The Quiet Success of Gold Stocks vs the S&P At-Large

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Casey Research’s Louis James takes a look at the performance of gold stocks over the past decade, and reaches a surprising conclusion that puts their recent underperformance in perspective… **** Gold Miners vs. the S&P: Surprising Conclusions by Louis James, Chief Metals & Mining Investment Strategist, Casey Research We often hear the claim that gold producers […]

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Lacy Hunt: “No Increase in Standard of Living Since 1997” There’s a belief among certain economists – and the wider population – that if the government takes a more active role in the economy, the social outcome can be improved. Dr. Lacy Hunt, executive VP of Hoisington Investment Management Company (HIMCO), says it’s a false […]

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Last Friday, Agora Resource Investing panelist Matt Badiali commented that copper’s price performance has been quite strong in the face of economic headwinds from the US and Europe. Today Louis James, Chief Metals & Mining Investment Strategist for Casey Research, takes Dr. Copper’s temperature, concluding that caution may be warranted when looking at copper and […]

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Doug Casey, Agora Financial Investment Symposium Just as I was starting to get lulled into a false sense of blogging security, Doug Casey strolled to the stage to stir things up.  I had not written much about the previous two presenters – my leisurely pace was about to change. His talk was not only engaging and […]

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Here’s a three-fer from Greg Weldon, who’s on a roll these days sharing his negative outlook on Europe, Japan, and the rest of the developed world. First, here’s Weldon with Jim Puplava on the Financial Sense Newshour, where he says Europe has turned into a “forest fire” and Japan is the next major problem area. […]

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The gold standard these days has been reduced to a distant memory and fantasy of hard money proponents.  IF we returned to a gold standard, would all our problems be fixed?  No, contends monetary expert (and parter of the late great Harry Browne) Terry Coxon – but the reality of the current monetary situation would […]

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With gold successfully holding the $1520 mark after three tests, David Galland believes savvy investors should use this pullback as an opportunity to purchase gold and gold stocks.  I agree with him on gold, though I’m not yet convinced about the mining stocks themselves (more on this later today). Gold’s “Contrarian Moment” By David Galland, […]

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While we’ve all been paying attention to the recent abundance in natural gas, coal demand and prices have quietly dropped – quite significantly – as a result.  There is an interesting dynamic going on in these markets.  Like bad high school friends, they are keeping each other down at every potential advance!  Our energy guru […]

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As energy expert Marin Katusa weighed in earlier in the week, it’s going to get ugly in the natural gas sector, as companies are going to be forced to write down their reserves to reflect the ugly realities of $2 natty.  So which natural gas stocks should you look to sell…or even short?  Marin weighs […]

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Last week on Frank Curzio’s S&A Investor Podcast, Porter Stansberry predicted that the current flood of natural gas to the market would drive the price of oil down below $40 per barrel.  Respected energy analyst Marin Katusa of Casey Research begged to differ – and offered up this rebuttal, which I’m republishing for you here. […]

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