Precious Metals & Minerals

Deutsche Bank made a number of updates in a research report published today. HollyFrontier (NYSE: HFC) had its coverage initiated with a Buy rating and a price target of $95. Goldcorp (NYSE: GG) had its rating downgraded from Buy to Hold. At the same time, its price target was reduced to $56...

Esperanza Resources announces that it has signed a definitive agreement and received shareholder approval to transfer its 30% interest in the San Luis joint venture in Peru to Silver Standard Resources (NASDAQ: SSRI).

Winners: Novozymes A/S (PINK: NVZMF) is up over 6%. Apollo Group (NASDAQ: APOL) is up over 5%. Marathon Oil (NYSE: MRO) is up over 4% after completing spinoff of oil refiner. Dendreon (NASDAQ: DNDN) is up over 3.50%. Cablevision Systems (NYSE: CVC) is up nearly 3.50%. Losers: Discover...

Deutsche Bank's recommendation changes in metals and mining for 7/5/2011 are as follows: Thompson Creek (NYSE: TC) - Buy to Hold, tgt $14 to $12, Goldcorp (NYSE: GG)- Buy to Hold, tgt $60 to $56, Silver Standard (NASDAQ: SSRI) - Buy to Hold, tgt CAD37 to CAD31. Target Price Changes: Alcoa (...

Winners: Apollo Group (NASDAQ: APOL) is up over 8% after the company reported positive quarterly results on Thursday. Sina Corp (NASDAQ: SINA) is up almost 4% after the company turned down a $500M investment. Dendreon Corp (NASDAQ: DNDN) is up over 3% after it was revealed on Thursday that the...

Shares of Pan American Silver Corp. (NASDAQ: PAAS) are higher on the session by 3.50%, trading at $30.76. Overall put volume is now running at 2.07x the daily average, with 23% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 2,203 contracts have traded on the session so far. Pan American Silver...

Stillwater Mining (NYSE: SWC) and United Steel Workers International Union reported today that they have reached a tentative agreement on the terms of a new four (4) year labor agreement at the Stillwater Mine and Processing Facilities.

The CANSLIM top-8 scan saw Research in Motion (RIMM) dropped on fundamentals - finally - and Silver Wheaton Corporation (SLW) in at eighth place. The last installment from June 14th can be found here. The following CANSLIM stock screener settings were employed: Still top dog on the list is AAPL....

The CANSLIM top-8 scan saw Research in Motion (RIMM) dropped on fundamentals - finally - and Silver Wheaton Corporation (SLW) in at eighth place. The last installment from June 14th can be found here. The following CANSLIM stock screener settings were employed: Still top dog on the list is AAPL....

Minefinders Corporation Ltd. (NYSE: MFN) is pleased to report drill results from the 2011 exploration program on the Company's La Virginia Project in Sonora State, Mexico. Exploratory drilling began in 2010 in the Con Virginia Zone (central area of the La Virginia District) and then moved to...

Oppenheimer & Co. has an Outperform rating and a $66 price target on shares of Amgen (NASDAQ; AMGN). In a note to clients, Oppenheimer & Co. writes, "On 6/27, AMGN reported filing a sBLA for Xgeva for the prevention of bone mets (PBM) in castrate-resistant prostate cancer (PC). We believe...

Based on what happens in Greece overnight and tomorrows FOMC meeting we should be able to determine where to position clients moving forward. Crude held its own but do not read into the big volume jump as it is just the July/August roll over. We are cautiously optimistic thinking yesterdays lows...

The “Golden Cross” is a major bullish technical indicator. It occurs when a stock's 50-day simple moving average crosses above its 200-day simple moving average. The “Golden Cross,” like most technical indicators, should never be used alone, but is a significant event to consider when evaluating a...

Below are the top small-cap gold stocks on the NYSE, the NASDAQ and the AMEX in terms of revenue. The trailing-twelve-month revenue at Northgate Minerals Ltd (AMEX: NXG) is $482.80 million. NXG's PEG ratio is 2.53. The trailing-twelve-month revenue at Golden Star Resources Ltd (AMEX: GSS) is $445...

Dahlman Rose provided color on Paramount Gold and Silver (NYSE: PZG) in a research report published today. Dahlman Rose has previously given Paramount Gold and Silver a Buy rating and $11.14 price target. In the report, Dahlman Rose states, "Continued drilling at the San Miguel project in Mexico...