GOLD ANALYSIS

Showdown over El Morro

Tuesday , 16 Mar 2010
Barrick and Goldcorp slug it out over a copper-gold mine, or is it a gold-copper mine?

The evolution of gold

Tuesday , 16 Mar 2010
Record highs in euro and sterling terms are indicative of the yellow metal's broadening appeal as insurance

Global gold hedge book down to just 236 tonnes

Tuesday , 16 Mar 2010
At just under five weeks' world mine production the global hedge book is far cry from its peak of 3,064 tonnes at its peak in 2000

Further currency woes bode well for gold

Tuesday , 16 Mar 2010
The yellow metal is relooking at all time highs in euros but, continues to track largely sideways in dollar terms

McEwen still positive on $2,000 gold this year - and $5,000 ahead

Monday , 15 Mar 2010
In an interview at last week's PDAC, Rob McEwen restated his forecast that gold will hit $2,000 this year and $5,000 longer term.

Big gold has its proponents too

Monday , 15 Mar 2010
Current net cash flow is not the only factor to take into account when considering investing in the gold majors -long-term stability, income and wealth protection can counter short term financials as a reason to stay with them.

ETFs in 2010 - platinum and gold are both winners and losers

Friday , 12 Mar 2010
A brief review of the performance of the major precious metals funds

Four reasons gold will remain firm and strengthen - Blanchard Chair

Thursday , 11 Mar 2010
Blanchard Chairman, Donald Doyle sees numerous reasons that point to gold's nine-year bull run continuing in both the near and long term.

Special report: Are the days of "big gold" over?

Thursday , 11 Mar 2010
As cash pressures mount, gold majors move to mine the markets, which are proving more lucrative than the mining of gold.

Gold ETFs stand to gain as bigger investors look to gold as an alternative currency

Wednesday , 10 Mar 2010
As investors focus more and more on sovereign risk issues so gold stands to gain

Gold guru Lassonde says exploration innovation can lessen threat of peak gold

Wednesday , 10 Mar 2010
Franco-Nevada Chairman Pierre Lassonde does not believe peak gold is imminent. However, innovations in exploration technology are critical to keeping gold mining viable as a sector.

Gold: setting up for its next move to the upside?

Monday , 08 Mar 2010
Expansionary monetary policies, exploding national debt and global currency devaluations, are creating a very favorable scenario for the price of gold.

Gold is the standard!

Saturday , 06 Mar 2010
Midas Letter publisher James West believes gold is the store of value everybody resorts to when times are rough. Interview with The Gold Report.

Will the real Yamana Gold please stand up?

Thursday , 04 Mar 2010
Founded in 2003, Yamana does everything to ignore its blessing of copper, a wonderful cash-generating metal, with demonstrable uses.

Gold good and silver due a big bounce - Brien Lundin

Thursday , 04 Mar 2010
The gold rally that began last fall and drove the yellow metal through $1,200 doesn't seem to be panning out the way the rallies of 2005 and 2007 did says Brien Lundin. He hasn't lost hope but, he is a bit worries about this runs' breakout. Interview with The Gold Report

Gold entering period of rising prices as currencies depreciate

Thursday , 04 Mar 2010
Despite some apparently poor fundamentals, gold could well be set for a further rise this year as investor sentiment remains strong.

The song, dance, bad fever, of gold stocks

Wednesday , 03 Mar 2010
That Barrick name popped up, amid the aroma of a three Windhoek draughts, Africa's finest lager.

For Big Gold, 2009 was a good year

Monday , 01 Mar 2010
With wiped faces, is it time for major gold companies to start focusing on shareholders?

Do we really want $5,000 gold?

Friday , 26 Feb 2010
What does $5,000 gold really mean? Perhaps social chaos and, if so, who really wants that?

Will she won't she? - China's gold dance

Thursday , 25 Feb 2010
First the rumours are that China won't buy the IMF gold, then there are equally strong rumours that it will. If China or India, the other rumoured buyer, don't cough up does it really matter?

Newmont unleashes some old fashioned charm

Thursday , 25 Feb 2010
A relatively scintillating performance for 2009 restores some confidence in the notion that gold miners can produce genuine free cash flows, in this case, USD 1.2bn.

Gold: A picture tells a thousand words

Thursday , 25 Feb 2010
The net long dollar position on Inter continental exchange is 150 times the six-year average; CME Euro is heavily oversold

Listed gold stocks lose their mojo

Wednesday , 24 Feb 2010
Prices are back to year-ago levels, and in some notable cases, to levels first seen in 2003

India again seen as likely buyer of more IMF gold

Wednesday , 24 Feb 2010
With India's gold holdings still lagging other major economies, it is said to be closely watching the gold market for other buying opportunities

Gold shrugs off bearish news and continues to build firm support around US$1100

Monday , 22 Feb 2010
In times of monetary crisis, gold is the best insurance you can have