Back in 2104 oil was falling and hundreds of billions of dollars of energy junk bonds and leveraged loans looked to be at risk. Wolf Street had this to say at the time:Oil and Gas Bloodbath Spreads to Junk Bonds, Leveraged Loans. Defaults NextThe price of oil has plunged nearly 40% since June to $65.63, and junk bonds in the US energy sector are getting hammered, after a phenomenal boom that pea...Read More
Crude's price fluctuations are a circus act that I've watched with diminishing interest over the years. It's easy enough to predict short-term swings with sufficient accuracy to make money at it, as Rick's Picks subscribers who traded NYMEX futures and energy ETFs yesterday would be happy to attest. But paying diligent attention to the constant barrage of supply-and-demand spin that drives the b...Read More
Crude oil can rise anytime. Momentum can reverse on value-based buying. I am satisfied with the gold price performance yesterday. It did not nosedive. If gold and silver do not fall today, then there will be short covering and a rise. Any reconciliation between China-USA on the trade war issue will be bullish for copper and industrial metals. Right now everything is mere speculation. Next week...Read More
Peter Schiff is an internationally recognized economist specializing in the foreign equity, currency and gold markets. Mr. Schiff made his name as President and Chief Global Strategist of Euro Pacific Capital. He frequently delivers lectures at major economic and investment conferences, and is quoted often in the print media, including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Barron's, BusinessWee...Read More
Axel Merk is the Founder, President, Portfolio Manager, and CIO at Merk Investments LLC. He is an expert on qualitative research and macroeconomic trends. Mr. Merk is also an expert on macro trends, hard money, international investing, and on building sustainable wealth, and he is a pioneer in the use of strategic currency investing to seek diversification. He is a speaker and author on topics ran...Read More
There are three economic developments currently at play that likely will dramatically impact the global economy and your wealth. Asian-based economist Richard Duncan joins Robert & Kim to reveal these three developments, and more importantly, what you can do to navigate the inevitable disruption that will come from these threats.Robert Kiyosaki is best known as the author of Rich Dad Poor Dad, the...Read More
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A friend who used to work in the Pentagon told me about the end of year budget meetings he had to attend. There, military personnel would Continue...Read More
Due to ample rain, operations may recommence two weeks early. RDM MineHaving now collected and stored enough water, Leagold Mining Corp. (LMC:TSX.V; LMCNF:OTCQX) intends to restart operations at its RDM mine in Brazil on or around Nov. 20, it announced in a news release. The company temporarily curtailed activities there in early October 2018 due to drought. Thanks to the onset of the rainy seaso...Read More
Pan American Silver has a diversified portfolio of mining and exploration assets located throughout Latin America. We are ramping up production Continue...Read More
This company's system, which is portable and nontoxic, affords mining companies cost and time efficiencies. Mineworx Technologies Ltd. (MWX:TSX.V; MWXRF:OTCQB) announced it received a patent for its Mineworx HM X-tract modular process for mining gold. U.S. Patent Number 10/124,345 was granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The company develops and sells nontoxic, precious meta...Read More
Precious metals expert David Morgan fields multiple questions pertaining to silver, gold and the global markets.David Morgan is a world-renown precious metals aficionado. He is the creator of the Silver-Investor.com website and The Morgan Report, a monthly report that covers economic news, overall financial health of the global economy, currency problems and the key reasons for investing in precio...Read More
– Investors in Ireland, the UK and internationally can for the first-time own gold in a secure and liquid way in accredited, professionally managed, fully insured, institutional grade vaults – Secure gold investment in Ireland for first time as global risks intensify and Dublin will compete with London as a favoured gold storage location– Brexit will lik...Read More
CloseGain/LossGold $1211.90+$10.20Silver$14.15+$0.16XAU63.53+2.74%HUI143.45+3.61%GDM522.86+1.78%JSE Gold1080.74-2.00USD96.92-0.27Euro113.20+0.31Yen88.15+0.29Oil$56.25+$0.5610-Year3.122%-0.018T-Bond138.96875+0.375Dow25080.50-0.81%Nasdaq7136.39-0.90%S&P2701.58-0.76% The Metals: Gold traded mostly higher in Asia before it dropped back to $1197.80 in London, but it then shot...Read More
When will people wake up to the fact that investing in gold mining shares is not a good idea?What are the experts seeing and thinking when they talk about the “positive outlook for mining shares”? For the life of me, I just don’t get it.And, as far as gold stocks outperforming gold, well, just forget about it. Below is a chart depicting the XAU-to-gold ratio over the...Read More
Goldand silver investors got a rare bit of good news on the enforcement front lastweek.Atrader from JPMorgan Chase pled guilty to rigging the preciousmetals futures markets.JohnEdmonds admitted to cheating the bank’s clients and plenty of other peoplenaive enough to expect fair treatment on the COMEX and other exchanges. Whilethis is by no means the first time a banker has been caught cheati...Read More
CloseGain/LossGold $1211.90+$10.20Silver$14.15+$0.16XAU63.53+2.74%HUI143.45+3.61%GDM522.86+1.78%JSE Gold1080.74-2.00USD96.92-0.27Euro113.20+0.31Yen88.15+0.29Oil$56.25+$0.5610-Year3.122%-0.018T-Bond138.96875+0.375Dow25080.50-0.81%Nasdaq7136.39-0.90%S&P2701.58-0.76% The Metals: Gold traded mostly higher in Asia before it dropped back to $1197.80 in London, but it then shot...Read More
CloseGain/LossGold $1211.90+$10.20Silver$14.15+$0.16XAU63.53+2.74%HUI143.45+3.61%GDM522.86+1.78%JSE Gold1080.74-2.00USD96.92-0.27Euro113.20+0.31Yen88.15+0.29Oil$56.25+$0.5610-Year3.122%-0.018T-Bond138.96875+0.375Dow25080.50-0.81%Nasdaq7136.39-0.90%S&P2701.58-0.76% The Metals: Gold traded mostly higher in Asia before it dropped back to $1197.80 in London, but it then shot...Read More
By Peter Schiff, Chief Economist and Global Strategist Euro Pacific Capital Currently, some market watchers have begun to openly question whether the bull market in stocks has finally come to an end. They certainly have cause to worry. Valuations are frothy after a record run-up in the last few years. Bond yields across the yield curve are rising sharply, as the Fed Funds Rate breaks into terr...Read More
By Ira EpsteinGold responds to crude oil being lost by day's end. Is there another leg down in oil coming?https://www.iraepstein.com/ Read More