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Silver Monthly 2012 Stock Profile: Franco-Nevada Corporation (FNV)

Franco-Nevada Corporation has an interesting business model. Instead of investing in mines and the development of gold properties, Franco-Nevada purchases stakes in existing mines and receives royalties from the gold produced by other miners. Franco-Nevada also has some interest in platinum metals, oil, gas, and other assets. The company’s portfolio is diverse both in the [...]
July 8, 2012
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Why Gold and Silver Aren’t Going Higher

“Wise traders know to pay attention when stuff that’s supposed to happen doesn’t,” says Yahoo! Finance breakout correspondent and former CNBC Fast Money cast member Jeff Macke. “Right now, gold should be going higher, but it’s not.” This is what we’ve been saying at Silver Monthly for quite some time now; and that doubles for [...]
July 6, 2012
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After the Fireworks: The True Meaning of Independence Day

It’s July 5, and with Independence Day falling on a Wednesday this year, that means it was back to work for most Americans. The Fourth of July is a strange holiday, where people consume large amounts of alcohol and blow things up, all in the name of “patriotism” – whatever that is. But does this [...]
July 5, 2012
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Silver Monthly Recap for June, 2012: ObamaScare Causes Dollar to Tank

The month started on a Friday, with gold gaining 3.08% to $1,606, while silver fell 2.56% to $27.38 per ounce. The cause of the divergence? Portfolio rebalancing from major institutional investors, who deal more in gold than in silver. The dollar lost 0.58% against the euro that same day, and stocks were down across the [...]
June 29, 2012
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Silver Monthly 2012 Stock Profile: Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM)

Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd is a Canadian company engaged in the production, development, and exploration of gold in North American (Canada, the U.S., and Mexico) and Finland. The company had just one mine in 2008, but has brought five new mines on line in rapid succession. In 2011, Agnico Eagle produced approximately 950,000 ounces of [...]
June 27, 2012
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Silver Monthly 2012 Stock Profile: Harmony Gold Mining (HMY)

Harmony Gold Mining Company is a South African gold miner. It ends its fiscal year on June 30, and for fiscal 2011, Harmony produced roughly 1.3 million ounces of gold. At the end of the fiscal year, Harmony’s gold reserves totaled nearly 42 million ounces. The company owns a stake in the Morobe joint venture [...]
June 25, 2012
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Silver Monthly 2012 Stock Profile: Barrick Gold Corporation (ABX)

Barrick Gold Corporation (Ticker: ABX) is a Canadian company that mines for gold and copper in Peru, Canada, the United States, Australia, Chile, and five other countries. It is the world’s largest gold producer. In 2011, Barrick mined 7.7 million ounces of gold and 451 million pounds of copper. North America accounted for 44% of [...]
June 20, 2012
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RIP Elinor Ostrom, Nobel Prize-Winning Economist

Elinor Ostrom died last week at the age of 78. She was best known for sharing the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economics for her analysis of the economic governance of the commons. She was the first woman to win the award, and arguably one of the very few winners of either gender to actually deserve [...]
June 19, 2012
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U.S. Median Household Net Worth Plunges 38.8% in Three Years

A Federal Reserve study released this week says that U.S. household net worth plunged 38.8% from 2007 to 2010, as a result of the housing bubble bursting. What the Fed’s study does not say, of course, is that the Fed itself was responsible for both the housing boom and its inevitable subsequent bust. Mean vs. [...]
June 12, 2012
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Silver Monthly 2012 Stock Profile: Endeavour Silver Corp (EXK)

Endeavour Silver Corporation is a Canadian company with operations in Mexico. Endeavour explores for precious metals, develops mines, and acquires existing precious-metals properties from other firms. As its name implies, Endeavour Silver’s focus is on silver, although its mines also produce some gold. Since its inception in 2004, Endeavour has posted seven consecutive years of [...]
June 6, 2012
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