ETFS’s Rhind on Platinum Outshining Gold (Audio) + MORE

So Landy also calculates a break even age of around 80 (not 90 as previously). That seems to settle it unless Gerry can show a table that illustrates the ‘effective’ break even (if there is such a thing) is 90.

For many dividend-paying stocks, it appears as if a "great rotation" has begun.

One of the most lucrative investing themes of the past few years may be coming to an end as interest rates start to rise, heightening the relative appeal of fixed-income assets compared with riskier equities…

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Heidelberg Achieves Key Milestone in Financial Year 2012/2013 with Clearly Positive Operating Result Excluding Special Items

Sales up 5 percent at EUR 2.735 billion

EBITDA excluding special items improves to EUR 111 million, with clearly positive EBIT excluding special items of EUR 28 million

Special items and negative financial result lead to net loss for the year

Free cash flow excluding payments for Focus 2012 clearly positive at around EUR 44 million (including Focus 2012: EUR -18 million)

Net debt remains stable at EUR 261 million

Outlook confirmed – net profit is target for financial year 2013/2014

Strategic business areas geared toward long-term profitability

HEIDELBERG, Germany–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (FWB: HDD) has reached a key milestone on its way to long-term profitability by meeting its own forecasts and achieving a clearly positive operating result excluding special items in financial year 2012/2013 (April 1, 2012 to March 31, 2013)…

There’s no doubt the world is seeing its share of trouble right now, from a China slowdown to continued recession in Europe to geopolitical unrest in the Middle East.
But Dan Wiener, the editor behind the Independent Adviser for Vanguard Investors, says folks shouldn’t panic — even if the Dow Jones Industrial Average is seeing 100-point moves fairly regularly in the past few weeks…

Sobeys will buy the operations for $5.7 billion.    

By SA Editor Miriam Metzinger: Stocks discussed on the Lightning Round segment of Jim Cramer’s Mad Money Program, Tuesday June 11.Bullish Calls:
Rentech Nitrogen (RNF): “I like RNF. I like the yield. I like the fertilizer business.”
Opko Health (OPK): “We like that. OPK has been a winner.”
Google (GOOG): “I say you buy Google…

“Is it time to flee dividend stocks?” That’s what many investors are asking me amid the recent rise in bond yields.My answer: Don’t abandon dividend stocks but be selective. I’ve long been advocating that investors searching for yield should look abroad for dividend income, and I continue to stand by that call…

It feels like every news story these days is about the government intruding on our lives. The IRS is out of control. And the NSA can monitor your calls, read your emails and tap into your brain to see what you’re thinking. (Well, not yet. Or can it?)
As most people painfully discover each April, the government wants a big chunk of your money for the privilege of following every move you make…

June 12 (Bloomberg) — William Rhind, managing director at
ETF Securities in New York, discusses the outperformance of
platinum relative to gold as investors redeem shares of
exchange-traded funds, backed by gold. Bloomberg Radio’s
Catherine Cowdery reports on Exchange Traded Funds.