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Gold Funds Have Lost Their Glitter
John Dowdee • Mon, May 20 • 6 Comments
Gold Bears Emerging From Hibernation
Robert Wagner • Mon, May 20 • 12 Comments
What It Really Costs To Mine Silver: The First Quarter Pan American Silver Edition
Hebba Investments • Mon, May 20 • 11 Comments
Gold And Gold Stocks: Positioning And Sentiment
Pater Tenebrarum • Mon, May 20
Digging Into The First Quarter Gold Demand Report
Vladimir Zernov • Fri, May 17 • 9 Comments
New S&P 500 Price Target: 2001
Eric Parnell • Mon, May 6 • 14 Comments
Buy In May And Stay To Trade?
Eric Parnell • Fri, May 3 • 16 Comments
Eric Sprott's Gold Analysis Deconstructed: What The Gold Bulls Still Don't Get
Mike Williams • Thu, May 2 • 218 Comments
Worldwide Silver Shortage As Premiums On Silver Eagles Reach 40%
Jason Hamlin • Wed, Apr 24 • 45 Comments
Is Gold As An Investment Finished?
Gary Tanashian • Tue, Apr 23 • 15 Comments
Martin Armstrong Again Warns On Gold
Jason Tillberg • Tue, Apr 23 • 17 Comments
The Production Cost Of Gold May Surprise You
Jeffrey Dow Jones • Tue, Apr 23 • 41 Comments
Gold And Silver: The Recent Dip Makes For An Attractive Entry Point
JF Global Investing • Mon, Apr 22 • 3 Comments
Stock Market Triple Fantasy
Eric Parnell • Mon, Apr 22 • 35 Comments
The 3 Faces Of Silver
Eric Parnell • Thu, Apr 18 • 38 Comments
Beware The Risk Of Stock Liquidation
Eric Parnell • Wed, Apr 17 • 22 Comments
The True All-In Cost To Mine Gold: Complete 2012 Figures
Hebba Investments • Wed, Apr 17 • 171 Comments
Panic On The Gold Titanic
Pater Tenebrarum • Mon, Apr 15 • 1 Comment
Is Gold Foreshadowing A Stock Market Implosion?
Eric Parnell • Sun, Apr 14 • 52 Comments
Arbitrage Opportunities In Precious Metals CEFs And ETFs
Prudent Finances • Tue, Apr 9 • 23 Comments

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Central Fund of Canada Share Offering Presents Buying Opportunity
The ETF Authority • Sun, Apr 24, 2011 • 21 Comments
PHYS: Another Golden Choice for Investors
David Fry • Wed, Mar 3, 2010 • 13 Comments
Central Fund of Canada: Going for Gold
Peter Degraaf • Wed, Mar 18, 2009 • 11 Comments
Central Fund of Canada: Determining My Entry Strategy
Michael K. Dawson • Tue, Jun 19, 2007
Central Fund of Canada: A Better Alternative to Gold Stocks
Michael K. Dawson • Wed, Mar 28, 2007 • 5 Comments
Central Fund Canada Poised to Grow (CEF)
David Fry • Thu, Mar 16, 2006

Gold Funds Have Lost Their Glitter
John Dowdee • Mon, May 20 • 6 Comments
Gold Bears Emerging From Hibernation
Robert Wagner • Mon, May 20 • 12 Comments
What It Really Costs To Mine Silver: The First Quarter Pan American Silver Edition
Hebba Investments • Mon, May 20 • 11 Comments
Gold And Gold Stocks: Positioning And Sentiment
Pater Tenebrarum • Mon, May 20
Digging Into The First Quarter Gold Demand Report
Vladimir Zernov • Fri, May 17 • 9 Comments
New S&P 500 Price Target: 2001
Eric Parnell • Mon, May 6 • 14 Comments
Buy In May And Stay To Trade?
Eric Parnell • Fri, May 3 • 16 Comments
Eric Sprott's Gold Analysis Deconstructed: What The Gold Bulls Still Don't Get
Mike Williams • Thu, May 2 • 218 Comments
Worldwide Silver Shortage As Premiums On Silver Eagles Reach 40%
Jason Hamlin • Wed, Apr 24 • 45 Comments
Is Gold As An Investment Finished?
Gary Tanashian • Tue, Apr 23 • 15 Comments
Martin Armstrong Again Warns On Gold
Jason Tillberg • Tue, Apr 23 • 17 Comments
The Production Cost Of Gold May Surprise You
Jeffrey Dow Jones • Tue, Apr 23 • 41 Comments
Gold And Silver: The Recent Dip Makes For An Attractive Entry Point
JF Global Investing • Mon, Apr 22 • 3 Comments
Stock Market Triple Fantasy
Eric Parnell • Mon, Apr 22 • 35 Comments
The 3 Faces Of Silver
Eric Parnell • Thu, Apr 18 • 38 Comments
Beware The Risk Of Stock Liquidation
Eric Parnell • Wed, Apr 17 • 22 Comments
The True All-In Cost To Mine Gold: Complete 2012 Figures
Hebba Investments • Wed, Apr 17 • 171 Comments
Panic On The Gold Titanic
Pater Tenebrarum • Mon, Apr 15 • 1 Comment
Is Gold Foreshadowing A Stock Market Implosion?
Eric Parnell • Sun, Apr 14 • 52 Comments
Arbitrage Opportunities In Precious Metals CEFs And ETFs
Prudent Finances • Tue, Apr 9 • 23 Comments

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Commodities Corner: How to play hot silver market and not get burned

at MarketWatch.com (Mar 9, 2012)
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Portfolio Insights by Brett Arends: Euro crisis helps gold shine

at MarketWatch.com (Sep 7, 2011)
The Many Ways to Invest in Gold

at CNBC.com (Aug 29, 2011)
Commodities Corner: Gold and silver may start to buckle under pressure

at MarketWatch.com (Oct 15, 2010)
Commodities Corner: Gold investment opportunities abound

at MarketWatch.com (Jun 25, 2010)
Peter Brimelow: Gold knows something gold shares don't?

at MarketWatch.com (Jun 7, 2010)
Peter Brimelow: Near-record gold close has bugs divided

at MarketWatch.com (May 10, 2010)

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Sector: Basic Materials

Industry: Industrial Metals & Minerals

Country: Canada

DeepValueLover
If Porsches and Picassos were falling in price would you buy or would you be "scared"? Buy $GLD, $SLV, $CEF and $GDX or the metals outright
Apr 17, 9:03 PM
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chesterbird
why does this JPS CEF move around so much?
10/2/12
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DeepValueLover
Turkey pays Iran for oil with 60 TONS of Gold. http://bit.ly/N49B4S GDX GLD SLV CEF TLT
7/12/12
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Ocean Man: ABX
7/12/12
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The_American
IAU has lower expense ratio than the GLD CEF also has a low expense ratio where the invest 50/50 GLD SLV PSLV The miners of GDX GDXJ GLDX HL
6/26/12
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Alex Filonov
Opened $VKI. Another high yield muni CEF.
6/21/12
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Scooter-Pop
Increased taxation on Dividends, specially the Tax Free Muni Dividends from CEF's/ETF's like MHI
5/19/12
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The_American
All central banks printing SLW solid company. GLD SLV PSLV PHYS Eric Sprott and CEF. We may see rally is DIA SPY QQQ good for the GDX GDXJ
5/18/12
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nicasurfer
Bought a lot of GLD today and CEF
5/9/12
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gillyholtz
Floating CEF
4/9/12
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madav1138
QQQX performance is strong and by far the best CEF out there IMHO.
3/28/12
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DeepValueLover
Turkey pays Iran for oil with 60 TONS of Gold. http://bit.ly/N49B4S GDX GLD SLV CEF TLT
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Todd Johnson
Greece Dept of Labor Paying Top Dollar: send Lawyers, Guns, Money. Have boats & will pick up items. $RGR $GG $GLD $FRO $GTU $CEF $RGLD
2/16/12
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SobaNoodle: A fellow Zevon fan Todd? http://bit.ly/yw5BwY
2/16/12
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Todd Johnson: Soba - Yes. :) Who isn't? lol Long Zevon & Short Greece.
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inspy
TSI has 12% special dividend on record as of Dec 30. The CEF only appreciated 2% so far so there's still earning potential.
12/19/11
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inspy: In a market like this, chasing special dividends provides a relatively sound safety net and make a little on the side at the same time.
12/19/11
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inspy: I see your entering position on the graph haha. TSI is guaranteed to appreciate 5% in the next week if you want to cash in early.
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