Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain is the loudest anti-Russia voice in the Republican party. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
Three years ago, Russia-hating Senator John McCain insulted the country’s escape from Soviet Communism by calling it a “gas station masquerading as a country.” His comments were at least partially true. Russia is a commodities economy, and oil and gas dominates the country’s budget. For the past decade, Russia has been trying to move away from its oil dependence. Goldman Sachs thinks they’ve finally done it.
So, sorry Senator…Russia is much more than a gas station.
Earlier this year, in fact, its biggest toy store chain, Detsky Mir, raised $355 million in an initial public offering on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian economy is increasingly becoming self-sufficient and less oil-price dependent, Goldman analysts led by Geydar Mamedov wrote in a report from their Moscow subsidiary dated July 5. Goldman and archrival J.P. Morgan became two of the top three firms with the most M&A deals in Russia so far this year. VTB Capital was also tops.
Top 10 Gold Stocks To Watch Right Now: Pilot Gold Inc (PLGTF)
Advisors’ Opinion:
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Wesdome Gold (OTC:WDOFF) is confirming the potential of its Kiena Deeps discovery with the latest batch of drill results from this venue. Itinerant Musings subscribers who joined us in this trade will be pleased. Treasury Metals (OTC:TSRMF) needs to find more underground ore to justify a construction decision of its Goliath gold project, and it’s doing just that as reported in the latest news release and explained in this article. NuLegacy Gold (OTCQX:NULGF) finally announced results from the twin hole of the Avocado discovery. A detailed discussion will be forthcoming for Itinerant Musings subscribers shortly. Pilot Gold (OTCPK:PLGTF) is making progress at its Goldstrike project in Utah. The latest set of results confirmed the Peg Leg and Covington targets as valid targets for further drilling. Arizona Mining (OTC:WLDVF) is countering controversy by releasing more drill results, and reporting the discovery of Taylor Deeps. The roller coaster continues.
Top 10 Gold Stocks To Watch Right Now: Golden Star Resources Ltd(GSS)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Cameron Saucier]
Golden Star (NYSEMKT: GSS) is a gold mining and exploration company, and operates gold mines in Ghana, West Africa. GSS is up 396% YTD after it announced in July that it had begun pre-commercial production of gold in an underground mine in Ghana. GSS is trading at $0.825 per share on Monday intraday.
Top 10 Gold Stocks To Watch Right Now: NEW GOLD INC.(NGD)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Dan Caplinger]
The stock market lost ground on Monday, sending major market benchmarks lower by more than half a percentage point. The Dow lost its grip on the 20,000 mark in the wake of concerns about economic growth and new U.S. immigration policy, and some believe that the broader geopolitical climate could have a negative impact on global commerce that in turn could start affecting multinational corporations’ business prospects. In addition, bad news from some individual companies weighed on the markets, and Transocean (NYSE:RIG), Rite Aid (NYSE:RAD), and New Gold (NYSEMKT:NGD) were among the worst performers on the day. Below, we’ll look more closely at these stocks to tell you why they did so poorly.
Top 10 Gold Stocks To Watch Right Now: CME Group Inc.(CME)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By David Zeiler]
Bitcoin futures trading started at the CBOE Global Markets Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE) on Dec. 10 and on the much larger CME Group Inc. (Nasdaq: CME) on Dec. 18. Nasdaq Inc. (Nasdaq: NDAQ) plans to begin trading Bitcoin futures in the first half of next year.
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Market Exchanges like the CME Group (Nasdaq: CME) have just started allowing trading in bitcoin futures and could attract an entirely new type of retail user as well as allowing institutional clients access to the bitcoin theme. Exchanges make their money on transactional volume, so a bursting of the bitcoin bubble wouldn’t necessarily mean weakness for shares.
