If you were not paying attention, Platinum began to rally much higher over the past 3+ days – initiating a new breakout rally and pushing well above the $1250 level.  What you may not have noticed with this breakout move is that commodities are hot – and inflation is starting to heat up.  What does that mean for investors/traders?Daily Platinum Chart Shows Clear Breakout Tren...Read More

Peter Krauth, editor of Gold Resource Investor, explains why corporate America is beginning to see gold as a necessary reserve asset. Yellen is Treasury Secretary. Powell is Fed Chair. And Sanders is head of the Senate Budget Committee. Most of the time, it's impossible to tell the future. But there are exceptions. Right now, there's no room left to read between the lines. The goals, and outcome,...Read More

Gold and silver aren’t the only viableplays in the metals space – and they aren’t currently the leaders.On Wednesday, both copperand platinum rallied up to multi-year highs. Rhodium, meanwhile, currentlycommands $21,000 per ounce – yes, per ounce – making it one of the mostvaluable elements on the planet.What’s driving these“energy” metals? Besides o...Read More

After a frenzy of Reddit inducedactivity that captivated everyone, silver painfully gave back what it gained.What’s next for the white metal?As the precious metals’ version of moralhazard, silver tipped over the flowerpot, and left gold to clean up the mess.After silver’s short squeeze mania ended in tears on Feb. 2, the white metalgave back 97% of its squeeze -induced gains. Con...Read More

Stocks keep cooling off at their highs, and calling for acorrection still seems to be many a fool‘s errand. Does it mean all is fine inthe S&P 500 land? Largely, it still is. Such were my yesterday‘s words: (…) It‘s still strong the stock market bull, and standingin its way isn‘t really advisable. With the S&P 500 at new highs, and theanticipated slowdown in...Read More

The Roraima state bill legalizing garimpo prospecting, if signed into law by the governor, could put the Yanomami reserve and other Indigenous territories at greater risk of invasion and COVID-19 infection.Read full newsRead More

Warren Buffett’s recent foray into gold via his purchase of Canadian gold miner Barrick Gold (TSX:ABX)(NYSE:GOLD) was an interesting one, to say the least.Buffett has steered away from gold during his investing career. Only recently has he ventured into Barrick, adding a position last year. However, since this addition last summer, shares are down approximately 25%. Buffett has als...Read More

While many have been procrastinating and waiting for another crash, markets reached record highs. The economic recovery and earnings growth could continue to push TSX stocks higher in 2021. So, if you are sitting on some extra cash, here are three Canadian stocks to invest in for the long term.Maxar TechnologiesThe government and allied companies dominated the space technology domain for years. Ho...Read More

Of all my top picks, perhaps none have performed more poorly than Kirkland Lake Gold (TSX:KL)(NYSE:KL) recently. This Canadian gold miner is having a hard time right now, as investors have moved away from investing in gold. I think there are reasons for this. Accordingly, I’ll discuss why my outlook is still very bullish on Kirkland Lake and why I think investors should buy the dip...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday February 19 that are worth another look.Mexican integrated steelmaker Altos Hornos de M?(C)xico (Ahmsa) said it was able to partially resume operations on February 19 after being forced to stop output at its steel unit...Read More

Copper closed up 4.36% to US$8,946.75 per tonne on the London Metal Exchange.Inventories of copper in warehouses registered with the LME are near 2005 lows at 75,700t, Reuters reported.Copper majors made strong gains and reached one-year highs on Friday.Freeport-McMoRan jumped 9.81% in New York to close at $37.49, having reached a 52-week peak intraday of $37.68.Chile-focused producer Antofagasta...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday February 19 that are worth another look.Mexican integrated steelmaker Altos Hornos de M?(C)xico (Ahmsa) said it was able to partially resume operations on February 19 after being forced to stop output at its steel unit...Read More

Pelangio Exploration Inc. (PX: TSX-V; PGXPF: OTC PINK) is exploring large land packages on world-class gold belts in Ghana and Canada, two of the world's most favorable gold jurisdictions. In Ghana, Pelangio owns three properties: the Manfo Property, which is a camp-sized project and the site of seven near-surface gold discoveries; the Obuasi Property adjacent to AngloGold Ashanti's prolific high-...Read More

Cassiar Gold Corp. (TSX.V: GLDC, OTCQB: CGLCF) is a Canadian gold exploration company, focused on their 100% owned Cassiar Gold Project in British Columbia. The Cassiar Gold Project is a large, advanced-stage, road-accessible, surrounded by great infrastructure, near-surface gold property, with a two-year old NI 43-101-compliant resource estimate of 1M oz at 1.43 g/t Au at the Taurus bulk-tonnage...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday February 19 that are worth another look.Mexican integrated steelmaker Altos Hornos de M?(C)xico (Ahmsa) said it was able to partially resume operations on February 19 after being forced to stop output at its steel unit...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday February 19 that are worth another look.Mexican integrated steelmaker Altos Hornos de M?(C)xico (Ahmsa) said it was able to partially resume operations on February 19 after being forced to stop output at its steel unit...Read More

Greg Hunter of USAWatchdog.com talks to Catherine Austin Fitts, Publisher of The Solari Report, about the financial warfare being waged globally in preparation for the financial reset!!Catherine Austin Fitts is a former Wall Street investment banker, macroeconomic expert and publisher of The Solari Report https://solari.com/.Read More

"You don't have to look any further than the Federal Reserve, the disgusting institution that used to be in the business of bailing out banks on the margins if they had some bad debt they had to bring to the discount window. Now the Fed controls everything. They're even vanquishing viruses." This is the view of our guest this week, Mr. Michael Pento. Join your host, Dennis Tubbergen as he talks wi...Read More

Wolf Richter is the founder of Wolf Street Corp and the publisher of WolfStreet.com. Wolf has over twenty years of C-level operations experience, including turnarounds and a VC-funded startup. He has a BA, MA, and MBA (UT at Austin). In his prior life, he worked in Texas and Oklahoma, including a decade as General Manager and COO of a large Ford dealership and its subsidiaries. Read More

Not one person has been charged with possessing or using a gun inside the Capitol. Further, no one even has been identified as Continue...Read More