Category: Investor’s Corner

The value of gold may be plummeting but many gold stocks are clocking double-digit gains, according to Lawrence Roulston, the editor of the Resource Opportunities newsletter and an expert on mining investments.”It’s definitely a buying opportunity. The fundamentals are strong, and we’re seeing weaknesses in the prices on a short-term basis here,” he says. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Roulston explains why he loves the prospect generator model and why now is the perfect time to snub bullion and cozy up to mining equities.

El valor de las fusiones y adquisiciones de empresas en América Latina alcanzó los 215.088 millones de dólares (157.658 millones de euros) en el 2010, con México y Brasil a la cabeza. La cifra supone un aumento del 102%. Durante los primeros nueve meses del año, la actividad del sector en América Latina representó un 8% de la actividad global, la cuota más alta que ha tenido Latinoamérica en la historia. El negocio más ‘sobresaliente’ fue la consolidación del grupo Slim en la región, a través de la adquisición del Grupo Carso Global por parte de América Móvil.

Impresionante

No encuentro otras palabras para describir el buen momento que vive la economía estatal, luego de que el reporte de su desempeño en el 2010 alcanzara la cifra mágica de 7.7 por ciento y las expectativas se pongan este año que inicia por arriba del 6.4%.

Jan 28, 2011 (SmarTrend(R) Market Surveillance via COMTEX) — Ternium (NYSE:TX) is one of today’s notable stocks in decline, down 0.8% to $39.10. The S&P is currently trading 1% lower to 1,287 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average is trading 0.7% lower to 11,909.

Jan. 28 (Bloomberg) — Codelco, the world’s largest copper producer, sold its stake in a Chilean electricity company controlled by GDF Suez SA for $1.04 billion as part of a plan to raise funds for expansion.

The following is a list of securities that were bearish during the past 30 trading days. The NYSE gained 4.48% during this period but these securities significantly underperformed the index. These stocks made lows during most of the trading sessions in this period:

HL options saw interesting call action Thursday. A total of 5,283 Put and 17,001 Call contracts were traded raising a low Put/Call volume alert with at Put/Call ratio of 0.31, meaning that there were 3.22 Calls traded for each Put contract traded.

Gold may decline for a second day in New York after dropping to the lowest level in almost four months on reduced demand for a protection of wealth.

Newmont Mining Corp (NYSE: NEM) closed Thursday’s trading session at $55.37. In the past year, the stock has hit a 52-week low of $42.80 and 52-week high of $65.50.

It is reported that Strong copper demand from China and other emerging countries, together with steady improvements in North America and Europe, have resulted in a very tight global copper market.