Precious Metals & Minerals

JP Morgan has raised the price target on Stillwater Mining (NYSE: SWC) from $27 to $31 and maintains its Overweight rating.

In the short run, silver appears to be topping. The iShares Silver Trust (NYSE: SLV) traded as high as $32.68 before pulling back to its current level at $32.20. Silver opened sharply higher on global worries along with gold. The SPDR Gold Trust (NYSE: GLD) opened at $136.92 and has since pulled...

Silver is going ballistic on the Middle East tension, as silver and gold have now become defacto currencies. Silver is moving more than gold as there is another huge short squeeze going on in silver that has been occurring for the past week or so. Late last year, it was first bandied about that J....

Transition Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: TTHI) rose 12.04% to $4 in the pre-market session. TTHI swung to profit in the second quarter. Iridium Communications Inc (NASDAQ: IRDM) added 8.37% to $9 in the pre-market session. IRDM is scheduled to report its Q4 earnings on March 7. Pan American Silver...

Stillwater Mining Company (NYSE: SWC) reports its Q4 diluted EPS at $0.16, versus the consensus of $0.20. SWC reports its Q4 revenue at $144.7 million, versus the consensus of $155.50 million. SWC shares gained 0.82% to $24.59 in after-hours trading. Read more from Benzinga's Company news.

On CNBC's Fast Money, Joe Terranova said that investors should not ignore health care names. He recommended Baxter International Inc. (NYSE: BAX) as a buy. Baxter International Inc. (BAX) gained 0.91% today, and closed at $53.03. Brian Kelly likes Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD), and he...

In yesterday's issue, I told you all about an up and coming gold region in the small South American country, Guyana. *****In short, it's believed that Guyana is the long-lost twin to West African gold deposits - separated by millions of years and thousands of...

The iShares Silver Trust(NYSE: SLV) is trading higher again today by 0.30 cents to $31.33 a share. This is a new multi-year high for the precious metal. The SLV as climbed higher by 20.0 percent since January 25, 2011. Problems continue to erupt in Europe, and the Middle East on a daily basis....

Solitario Exploration & Royalty Corp. (NYSE: XPL) earlier today stated that it is the company's policy not to comment on unusual market activity. In view of the increased trading volume and market price of Solitario Exploration & Royalty Corp. on February 17, 2011, the NYSE contacted the...

On CNBC's Fast Money, Tim Seymour said that investors should buy Gold Fields Limited (ADR) (NYSE: GFI) on Friday. Gold Fields Limited (ADR) (GFI) jumped 1.45% in the regular trading session, and it added 0.48% in the after hours. Guy Adami thinks that Silver Wheaton Corp. (USA) (NYSE: SLW) is a...

Jefferies provided color on Pan American Silver (NASDAQ: PAAS) in a research report published today. Jefferies has previously given Pan American Silver a Buy rating and a $37 price target. In the report, Jefferies states, "The combination of monetary, supply demand, and technical drivers should...

This morning the iShares Silver Trust ETF(NYSE: SLV) is trading higher by 0.12 cents to $30.08 a share. The SLV has been in rally mode for the past three weeks. The daily chart of the SLV remains above the daily 20 and 50 moving averages which put the SLV in a strong technical position. Traders can...

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At 10:05 am, the Dow fell 0.20% to 12,248.44, the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index moved down 0.03% to 1,328.76 and the NASDAQ composite index rose 0.15% to 2,813.79. The industries that are supporting the market today are: Music & Video Stores: This industry jumped 2.89% by 10:05 am....

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