Frank Holmes

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Frank Holmes

Frank Holmes is CEO and chief investment officer of US Global Investors. This first appeared in his Frank Talk blog. For more updates on global investing from Frank and the rest of the US Global Investors team, follow on Twitter at www.twitter.com/USFunds or like on Facebook at www.facebook.com/USFunds. You can also watch exclusive videos on what research overseas has turned up on the US Global YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/USFunds.

US Global Investors, Inc. is an investment management firm specializing in gold, natural resources, emerging markets and global infrastructure opportunities around the world. The company, headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, manages 13 no-load mutual funds in the U.S. Global Investors fund family, as well as funds for international clients.

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  Don't sell in May: Reasons to extend your stay

  By Frank Holmes  |  May 7, 2013

  During the first week of May every year, the maxim “Sell in May and go away” gets taken out, dusted off and powered up as a reason to sell stocks. Here are reasons to leave it in storage this year.

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  A case for owning commodities when no one else is

  By Frank Holmes  |  May 3, 2013

  Sometimes following where money is being invested is a solid course of action to gain alpha; other times, a better opportunity lies in going the opposite direction, i.e., thinking contrarian.

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  Gold buyers get physical as coin and jewelry sales surge

  By Frank Holmes  |  April 22, 2013

  So, even with the gold price dropping, why are gold coins selling at a premium? It’s Economics 101: The coin supply is limited and the demand is high.

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  How a landslide shifts copper supply

  By Frank Holmes  |  April 16, 2013

  The U.S. mining industry was dealt a devastating blow as Kennecott Utah Copper’s Bingham Canyon Mine experienced a pit wall failure causing a massive landslide with rocks and dirt covering the bottom of the mine pit.

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  Every gold coin has two sides

  By Frank Holmes  |  April 9, 2013

  Just as every coin has two sides, every data point that doesn’t meet expectations usually has an upside somewhere. For instance, although the gold price has fallen with the strengthening U.S. dollar, the yellow metal is appreciating in Japanese yen.

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  Why China is tunneling a mind-boggling 800 miles in 2 years

  By Frank Holmes  |  March 20, 2013

  Would it surprise you to discover that China is planning to add 800 miles to its subway system over the next two years? That’s the distance equivalent to building a network from Dallas to Chicago!

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  The Dow and the wisdom of the crowd

  By Frank Holmes  |  March 12, 2013

  Since the Dow hit its March 2009 low, many sage market players followed the stimulative monetary and fiscal policies and invested heavily in equities. Only in retrospect can their bold calls be recognized as wise.

• China is gold's future

  By Frank Holmes  |  April 6, 2010

  Frank Holmes discusses how China's status as a consumer will play an even greater role in the price of gold in the near future.