RAPAPORT... Sales declined at Hong Kong-based retailer Chow Sang Sang in the first half of 2022, when a fifth coronavirus wave hit consumer spending across greater China.Group revenue slid 7% year on year to HKD 10.09 billion ($1.29 billion) for the six months, the jeweler reported Thursday. Retail sales slipped 1% to HKD 9.67 billion ($1.23 billion). Other revenue, mainly from property inves...Read More
RAPAPORT... India's polished-diamond exports fell 13% year on year in July, according to recent data from the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC). The decline reflects a global market slowdown and an unfavorable comparison with 2021's post-lockdown rebound.India Trade Data for July 2022 Read More
RAPAPORT... It's almost 45 years since a 20-year-old Steven Lagos started a small jewelry-repair business in Philadelphia's Jewelers' Row district.Today, the Lagos jewelry brand is represented in more than 350 retail doors, including some of the most prestigious department stores in the US, such as Neiman Marcus and Bloomingdale's. The company specializes in silver jewelry adorned with natura...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Exports of Swiss watches hit their highest monthly total in almost eight years, amid "very positive" sales.Total foreign sales for July were $2.31bn, up 8.3 per cent on the same month in 2021, according to the the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry. It's the highest monthly result since October 2014.Much of the growth was driven by watches priced for export at o...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Tanzania's diamond revenue slumped by 55 per cent in the second quarter of this year, down from $38.4m to $17.4m.Production was also significantly reduced, from 108,165 carats to 63,973 carats, said the Bank of Tanzania. That's a drop of 41 per cent.Williamson (pictured), the country's only large-scale mine, was put on care and maintenance last year by UK-owners Petr...Read More
(IDEX Online) - The Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC) has updated its Human Rights Due Diligence Toolkit, originally published in 2013.It includes practical step-by-step advice that will help members to meet the requirements of COP 6 Human Rights.The London-based jewelry and watch standards organization says each step includes a practical set of tools, including templates, forms, and checklists...Read More
Liberty and Finance, Released on 8/28/22"I think we've got a much lower U.S. stock market before it's over," says asset manager Adrian Day. He sees the recent stock rally as a bear market rally that is reversing now. As stocks fall again, however, he does not expect metals to follow this time. He expects a reversal in gold, silver, and miners as soon as investors realize the Fed has to stop raisin...Read More
The Mind Unleashed, Released on 8/28/22Two shocking assertions were just made by Congress, but they were buried deep inside a Continue... Congress Just Admitted That UFOs Are Not "Man-Made", Says "Threats" Increasing "Exponentially" added by Herman James on 09/02/2022View all posts by Herman James ?+'Read More
The Greens rental freeze policy proposal defies logic. I am all for seeing things for the other sides perspective but I genuinely don't ...Read More
Shares of Nevada Copper Corp. traded 10% higher after the company reported it has lined up the necessary financing to restart production at its Pumpkin Hollow underground copper mine in Q2/23. The firm's plan calls for production hoisting rates to ramp up to 3,000 tpd in Q3/23 growing to 5,000 tpd in Q4/23.After U.S. financial markets closed for trading yesterday, Vancouver, B.C.-based Nevada Copp...Read More
In light of Silver X Mining Corp.'s significant rise in the price of its stock, expert Clive Maund reviews whether he believes the company is a good Buy.Silver X Mining Corp. (AGX:TSX.V) is looking most attractive here after its reaction back of the past two weeks, which looks like a move to mark out the Right Shoulder low of a rather fine Head-and-Shoulders bottom, which is made more convincing b...Read More
The Jay Martin Show, Released on 8/27/22 (Recorded on 8/23/22)Financial Author and former Wall Street insider Nomi Prins joins the show to give her outlook on the current state of the global economy, financial markets, central bank digital currencies, and much more. Nomi also weighs in on how central bankers continue to manipulate economies to benefit those highest on the economic ladder.00:00 Int...Read More
Wall Street Silver, Released on 8/27/22Lynette Zang joins us today to explain how the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 will worsen everything. Furthermore, we talk about the Feds balance sheet and whether or not a fed pivot will make the price of Gold and Silver go higher.Lynette Zang has held the position of Chief Market Analyst at ITM Trading since 2002. Ms. Zang has been in the markets on some l...Read More
The Hill, Released on 8/27/22"The FBI has provided companies with foreign threat indicators to help them protect their platforms and customers from abuse by foreign malign influence actors,"Continue... FBI admits it routinely violates the First Amendment added by Herman James on 08/27/2022View all posts by Herman James ?+'Read More
Dr. Eli David - Twitter, Released on 8/27/22Germany ???(C)????: Electricity prices have risen 720% (!!!) from the beginning of this year.Get woke, go broke. pic.twitter.com/r5pyemJWHu- Dr. Eli David (@DrEliDavid) August 27, 2022 Germany: Electricity prices have risen 720% from the beginning of this year. Get woke, go broke. added by Herman James on 08/27/2022View all posts by Herman James ?+'Read More
Geopolitics & Empire, Released on 8/27/22Doomberg explains how deep energy scarcity is the root of the chaos we're witnessing today: war, inflation, currency collapse, food riots, social unrest, etc. Oil and gas are on the decline. The resolution of the Western European energy crisis ahead of the winter of 2022-23 is the single biggest geopolitical event in our lifetimes. The EU and Euro are on th...Read More
YouTube/PeterSchiff, Released on 8/27/22 ? Jerome Powell no longer believes the economy will have a soft landing. ? Joe Biden is creating severe moral hazards with student loan forgiveness. ? Most unsold new homes on the market since aftermath of financial crisis. ? Service sector is at its weakest since the depths of covid lockdowns. ? More consumers are relying on savings and debt. ? A Black Mon...Read More
The Post Millennial, Released on 8/27/22The popular account Libs of TikTok has once again been suspended from Twitter for "hateful conduct," as reported Sunday by The Babylon Bee's Seth Dillon.Continue... Libs of TikTok locked out of Twitter for violating rules against 'hateful conduct' added by Herman James on 08/28/2022View all posts by Herman James ?+'Read More
Dr. Eli David - Twitter, Released on 8/27/22Look who's sponsoring the US Open ??? 3/4 , where Djokovic is not welcome: pic.twitter.com/IkiYg6KWCa- Dr. Eli David (@DrEliDavid) August 27, 2022 Look who's sponsoring the US Open where Djokovic is not welcome added by Herman James on 08/29/2022View all posts by Herman James ?+'Read More
Credit Bubble Bulletin (via Dollar Collapse), Released on 8/27/22I appreciate that Jay Powell is no ideologue. His Fed has made some historic missteps, and Continue... Doug Noland: Powell is a good man but he'll be "ruthlessly tarred and feathered" added by Herman James on 08/31/2022View all posts by Herman James ?+'Read More