Author: Willem Weytjens

Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM)’s stock fell below its book value for the first time in nine years, a signal investors consider the BlackBerry maker to be worth less than the net value of its property, patents and other...

Last week, the markets rallied sharply on news that banks were willing to take a 50% haircut on their Greek Bond holdings It was a hell of a party, as many asset classes were joining “Oktoberfest” : Gold, Copper,...

Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ) Chief Executive Officer Meg Whitman, by abandoning a proposal to spin off the company’s market-leading personal-computer unit, took a step toward unwinding the moves that led to her...

In this article, we will have a look at the so called “leverage” effect that mining companies are supposed to have to the underlying metal prices. To explain briefly why mining companies SHOULD have a leverage effect...

These days, a lot is going on in the world. All those events have a big impact on the price of Stocks, commodities, bonds,… Let’s have a look at the major trends in Gold, Silver and Mining stocks. GLD touched the...

Since hitting $1,900 an ounce through the beginning of October, gold has declined nearly 11 percent. Over the same timeframe, the NYSE Arca Gold Miners Index lost almost 13 percent. That’s a closer performance correlation...