CloseGain/LossGold $1244.30-$4.10Silver$14.52-$0.11XAU67.40-0.79%HUI154.01+0.05%GDM560.44+0.02%JSE Gold1249.20+48.07USD97.21+0.61Euro113.57-0.53Yen88.34-0.46Oil$51.00-$1.6110-Year2.854%-0.002T-Bond144.0625+0.15625Dow24423.26+0.14%Nasdaq7020.52+0.74%S&P2637.72+0.18% The Metals: Gold saw slight gains in Asia before it fell back to $1243.50 by a little after 8AM EST and then...Read More
Gold COT Report - FuturesLarge SpeculatorsCommercialTotalLongShortSpreadingLongShortLongShort173,019124,01852,329135,067193,316360,415369,663Change from Prior Reporting Period 16,240-30,890-13,215-37,2914,858-34,266-39,247Traders17075725050248174 Small Speculators (C) GoldSeek.com LongShortOpen Interest 39,50430,256399,919 -8,616-3,635-42,882 non reportable positionsC...Read More
By Keith WeinerThe Baby Boom generation may be the first generation to leave less to their children than they inherited. Or to leave nothing at all. We hear lots often from Baby Boomers about the propensities of their children's generation. The millennials don't have good jobs, don't save, don't buy houses in the same proportions as their parents, etc.We have no doubt that attitudes have changed...Read More
By Frank HolmesStrengthsThe best performing metal this week was palladium, up 3.88 percent on very tight physical markets. Dutch bank ABN Amro noted that palladium has overshot and may slide back 20 percent to $1,000. Gold traders and analysts are the most bullish they've been in at least three years on the yellow metal this week, according to Bloomberg's weekly survey. Walter Pehowich, executiv...Read More
TECHNICAL SCOOPCharts and commentary by David ChapmanPhone: 416-523-5454 Email: david@davidchapman.comdchapman@enrichedinvesting.comTwitter: @Davcha12December 10, 2018"If I owe a million dollars, I am lost. But if I owe $50 billion the bankers are lost" Celso Ming (Brazilian journalist, 1942-) "The principles of successful stock speculation are based on the supposition that people will contin...Read More
The 'Everything Bubble' has popped By Chris MartensonNow that the world's central banking cartel is taking a long-overdue pause from printing money and handing it to the wealthy elite, the collection of asset price bubbles nested within the Everything Bubble are starting to burst. The cartel (especially the ECB and the Fed) is hoping it can gently deflate these bubbles it created, but that's...Read More
Index futures were groping for a bottom Sunday night, extending Friday's losses by about a 35% on light volume. DaBoyz will have a chance to exhaust sellers at somewhat lower levels, since the Mini-Dow and the Mini S&P were within easy distance of Hidden Pivot supports that lie, respectively, at 24094 and 2599.25. If neither holds, we'll shift our attention to market bellwether AAPL, which could...Read More
Apart from a 2-week period around the middle of the year, my Gold True Fundamentals Model (GTFM) has been bearish since mid-January 2018. There have been fluctuations along the way, but at no time since mid-January have the true fundamentals* been sustainably-supportive of the gold price. However, significant shifts occurred over the past fortnight and for the first time in quite a while the fun...Read More
CloseGain/LossOn WeekGold$1248.40+$10.10+2.19%Silver$14.63+$0.25+3.25%XAU67.94+2.40%+5.40%HUI153.93+2.58%+6.13%GDM560.05+2.34%+5.32%JSE Gold1201.13-0.09+9.31%USD96.60-0.14-0.61%Euro114.10+0.24+0.80%Yen88.80+0.01+0.67%Oil$52.61+$1.12+3.30%10-Year2.856%-0.031-4.86%Bond143.90625+0.34375+2.27%Dow24388.95-2.24%-4.50%Nasdaq6969.25-3.05%-4.93%S&P2633.08-2.33%-4.60%Weekly Performance (Source: GoldSeek...Read More
CloseGain/LossGold $1244.30-$4.10Silver$14.52-$0.11XAU67.40-0.79%HUI154.01+0.05%GDM560.44+0.02%JSE Gold1249.20+48.07USD97.21+0.61Euro113.57-0.53Yen88.34-0.46Oil$51.00-$1.6110-Year2.854%-0.002T-Bond144.0625+0.15625Dow24423.26+0.14%Nasdaq7020.52+0.74%S&P2637.72+0.18% The Metals: Gold saw slight gains in Asia before it fell back to $1243.50 by a little after 8AM EST and then...Read More
Peter KrauthLast week might've been a short trading week, but it was packed with the sort of financial news that sends the price of gold higher.This latest gold rally pushed the metal to a fresh five-month high and close to a new breakout level.Of course, the G-20 summit in Buenos Aires provided an early boost for gold prices, as the United States and China agreed to a 90-day truce with no new tar...Read More
RAPAPORT... Alrosa noted an improvement in demand for lower-value roughin November, even as total diamond sales dropped. Proceeds slid 18% year on year to $274 million for themonth, the miner said Monday. However, sales value and volume were higher thanin October, which "may be indicative of strengthening demand for low-cost,small-sized rough diamonds, which has been declining over the past few mo...Read More
RAPAPORT... Signet Jewelers has launched a brick-and-mortar conceptstore for its e-commerce brand James Allen. The store, which opened on Friday in the Georgetown area ofWashington, D.C., will feature an immersive gallery experience aimed at thebrand's younger consumer base, the retailer said last week. "We're excited to continue executing Signet's customer-first,omni-channel stra...Read More
RAPAPORT... A Bulgari necklace fetched $200,000 at Phillips auctionhouse's first New York sale, exceeding its presale estimate of $120,000 to$180,000. The piece includes 39.35 carats of oval-shaped rubiesand 6 carats of round brilliant-cut diamonds. It was the top-selling lot at theauction, which earned $2.4 million overall, Phillips said. A ring featuring an emerald-cut, 4.91-carat, faint-pi...Read More
RAPAPORT... Dominion Diamond Mines CEO Patrick Evans has resigned withimmediate effect after a year at the company, the miner confirmed to RapaportNews Sunday. Evans joined the Canada-based producer in November 2017 afterits $1.2 billion acquisition by Washington Companies. Prior to that, he was CEOof Mountain Province for 12 years. Shane Durgin, Dominion's chief operating officer, will take...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Lucapa Diamond Company says that diamonds from the Lulo mine in Angola will feature in an historic inaugural international tender under Angola's new diamond marketing laws recently approved by the President of Angola, Joao Lourenco, and the country's Council of Ministers. Sociedade Mineira Do Lulo, of which Lucapa is a partner, will showcase and sell seven large and exc...Read More
LONDON – Dominion Diamond CEO Patrick Evans has left the company, marking at least the third high-profile departure in less than a year at the Canadian miner, which is owned by billionaire Dennis Washington.Evans confirmed that he departed on December 5. Shane Durgin, who was COO, took over as CEO effective December 7, Evans said in a telephone interview Sunday. Evans said he plans to stay o...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Petra Diamonds Limited is selling off its interest in Helam Mining (Pty) Ltd in South Africa to Lindleys Mining (Pty) Ltd for a nominal consideration ZAR200 ($14) with immediate effect. Petra put the Helam mine on care on maintenance during FY 2015 following previous attempts to find a suitable purchaser, and no mining activities have been conducted by Petra since then. &nbs...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Stornoway Diamond Corporation said that the remaining tranches of financing announced on October 2 have been completed or approved for completion. A $10 million private placement with Ressources Qu?(C)bec Inc. acting as agent for the government of Qu?(C)bec, was completed on December 7. A 2-year deferral of principal payments on the Renard Mine Road Loan was authori...Read More
PERTH (miningweekly.com) – A 78 ct white diamond has been recovered from the Mothae diamond mine, in Lesotho.ASX-listed Lucapa Diamond Company on Monday reported that the large diamond was recovered through the new 1.1-million-tonne-a-year treatment plant, where commercial production was declared earlier this month.Advertisement“We are extremely delighted to have started our commercial...Read More