LONDON – De Beers made steep cuts in the prices of low-quality stones at its sale this week, according to people familiar with the situation.The world’s biggest producer reduced prices as much as 10% for low-quality stones, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the sales are private. It’s the latest sign that the bottom end of the market is in turmoil.Advertise...Read More
You are well aware that the Federal Reserve is raising interest rates. This policy started in December 2015 with Janet Yellen's "liftoff" from zero and has continued through seven more rate hikes in 2016, 2017 and 2018, with another hike expected this December.The cumulative impact is to put the high end of the range for the fed funds rate at 2.5% by year-end. More of the same is widely anticipate...Read More
I'm in Dublin, Ireland, today, where I was honored and humbled to receive a writing award from Trinity College.It's my job to continue pointing out the risks to the financial system that we still face and to try to help people prepare for the next crisis. Of course, central banks are a big part of the problem.If you have defective and obsolete models, you will produce incorrect analysis and bad po...Read More
Based the last few days' headlines you'd never know the world is in year 10 of a pretty good expansion. Check this out:Not terrified of a recession? These stocks hint you should be Cyclical commodities continue to weaken, gold moves in relation Italian banks on verge of new crisis on ?,?400 million hole at Banca Carige China rate-cut chatter becomes louder as growth risks gather "iPhone story is...Read More
Based the last few days' headlines you'd never know the world is in year 10 of a pretty good expansion. Check this out:Not terrified of a recession? These stocks hint you should be Cyclical commodities continue to weaken, gold moves in relation Italian banks on verge of new crisis on ?,?400 million hole at Banca Carige China rate-cut chatter becomes louder as growth risks gather "iPhone story is...Read More
I was one of the few, along with Robert Shiller, predicting that the real estate bubble in the U.S. was getting ready to burst back in late 2005. Home sales had peaked in July 2005.Continue...Read More
The midterm elections in the U.S. are mostly behind us - with the exception of a few recounts - the end result will be more gridlock until at least 2020.How will that affect the junior resource space we speculate in? It means there will be very little the two corrupt parties agree on, with infrastructure being the possible exception.Infrastructure is necessary, brings good-paying jobs to people wh...Read More
Crude Oil and Industrial Metals continue downward. This is significant per this NFTRH monthly chart showing these items and the broad CRB itself having hit trend lines from the 2008 highs. These pullbacks from long-term trend lines are notable and qualify cyclical commodities as risk indicators for the cyclical macro. Here is oil’s weekly view. Key support was lost last week as noted in this...Read More
The recent weakness in Gold and gold mining stocks is not over. In fact, we are worried about another leg down getting underway. If that comes to pass, we are positioned to profit from it. But I digress.Long-term oriented investors and speculators should be aware of the near term trends but they should also be aware of the conditions that will lead to a shift from a bear market to a bull market.He...Read More
This special episode features Rob McEwen, chairman and chief owner of McEwen Mining, in a freewheeling conversation with Northern Miner publisher Anthony Vaccaro, recorded live on the sidelines of Cambridge House's Silver & Gold Summit in San Francisco in late October 2018.Rob and Anthony cover a wide variety of topics, including: gauging management's commitment to a company; the history of inflat...Read More
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Entering Q4 of 2018, Globe 24-7's Luis Valente meets with Ivan Bebek - Executive Chairman and Director of Vancouver-based Auryn Resources Inc. (TSX: AUG, NYSE: AUG) - to discuss Mr. Bebek's outlook on the mining marketplace and his vision for Auryn Resources. Mr. Bebek is optimistic and says that $2,500/oz gold could be a reality in the near future.Auryn Resources pursues world-class discoveries;...Read More
With gold and miners selling off Friday on fears of Fed rate hikes and year-end tax loss selling, many investors fear the decline will continue through December.But recent history shows us the gold and miners market is not so simple at the end of the year:The bottom can and has arrived in mid-November or the first of December, as likely as later in December.When it does, the sudden immediate rally...Read More
The Kambalda gold district in the Goldfields region of Western Australia has recently made world headlines with record size gold nuggets.The Pilbara region of Western Australia has had recent conglomerate style gold discoveries that are reminiscent of the famous Witwatersrand gold reef in South Africa.A look at some of the main gold players in these two exciting regions.With trade wars and the pot...Read More
Is it time to prepare for the next financial crisis?Something strange is going on in the financial system.And according to The Wall Street Journal, it's causing some investors- including the biggest banks in the world- to move massive amounts of money out of the banking system.What exactly is going on?Former hedge fund manager, Dr. Steve Sjuggerud, one of the most widely-followed financial analys...Read More
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How you can transform lagging indicators into leading indicators.For hundreds of years, since the first stock exchange opened its doors, every trader has been looking for an edge... Some way to predict what will happen next... And hopefully collect a fat "paycheck" at the end of the road.From Bollinger bands to momentum oscillators, technical indicators have been at the forefront of this constant...Read More
The recent weakness in Gold and gold mining stocks is not over. In fact, we are worried about another leg down getting underway.If that comes to pass, we are positioned to profit from it. But I digress.Long-term oriented investors and speculators should be aware of the near term trends but they should also be aware of the conditions that will lead to a shift from a bear market to a bull market.Her...Read More