U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures slipped 2 points in pre-opening trade. European Central Bank announced that it maintained interest rates at current rates.Index futures moved lower following release of the Weekly Jobless Claims report at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus was an increase to 218,000 from 213,000 last week. Actual was 199,000.Canadian Pacific (CP $261.91 C...Read More
Here Are 3 Hot Things to Know About Stocks Right Now The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose after solid earnings from several bellwethers helped to allay growth worries.International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) jumped 8.46% after the technology giant posted adjusted fourth-quarter earnings that beat estimates and issued an outlook for the year that was higher than forecasts.Procter &a...Read More
For many of the world's companies, the best investment opportunities aren't always located within their own domestic borders. Whether it is building a new Starbucks store in Abu Dhabi or Tata Motors acquiring Land Rover, foreign direct investment (FDI) is a measure of how much business capital is flowing in and out of countries. In 2017, total foreign direct investment was $1.43 trillion glo...Read More
Billionaire Sam Zell just announced that he bought gold for the very first time in his life because, as he puts it, "it is a good hedge." In a recent Bloomberg interview, the Equity International founder and creator of the real estate investment trust (REIT) admitted to seeing an opportunity in gold's increasing supply shortage."For the first time in my life, I bought gold because it is a good h...Read More
January 24th, 2019, Vancouver, B.C. - Northern Vertex Mining Corp. (TSX.V: NEE) (OTC Nasdaq Intl.: NHVCF)(the "Company" or "Northern Vertex") is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Geoff Burns to the Company's Board of Directors.Mr. Burns is Chairman of Maverix Metals Inc. ("Maverix"), an emerging precious metals royalty and streaming company he co-founded in 2016. Prior to Maverix...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold making lower highs, Bollinger Bands narrowing:Read More
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:Financial blogger Don Swenson today reports disappointedly on his attendance at the Vancouver Resource Investment conference a few days ago. In commentary headlined "Digital Currencies, Electronic Trading, Robots, and Algorithms! Repeat!" --https://kingdomecon.wordpress.com/2019/01/22/digital-currencies-electron...-- Swenson complains that the conference took no noti...Read More
DaBoyz more than held their own Wednesday, keeping the Dow airborne for six hours even though buying interest was practically nil. This is an achievement of sorts, and it suggests that although upside potential will be limited to whatever the stock market's masters can milk from daily mood swings, there would appear to be little enthusiasm for a hard selloff at the moment. In such circumstances,...Read More
Manila Chan speaks with investigative journalist Ben Swann about Newsguard, now bundled with Microsoft's built-in Edge browser, and how it claims to protect the public from fake news. Read More
The United States has offered to hold discussions on arm control issues with Russia in Beijing next week at a United Nations event, according to a senior State Department official Continue...Read More
With this program, the Canadian company aims to expand the existing resource on its gold oxide deposit. Gold Standard Ventures Corp. (GSV:TSX.V; GSV:NYSE) announced in a news release it restarted stepout and infill drilling on the Dark Star oxide gold deposit in Nevada. "We have discovered several new high-potential targets that will make for another exciting year of exploration on our Railroad-...Read More
A ROTH Capital Partners report highlighted the key points from management's recent presentation to investors. Analyst Jake Sekelsky reported in a Jan. 17 research note the takeaways from Kirkland Lake Gold Inc.'s (KL:TSX; KL:NYSE) Investor Day, held the same day.First, Sekelsky relayed, the company has a potential stock catalyst coming in the announcement of its updated reserves and resources tow...Read More
BY ROBERTROSS : Gold has done well during the latest sell-off in themarkets.But it’s not surprising. Gold has always been seen as asafe haven. When the markets tumble, investors flock into this asset.In the global financial crisis, the S&P 500 plunged55.6% between October 2007 and March 2009: Meanwhile, gold soared 25.4%.The same happened when the dot-com bubble burst in August2000...Read More
For many of the world's companies, the best investment opportunities aren't always located within their own domestic borders. Whether it is building a new Starbucks store in Abu Dhabi or Tata Motors acquiring Land Rover, foreign direct investment (FDI) is a measure of how much business capital is flowing in and out of countries. In 2017, total foreign direct investment was $1.43 trillion glo...Read More
Billionaire Sam Zell just announced that he bought gold for the very first time in his life because, as he puts it, "it is a good hedge." In a recent Bloomberg interview, the Equity International founder and creator of the real estate investment trust (REIT) admitted to seeing an opportunity in gold's increasing supply shortage."For the first time in my life, I bought gold because it is a good h...Read More
January 24th, 2019, Vancouver, B.C. - Northern Vertex Mining Corp. (TSX.V: NEE) (OTC Nasdaq Intl.: NHVCF)(the "Company" or "Northern Vertex") is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Geoff Burns to the Company's Board of Directors.Mr. Burns is Chairman of Maverix Metals Inc. ("Maverix"), an emerging precious metals royalty and streaming company he co-founded in 2016. Prior to Maverix...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold making lower highs, Bollinger Bands narrowing:Read More
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:Financial blogger Don Swenson today reports disappointedly on his attendance at the Vancouver Resource Investment conference a few days ago. In commentary headlined "Digital Currencies, Electronic Trading, Robots, and Algorithms! Repeat!" --https://kingdomecon.wordpress.com/2019/01/22/digital-currencies-electron...-- Swenson complains that the conference took no noti...Read More
DaBoyz more than held their own Wednesday, keeping the Dow airborne for six hours even though buying interest was practically nil. This is an achievement of sorts, and it suggests that although upside potential will be limited to whatever the stock market's masters can milk from daily mood swings, there would appear to be little enthusiasm for a hard selloff at the moment. In such circumstances,...Read More
Is there a more attractive stock to buy right now than China Mobile (CHL)?If there is I’d love to hear about it... seriously!I first wrote about how attractive I thought shares of China Mobile were at the start of October.Since then, the stock has outperformed the S&P 500 by more than 13 percent.But I still think it is a table-pounding buy!Let me lay out my investment case today for Chin...Read More