Precious Metals & Minerals

ProShares Ultra Silver (ETF) (NYSE: AGQ) dropped 17.40% in the regular trading session today on the weakness in silver prices. In the after hours, AGQ jumped 4.19% to $308.93. iShares Silver Trust (ETF) (NYSE: SLV) is another silver bull market ETF that struggled today. SLV fell 8.64%, and it...

According to J.P. Morgan, Pan American Silver (NASDAQ: PAAS) remains underweight after Bolivian President Evo Morales's Labor Day (May 1) speech, although it brought positive news for PAAS. Prior to President Morales' speech, the administration had publically backed down from nationalization...

E-Commerce China Dangdang Inc. (DANG) - E Commerce China Dangdang Inc is the 1st fastest-growing stock in this segment of the market. Its long-term annual EPS growth is expected to be 70.3%. This number is based on the average estimate of 3 brokerage analysts. Hyperdynamics Corporation (HDY) -...

Silver Standard Resources Inc (NASDAQ: SSRI) dipped 5.67% to $32.77 in the pre-market session. SSRI is scheduled to report its Q1 results on May 10. Pan American Silver Corp (NASDAQ: PAAS) fell 3.25% to $34.91 in the pre-market session. PAAS is all set to report its Q1 results on May 18. Sify...

MAG Silver Corp. (NYSE: MVG) announced today that it has received notification from the International Court of Arbitration that the deadline for a decision in the arbitration between MAG and its joint venture partner, Fresnillo plc, has been extended by the ICC from April 30, 2011 to May 31, 2011....

Stillwater Mining Company (NYSE:SWC)- Stillwater Mining Company is engaged in the development, extraction, processing, refining and marketing of palladium, platinum and associated metals (platinum group metals (PGMs)) from a geological formation in south central Montana known as the J-M Reef and...

Molycorp Inc. (MCP) - Molycorp, Inc. is the only REO producer in the Western Hemisphere and currently produces more than 3,000 metric tons of commercial rare earth materials per year. In addition to its rare earth mine and processing facility at Mountain Pass, California, Molycorp also owns a...

Below are the top small-cap nonmetallic mineral mining stocks on the NYSE, the NASDAQ and the AMEX in terms of operating margin. The trailing-twelve-month operating margin at L&L Energy Inc (NASDAQ: LLEN) is 28.56%. LLEN's ROE for the same period is 48.81%. The trailing-twelve-month operating...

ProShares Ultra Silver (ETF) (NYSE: AGQ) led the gainers among the ETFs on Wednesday, with an increase in price of 13.60%. AGQ closed at $361.75, and it had a volume of 4.33M traded shares. Global X Silver Miners (NYSE: SIL) gained 5.40% today as Silver Wheaton Corp. (USA) (NYSE: SLW) spiked 7.25...

Paramount Gold and Silver Corp. (NYSE: PZG) announced today new positive metallurgical results for its 100% owned San Miguel project in Mexico. The new study, conducted by McClelland Laboratories Inc., is based on eleven composite samples from 256 drill hole intercepts in the San Francisco Area of...

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), the maker of iPads and iPhones, didn't not participated in the session gains, as shares fell 0.73% to $350.42. Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN), the largest online retailer, fell 1.68% to $182.30 ahead of its quarterly report. In after hours, the stock fell 2.5% to $177.75 after...

Jim Cramer said on CNBC's Mad Money Lightning Round OT that New York Community Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE: NYB) is underestimated by people. He added that NYB is a bank, and banks are in bear market mode. He would rather buy Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ). New York Community Bancorp, Inc. (NYB)...

Yesterday, the iShares Silver Trust(NYSE: SLV) traded over 189 million shares. This was the highest volume ever in the SLV, which will usually signal exhaustion buying. Many times before a stock, ETF, or commodity top out or are getting set for a pullback it will surge higher on heavy volume. That...

Netflix, Inc. (NFLX)- Netflix, Inc. is a subscription service streaming movies and television episodes over the Internet and sending digital versatile discs (DVDs) by mail to more than 12 million subscribers. The Company's subscribers can watch unlimited movies and television episodes streamed to...

Piper Jaffray upgraded Johnson Controls (NYSE: JCI) from “neutral” to “overweight.” JCI's shares closed at $39.60 yesterday. Johnson Controls' trailing-twelve-month revenue is $35.43 billion. Deutsche Bank upgraded Occidental Petroleum Corp (NYSE: OXY) from “hold” to ‘buy.” OXY's shares closed at...