Gold

Below are the top mid-cap gold stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of earnings estimate for the next year. The earnings estimate for Royal Gold Inc (NASDAQ: RGLD) for the next year ending June, 2012 is $1.78 per share. RGLD's trailing-twelve-month operating margin is 45.44%. Iamgold...

Shares of Seabridge Gold (AMEX: SA) are higher on the session by 0.66%, trading at $29.66. Overall put volume is now running at 2.13x the daily average, with 3% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 1,631 contracts have traded on the session so far. Seabridge Gold Inc. operates as a...

The theme to this Weekly Market Report will be Exchange Traded Funds or ETF's as they are often called by most traders and investors. An exchange traded fund is a security that trades just like a stock. The ETF will usually track an index or specific sector in the market by holding a basket of...

Here is a quick peek at stocks that have abnormally high daily put/call ratios today relative to their average…. 1. Chelsea Therapeutics (NASDAQ: CHTP) 2,978 puts, 13 calls 2. St. Joe Co. (NYSE: STJ) 2,687 puts, 263 calls 3. JDS Uniphase (NASDAQ: JDSU) 3,489 puts, 423 calls 4. Randgold Resources (...

Here is a quick peek at stocks that have abnormally high daily put/call ratios today relative to their average…. 1. CVB Financial (NASDAQ: CVBF) 20,181 puts, 3 calls 2. Momenta Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: MNTA) 6,642 puts, 174 calls 3. JDS Uniphase Corp. (NASDAQ: JDSU) 9,744 puts, 283 calls 4....

Truck tonnage fell slightly in November according to the American Trucking Association.  At first glance this might look like a negative report, however, the year over year figures remain relatively healthy and the ATA's Chief Economist, Bob Costello, says we shouldn't read too much into the small...

With the price of gold on the rise, one Nigerian village faces tragedy as lead dust is discovered by the gold miners in the village. As villagers raced to grind gold-bearing rocks with grain grinders, they unknowingly spread lead dust across the ground and washed the dust in public wells sparking...

Shares of Randgold Resources (NASDAQ: GOLD) are lower on the session by 2.35%, currently trading at $85.12. The stock has been moving largely lower over the past three months and is currently trading below the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Options traders are buying puts on the name today. A...

Resorts & Casinos industry was the best performing industry on Monday. It gained 2.94%, and in the space Boyd Gaming Corporation (NYSE: BYD) gained 5.21%. MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) gained 5.13%, and Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS) added 4.63%. Manufactured housing industry also...

Despite broader weakness this morning in the broader equity markets, the metals and mining stocks are moving higher, led by a few select names. Paramount Gold and Silver Corp. (AMEX: PZG) is moving sharply higher on heavy volume. At last check, shares were up 16% to $3.18, a gain of 44 cents....

The concentrated money flows in natural gas (NG) flag continue to flag bullish tendencies despite the bearish supply reports. Connected and retail players have increased their net long positions(...)Read the rest of The Unusual Concentration in Natural Gas Continues (UNG) Copyright 2010...

At 10:14 am, the Dow lost 0.13% to 11,476.85, the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index moved down 0.05% to 1,243.29 and the NASDAQ composite index fell 0.16% to 2,638.82. The industries that are still afloat in the market today are: Nonmetallic Mineral Mining: This industry jumped 1.58% by 10:14...

Below are the top gold stocks on the NYSE in terms of operating margin. The trailing-twelve-month operating margin at Newmont Mining Corporation (NYSE: NEM) is 43.80%. NEM's quarterly earnings surged 38.40% y/y. The trailing-twelve-month operating margin at Eldorado Gold Corp Ltd (NYSE: EGO) is 41....

Anthony Scaramucci is on CNBC Fast Money's and he is giving some trades for 2011. Scaramucci said he likes Pfizer (NYSE: PFE), Altria (NYSE: MO), Novagold Resources (NYSE: NG) and Coach (NYSE: COH) for 2011. Scaramucci said the three themes for 2011 are reflation, gold, and the expanding middle...