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Gold Equities - Thoughts About Perception
14 February 2012
Craton Capital's Markus Bachmann offers his views on the perception of gold equities.
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Craton Capital Precious Metal Fund: Time to Buy
14 December 2011
'Der Fondsanalyst', a reputable German special interest investment publication, recommends starting buying Craton Capital Precious Metal Fund.
Valuations in the gold mining sector are two standard deviations below the historical average, hence even lower than in autumn 2008…
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www.wiwo.de 3 November 2011
3 November 2011
Gold equities are a real bargain, says the reputed mining expert Markus Bachmann…
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The Nordic Region: Investing in cleaner solutions
1 November 2011
The outlook for investing in renewables, and cleantech in general, ought to be optimistic as the world is fighting to stop global warming and other climate issues. Pirkko Juntunen assesses the approaches of Nordic institutions.
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Good opportunities in gold equity sector remain intact
27 September 2011
The recent drop of the gold price was not driven by a change of view regarding the safety of precious metals but due to the demand for market liquidity. Liquidity is on demand and market participants are selling what they have made profit on. Fundamental reasons for a stable gold price remain unchanged, supply and demand determine the gold price again, mid and small cap gold equities are cheap as ever and the valuation gap to the gold price is still in existance, strong balance sheets and high cash flows will stimulate M&A activities.
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FAZ 7th September 2011
7 September 2011
Gold equity funds outperform other sectors... Lipper ranks Craton Capital Precious Metals Fund best in one year performance category.
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€uro Spezial August/September 2011
31 August 2011
Mining equities have not followed the rise in the gold price, thus presenting an excellent investment opportunity.
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Craton Capital is positive for global commodity markets in the second half
13 July 2011
The reporting season starts soon and recent economic data suggests a positive impact on global commodity markets, says Craton Capital, the South African based global resources specialist.
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S&P assigns rating to Craton Capital funds
7 July 2011
S&P Fund Services has assigned ratings to
Craton Capital Precious Metal Fund and
Craton Capital Global Resources Fund.
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Der Fondsreport introduces the Craton Capital RAS Fund
30 June 2011
Der Fondsreport introduces the Craton Capital Renewable, Alternative and Sustainable Resources Fund and talks to fund manager Nathalie Han. The article is in German.
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Visavis Economy: Socially responsible and sustainable investments
30 June 2011
Socially responsible and sustainable investments: the earth is the most precious net asset value. To invest with a good conscience and to generate earnings does not contradict each other. That is Nathalie Han' s aim, fund manager of the Craton Capital Renewable, Alternative and Sustainable Resources Fund. The article is in German.
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Silly Silver Price Needed to Fall, Says Top Commodities Manager
05 May 2011
With the price of silver plummeting in recent days, leading commodities fund manager Markus Bachmann says the pull back is overdue and could provide buying opportunities.
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Craton Capital's Nathalie Han on the resources sector
13 April 2011
Nathalie Han talks about the commodities sector in an interview published by Investment Week.
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The Crisis in Japan and the Impact on the Precious Metal Markets
15 March 2011
Whilst the world and Japan are still coming to terms with the consequences of the earth quake and the following tsunami as well as the risk of a meltdown of nuclear power facilities, global equity and currency markets are starting to reflect concerns and increasing volatility.
We would like to focus our comment on the potential impact of the current situation on precious metals as an asset class as well as on precious metals equities.
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DER AKTIONÄR TV (Part 1): The Outperformer of the Year
9 February 2011
The German investors magazine “DER AKTIONÄR” has identified the outperformers of the year for the seventh time. Only a few fund managers were able to beat their benchmarks in 2010 and they are presented in this TV feature - the Craton Capital Precious Metal Fund was one of them.
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Citywire: The top performers in 2010's top sector: gold and precious metals
7 February 2011
The manager who was head and shoulders above the rest over the year was South African Markus Bachmann of Craton Capital. He returned 87% in 2010 with his Craton Capital Precious Metal Fund.
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Craton Capital comments on the gold market
28 January 2011
In the light of the recent pullback in the price of gold bullion and gold equities, we would like to give our views on whether this marks a structural change in the gold market, or whether it is a correction which offers a good opportunity to enter the sector.
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Craton Capital Global Resources Fund awarded gold medal by Sauren Fondsresearch
24 January 2011
Craton Capital, the specialist manager of funds in the precious metal and natural resources sector, has been awarded a gold medal for its Global Resources Fund by the highly respected German rating agency, Sauren Fondsresearch.
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Mining Journal - Outstanding Achievement Awards 2010: Craton Capital wins the Fund Manager of the Year Award
6 December 2010
Craton Capital has won the Fund Manager of the Year award at the Mining Journal’s “Outstanding Achievement Awards 2010” event, held in London on the 1st December, for the Craton Capital Precious Metal Fund.
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