Precious Metals & Minerals

By 11:00 am, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 7.65 points, or 0.07%, to 11,547.38, while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index had lost 1.06 points, or 0.08%. The NASDAQ composite index fell 6.54 points, or 0.25%. Some of the narrow based indexes that are still afloat in the markets...

At 10:14 am, the Dow lost 0.10% to 11,543.90, the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index moved down 0.09% to 1,256.46 and the NASDAQ composite index fell 0.21% to 2,661.75. The industries that are still afloat in the market today are: Networking & Communication Devices: This industry jumped 1....

Below are the top silver stocks on the NYSE, the NASDAQ and the AMEX in terms of operating margin. The trailing-twelve-month operating margin at Silvercorp Metals Inc (NYSE: SVM) is 58.81%. SVM's ROE for the same period is 23.12%. The trailing-twelve-month operating margin at Silver Wheaton Corp (...

Effective as of December 22, 2010, together with (NYSE: HL) Hecla Alaska LLC, Hecla Greens Creek Mining Company, and Hecla Juneau Mining Company, our wholly owned subsidiaries, we entered into a Third Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the "Third Amendment") with The Bank of...

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...

Office supplies industry lost 2.67% today, and in the space, Ennis, Inc. (NYSE: EBF) is struggling. EBF slipped 3.90% in the first part of the trading session. Resorts and casinos industry trades 1.89% lower on Wednesday, and Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS) is the biggest laggard in the space,...

Celestial Digitial Entertainment (CDE) has been acquired by ZOOM Technologies (NASDAQ: ZOOM) today. ZOOM executed a share exchange agreement to acquire 100% of the shares of Celestial Digital Entertainment (CDE), a mobile platform video game development company based in Hong Kong. CDE was...

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....

Harry Winston Diamond Corp's (HWD) MACD indicator has moved into bearish territory with a reading of -0.3449. The Zacks #4 Rank (“Sell”) stock decreased slightly to $11.22 in morning trade. The Zacks Consensus Estimate on the company's earnings for the year ending January 2011 has decreased by 12...

Harry Winston Diamond Corp's (HWD) MACD indicator has moved into bearish territory with a reading of -0.3449. The Zacks #4 Rank (“Sell”) stock decreased slightly to $11.22 in morning trade. The Zacks Consensus Estimate on the company's earnings for the year ending January 2011 has decreased by 12...

Bioanalytical Systems Inc (NASDAQ: BASI) jumped 30.33% to $3.48 at 10:00 am. BASI's shares have surged 144.95% over the past 52 weeks, while the S&P 500 index has gained 12.83% in the same period. WSP Holdings Limited (NYSE: WH) climbed 25.96% to $1.31. WH has received new orders worth $91.8...

Gammon Gold Inc. (NYSE: GRS) announces that the Company has entered into binding Letter of Intent with Aurion Resources Ltd. wherein both parties agree to negotiate a definitive agreement that will provide Gammon with an option to earn up to a 70% joint venture interest in the 12,985 hectare La...

Endeavour Silver Corp. (NYSE: EXK) is trading down around 3% today, but the silver miner is due for a bounce here and swing traders can look to start initiating a position around $7.05. In the $6.60 level EXK has strong support, so the idea here is to initiate 1/2 a position now and save some ammo...