Investing in dividend stocks pays off
The risk-off trade has not only focused attention on the bond market, but also dividend investing. Since dividends are often associated with defensive strategies, it is no surprise that the desire for...
View ArticleUBS boosts gold outlook
The combination of an improvement in gold fundamentals and global macro-economic concerns has prompted UBS to hike its forecasts for the yellow metal. The investment bank raised its gold forecasts to...
View ArticleIndustrials most likely to increase dividends
Canadian telecoms, utilities and banks have long been the go to sectors for dividend investors in this country, but industrials stocks are poised to become the best growth opportunities for yield...
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Mali coup could put gold miners at risk
For many gold miners, West Africa is proving to be a lot riskier than expected. West Africa has been the single hottest gold mining region in the world over the past few years, receiving billions of...
View ArticleThe home continent advantage — Quantum’s Nebraska niobium resource project...
By Ted Niles That the US imports 100% of its niobium — indeed, that 85% of the world’s niobium is produced by just one Brazilian company — doesn’t inspire panic in the average person. While familiarity...
View ArticleIamgold needs better Q4 to meet guidance
Shares of Iamgold Corp. plunged 16% on Wednesday morning after the Toronto-based miner reported surprisingly weak third quarter sales and lowered its 2013 production guidance. But meeting the 2012...
View ArticleIamgold’s Suriname deal paves way for mine expansion
Iamgold Corp. announced a deal with the Government of Suriname on Monday that establishes future resource development and power costs for the company’s Rosebel gold mine. But the press release didn’t...
View ArticleIamgold shares sink on poor cost guidance
Shares of Iamgold Corp. fell more than 10% on Wednesday after the miner predicted very high costs in its 2013 outlook. Needless to say, analysts are not pleased. Toronto-based Iamgold stuck to its...
View ArticleGold miners: What to expect in Q4 results and 2013
After a year of rising costs and operating issues for many North American gold producers, 2013 will likely see the group attempt to under-promise and over-deliver. With the sector trading at attractive...
View ArticleIamgold’s Rosebel mine expansion approved by Suriname
Canadian gold miner Iamgold Corp said the Suriname parliament on Saturday approved the agreement that the company signed last November with the South American country’s government to expand its Rosebel...
View ArticleIamgold downgraded on growing uncertainty
Iamgold Corp.’s third-quarter earnings, released earlier this week, were solid. But Canaccord Genuity analyst Tony Lesiak is unsure about the company’s overall direction. He cut the stock to hold from...
View ArticleIamgold’s dividend cut a sensible move
Several gold miners cut their dividends over the summer when they released second-quarter results. But one holdout was Iamgold Corp., which surprised many onlookers given its high yield (above 6%) and...
View ArticleMoody’s shifts Iamgold credit outlook to negative
Moody’s Investors Service has placed Iamgold Corp. in its crosshairs, lowering its credit outlook on the Toronto-based miner to negative from stable and warning that it may struggle to control costs...
View ArticleIamgold’s credit rating downgraded after Niobec sale
Iamgold Corp.’s $500-million sale of its Niobec mine will give the company a major liquidity injection. But it still prompted a credit downgrade from Moody’s Investors Service, which is concerned about...
View ArticleS&P cuts Iamgold’s credit rating further into junk territory
Troubled gold miner Iamgold Corp. received another blow on Monday as Standard & Poor’s slashed the company’s credit rating further into junk territory. The credit rating was cut to B from B+. That...
View ArticleIamgold needs better Q4 to meet guidance
Shares of Iamgold Corp. plunged 16% on Wednesday morning after the Toronto-based miner reported surprisingly weak third quarter sales and lowered its 2013 production guidance
View ArticleIamgold's Suriname deal paves way for mine expansion
"Nailing down a tax and power supply regime is the first step in a potential major expansion of the Rosebel mine, which currently produces approximately 400,000 ounces per year and has a relatively...
View ArticleIamgold shares sink on poor cost guidance
Shares of Iamgold Corp. fell more than 10% on Wednesday after the miner predicted very high costs in its 2013 outlook
View ArticleGold miners: What to expect in Q4 results and 2013
After a year of rising costs and operating issues for many North American gold producers, 2013 will likely see the group attempt to under-promise and over-deliver
View ArticleIamgold’s Rosebel mine expansion approved by Suriname
Iamgold Corp said the Suriname parliament approved the agreement that the company signed last November with the South American country’s government to expand its Rosebel mine
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