Institute for Political Economy, Released on 4/4/23The arrest of Trump has the single purpose of establishing for all time that the American Elite who rule will not tolerate a President who represents the people and not themselves. Continue... Paul Craig Roberts: What Trump's Indictment Means added by Herman James on 04/04/2023View all posts by Herman James ?+'Read More

Armstrong Economics, Released on 4/4/23 The major oil exporters are now aligning and cutting out the US as their middleman.Continue... Armstrong: The End of the Petrodollar? added by Herman James on 04/04/2023View all posts by Herman James ?+'Read More

Peter Schiff - Twitter, Released on 4/4/23The U.S. #economy has never been poised on the brink of a financial and economic cliff nearly as ominous as the one it's perched on now. Yet despite being the architect of this precarious position, the #Fed remains clueless to the impeding crisis its own policies made inevitable.- Peter Schiff (@PeterSchiff) April 4, 2023 Peter Schiff is an internation...Read More

CNBC, Released on 4/4/23"As I write this letter, the current crisis is not yet over, and even when it is behind us, there will be repercussions from it for years to come," the longtime CEO said in his annual letter to shareholders Tuesday. Continue... Dimon says banking crisis not over and will cause 'repercussions for years' added by Herman James on 04/04/2023View all posts by Herman James ?+'Read More

Yahoo Finance, Released on 4/4/23"The Fed indicated no intention to cut interest rates this year, yet risk assets are exhibiting an unprecedented rally, with European stocks trading near all-time highs and US stocks recovering recent losses,"Continue... JPMorgan Warns Stocks Are in 'Calm Before the Storm' added by Herman James on 04/04/2023View all posts by Herman James ?+'Read More

CNBC, Released on 4/4/23"Finland's membership is not targeted against anyone. Nor does it change the foundations or objectives of Finland's foreign and security policy," Finnish President Sauli Niinisto said in a Continue... Finland officially becomes a member of NATO, doubling the military alliance's border with Russia added by Herman James on 04/04/2023View all posts by Herman James ?+'Read More

Rob Kientz | Gold Silver Pros - Twitter, Released on 4/4/23Don't look now, but #gold is approaching its all time high as #silver cracks resistance at $24.50. The #BankCrash, #unemployment, and #inflation are causing the metals to wake up. Let's go! pic.twitter.com/OrS3PkevVi- Rob Kientz | Gold Silver Pros (@goldsilver_pros) April 4, 2023 Gold is approaching its all time high added by Herma...Read More

Watcher.Guru, Released on 4/4/23Malaysia's Prime Minister, Anwar Ibrahim, said today that there is no reason to continue Continue... Malaysia Prime Minister Says There's No Reason To Continue to Depend on the US Dollar added by Herman James on 04/04/2023View all posts by Herman James ?+'Read More

Video Series: Mining Journal speaks with Sheila KhamaSPONSOREDsaudi ministry of industry and mineral resourcesCanada Nickel eyes feasibility study for CrawfordSPONSOREDcanada nickelGoviEx edges closer to productionSPONSOREDgoviex uraniumGreat Southern peaking under the coverSPONSOREDgreat southern miningFew companies, however, evaluate both the cost and risk of different financing methods in tande...Read More

The company said its interpretation is that the drill results are the first intercepts into the edges of a major new copper-gold system midway between its Los Helados porphyry copper-gold deposit 9kmRead More

Two-time Vale president Eliezer Batista diesLeadershipLook beyond market approach to project valuations: van ZylLeadershipGreat Southern peaking under the coverSPONSOREDgreat southern miningGoviEx edges closer to productionSPONSOREDgoviex uranium Technical and feasibility studies continue, as do offtake discussions with European battery makers.Read More

Video Series: Mining Journal speaks with Sheila KhamaSPONSOREDsaudi ministry of industry and mineral resourcesCanada Nickel eyes feasibility study for CrawfordSPONSOREDcanada nickelGoviEx edges closer to productionSPONSOREDgoviex uraniumGreat Southern peaking under the coverSPONSOREDgreat southern mining"Our increasing output is timely with a demand supply gap forecast over the next year and we ar...Read More

Video Series: Mining Journal speaks with Sheila KhamaSPONSOREDsaudi ministry of industry and mineral resourcesCanada Nickel eyes feasibility study for CrawfordSPONSOREDcanada nickelGoviEx edges closer to productionSPONSOREDgoviex uraniumGreat Southern peaking under the coverSPONSOREDgreat southern miningThe knock-on 8% rise in the price of Brent will reinforce the hawkish stance of central banks e...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Watch and jewelry sales in the US were down for a fifth consecutive month in February, amid ongoing fears of a recession and financial crisis. They fell 3.0 per cent year-on-year, according to the US Department of Commerce. In January sales dropped by just 0.3 per cent, a figure that was originally reported as 2.1 per cent but which has now been revised up based on actual rather th...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Jaeger LeCoultre has reworked its iconic Reverso "secret watch" design into a high jewelry necklace set with 3,000 diamonds.The pink gold Art Deco piece was unveiled last week at the Watches & Wonders 2023 salon in Geneva.It has the swivelling Reverso movement that has featured in watches, bracelets, brooches, handbag clips pendants since 1931.That was the year watchmaker Jacqu...Read More

(IDEX Online) - One of Patek Philippe's rarest watches has broken the record for the highest price paid in an online auction.The Sky Moon Tourbillon, with a blue handmade enamel dial and white gold hand-carved case, sold for $5.8m at Christie's Hong Kong.It is one of the most sophisticated timepieces ever created, with functions that include a cathedral minute repeating, tourbillon, perp...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Edward Asscher, outgoing president of the World Diamond Council, defended the Kimberley Process and addressed the "white elephant" of Russian sanctions at the World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) Congress in Israel."Today, through the KP and the work that we all do, I am convinced that 99.9 percent of all diamonds in the global marketplace are conflict free," he said."Is the...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Polished diamond prices tumbled 17.3 per cent year-on-year in March. Such a dramatic fall shows how dependent the market has become on world events. This kind of volatility was unknown in the days when De Beers cornered the market and insulated prices.It controlled 90 per cent of the diamond market in the late 1980s and fluctuations were mostly limited to single digits. Then Russia...Read More

U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 12 points at 8:30 AM EDT.Oneok added $0.55 to $65.61 after Citigroup upgraded the stock from Neutral to Buy.ServiceNow added $$12.52 to $477.01 after Baird upgraded the stock from Neutral to Outperform.Charter Communications dropped $3.24 to $352.97 after KeyBanc downgraded the stock from Overweight to Sector Weight.Co...Read More

Let's step back from today's banking financial crisis and look at the bigger picture. That will help us to understand the system dynamics, and estimate how long the crisis might last, and how destructive it might be.As a preliminary matter, let's distinguish between a recession (even a bad one) and a financial crisis. They're different.A recession is a part of the business cycle. It involves some...Read More