We told you it would happen three months ago.
by J. Christoph Amberger
Baltimore — (TFN): Call me shallow. Egocentric. Auto-appreciative. Desperate for attention?
Heck, call me Ishmael, for all I care. But may I point out that the “surprise” downturn in oil, gold, euro and other [...]
"This isn’t good news for the platinum miner, which says it’s being grossly undervalued and Xstrata is just taking advantage of the recent slide in commodities prices to lowball Lonmin." — Stephanie Grimmett
by Stephanie Grimmett
Baltimore — (TFN): Xstrata (XTA:London) is loooking to buy, and it’s not too particular about how.
The British-Swiss [...]