I hate it when oil prices crash.It's happened twice in the last decade.The last two major crashes began in the summer of 2008, when WTI prices soared to $146 per barrel, and then again in the summer of 2014, when prices climbed back over $100 per barrel.So when the market watched crude oil prices experience one of their biggest drops in over three years, the panic set in and the bears took control...Read More
Looks like we just hit an inflection point. So far this morning:U.S. new home sales drop to more than 2-1/2-year low(Reuters) – Sales of new U.S. single-family homes tumbled to a more than 2-1/2-year low in October amid sharp declines in all four regions, further evidence that higher mortgage rates were hurting the housing market.The Commerce Department said on Wednesday new home sales dropp...Read More
Superior Gold (TSXV: SGI; US-OTC: SUPGF) recently announced results from a phase two reverse circulation drill program at its Hermes South gold project in Western Australia. The company is trying to expand the existing resource at Hermes South and determine if it could become another open pit mine.Highlights from the program include 3 grams gold over 16 metres from 137 metres downhole, 4.4 grams g...Read More
Imperial filed a lawsuit in the British Columbia Supreme Court in 2016 alleging negligence and breach of contract by both engineering firms Knight Piesold and AMEC, which is now Amec Foster Wheeler, following the August 4, 2014 failure.The company said the lawsuit was settled among all parties, resulting in net payments due to the financially struggling company totalling C$108 million.Imperial sai...Read More
I'm not sure about Santa, but unicorns are real.New research shows the 'Siberian unicorn' walked the Earth with humans as recently as 39,000 years ago.Radiocarbon dating has shown the 8,000-pound animal, which is actually a rhinoceros, was alive and well with humans in Eurasia after the last Ice Age. It was originally thought to have gone extinct as long as 200,000 years ago.Some are arguing the c...Read More
Here Are 3 Hot Things to Know About Stocks Right Now The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed higher Tuesday afternoon, shaking off the latest Trump comment that he expects to press ahead with higher tariffs on China-made goods.Apple Inc. (AAPL) declined 0.4% after Donald Trump hinted at new tariffs on iPhones.United Technologies Inc. (UTX) slid 4% after the industrial...Read More
The Tuesday Market Minute Global stocks drift lower as Trump appears to dismiss chances of a breakthrough on trade talks with China later this week in Argentina.European currencies slide as ECB President Draghi warns on global trade, investors question Theresa May's Brexit deal, sending both the euro and the pound lower against a firming U.S. dollar.Oil prices give back Monday's gains, sending B...Read More
Investing.com - Gold prices dropped on Tuesday in Asia while the dollar also slid. Traders will take cues from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s speech on Wednesday to see which direction the precious metal will go.Gold futures for February delivery on the?EUR?Comex?EUR?division of the New York Mercantile?EUR?Exchange traded 0.05% lower at?EUR?$1,228.2?EUR?a troy ounce by?EUR?10:29 PM...Read More
Bob Moriarty ArchivesNov 28, 2018The US Department of the Interior recently released a list of35 “Critical Minerals” includingtellurium. With China producing over two thirds of the world’s consumption of the metal today certainly the mineral would be in serious shortage should the current trade war between the US and China get even more stupid.I’m not sure exactly what putt...Read More
CloseGain/LossGold $1220.20+$5.20Silver$14.31+$0.17XAU65.52+3.10%HUI147.88+2.90%GDM537.36+2.07%JSE Gold1107.10+1.32USD96.83-0.53Euro113.71+0.76Yen88.13+0.11Oil$50.29-$1.2710-Year3.061%+0.008T-Bond139.625-0.28125Dow25366.43+2.50%Nasdaq7291.59+2.95%S&P2743.78+2.30% The Metals: Gold dropped back to $1211.20 by a little after 9AM EST before it jumped up to $1226.30 in early a...Read More
Looks like we just hit an inflection point. So far this morning:U.S. new home sales drop to more than 2-1/2-year low(Reuters) - Sales of new U.S. single-family homes tumbled to a more than 2-1/2-year low in October amid sharp declines in all four regions, further evidence that higher mortgage rates were hurting the housing market.The Commerce Department said on Wednesday new home sales dropped 8...Read More
Housing and auto sales appear to have hit a wall over the last 8-12 weeks. To be sure, online holiday sales jumped significantly year over year, but brick-n-mortar sales were flat. The problem there: e-commerce is only about 10% of total retail sales. We won't know until January how retail sales fared this holiday season. I know that, away from Wall Street carnival barkers, the retail in...Read More
... GE and GM are both telling us the US economy is in huge troubleby Michael Snyder of The Economic Collapse BlogAmerica's twin economic "generals" are both in very deep trouble.General Electric was founded in 1892, and it was once one of the most powerful corporations on the entire planet. But now it is drowning in so much debt that it may be forced into bankruptcy.General Motors was founded i...Read More
By David SmithGoing forward, there are - and will continue to be - three primary drivers of global physical gold (and silver) demand.During certain times in the past only one or two of these elements provided most of the momentum.However, as we move into 2019, and for possibly the next 5-10 years, all three will be in play. They will operate synergistically to consistently motivate increased pre...Read More
Miles Franklin sponsored this article by Gary Christenson. The opinions are his.Peter Schiff explained "What Happens Next." This article takes his "likely sequence of events" and expands the discussion.His sequence:Bear MarketRecessionDeficits explodeReturn of ZIRP and QEDollar tanksGold [and silver] soarsCPI spikesLong-term rates riseFederal Reserve is forced to hike rates during a recessionA f...Read More
By Avi GilburtAs many of you know, I will often read articles written by others -- along with the comments -- to gauge the overall sentiment of the market from an anecdotal perspective. During one of my recent perusals of articles, I noticed a quote of the following statement by Sir John Templeton:"For 100 years optimists have carried the day in U.S. stocks. Even in the dark 70's, many profess...Read More
Gold, silver and mining stocks declined in a quite visible way yesterday, which is in tune with our previous expectations. In the previous days it was only silver and miners that declined in a meaningful manner, but yesterday gold joined them, making this a sector-wide decline. Is this the groundbreaking decline that we have been writing about for so long? Time will tell, but the earth is alread...Read More
AAPL is struggling to hold above a crucial 'Hidden Pivot' support at $170, but if it gives way expect the broad averages to take another nasty leg down in sympathy. The stock is sufficiently oversold to be primed for a bear rally of perhaps 8-10%. But who would do the buying? Ordinarily, short-covering is the only source of bidding strong enough to excavate a stock from a trough as deep as the o...Read More
Any news of a deal between the USA and China on the trade war front will result in copper, zinc, lead, nickel and aluminum to rise five percent anytime. The Trump-Xi meeting is on Saturday. Before Saturday, all the speculation will move silver and industrial metals. How to trade in invest in 2019The year 2018 is not yet over. Each day till 31st December, a new economic data release or news/spe...Read More
Michael Maloney is a precious metals investment expert and historian. He is the founder and owner of GoldSilver.com, a global leader in gold and silver sales/storage and one of the world's most highly regarded investment education companies. He is author of the highest selling precious metals investment book of all time, Rich Dad's Advisors: Guide to Investing In Gold and Silver. In addition, Mr....Read More