The price of gold didn’t do much during January; silver price, on the other hand, bounced back from its tumble during December and rose during last month. The little movement in the price of gold on a monthly scale might…
The coal industry has taken a beating in recent years mainly from the environmental lobby and President Obama’s war on coal. The discovery of natural gas in the U.S is supposed to cut the role of coal in the electric…
2012 was a year many leading gold producers would like to forget. Shares of many gold producers haven’t performed well during last year. The stagnation of the price of gold during the year contributed to poor performance of several gold…
During recent weeks the price of oil has rallied. One of the reasons many investors attribute to the recent rise in oil prices is the tensions in Algeria. The colder than anticipated weather in Europe and U.S is also another…
In recent weeks the prices of natural gas has changed direction and declined. The current price is still higher than the price of natural gas during the same time last year. Will natural gas continue to fall and perhaps even…
As many had anticipated the ECB left the Euro interest rate unchanged at 0.75%. In the recent ECB monetary policy meeting Mario Draghi stated there are still challenges the EU will have to face but it may start to show…
The spike in the price of gold between 2008 and 2011 seems to have taken a turn in the past year and a half and slowed down. In 2012 the price of gold rose by only 3.7%. Many investors still…
The weakness of oil and natural gas prices during 2012 have contributed to the little growth of shares of Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM). As we are entering 2013 let’s examine the performance of Exxon in recent years, estimate its…
Precious metals prices resumed their downward trend during December. This downward trend, however, was less related to the movement of the USD or the changes in other commodities prices and was plausibly related to other factors. These factors could include…
The prices of gold and silver haven’t performed well in 2012. Moreover, both gold and silver haven’t increased much in the past couple of years. Is it all over for precious metals? Is the global economy doing much better in…