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Analyst Articles

This week we review the first-quarter results of the premier consumer Internet and consumer media company. After a rough fourth quarter of 2013 that saw its shares fall sharply (creating an entry opportunity for us), the company's latest results are more encouraging and suggest that it may be on its way to redemption and reaccelerate its growth rate. Read More

Buy to open the iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond (TLT) August 108 call option. Use a limit order to pay no more than $5.20 per contract. My bond indicator is signaling that investors will continue to move money into high-quality debt in the coming weeks, pushing yields lower. We… Read More

A bill before Romania’s Chamber of Deputies to give special legal status to Gabriel Resources’ (GBU.TO, GBRRF) Rosia Montana project (allowing the mine’s development to move ahead) is scheduled for a vote tomorrow. The bill, however, is not expected to garner sufficient votes to pass. If it fails, Gabriel expects… Read More

With the first-quarter earnings season in full swing, this week we take a look at some of our portfolio holdings that announced financial results in recent days. First, however, we'll review this morning’s monthly government jobs report. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) said that the U.S. added 288,000 non-farm… Read More

The Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee is gathering in Washington today for a two-day policy meeting. With the U.S. economy displaying signs of improvement after faltering in January and February we don’t anticipate any deviation from its already well-telegraphed plan to cut quantitative easing plans by an additional $10 billion… Read More

Our market indicators remain neutral at this time, giving us reason to refrain from trading at the moment. As we indicated last week, stocks should remain stuck in a trading range. They should have a hard time advancing from here as profit reports have been good, but not exceptional, and… Read More

Stocks ended the week on a bad note, wiping away the previous four days’ gains. Overall, the S&P 500, the widely followed large-cap stock index, ended the week slightly in the red. Disappointing earnings results from heavyweights like Amazon and Visa and fears that the Ukraine situation may escalate pressured… Read More

Stocks opened today’s trading session on a five-day winning streak. Blue chips have recouped most of this month’s losses and are once again near record highs. The broader market hasn’t made quite as much progress as the blue chips, however. The Russell 2000 index of small caps, for instance, remains… Read More

Last week we debunked the World Gold Council’s forecast of cooling demand for gold from China this year. Yesterday’s news out of the Middle Kingdom supports our contention. Beijing has become the third point of entry for mainland imports of gold, joining Shanghai and Shenzhen. China is a nation of… Read More