With the fundamental roadblocks addingup, silver confronts a bearish outlook at nearly every turn.With the FOMC’s hawked-up SEP andPowell’s inflation focus upending several risk assets, rising real interestrates continue to weaken silver’s bull thesis.And with the Fed chief promising more of the same on Sep. 20, higher interest rates and/or a recessionare both bullish f...Read More
Fears of inflation remaining stubbornly high, andinterest rates going higher, rattled financial markets this past week. On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve left its benchmarkfunds rate unchanged as expected. However, Fed chairman Jerome Powell left thedoor open for another hike in the near future. He also suggested rates may needto stay higher for longer than previously expected. By Thursday, invest...Read More
With the fundamental roadblocks addingup, silver confronts a bearish outlook at nearly every turn.With the FOMC’s hawked-up SEP andPowell’s inflation focus upending several risk assets, rising real interestrates continue to weaken silver’s bull thesis.And with the Fed chief promising more of the same on Sep. 20, higher interest rates and/or a recessionare both bullish f...Read More
Fears of inflation remaining stubbornly high, andinterest rates going higher, rattled financial markets this past week. On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve left its benchmarkfunds rate unchanged as expected. However, Fed chairman Jerome Powell left thedoor open for another hike in the near future. He also suggested rates may needto stay higher for longer than previously expected. By Thursday, invest...Read More
With the fundamental roadblocks addingup, silver confronts a bearish outlook at nearly every turn.With the FOMC’s hawked-up SEP andPowell’s inflation focus upending several risk assets, rising real interestrates continue to weaken silver’s bull thesis.And with the Fed chief promising more of the same on Sep. 20, higher interest rates and/or a recessionare both bullish f...Read More
Fears of inflation remaining stubbornly high, andinterest rates going higher, rattled financial markets this past week. On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve left its benchmarkfunds rate unchanged as expected. However, Fed chairman Jerome Powell left thedoor open for another hike in the near future. He also suggested rates may needto stay higher for longer than previously expected. By Thursday, invest...Read More
If you listen to conventional economists, everything’s rosy: Thanks to the expansion of alt-energy like wind and solar, energy is getting cheaper, batteries will power the new global economy, we’re getting smarter.Just look at the rising number of advanced college degrees, wages are finally growing, inflation is trending down, household balance sheets and corporate profits are strong,...Read More
Fabled Copper Corp. announced the results of its first-phase sampling program at its OHM lithium property in Quebec. Why is the company so excited about this soft, silvery metal?Fabled Copper Corp. (FABL:CSE) announced the results of its first-phase sampling program at its OHM lithium property in Quebec, outlining an 8-kilometer by 2-kilometer boulder field with a pegmatite outcropping.Early recon...Read More
Michael Ballanger of GGM Advisory Inc. takes a look at the current state of the gold and silver market to tell you that while gold and silver sentiment is at an all-time low, it may me time to load up.Gold and silver sentiment is at an all-time low time to load up.Over the past forty-five years, I have gone through every imaginable market cycle, including the Stagflation Seventies, the Crash of...Read More
The objectives of the Canadian miner's fresh strategic direction are to improve production and reduce costs, noted a Red Cloud Securities report.Silver X Mining Corp. (AGX:TSX.V) restarted operations at its Nueva Recuperada property in Peru after putting them on hold in July to develop a plan for moving forward, reported Red Cloud Securities mining analyst Timothy Lee in a September 20 research no...Read More
Fed hawkishness hasbeen the rankling thorn in gold’s side for 18 months now. Since the Fed started this monster rate-hikecycle, every material gold and gold-stock selloff has been driven by the threatof more rate hikes. Those boost the US dollar,triggering gold-futures selling. But theFed’s hawkish spell over traders is waning. Gold and the miners weathered this...Read More
Fed hawkishness hasbeen the rankling thorn in gold’s side for 18 months now. Since the Fed started this monster rate-hikecycle, every material gold and gold-stock selloff has been driven by the threatof more rate hikes. Those boost the US dollar,triggering gold-futures selling. But theFed’s hawkish spell over traders is waning. Gold and the miners weathered this...Read More
Fed hawkishness hasbeen the rankling thorn in gold’s side for 18 months now. Since the Fed started this monster rate-hikecycle, every material gold and gold-stock selloff has been driven by the threatof more rate hikes. Those boost the US dollar,triggering gold-futures selling. But theFed’s hawkish spell over traders is waning. Gold and the miners weathered this...Read More
Michael Ballanger of GGM Advisory Inc. explains why he believes copper is about to soar, as well as lithium and uranium, and shares some stocks he believes should be on your radar.To repeat a theme that I will maintain for most of the next seven years (the decade), three components of the electrification movement will need to grow exponentially in order to meet the demand associated with this tran...Read More
Saying the CIA lied about something is redundant. The CIA lies all the time. It's what they do.Denial and deception are among the main tasks of any intelligence agency. When you establish an intelligence community, you should expect nothing less. Still, the National Security Act of 1947 (which created the CIA) made it explicit that the CIA should not spy on Americans.If there were traitors among A...Read More
Fed hawkishness hasbeen the rankling thorn in gold’s side for 18 months now. Since the Fed started this monster rate-hikecycle, every material gold and gold-stock selloff has been driven by the threatof more rate hikes. Those boost the US dollar,triggering gold-futures selling. But theFed’s hawkish spell over traders is waning. Gold and the miners weathered this...Read More
Fed hawkishness hasbeen the rankling thorn in gold’s side for 18 months now. Since the Fed started this monster rate-hikecycle, every material gold and gold-stock selloff has been driven by the threatof more rate hikes. Those boost the US dollar,triggering gold-futures selling. But theFed’s hawkish spell over traders is waning. Gold and the miners weathered this...Read More
Reads a Wall Street Journal headline:"Higher Interest Rates Not Just for Longer, but Maybe Forever."Beneath this headline we are informed that:In their projections and commentary, some [Federal Reserve] officials hint that rates might be higher not just for longer, but forever...This matters to any investor, business or household whose plans depend on interest rates over a decade or longer. It cou...Read More
Stillwater Critical Minerals has an update on drilling in Stillwater West. Read on to see why analysts like this company's stock while demand for critical minerals rises.Stillwater Critical Minerals (PGE:TSX.V; PGEZF:OTCQB; 5D32:FSE) reported through press releases on July 20 and September 12 that resource expansion drilling is now underway on the Stillwater West project. According to the company,...Read More
Greetings from lovely Northern Italy.I hope all's well. Thank you for last week’s fantastic stories and feedback about the IRS piece.I may publish that part of the mailbag later. But right now, I'm unsure if any readers who wrote in would want me to divulge their cases. Again, thanks for writing (and the kind words as well)!Today, I’ll talk about the citizenry rather than the governmen...Read More