M&A, production cuts fuel hopes markets are near the bottom

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M&A, production cuts fuel hopes markets are near the bottom

Investor hopes were buoyed this week by reports of lithium cuts in China and a uranium export squeeze in Russia, adding to a belief that markets are at, or are close to a bottom....
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As investors approach the pain barrier, the bulls begin to bellow

Hedley Widdup did not forecast a bull market in his upbeat assessment of the investment outlook at this week’s Resources Rising Stars conference, but Leigh Goehring and Adam Rozencwajg certainly did in their evaluation...
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The hot new idea for investors: Buy what China refuses to sell

A mini-boom in antimony has delivered fast profits for speculators but the reason for the boom, tighter Chinese export controls, confirms the development of an important new investment thematic – buy what China won’t...
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Booming gold poised to keep rising as US rate cut looms

A record gold price this week of more than US$2500 an ounce signals ongoing trouble in broader financial markets, but with the U.S. possibly days away from its first cut to official interest rates,...
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Sniffs of a lithium recovery, perhaps, but iron ore is on the nose

It’s still a long road back for lithium if it is to return to its boom days, but first signs are appearing of a recovery as corporate activity accelerates and commodity traders boost their...
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Cash-generating coal winning back friends as battery metals lick their wounds

Gold hit the headlines in Paris and Kalgoorlie this week but the more interesting news for investors was the return of coal as an acceptable top tier commodity after years in the sin bin....
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First and second to gold and silver in the market olympics as war and rate cuts provide tail winds

Gold and silver were the stars on financial markets this week with more to come as interest rate cuts edge ever nearer and a wider war threatens in the Middle East....
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Gina abides by brokers’ adage that a bad market just means more bargains

All investment roads led to the U.S. this week as an overdue sell-off in technology stocks rattled financial markets, adding to a week of political upheaval and growing frustration with the slow pace of...
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Decades of news crammed into a pivotal week for investors

The gold-equities value gap continued to close this week after the metal reached an all-time high but that news was dwarfed by two major events: the Trump assassination attempt and the humbling of Andrew...
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Gold stocks start to close yawning value gap with bullion

A glaring disconnection between the price of gold and the share prices of Australian gold miners started to close this week but remains one of the few obvious buying opportunities in a lacklustre market....