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Monday, May 20, 12:57 PM As precious metals prices turn around, share prices of gold (GDX +4.7%) and silver miners (SIL +3.1%) surge: ABX +5.9%, GG +4.5%, KGC +6.4%, NEM +4.7%, SLW +4%. Even South African producers turn mixed, despite the call from the country's mine workers union for big pay increases: AU -0.8%, GFI +1.5%, HMY -0.5%. 2 Comments [Commodities, On the Move]
Wednesday, May 8, 2:05 PM Today's dead-cat bounce in the mining sector looks like a reaction to the overwhelming bearishness, expressed in the options market yesterday by heavy buying of GDX puts. Volume in the gold miners ETF (GDX +4.8%) is only about average so far, indicating mere short-covering and no stampede back into gold stocks, Randall Forsyth writes. ABX +7.6%, GG +4.5%, NEM +4%. 5 Comments [Commodities, On the Move]
Thursday, April 25, 3:39 PM Gold (GLD) futures jumped nearly $40/oz. to log their biggest one-day gain of the year, supported by physical demand, prospects for easier global monetary policies and a weaker U.S. dollar. Today's rally brings gold's recovery to ~50% of losses from the selloff that began ~$1,560. Silver (SLV) enjoyed an even bigger bounce, rising 5.7%, but it needs a lot of catching up to approach historical gold/silver ratios. 12 Comments [Commodities, Global & FX]
Monday, April 15, 12:59 PM Pan American Silver (PAAS -7%) is downgraded to Market Perform with a $19.50 target price (from $30) at BMO Capital, as a lack of growth and high cost structure expose shareholders to downside risk in a declining metal price environment. The firm cuts its EPS and cash flow/share outlook 58% and 34%, respectively, to $0.74 and $1.55, well below consensus. Also, SLW -7.5%, HL -8.5%. 3 Comments [Commodities, Quick Ideas, On the Move]
Monday, April 15, 5:03 AM Mining stocks are taking a bit of a hiding following China's slowing GDP growth and the sell-off in precious metals. Rio Tinto (RIO) -4.5% premarket, BHP Billiton (BHP) -3.6%, Barrick Gold (ABX) -3.6%, AngloGold (AU) -5.2%, IAMGold (IAG) -1.2%, Gold Fields (GFI) -5%, Goldcorp (GG) -3.9%, Kinross (KGC) -5.1%, Seabridge Gold (SA) -2.8%, Newmont Mining (NEM) -3.4%, Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX) -2.85% and Anglo American (AAUKF.PK) -3.9% in London. NovaGold (NG) fell 13% on Friday. 3 Comments [Commodities, On the Move]
Monday, April 15, 5:01 AM Gold futures leg down to $1,401, -6.1%. Silver -9.8% to $23.74. ETFs to watch: GLD, IAU, DGP, SGOL, UGL, PHYS, AGOL, DGL, UBG, DZZ, GLL, DGZ, UGLD, DGLD, DBP, GLDI, GDX, GDXJ, NUGT, AGQ, GLDX, PSAU, DUST, GGGG, RING, SLV, PSLV, SIVR, ZSL, DBS, USV, USLV, DSLV, SILJ, SIL, SLVP. 2 Comments [Breaking News, Commodities, On the Move]
Friday, April 12, 2:27 PM Goldman's short call on gold looks prescient, as comex gold sinks $63.50 to settle at $1,501.40/oz. for its lowest close since July 2011. Traders and analysts see no obvious trigger for the selloff, which seems to reflect the malaise that has gripped the market. Silver slips $1.37 to $26.33/oz. Miners are huge losers: HMY -7.5%, ABX -7.3%, AEM -6.9%, AUY -6.2%, SLW -5.6%, NEM -5.2%, EGO -4.9%, GFI -4.8%, GG -4.5%. 38 Comments [Commodities, On the Move]
Tuesday, April 2, 2:12 PM Silver has slid into a bear market, down ~22% since October and settling -2.5% today at $27.24, and some analysts say the pain is just beginning. Colin Cieszynski says recent moves reflect a technical breakdown but, similar to selling pressure hitting gold, silver is losing fans as inflation fears fade. iShares Silver Trust (SLV -2.4%) has extended its pattern of stair-step declines, an ominous technical warning. 19 Comments [Commodities, On the Move]
Friday, March 22, 9:49 AM Silver Wheaton (SLW +2.1%) shoots higher at the open after last night's Q4 report said earnings hit a record $0.50/share vs. $0.41 a year earlier and revenue also set a record at $287M. Attributable silver equivalent output rose 22% to 8.5M oz. Average cash costs rose to $4.70 per silver equivalent oz. from $4.06 a year ago. Comment! [Commodities, Earnings, On the Move]
Thursday, March 21, 3:28 PM In the silver market, Commerzbank thinks it's time to see movement befitting an industrial metal and less like the currency metal it has traded in recent weeks. The equivalent of 3,700 tons of silver was sold in the futures market during the past five weeks, or ~40% of 2011's total investment demand; "in the past, we often saw marked counter-movements after such pronounced developments." (earlier) 10 Comments [Commodities]
Tuesday, March 5, 10:15 AM Global M&A in the mining sector fell by a third last year to the lowest level since 2005, with nearly half of 2012’s $110B tally due to the announced Glencore-Xstrata merger, according to a PriceWaterhouse study. The data comes as little surprise to miners at this week's annual PDAC conference: "Every company coming here is saying, we don’t have the money." Comment! [Commodities, M&A, Global & FX]
Friday, February 22, 10:51 AM The absence of China last week due to the Lunar New Year celebrations “set the ball rolling and left the silver price at the mercy of the technical picture,” Julian Phillips says, expecting a "snapback just as surprising as the fall" - which has been steep, as silver has shed ~9% this month. Global Hunter's Jeff Wright likes silver more than gold now because of silver’s “industrial utility” and "true expansion” in industrial uses. 1 Comment [Commodities, Global & FX]
Wednesday, February 20, 11:41 AM The long-cycle in precious metals has peaked, writes Citi's Jon Bergtheil, arguing we'd need a level of systemic risk higher than the past few years to warrant a continued bull run. Especially vulnerable are the PM miners (GDX, SIL) which benefit from what may be mistaken belief $35 silver and $1,600 gold are the "new normal." 21 Comments [Commodities]
Thursday, February 7, 10:20 AM As mining companies suffer through rough market conditions, royalty and streaming counterparts such as Silver Wheaton (SLW) are taking advantage. With the $1.9B acquisition of gold streams from Vale, TD Securities thinks SLW "has potentially cracked the previously dormant streaming market with the global mining majors... open[ing] up a potentially significant source of deal flow for the company." 8 Comments [Commodities]
Thursday, January 31, 3:59 PM Silver Wheaton (SLW), the miner which also helps other miners pay for projects in exchange for a discount on their silver and gold output, has traditionally talked to smaller miners unable to tap debt and equity markets, but CEO Randy Smallwood says it is seeing increased interest from metal producers with market values "up into the tens and hundreds of billions." Comment! [Commodities]
Monday, January 28, 3:14 PM As gold futures extend losses to a fourth straight session, gold-, silver- and commodity-related stocks are in full-blown bear territory. Sinking to new 52-week lows today: NEM -1.3%, AU -0.5%, BVN -2.7%, HMY -3%. Even as Global Hunter offers an upbeat outlook for silver, citing expected increases in industrial use, SLW -1%, PAAS -1.5%. 9 Comments [Commodities]

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