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Sell Kinross Gold (KGC)

A rising tide lifts all ships, true. But not all to the same extent. The huge rally in gold to new historic highs day after day has largely left Kinross Gold (KGC) behind. True, the stock is up 9% as of the close on November 11 from its recent low at $18. But in that...

Update Kinross Gold (KGC)

A good second quarter from Kinross Gold (KGC)–considering the uncertainties of the mining business where anything from an ore body running a lower grade than expected to floods to civil war can disrupt production. Earnings of 12 cents a share for the second...

Update Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold FCX

At least they were honest. Executives at Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX) told Wall Street on July 21 that they weren’t seeing any signs of a recovery in developed economies that would lead the company to restart its idled U.S. copper mines. So where...

Inflation is coming no doubt but later than you'd think

To make money off inflation you need to get both the direction and the timing right. Get the direction wrong—buy gold, on a bet that inflation is climbing when inflation is actually falling, for example—and you lose money. Get the timing wrong—buy gold, again on a bet...