Gold has big year in 2020 and outlook for this year robust. Learn about monetary expansion and gold future prices.Read More
The gold futures price reached US$1,767/ounce this week before retreating, which was the second time it has surpassed US$1,760 in the past two months, marking some of gold's highest levels in several years.Read More
LONDON, 5 March 2025 - The latest Gold Investor Index Deutschland is reported and quoted today by leading German personal finance site Cash-Online.With demand for gold rising in February, says the report, "BullionVault currently manages a record EUR3.8 billion in securely stored gold for 110,000 customers from 175 countries worldwide, 9 in 10 of whom live in Western Europe or North America."Read t...Read More
LONDON, 4 March 2024 - BullionVault's latest Gold Investor Index is featured today by UK private-investing news-and-views site the armchair trader."With the number of new investors rising last month to the highest count since May 2021," says the report, "the total number of people starting or adding to their gold holdings on BullionVault rose 33.6% [in February] from January's figure."Read the ful...Read More
LONDON, 4 March 2025 - Comment from BullionVault is featured today in the latest gold-price report from global news agency Reuters.The report quotes Adrian Ash, director of research at the online precious-metals marketplace.You will find Reuters' full report widely syndicated around the world, including at Gulf Business here:Gold extends gains as safe-haven rush follows Trump's tariff Read More
Trump's economic team continues to signal that hard times are coming.Scott Bessent, Trump's Treasury Secretary, has made a flurry of recent media appearances. And he's setting expectations low.Bessent recently admitted to CNBC that America has "become addicted to government spending, and there's going to be a detox period".A detox period, you say? Hmmm.More recent commentary from Bessent:Could we...Read More
Of greatest interest to us among Donald Trump's long list was his promise to balance the budget."And in the near future, I want to do what has not been done in 24 years: balance the federal budget...We are going to balance it."Many are the minor issues, imbecilities and annoyances of modern American government. But a $36 trillion debt is something else. If we don't stop the smoke; we'll see the fl...Read More
In this video we look at US-Canada overall trade and mineral exports, with the two countries key markets for each other.Read More
In this video we look the valuations of TSXV and TSX large gold, with the former significantly outpacing the latter over the past two ...Read More
Canadian mining shipment growth jumped in H1/24, driven especially by a rise in the price and production of gold, but with ...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 82 points at 8:30 AM EDT.China large cap iShares dropped $0.63 to $36.33 on news that China's Consumer Price Index dropped 0.7% in February.Cracker Barrel added $0.51 to $43.33 after Truest upgraded the stock to Buy.Redfin jumped $4.88 to $10.70 after Rocket Companies offered to buy the company for $12.50 per share. V...Read More
StrikePoint Gold Inc. (SKP:TSX.V; STKXF:OTCQB) starts its infill and expansion drilling program at its Hercules gold project in Nevada's Walker Lane. See why one author says the gold trend has "so much more to give."StrikePoint Gold Inc. (SKP:TSX.V; STKXF:OTCQB) announced the start of its infill and expansion drilling program at its Hercules gold project in Nevada's Walker Lane, which is meant to...Read More
The latest drill results from The Banyan Gold Corp. (BYN:TSX.V) AurMac Project reveal high-grade gold zones and expanded mineralization. An updated resource estimate is on the way, bringing the potential for major growth.Banyan Gold Corp. (BYN:TSX.V) has released a summary of its 2024 diamond drill program results at the AurMac Project in Yukon, Canada. The program, which consisted of 21,000 meter...Read More
Michael Ballanger of GGM Advisory Inc. shares his thoughts on the current state of the market and shares some thoughts after PDAC.One of the most famous investors in Canadian history is Eric Sprott, and that is for a very good reason. Hailing from a middle-class background in the west end of Toronto, Eric is the classic example of a hard-working lad with more than a few wheels applying his skills...Read More
In 2000, Sun Microsystems was one of the hottest stocks in the world.Sun seemed to have everything going for it. They were a leader in computer hardware, and offered cutting-edge software solutions. They were an integral part of the fast-growing internet ecosystem.Shares soared from $5 to $64 at the peak in 2000. The company's market cap reached $200 billion, and the price/sales ratio reached 10x...Read More
Michael Ballanger of GGM Advisory Inc. shares his thoughts on the current state of the market, taking a close look at copper.The U.S. dollar Index futures are lower by 0.43% to 103.505, with the 10-year yield up 0.45% to 4.232% and the 30-year yield up 0.24% to 4.550%.Gold (+0.71), silver (+1.40%), copper (+2.11%), and oil (+1.23%) are all up.The DJIA futures (+0.34%) are up 143.7 points; the S&P...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 66 points at 8:35 AM EST.S&P 500 futures added 22 points following release of the February U.S. Consumer Price Index at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was a 0.3% increase versus a 0.5% gain in January. Actual was a 0.2% gain. Excluding food and energy, February CPI was expected to increase 0.3% versus a 0.4% gain in Januar...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 14 points at 8:30 AM EDT.Delta Airlines dropped $5.61 to $44.72 after offering fiscal first quarter guidance below consensus.Oracle dropped $4.79 to $144.00 after reporting less than consensus fiscal third quarter revenues.LifeMD advanced $0.86 to $5.13 after offering fiscal fourth quarter guidance above consensus.Cien...Read More
Headlines blamed yesterday's crash on Trump. It's the tariffs!But I have a much simpler explanation: U.S. stocks have never been so overvalued. With stocks trading at nosebleed valuations, almost anything could catalyze a crash.Sure, tariffs played a role, but the underlying problem is the bubble itself. American stocks are priced for perfection, so anything less than that is bound to disappoint.I...Read More
Not long ago, I had lunch with someone who currently has over $100 billion (yes, billion with a "b") outstanding on capital projects.Through his contracts and spending power, this guy buys steel by the tens of thousands of tons. Along the way, he moves aluminum and copper markets. Beyond basic metals, he procures train cars filled with machinery, electrical equipment and much else.Indeed, this man...Read More