RAPAPORT... Sotheby's has hired Sam Hines as worldwide head of its watchdivision - the auction house's second senior appointment for its jewelry andtimepiece department in less than two months. Based in Hong Kong, Hines (pictured) will oversee the unit and workwith the existing team on its major sales in Geneva, New York, Hong Kong andLondon, Sotheby's said Monday. He has 20 years of experie...Read More
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2017 was literally the smoothest stretch of highway that US stocks have ever traveled. Rising almost every day and seldom falling hard, they made it virtually impossible for investors to lose money. Here's the Dow Jones Industrial Average over the past two years. Note how unnaturally smooth the recent action was.As a result, measures of volatility (i.e., fear) like the Vix fell to all-time lows. N...Read More
2017 was literally the smoothest stretch of highway that US stocks have ever traveled. Rising almost every day and seldom falling hard, they made it virtually impossible for investors to lose money. Here's the Dow Jones Industrial Average over the past two years. Note how unnaturally smooth the recent action was.As a result, measures of volatility (i.e., fear) like the Vix fell to all-time lows. N...Read More
RAPAPORT... The second edition of the Carat+ diamond trade show will take place at the Antwerp Expo in Belgium from May 6 to 8, organizers said. The international fair focuses on diamonds, loose stones,diamond jewelry and colored gemstones.Last year's expo saw an official visitor count of 2,927 andwon praise from those involved in the show.This year, the show will feature special exhibitions,...Read More
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has released the latest CoT report. What can we learn from it about the gold market?Light and Darkness in the Gold MarketThe epic battle between good and evil. The conflict between light and darkness. We and them. This is how some analysts portray the Commitments of Traders report. Commercials, i.e. bullion banks such as JP Morgan, are of course the bad guy...Read More
Crude oil is starting out strong in 2018 asboth the international Brent benchmark and the West Texas Intermediate continueto book price gains. The gains in crude oil prices this year is riding thewaves of the uptrend in oil prices that began in 2017. Now, the U.S. West TexasIntermediate is trading up around $63.57 per barrel and the Brent crude istrading up around $69.20 per barrel. Commodi...Read More
– JP Morgan continues to accumulate the biggest stockpile of physical silver in history– “JPM now holds more than 133m oz -more than was held by the Hunt Bros” – Butler– Silver hoard owned by JPM has increased from Zero ozs in 2011 to 120m ozs today– Money managers showing more optimism towards silver through record buying– “Near impossibl...Read More
The rebound in the precious metals sectorcontinues. Friday, Gold pushed to another new high, near $1340/oz. Gold stocksled by the HUI Gold Bugs Index and GDX also made a new high with juniors andSilver right behind. The greatest traders say the move comes first and then thereason later. When it comes to Gold we are always analyzing the reason behindthe moves so we can distinguish between reactions...Read More
Jan 22, 2018 Guest(s): Ivan Bebek Executive Chairman, Auryn Resources Gold started off 2018 strong, as is typical for January and February, but one mining executive says the yellow metal may see stronger moves higher.Ivan Bebek, Executive Chairman of Auryn Resources, told Kitco News on the sidelines of the Vancouver Resource Investment Conference that sentiment for gold is currently high, and in...Read More
Jan 22, 2018 Guest(s): Peter Hug Global Trading Director, Kitco Metals Gold has been on an upward slope since the Fed increase, driven by big managers' money rushing into the safe haven as doubts linger around equities, says Peter Hug, director of Global Trading at Kitco Metals."This year, right after the Fed rate increase we've had an upward slope. If we extrapolate out what happened in the pas...Read More
Jan 21, 2018 Guest(s): Brent Cook Exploration Insights Brent Cook of Exploration Insights doesn't prefer one metal over another as long as the company that mines it can be profitable.In an interview with Kitco News on the sidelines of the Vancouver Resource Investment Conference, the investor said that when it comes to mining picks, he is not metal-specific."What we're really looking for is high...Read More