LONDON, 9 January 2024 - The latest annual price forecast made by users of BullionVault responding to the precious-metal marketplace's New Year survey is featured today by leading German newspaper Handelsblatt.Even though the price of gold has risen sharply in 3 of the past 5 years, BullionVault users now expect a near 14% rise from current levels in 2024, says the report."This comes at the upper-...Read More
Gold price has been falling in today’spre-market trading, but… Given the recent (HUGE!) weekly reversal, does itreally surprise anyone?The Historical ContextWell, it might surprise those thateasily forget what happened in the previous weeks and focus on just theday-to-day price swings, but the truth is that the context provided by previousweeks, months, and years (and the performance...Read More
While the yellow metal hit a newrecord high, the silver price remains below its post-pandemic peak. Recession RisksLoom Over SilverWhile gold has dominated the headlines recently,silver and mining stocks have been material underperformers. And with thelatter better barometers of investors’ enthusiasm, their relative weaknessshould concern the permabulls. Likewise, with w...Read More
While looser monetary policy may seembullish in the short term, the medium-term ramifications could upend the yellowmetal.Recession PessimismAheadThe ‘bad news is good news’ tradecontinues to dominate the financial markets, as weaker economic data isperceived as bullish for risk assets. In a nutshell: if the Fed pivots and endsQT, all of investors’ problems will disappear. Howeve...Read More
Silver just shot up, and given whatthe stock market is doing, it makes perfect sense.Namely, it’s most likely the final partof the rally in them both, and the same is the case for gold and mining stocks. Echoing Early 2022Starting with the stock market, it’sstill the case that the shares are following their early-2022 path.What I wrote about it previously, remainsup-to-date:Stockssoare...Read More
Cameco Corp. (CCO:TSX; CCJ:NYSE) — the godfather of the uranium trade — has moved to all-time highs, with the spot price hitting US$80.00/lb. From Trading Economics:"Uranium prices in the U.S. surged past US$80 per pound for the first time since January 2008 in November, soaring past pre-Fukushima disaster levels amid high demand and risks to supply. Fossil fuel volatility and decarbon...Read More
Hi,Gold has long been seen as the refuge for investors who are concerned about economic downturns and inflation. And it's tempting to attribute the metal's price movements to factors like supply and demand, the dollar and interest rates. But Elliott wave analysis shows the actual driver of gold prices is ... market psychology.Elliott wave analysis is the only method that objectifies market psychol...Read More
Gold stocks have mostlyground lower to sideways since spring, leaving this contrarian sector reallyout of favor again. Yet both the metaland its miners’ stocks are early on in their strongest seasonal rallies of theyear. From late October to late February,gold tends to enjoy excellent gains which the gold stocks leverage. Given 2023’s great winter-rally setup, gold&rs...Read More
The Copper/Gold ratio has been indicating an oncoming counter-cyclical environment since breaking down in June, 2022Copper: Cyclical, inflation sensitive and a material of positive economic progress.Gold: Much more counter-cyclical, less inflation sensitive and a ‘liquidity haven’ material of long-term monetary value. I have not posted the monthly chart of the Copper/Gold ratio probabl...Read More
Caught between conflicting forces,will pivot optimism outweigh the economic malaise that should unfold in themonths ahead?A Short-Lived Rally?From war premiums to pivot hopes, silver seessunny skies, as the international and domestic fundamental outlooksincrease investors’ enthusiasm , as the international and domesticfundamental outlooks increase investors’ enthusiasm. However, t...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were mixed this morning. S&P 500 futures were unchanged at 8:35 AM EST.S&P 500 futures recovered 13 points following release of the U.S. December Producer Price Index at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was an increase of 0.1% versus no change in November. Actual was down 0.1%. On a year-over-year basis, consensus was an increase of 1.3% versus a gain of 0.9% in November. A...Read More
The train wasn't scheduled for another 20 minutes, so I had a chance to contemplate the official sign on the door of the huge elevator leading to the platform.It said that only four people are allowed in because we must all practice social distancing. There was a helpful map of the interior of the elevator with stick figures telling people exactly where to stand.Yes, these stickers are still every...Read More
(IDEX Online) - The owners of Ekati, Canada's first diamond mine, say they plan to extend its life by developing its underground operations. Australia-based Burgundy aims to continue operations "towards 2040", it said in a letter to shareholders dated 9 January. The initial mine life was forecast as 2015 when it opened in 1998.It plans to expand underground mining at one of the mine'...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Lucara has announced its first notable recovery of 2024, a 166-ct Type IIa gem.It is the 328th +100-ct diamond since the Karowe mine, in Botswana, began commercial production in 2012.The stone was recovered in the Coarse XRT unit from direct milling of ore sourced from the M/PK(S) unit of the South Lobe.Karowe has also yielded four +1,000-ct diamonds in that time, most recently a 1...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Canadian miner Diamcor says 2024 is a "year of opportunity" after two loss-making years at its Krone-Endora at Venetia project, in South Africa.It suffered net losses of $762,000 in 2023 as it battled power supply issues and $2.4m in 2022, but said in a statement that it had navigated its way through the complex global and industry issues of recent years.Diamcor acquired Krone-Endo...Read More
uranium #nuclear #mining Corey Dias, CEO of Anfield Energy (TSX.V: AEC; OTCQB: ANLDF; FRANKFURT: 0AD), discusses the ...Read More
We caught up with John Florek, President & CEO of Emperor Metals (CSE: AUOZ | OTCQB: EMAUF | FRA: 9NH) to discuss their ...Read More
In this episode of Palisades Gold Radio, we welcome back Lobo Tiggre, author and publisher of theindependentspeculator.com, ...Read More