U.S. Markets March 7-13
With the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index finishing the trading period March 7-13 up 0.6% at 1,284.13, stock markets in the United States struggled slowly upward, hardly having time to wave goodbye as…
Stock Markets/Investing
Silver ETF a go?
Precious metals investors smiled in early March as spot silver broke through the longstanding US$10-per-ounce barrier to post solid, new 19-year highs. Purchases by speculators have been important dri…
Toronto Stock Exchange February 28-March 6
Toronto stocks recovered from the previous report period’s slip, with the S&P-TSX Composite Index grabbing 176.84 points to hit 111,883.31 by the end of the Feb. 28-March 6 trading period. The gol…
U.S. Markets February 28-March 6
Rate-hike and gold-price jitters took their toll on U.S. markets over the report period Feb. 28-March 6, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index down 15.86 points at 1,278.26. Senior gold companies s…
Will Codelco spin-off silver assets?
The largest copper miner in the world, Chilean state-owned Codelco, denies it’s planning to spin-off its silver ass…
TSX and TSXV Short Positions Feb. 15
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Lonmin confirms bid rumours
Platinum producer Lonmin (LMI-L) has confirmed that it has been in “preliminary discussions” with a possible buyer,…
TSX and TSX Venture Short Positions
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Market frowns on Kinross’ delayed results
At long last Kinross Gold (K-TO) has reported its financial results — and the market didn’t like what it saw.D…
Gold prices for 2006? GFMS says down then up
While Influential gold research company GFMS Limited is forecasting a falling gold price for the first half of 2006…
UPDATE: Gold Fields and Bolivar deal under attack
When Gold Fields (GFI-N, GOF-L) first announced its friendly takeover of Bolivar Gold (BGC-T, BGCNF-O), it looked a…
EuroZinc adopting poison pill
Vancouver – Conscious of the industry consolidation trend, EuroZinc Mining (EZM-T, EZM-X) has tabled a shareholder’…