Eric Sprott

Sprott Asset Management, the firm run by noted precious metals bull Eric Sprott, plans to add to its offerings of exchange-traded products by introducing an ETF backed by physical holdings of platinum and palladium. The firm announced the plans in a recent filing. The filing said the new ETF will...

Eric Sprott – A Bold Gold Man

Eric Sprott, CEO of Sprott Asset Management and a major player in the precious metals markets, has made some huge bets on specific gold and silver miners, most of which have already paid off in a big way. In fact, assets under management at Sprott, Inc. were $9.7 billion at the end of Q1 2011...

Only the central banks can answer that one. But if Eric Sprott's assumption is correct, they might have more to do with the price than meets the eye. "One of my ongoing assumptions when I first got involved in precious metals in 2000 is that certainly central banks want to keep the price of metals...

Benzinga recently caught up with Eric Sprott, CEO of Sprott Asset Management. Sprott is a long-time proponent of owning both gold and silver. He spoke with us about his outlook for the metals and his thoughts on the gold-to-silver price ratio. We also discussed how he's handling the current...

Canadian fund manager Eric Sprott appeared on Yahoo Finance's Breakout segment today with Matt Nesto and Jeff Macke to talk about how he is positioned in his hedge funds. He said that the major problem that he sees right now is the leverage in the banking system, which was exactly what brought Wall...

In an article on TheStreet.com, Eric Sprott, founder of Sprott Asset Management, who has been an outspoken gold bull since 2000, addressed several issues related to the stock market and the precious metal. On being one of the staunchest supporters of gold and the current trend of gold prices “I don...

According to an article on Business Insider, Barton Biggs, former chief global strategist at Morgan Stanley, is optimistic about the future of the stock market. He says, “I think [stocks are] going to stabilize in this general area, and then we’re going to have a significant move to the upside.”...

Eric Sprott appeared on CNBC this afternoon to talk to Maria Bartiromeo about the markets. He said that he has not bought into the market at these levels and has missed much of the rally. He said that he is still concerned about leverage in the banking system. The interview, and a look at Sprott's...

Reflecting the current environment of widely divergent market opinions, Toronto hedge fund manager Eric Sprott is predicting the S&P 500 will fall below its March low of 676.53. In an interview with Bloomberg, Sprott said, “We’re in a bear market that will last 15 or 20 years, and we’ve had...