Robert Shiller is an American economist, academic, and best-selling author. He currently serves as a Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale University and is a fellow at the Yale School of Management's International Center for Finance. Mr. Shiller has been a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) since 1980, was Vice President of the American Economic Association in...Read More
Peter KrauthThe price of gold is starting to catch fire thanks to the stock market's latest struggles.Gold could be in store for a strong 2019, even if stocks recover from their recent dramatic sell-off.Gold wrestled against the dollar between May and November as the DXY rose from 89.5 to 97.5.But just as the dollar index peaked mid-November, gold put in a bottom from which it has risen an impress...Read More
In 2017, every prominent economic forecasting entity was shouting from the rooftops about "synchronized global growth." This was a reference to the fact that not only were certain economies growing, but they were all growing at the same time.Chinese GDP growth had come down but was still substantial at 6.85%. U.S. GDP growth was posting solid gains of 3.0% in the second quarter of 2017 and 2.8% in...Read More
Fed Chair Jay Powell just sent the most powerful signal from the Fed since March 2015. He has pretty much taken a March 2019 rate hike off the table until further notice. At a forum hosted by the American Economic Association in Atlanta last Friday, Powell used the word “patient” to describe the Fed’s approach to the next interest rate hike. When Powell did this, he was...Read More
Fed Chair Jay Powell just sent the most powerful signal from the Fed since March 2015.He has pretty much taken a March 2019 rate hike off the table until further notice. At a forum hosted by the American Economic Association in Atlanta last Friday, Powell used the word "patient" to describe the Fed's approach to the next interest rate hike.When Powell did this, he was reading from a script of prep...Read More
The epoch bond bubble continues to build and become a dagger over the worldwide economy and markets. Wall Street Shills are fond of claiming that Continue...Read More
"The other interesting thing that we're reporting here is that one of the technologies used to injure these American spies and diplomats was some kind of microwave weapon, that is so Continue...Read More
LONDON, 7 January 2019 - Comment and analysis from BullionVault features today in a detailed report on the case for buying gold in 2019 from UK personal finance magazine Money Observer."The physical security that gold offers means it cannot be devalued," the magazine's online article quotes Adrian Ash, director of research at BullionVault. "It is a rare, physical, tangible asset."Gold is [also] de...Read More
At least 30 Afghan villagers searching for gold in a riverbed perished on Sunday in a flash flood in northeastern Badakhshan province, provincial officials said.Read full newsRead More
"Weekly Big News Round-Up. What happened in the Resource sector in the past week? Find out here: https://t.co/ftasMVJoGq #resource #mining #exploration #investing #INN"Read full newsRead More
"@CROP_cse"The project is advancing on schedule and on budget with great thanks to the construction teams who continued working right up until December 24th and are now back on site to ensure success of the farm in 2019."Farm Update https://t.co/GXdF4fstWm$CROP #momentumstocks"Read full newsRead More
Preliminary results from Democratic Republic of Congo's tumultuous presidential election will be delayed past Sunday's deadline, the head of the election commission told Reuters.The commission, known as CENI, had received only 47 percent of vote tally sheets as of Saturday, said its president, Corneille Nangaa, and it was not yet clear when the results would be ready.The delay is the latest setbac...Read More
Global refined copper consumption will register steady growth over the coming years, driven by demand from the power industry, rising electric vehicle (EV) production and a positive global economic growth outlook, a new copper supply and demand outlook by Fitch Solutions shows.Fitch forecasts that global copper demand will increase from 23.6mnt in 2018 to 29 .8mnt by 2027, at 2.6% annual growth.Bu...Read More
Global refined copper consumption will register steady growth over the coming years, driven by demand from the power industry, rising electric vehicle (EV) production and a positive global economic growth outlook, a new copper supply and demand outlook by Fitch Solutions shows.Fitch forecasts that global copper demand will increase from 23.6mnt in 2018 to 29 .8mnt by 2027, at 2.6% annual growth.Bu...Read More
At least 30 Afghans were killed on Sunday when the tunnel they were digging in to mine gold in northern Afghanistan collapsed, officials said.Officials said the victims were villagers who were mining for gold illegally, rather than in a government project."Poor villagers during winters try to compensate their earnings by pursuing illegal mining. They dig tunnels to enter the mines," Nek Mohammad N...Read More
At least 30 Afghans were killed on Sunday when the tunnel they were digging in to mine gold in northern Afghanistan collapsed, officials said.Officials said the victims were villagers who were mining for gold illegally, rather than in a government project."Poor villagers during winters try to compensate their earnings by pursuing illegal mining. They dig tunnels to enter the mines," Nek Mohammad N...Read More
Ecuador, one of the hottest destinations for copper prospectors, aims to more than double the value of mining to its economy by 2021, but projects risks delays and potential halts due to growing local opposition to the extraction of the country's resources.According to the latest report by Fitch Solutions Macro Research, the ongoing expansion of mining exploration in the South American country is...Read More
Ecuador, one of the hottest destinations for copper prospectors, aims to more than double the value of mining to its economy by 2021, but projects risks delays and potential halts due to growing local opposition to the extraction of the country's resources.According to the latest report by Fitch Solutions Macro Research, the ongoing expansion of mining exploration in the South American country is...Read More
Ecuador, one of the hottest destinations for copper prospectors, aims to more than double the value of mining to its economy by 2021, but projects risks delays and potential halts due to growing local opposition to the extraction of the country's resources.According to the latest report by Fitch Solutions Macro Research, the ongoing expansion of mining exploration in the South American country is...Read More
Ecuador, one of the hottest destinations for copper prospectors, aims to more than double the value of mining to its economy by 2021, but projects risks delays and potential halts due to growing local opposition to the extraction of the country's resources.According to the latest report by Fitch Solutions Macro Research, the ongoing expansion of mining exploration in the South American country is...Read More