The gold stocks' young upleg is really growing, on a trajectory to become major. This contrarian sector is breaking out to the upside on multiple fronts technically, which is really improving sentiment. Traders' extreme bearishness of late summer has mostly abated, with bullish shoots taking root. Fundamentals certainly justify the mounting gold-stock buying, with earnings set to surge on...Read More
By Jeff DesjardinsWe're only a few days into 2019, but it appears markets have picked up exactly where they left off.There is growing uncertainty and volatility almost everywhere, and individual events are starting to become catalysts for sell-offs or rallies. Whether it's Apple's recent profit warning or Fed chair Jerome Powell saying that he is "listening closely" to the markets, investors are...Read More
By Harris KuppermanFrom time to time, the investment world takes something as accepted wisdom and just runs with it. For whatever reason, investors seem convinced that the US Dollar is destined to go higher. I've heard lots of smart opinions why; interest rate differentials, GDP growth rate differentials, "The Dollar Milkshake Theory," "Prettiest Body in the Morgue" and the "Fear Trade." Over th...Read More
Precious metals markets are off to a strong start in 2019. Gold and silver both closed Thursday at multi-month highs as the stock market reversed sharply to the downside.Investors were disappointed by manufacturing data showing a slowdown in industrial output. They dumped economically sensitive stocks and bid the U.S. dollar lower on foreign currency exchanges. Markets now expect the Federal Res...Read More
By Marin KatusaOn Wednesday, January 2nd, CEO Tim Cook halted Apple stock and stated that the company's earnings would fall well short of analysts' expectations.A key reason behind the revenue miss was slowing Chinese demand.Tim Cook made the shortfall about the "trade wall" but he forgot to mention that iPhones aren't even a top 5 phone in China.Maybe Apple's overpriced products aren't what the...Read More
By Gary TanashianI was going to look around to see if I could find a media article out there (complete with a TA trying to sound really important) that would be appropriate to be made fun of in our little Men Who Stare at Charts series. But then I decided to create my own chart, stare at it a little, post it and talk about it (hopefully not too self-importantly).Introducing an all too busy long-...Read More
- Gold over 6-month high at $1,300 on global slowdown fears- Bullion surges 5% in December and consolidates on gains this week- Gold surges to all time record highs in Australian dollars ($1,871)- Safe haven demand for safe havens as risk assets sold- Apple's poor outlook sees stocks fall; Markets now wagering on Fed rate cut- "2019 is already getting off to a volatile start and we expect to s...Read More
Full Article: End of EmpireBy: W K DarcyAs I previously detailed in 2018, Washington Wall Street (W^2) is coming to the END OF EMPIRE just as Rome, France and Germany (not to mention Britain and a host of other wanna-be "masters of the world") met their demise.Forever wars depleting the treasury, a parasitic aristocracy subjugating and impoverishing the peasants, bread and circuses now ru...Read More
As the great stock market bear market unfolds, Clive says silver is going to continue to perform well. Here's why...by Clive Maund via Streetwise ReportsThe last update was wrong. Silver was expected to drop with the stock market, but instead it held its ground and then broke higher last week. The reasons for this misinterpretation, both for gold and silver, are set out in the latest Gold Market...Read More
Peter KrauthEven just a quick glance at the price of silver is enough to alert any investor that this metal has begun a new rally.As much as gold may have struggled in 2018, silver's performance was even bleaker. After starting out last year at $17, silver would close out 2018 at $15.47, for a sizeable 9% annual loss.However, if we look at silver's action since early November, there's a lot for bu...Read More
PolarX builds bigger, richer Zackly pictureSPONSOREDpolar x limitedBMO analyst Colin Hamilton said in a note there were many questions in the metals market raised by the trend in China of positive fiscal spending statements, but weak consumer-led data points, whichRead More
PolarX builds bigger, richer Zackly pictureSPONSOREDpolar x limitedThe initiative uses a proprietary technology to reprocess old and fresh tailings of Codelco Chile's El Teniente division to recover copper and molybdenum.Read More
Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were generally firmer this morning, Friday January 4, with copper, nickel, zinc and lead up by an average of 0.8% – with copper up by 1.1% at $5,840 per tonne. Aluminium and tin bucked the trend, however, to decline by 0.5% and 0.1% respectively. Volume across the complex has been high – as it has been each trading day this week...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 24 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures are responding to a 2.0% gain by the Shanghai Composite Index. During overnight trading, the Bank of China has added monetary stimulus by cutting bank reserve requirements.Index futures dipped slightly following release of the U.S. December Employment Report. Consensus for...Read More
Jared Atkinson, a PhD student in geophysics and researcher in the Center for Space Resources at Colorado School of Mines, was recently interviewed by NBC News about a study he co-authored on mining water on the moon, for an article about NASA's plans to build a moon-orbiting space station and permanent lunar base. From the article: Scientists know the ice is there, but they aren't sure how much....Read More
Cold water was thrown on the lithium market in 2018, with prices falling and lithium miners' equity prices falling alongside. We at Fastmarkets believe the price weakness has been front-loaded with the market deleveraging into the prospect of two-to-three years of supply surplus.We expect further price weakness in 2019, though not as much as seen in 2018. However, it may take a while for a bullish...Read More
The gold price continued a strong December push, rising 1.9% to US$1,280.40. The Philadelphia Gold and Silver Index rose 1.4% to 69.68 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 2.7% to 23,062.40. The S&P 500 Index rose 2.8% to 2,485.74.Shares of Endeavour Silver rose 7% to US$2.15. To prolong its El Cubo silver mine life, the company announced in December 2018 that it would halve its production ra...Read More
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index rose 4.12% to close the trading week at 552.09, and has continued to rise over the start of 2019. Shares of Novo Resources rose 48 ? to $2.80 after the company announced positive results from mechanical ore-sorting trials on four bulk samples from its Karratha gold project in Australia. The company crushed and screened the samples into concentrates ranging from...Read More
*If the volume isn't working, click the volume icon located in the bottom right hand corner of the video playerHarry Dent is a Fortune 100 consultant, new venture investor, noted speaker, bestselling author, and the founder and senior editor at Dent Research, where he dedicates himself to identifying and studying demographic, technological, and geopolitical trends. He has a free daily newsletter a...Read More
Peter Schiff is an internationally recognized economist specializing in the foreign equity, currency and gold markets. Mr. Schiff made his name as President and Chief Global Strategist of Euro Pacific Capital. He frequently delivers lectures at major economic and investment conferences, and is quoted often in the print media, including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Barron's, BusinessWee...Read More