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Calls Purchased on Barrick Gold
Friday, May 7, 2010 - 2:39pm | 118Barrick Gold Corp (NYSE: ABX) is seeing some far upside call buying during the afternoon session. The January 2011 $70 call was purchased in a single 10,000 contract block a short while ago. Volume has grown to over 15,000 contracts, which vastly outpaces the open interest on that strike. This...
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Stocks To Watch For May 7 (WPO, BRKA, LINTA, EIX, IAG)
Friday, May 7, 2010 - 6:30am | 176Analysts expect the media company, Washington Post, to post an EPS of $3.82 (NYSE: WPO) on revenue of $1.18 billion. WPO’s shares dipped 2.46% to close at $488.50 yesterday. Wall Street expects Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRKA), the company founded by billionaire investor Warren Buffett, to post...
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Top 5 Stocks In The Gold Industry With The Highest Profit Margins (BVN, EGO, RGLD, CGC, AZK)
Friday, May 7, 2010 - 5:53am | 178Below are the top five stocks in the gold industry on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of profit margins. The trailing-twelve-month profit margins at Compania Mina Buenaventura (NYSE: BVN) stand at 67.34%. BVN’s quarterly revenue growth stands at 58.00% y/y. The trailing-twelve-month profit margins...
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Top 5 Stocks In the Gold Industry With The Highest ROE (CDY, BVN, CGC, AZK, NEM)
Friday, May 7, 2010 - 5:51am | 169Below are the top gold stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of return on equity. The return on equity at Cardero Resource Corporation (AMEX: CDY) is 87.11%. CDY has commenced drilling at the Organullo gold project. The return on equity at Compania Mina Buenaventura (NYSE: BVN) is 33.01%. BVN’...
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Top 5 Stocks In the Gold Industry With The Lowest PEG Ratio (AU, NXG, AEM, TAG, GRS)
Friday, May 7, 2010 - 5:49am | 163Below are the top gold stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ, in terms of PEG ratio AngloGold Ashanti Ltd (NYSE: AU) has a PEG ratio of 0.2. AU had $1.08 billion in total cash in the most recent quarter. Northgate Minerals Ltd (AMEX: NXG) has a PEG ratio of 0.55. NXG engages in mining, exploring,...
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Top Performing Industries For May 6 (IIJI, TRE, CKP, PWR, RDEN)
Thursday, May 6, 2010 - 3:29pm | 281At 1:52 p.m., Dow lost 287.34.19, or 2.64%, to 10,580.78, while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index dipped 35.56, or 3.05%, to 1,130.31. The Nasdaq composite index moved down 82.84, or 3.45%, to 2319.45. The industries that are best among the lot are: Internet Service Providers: The top...
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Top Narrow Based Indexes For May 6 (SXCI, MINI, TRE)
Thursday, May 6, 2010 - 3:07pm | 204Wall Street got a pounding for the third consecutive day. While the Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 141.63, or 1.30%, to 10,726.49, Nasdaq moved down 42.58, or 1.77%. Some of the few narrow based indexes that are driving the market are the Pharmacy Benefit Manager Stocks, which have gained 2%,...
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Yamana Gold’s Options Active
Thursday, May 6, 2010 - 1:42pm | 92Shares of Yamana Gold (NYSE: AUY) are on the rise today by 2.88%, along with all gold miners and gold futures, currently trading $10.71. The stock looks like it has now held the 50-day and 200-day moving averages, which would be extremely bullish for the name. Options traders are jumping in on the...
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Puts Purchased in Jaguar Mining
Thursday, May 6, 2010 - 10:37am | 125Shares of Jaguar Mining (NYSE: JAG), a Brazilian gold miner, are on the rise today by 2.38% to $10.33. This comes as gold futures rally on the session; the SPDR Gold Trust (NYSE: GLD) is higher on the session by 0.71%. Jaguar Mining is seeing some bearish put buying today, however. The June $7.50...
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Sell in May and go away?
Thursday, May 6, 2010 - 7:50am | 957Another year is in the books here at the University of Michigan, but European leaders are getting no such rest, as the sovereign debt crisis contagion is spreading from Greece and the periphery into the core (sov debt crises are proving to be more contagious than chicken pox). As we speculated, the...
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Hold Gold, Says Strategist
Wednesday, May 5, 2010 - 1:37pm | 222In an article about CNBC Asia Pacific's Protect Your Wealth , Stephen Davies, CEO at Javelin Wealth Management, said that there is greater potential for US markets to recover “on a short-term basis.” "We have been increasing our exposure to the U.S. market over the last six to nine months," Davies...
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Top 5 Small-Cap Stocks In The Gold Industry With The Highest Return On Equity (CDY, CGC, AZK, ANV, GSS)
Monday, May 3, 2010 - 7:40am | 174Below are the top 5 small-cap gold stocks on the NASDAQ, the NYSE and the AMEX in terms of ROE. Cardero Resource Corp (AMEX: CDY) has a trailing-twelve-month ROE of 87.11%. CDY had $92.90 million of total cash in the latest quarter and no debt liabilities. Capital Gold Corp (AMEX: CGC) has a...
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Top 5 Small-Cap Stocks In The Gold Industry With The Highest Return On Equity (CDY, CGC, AZK, ANV, GSS)
Monday, May 3, 2010 - 7:38am | 174Below are the top 5 small-cap gold stocks on the NASDAQ, the NYSE and the AMEX in terms of ROE. Cardero Resource Corp (AMEX: CDY) has a trailing-twelve-month ROE of 87.11%. CDY had $92.90 million of total cash in the latest quarter and no debt liabilities. Capital Gold Corp (AMEX: CGC) has a...
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Call Trading in Barrick Gold (ABX): A Bullish Bet on the Yellow Metal?
Friday, April 30, 2010 - 8:28am | 1710Commodities such as gold, silver, and oil are extremely popular among the investment community as they are frequently used to measure economic health and demand in many parts of the world. Much of the world’s food, financial health, and energy revolve around the prices of these commodities. At...
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ABX Upgraded At Jefferies
Thursday, April 29, 2010 - 9:40am | 40Analysts at Jefferies upgrade Barrick Gold (NYSE: ABX) from “hold” to “buy.” ABX traded at $42.60, up 1.02% in the pre-market session. More Analyst Ratings here.