It's been a rough ride recently for crypto traders.As of this morning, 49 out the largest 50 cryptocurrencies by market cap were in the red over the past 24 hours, according to Coinmarketcap.com.The No. 1 crypto, bitcoin, has dropped over 60% since its meteoric rise to $19,343 in mid-December.As I write, the coin is sitting at $7,360.Fast action, speculation and the dream of striking it rich spurr...Read More
“It's not real money!”My coach was now yelling over the sound of the wind through my helmet and our bike wheels humming on the road...“Can you buy Dunkin Donuts with Bitcoin? How about a new tire for your bike? If you can't buy stuff with it, it's not real money!”For the last two weeks, our triathlon team has had a spirited debate over Bitcoin and whether it's a fad or here...Read More
We have a stock market bubble.That's what former Fed Chair Alan Greenspan told Bloomberg TV last Wednesday during a second day of what turned out to be the beginning of a jarring market pullback.Jim Paulsen sees the possibility of a 15 percent correction. Goldman Sachs said conditions point to a correction of 10% to 20% in the next few months. After Friday's big drop, I suspect more prognosticator...Read More
Exiting 2016, GORO's most promising deposit, the Switchback, had a strike length of 300m and P&P reserves of 203,500 tonnes.Drilling through 2017 and into January of 2018 has tripled the strike length and greatly increased confidence in the continuity and commercial value of the deposit.The idea that the Switchback may be a larger deposit than GORO's cash cow Arista deposit is now very...Read More
Exiting 2016, GORO's most promising deposit, the Switchback, had a strike length of 300m and P&P reserves of 203,500 tonnes.Drilling through 2017 and into January of 2018 has tripled the strike length and greatly increased confidence in the continuity and commercial value of the deposit.The idea that the Switchback may be a larger deposit than GORO's cash cow Arista deposit is now very...Read More
Lloyds joins U.S. banks in prohibiting purchases with cardsValue of the biggest cryptocurrency drops by as much as $1,990Bloomberg's Ed Robinson reports on crashing Bitcoin prices.Bitcoin tumbled for a fifth day, dropping below $7,000 for the first time since November and leading other digital tokens lower, as a backlash by banks and government regulators against the speculative frenzy that drove...Read More
Gold has rallied strongly off the December bottom.However, gold appears to have stalled, and is now at risk of reversing.There are plenty of favorable fundamental factors surrounding gold right now, but are they enough to overcome the headwinds?The bottom line: the gold bull market that started 2 years ago has only just begun.Source: Pocketsense.com The Gold Bull Market Is Just Getting Started SP...Read More
Stewart Thomsonemail: stewart@gracelandupdates.comemail: stewart@gracelandjuniors.comemail:stewart@gutrader.comFeb 6, 2018The appointment of Jerome Powell as new Fed chair is likely the catalyst that ushers in a multi-decade era of rising inflation and soaring gold stocks.I’ve announced a long term target for GDX of $15,000. That really isn’t very high... given the strong inflation num...Read More
CloseGain/LossGold $1321.70-$14.60Silver$16.60-$0.10XAU82.10-1.17%HUI181.87-2.12%GDM620.26-2.27%JSE Gold1193.12-7.05USD89.71+0.11Euro123.77-0.15Yen91.34-0.03Oil$63.39-$0.7610-Year2.802%+0.071T-Bond145.625-0.0625Dow24912.77+2.33%Nasdaq7115.88+2.13%S&P2695.14+1.74% The Metals: Gold gained $9.70 to $1346.00 in early Asian trade and held most of those gains into London, but it then fell back o...Read More
By Frank HolmesMonday's monster stock selloff is exhibit A for why I frequently recommend a 10 percent weighting in gold, with 5 percent in bullion and jewelry, the other 5 percent in high-quality gold stocks, mutual funds and ETFs.What began on Friday after the positive wage growth report extended into Monday, with all major averages dipping into negative territory for the year. The Dow Jones I...Read More
Watch this video: https://youtu.be/98eDtY6BqB4 Mike Maloney gives an update on the recent market volitility.Michael Maloney is a precious metals investment expert and historian. He is the founder and owner of GoldSilver.com, a global leader in gold and silver sales/storage and one of the world's most highly regarded investment education companies. He is author of the highest selling precious metal...Read More
By Ira EpsteinMetals lose "safe haven" bids as stock indices recover.https://www.iraepstein.com/ Read More
Carl Icahn is an American business magnate, investor, activist shareholder, and philanthropist. He is the founder and majority shareholder of Icahn Enterprises, a diversified conglomerate holding company based in New York City.Read More
Vancouver, BC - February 6, 2018: Bonterra Resources Inc. (TSX-V: BTR, US: BONXF, FSE: 9BR1) (the "Company" or "Bonterra") is pleased to announce that the ongoing resource development program at the Gladiator Gold Deposit has extended the North, Footwall and Main Zones by 200 m down plunge to the east. High-grade intersections identified in step-out drilling east of the known mineralization de...Read More
We have seen the initial stage of a bull market in gold and other hard asset commodities which beginning in 2015 has already carried some small to mid cap gold stocks up 800% and more. But the majority of mining and exploration stocks have languished. Yet at the same time experienced shrewd investors have been accumulating the mining shares. The price weakness has offered patient value oriente...Read More
By Dave KranzlerYesterday was amusing. The meat with mouths on the so-called financial networks were crying, "how could this have happened." Funny thing, that. They don't raise the slightest doubt of conviction when the Dow soars 2,676 points in less than two months - 23,940 on November 29th to 26,616 on January 26th. But when the market takes back that move in 6 trading days it's a...Read More
Graceland Updates By Stewart Thomson 1. The appointment of Jerome Powell as new Fed chair is likely the catalyst that ushers in a multi-decade era of rising inflation and soaring gold stocks.2. I've announced a long term target for GDX of $15,000. That really isn't very high... given the strong inflation numbers that I am projecting for America in the years ahead.3. Having s...Read More
By Graham Summers The markets just changed. Few understand what happened to the financial system after 2008. What happened was that the debt based financial system began to implode as debt deflation took hold. The scary thing is that it wasn't even a large amount of debt deflation. Remember the 2008 Crisis? That time when everyone thought the world was literally going to end? It's that small...Read More
On Janet Yellen's last day as Fed boss the markets suffered their worst percentage loss in 20-months. Yesterday, on Jerome Powell's first day as Fed Chairman, the VIX spiked by its largest amount on record and the Dow suffered its largest single day point drop ever (and 100th worst percentage drop in history). Intent on showering us with some logic as prices rain lower, the media tells us th...Read More
- Gold gains 0.6% in USD and surges 1.7% in euros and pounds- European stocks fall more than 3% at the open after sharp falls in Asia- DJIA falls 1,175 points, S&P 500 down 4.1% and Nikkei plummets 4.7%- Gold rises from $1,330 to $1,342, ?942 to ?960 and EUR1,067 to EUR1,085 /oz- Bitcoin crashes another 10% and has now plummeted by 70% to below $6,000- Increased risk aversion will drive safe hav...Read More