EUROPEAN GOLDFIELDS $9.97 (Toronto symbol EGU; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (44 (20) 7408 9534; www.egoldfields.com; Shares outstanding: 183.8 million; Market cap: $1.8 billion; No dividends paid) has attracted a number of investments from Qatar Holdings LLC, a division of Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund, to develop its mines.

Qatar Holdings has given European Goldfields a seven-year, $600 million U.S. loan. In addition, Qatar …read more »

Newmont Mining Corp., New York symbol NEM, links future dividend hikes to the price of gold: it will raise the quarterly rate by $0.05 a share for each $100-per-ounce rise in its average selling price for gold in the preceding quarter.

The company has now enhanced this policy. If gold prices exceed $1,700 an ounce, it will raise the quarterly …read more »

NEWMONT MINING $63.01 (New York symbol NEM; Shares outstanding: 501.0 million; Market cap: $30.9 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 1.9%; www.newmont.com) plans to link future dividend hikes to the price of gold: it will raise the quarterly rate by $0.05 a share for each $100-per-ounce rise in its average selling price for gold in the preceding quarter.

The company has …read more »

YAMANA GOLD $15.95 (Toronto symbol YRI; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (416-815-0220; www.yamana.com; Shares outstanding: 745.4 million; Market cap: $12.2 billion; Dividend yield: 0.7%) owns six operating gold mines in Brazil, Chile and Argentina. It also holds a 12.5% stake in the Alumbrera copper/gold mine in Argentina, and has four other properties in advanced stages of development.

In the three months ended June …read more »

IAMGold, symbol IMG on Toronto, owns 38% of the Sadiola mine and 40% of the Yatela mine, both located in Mali; 100% of the Mupane gold mine in Botswana, 90% of the Essakane gold mine in Burkina Faso; 100% of the Doyon mine in Quebec; and 100% of the Rosebel mine in Suriname, South America.

We analyze IAMGold in Stock Pickers …read more »

EBAY INC. $29 (Nasdaq symbol EBAY; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 1.3 billion; Market cap: $37.7 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 3.7; No dividends paid; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.ebay.com) has set up a new section of its online auction site for buying and selling gold and silver coins and bars.

This new service has attracted many gold buyers, due to …read more »

Every Wednesday, we publish our “Investor Toolkit” series on TSI Network. Whether you’re a beginning or experienced investor, these weekly updates are designed to give you specific investment advice, including the best ways to profit in gold investing. Each Investor Toolkit update gives you a fundamental piece of investing strategy, and shows you how you can put it into practice …read more »

NEW GOLD $11.97 (Toronto symbol NGD; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (888-315-9715; www.newgold.com; Shares outstanding: 428.8 million; Market cap: $5.3 billion) has three operating mines: the Mesquite mine in the U.S., the Cerro San Pedro mine in Mexico and the Peak mine in Australia. It also owns 30% of the El Morro copper/gold project in Chile (Goldcorp owns the other 70%) and …read more »

NEWMONT MINING $57.12 (New York symbol NEM; Shares outstanding: 500.4 million; Market cap: $27.4 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 2.1%; www.newmont.com) is one of the world’s largest gold miners. It has major mines in the U.S., Australia and Peru.

In the three months ended June 30, 2011, Newmont earned $1.06 a share before one-time items. That’s up 35.9% from $0.78 …read more »

EUROPEAN GOLDFIELDS $12.57 (Toronto symbol EGU; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (44 (20) 7408 9534; www.egoldfields.com; Shares outstanding: 182.8 million; Market cap: $2.3 billion; No dividends paid) got a big boost recently when Greece’s Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change said it will grant the company a long-delayed permit to build new mines on two of its mineral deposits in Greece.

The …read more »