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Royal Gold Inc.’s (RGLD) share price has entered into oversold territory with a stochastic value of 11.84. Analysts, on average, see the company's earnings for the year ending June 2010 growing by 58.3% to 82 cents per share. The most accurate estimate is even bullish at 87 cents per share. Royal Gold is a Zacks #1 Rank (“Strong Buy") company."RGLD" Free Stock Analysis: Buy? Sell? Hold?Zacks Investment Research

Royal Gold, Inc. acquires and operates precious metals royalties, most of which contain gold and silver deposits. Royal Gold stands out from others in the industry due to its ownership of large portfolios of active, developing and exploration style royalties, located in some of the world’s most prolific gold regions.

The company owns royalty interests in various producing, development, evaluation, and exploration stage projects. The countries in which Royal Gold holds royalty interests includes the United States, Canada, Mexico, Africa, Argentina, Chile, Australia, the Russian Federation, Finland, Columbia, and Central America.

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Emulex Corporation (NYSE:ELX) today announced that it has captured over three percentage points of revenue over its nearest competitor in the total Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter (HBA) market during the second quarter of 2009. Dell’Oro Group has reported Emulex has gained cumulative market share over the last nine months.

ROYAL GOLD, INC. (NASDAQ:RGLD), a leading precious metals royalty company, today announced record royalty revenue of $73.8 million for fiscal 2009 (ended June 30), an 11% increase over revenues of $66.3 million in fiscal 2008. Net

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Retailers will start to release second-quarter results this week, accounting for nearly 10% of the 246 scheduled reports. Dow component Wal-Mart (WMT) will be joined by 15 other members of the S&P 500, including J.C. Penney (JCP), Kohl's (KSS) and Macy's (M).

The Fed will hold a 2-day meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday. No change in interest rates will be made, though the statement should acknowledge that the economy is nearing stabilization.

The bond markets could be volatile, not only because of the Fed meeting, but also because of quarterly refunding. The Treasury Department will auction 3-year, 10-year and 30-year bonds. The offerings should total $75 billion.

Most of the week's economic data will be released after the Fed's meeting, with the exception of the preliminary estimate of Q2 productivity. We'll see the latest industrial production and consumer sentiment numbers on Friday.

Tuesday: Q2 productivity Wednesday: June

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Royal Gold, Inc. (RGLD) is a precious metals royalty company engaged in the acquisition and management of precious metals royalty interests. The company’s portfolio provides investors with a unique opportunity to capture value in the precious metals sector without incurring many of the risks associated with mine operations such as capital costs, operating costs, and environmental liabilities. Royal owns a large portfolio of active, developing and explorations style royalties located in some of the world’s most prolific gold regions.

The company recently announced the closing of its acquisition of the royalty portfolio from Barrick Gold Corporation effective October 1, 2008. Consideration to Barrick for the transaction was approximately $150M net cash and a restructuring of Royal Gold’s royalty positions at Barrick’s Cortez Pipeline Mining Complex in Nevada. The cash portion of the purchase price for the transaction was paid from Royal’s cash on hand, and the agreement

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