May 16, 2011 IDEX Online Research: U.S. jewelry sales slacken in March Jewelry and watch demand softened moderately in the U.S. market in March. New data indicates that total jewelry and watch sales rose […]
May 16, 2011 Red flags everywhere Red flags are flying everywhere as we travel farther into the “sell in May and go away” period of the year.” We remain in a defensive posture and continue to…
May 16, 2011 Fearful of slumping copper, Taseko hedges Taseko Mines Ltd. (TGB) has bought put options to hedge its 2011 copper production, signalling that miners, too, are worried about commodity […]
May 16, 2011 What’s driving the divergence of commodity prices As the chart below demonstrates commodity prices are driven by different factors. The precious metals prices have been the hyperbolic driver of headline commodities news relative to the broader based…
May 16, 2011 John Kaiser: alternative energy fuels mining boom Advances in energy and agriculture are creating demand for previously ignored metals such as scandium, tellurium and indium. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Mining Analyst John Kaiser,…
May 16, 2011 Gold options: going to the well again There are two markets where supply and demand fundamentals have gone out the window and where the value of the dollar and […]
May 16, 2011 Without QE3, commodities may suffer While China continues to make asset driven economic decisions and now looks like a traction control experiment where the economy is like a car that is driving on ice that…
May 16, 2011 Chart of the day: commodity flows QE, of course, only happens when interest rates hit the zero bound, so it’s impossible to disentangle the effects of QE from the effects of G3 interest rates all coming…
May 13, 2011 The gold-silver ratio – another look The gold-silver ratio (GSR) measures how many ounces of silver one can purchase for an ounce of gold, on a certain date. Reference to the ratio has a long history.…
May 13, 2011 Paladin enjoys record revenues, sees no impact from Fukushima In results released on Friday, Australia’s Paladin Energy showed a 47% increase in production from its Namibian and Malawian operations and record revenues of $208.7m on the back of a…
GRAPHIC-Gold and silver soar in year-end rally Investors have not treated the festive break as an occasion to take profits. December 22, 2025 | 12:08 pm
