Eric & David Coffin

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• Super Mario

  Published 24 January 2012 | viewed 0 times

  We are extremely comfortable that our prognosticating for 2012 may or may not work out. Which puts us in the same camp as most others.…

• Europe's Red Tape Blues

  Published 25 November 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Plus ça Change..... Another month, another Euro area country in the hot seat... Italy already had issues thanks to the buffoonery of its former Prime…

• Realpolitik

  Published 18 October 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Go Angela! More mayhem, debt downgrades and a bank failure in Europe finally concentrated the minds of EU politicians, something the market has been waiting…

• Tough Love

  Published 29 September 2011 | viewed 0 times

  The market refrain this month could be summed up with the phrase just do something!" Growth continues to be slow and the spectre of debt…

• The Credibility Crash

  Published 01 September 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Things turned hard in the markets since the last issue, and not in a good way. A lot of bad news has been priced into…

• Dumb and Dumber

  Published 12 August 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Europeans came up with a Band-Aid for the Greek crisis, and the markets applauded. Markets were buoyed by the fact the facilities set up for…

• You're Next

  Published 18 July 2011 | viewed 0 times

  The latter part of this editorial contains comments on resources stocks and metals. Notwithstanding those comments, the current situation in Europe will overwhelm everything else…

• What's the Endgame for the Arab Spring?

  Published 27 June 2011 | viewed 0 times

  The many "typical" issues with downside potential that markets have been dealing are still some ways away from sufficient resolution to calm markets. One that…

• Nasty Weather

  Published 30 May 2011 | viewed 0 times

  From the May 2011 Hard Rock Analyst Journal   US equity markets had continued to benefit from export driven bottom line growth, but are now…

• Metals Market Equations Are No Longer Simple

  Published 21 April 2011 | viewed 0 times

  From the April 2011 Hard Rock Analyst Journal   World events continue to signal support for hard assets, but caution is still advised. News in…

• Potash Supply

  Published 24 March 2011 | viewed 0 times

  From the March 2011 Hard Rock Analyst Journal   Cloth-dying and soap-making have employed residue from boiled plant material since ancient times. The plants are…

• The Uncertainty of Crowds

  Published 09 March 2011 | viewed 0 times

  From the February 21, 2011 Hard Rock Analyst Dispatch   With Libyans having joined the movement to overturn aging autocracies the Arab street action has…

• Uncertainty in the Arab Street and Rising Food Costs

  Published 25 February 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Part II - From the February 2011 Hard Rock Analyst Journal Events in Arabia have been sending flutters through the market. Egypt, by far the…

• Opportunity in the Rejuvenation of Canada's Iron Ore Sector

  Published 14 February 2011 | viewed 0 times

  The Iron Ages began over three thousand years ago and a major expansion of iron's use is the earliest of waypoints on the road to…

• Follow Through - Part 1 - Economies and Equities

  Published 25 January 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Preface Comments: As usual, most of the first Journal issue of the year is given over to that annual exercise in masochism known as predictions…

• The Best of Times...

  Published 31 December 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Copper has now traded to at all-time highs in notional terms. On an inflation adjusted basis that puts red metal pricing at the level of…

• Risk On...Risk Off...

  Published 20 December 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Preface Comments: It doesn't matter if you're naughty or nice; Santa has been coming early to resource investors everywhere this year. A somewhat ironic combination…

• SilverCrest Mines (SVL-V)

  Published 24 October 2007 | viewed 3,865 times

  Reprinted With Permission From: HRA Journal HARD ROCK ANALYST JOURNAL • VOLUME 7, NUMBER 10 • OCTOBER 2007 Updated Coverage Third time's the charm? We…