RAPAPORT... With the US imposing sanctions on Alrosa and other Russian entities, there is rising concern about the impact on the diamond market, considering the vast rough supplies from the country. The following is a resource center to help the trade gain clarity on the crisis and its effects on the industry. Rapaport Trade AlertUS Department of the Treasury announces sanctions against Russi...Read More
RAPAPORT... Douglas Hucker has left his position as CEO of the American Gem Trade Association (AGTA) after 24 years.During his time with the organization, Hucker upped AGTA's focus on education and key issues such as treatment disclosure and the origin of gemstones, the AGTA said last week. He also formed affiliations with other industry groups, including the World Jewellery Confederation (CIBJO),...Read More
RAPAPORT... Hong Kong's hard-luxury market saw its weakest growth in a year as the government implemented stronger limitations on business operations during the fifth wave of Covid-19.Revenue from jewelry, watches, clocks and valuable gifts rose 7% year on year to HKD 3.61 billion ($462.7 million) in January, the municipality's Census and Statistics Department reported last week. After the categor...Read More
RAPAPORT... Alrosa has left the Natural Diamond Council (NDC) amid the fallout from Russia's invasion of Ukraine."The board of directors of the [NDC] has today received Alrosa's decision to suspend its membership," the council said in a statement Friday. "In suspending its membership, Alrosa has stepped down from the board and will cease all financial contributions."The NDC carries out catego...Read More
This month, the Fed is expected to hike interest rates. Contrary to popular belief, the tightening doesn't have to be adverse for gold. What does history show?March 2022 – the Fed is supposed to end its quantitative easing and hike the federal funds rate for the first time during recovery from a pandemic crisis . After the liftoff, the Fed will probably also start reducing the size of its ma...Read More
LONDON, 6 March 2022 - BullionVault is highlighted today as a secure, low-cost way to invest in physical gold by the Mail on Sunday, the UK's best-selling Sunday paper."Investors should treat gold as an insurance policy against terrible events and stock market falls," the double-page spread also quotes BullionVault director of research Adrian Ash."The ideal time to invest is before a crisis happen...Read More
This month, the Fed is expected to hike interest rates. Contrary to popular belief, the tightening doesn't have to be adverse for gold. What does history show?March 2022 – the Fed is supposed to end its quantitative easing and hike the federal funds rate for the first time during recovery from a pandemic crisis . After the liftoff, the Fed will probably also start reducing the size of its ma...Read More
Find out what silver investors should know...David Smith with Chris Marcus of Arcadia EconomicsAlong with David Smith of The Morgan Report (partners with Silver Legend David Morgan), we talked about the Silver State of the Union.We discuss the latest events in the silver market, how the Russian/Ukraine situation will affect the market, whether the bankers are out of time, and how someone is going...Read More
When I was 17, I cashed out my first stock investment for a 420% gain, netting me roughly $9,000 in profits. This was all on top of being in the top 10% of my graduating class and lettering multiple times as a top multi-sport varsity athlete.Simply put, when I was 17, it was a very good year. It was also the peak of the tech boom... Which is how I cashed out my first 420% gain in the markets an...Read More
Alt-Market, Released on 3/4/22In early 2021 at the height of media generated covid fear the World Economic Forum released a series of panel discussions and white papers outlining a "pandemic" of a completely Continue... A Large Scale False Flag Cyber-Attack Is Now Imminent added by Herman James on 03/08/2022View all posts by Herman James ?+'Read More
After the war-driven gold rally, oilis starting to outperform. History between these two has already shown thatsomeone may suffer. Many suggest: gold miners.The precious metals corrected some oftheir gains yesterday, but overall, not much changed in them. However, quite a lothappened in crude oil, and in today’s analysis we’ll focus on whatit implies for the precious metals market and,...Read More
Now that Fed Chair Powell has finished his testimony, gold & silver will rise in price...by Harvey Organ of Harvey Organ BlogMARCH 3//FED CHAIRMAN FINISHES HIS TALK EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND NOW GOLD AND SILVER WILL RISE: GOLD PRICE UP $13.95 TO $1935//SILVER UP 2 CENTS TO $25.14//GOLD STANDING FOR MARCH RISES BY A STRONG QUEUE JUMP OF 4900 OZ: NEW STANDING A VERY STRONG 17.409 TONNES//SILVER OZ ST...Read More
This is HUGE and WILL NOT STOP! Hang on for the moonshot...by Bix Weir of Road to RootaThe Silver Whale is BACK!! Just released holdings of "Private Advisor Group" shows a 1,015% increase in the iShares Silver Trust!! This is the same entity that bought 190M Shares in the 1st Quarter and took delivery of the Physical Silver out of SLV!! This is HUGE and will NOT STOP! Hang on for the Moonshot!!Read More
In the US, job creation is booming and unemployment is dropping like a nuclear bomb!(by Half Dollar) The Latest Employment Situation Report, commonly called the "Jobs Report", was just released for the month of February, 2022.According to the BLS, in the US, in February:Total employment rose by 678,000Unemployment rate fell 0.2% to 3.8%Average hourly earnings rose by $0.01 per hourIt should be not...Read More
Hedging is typically frowned upon by investors in gold miners on the grounds that people invest in gold and gold stocks because they believe the gold price will go higher, and so they want fullRead More
At one point, the 10,000 tonnes per year Ivan copper cathode plant was considered as a processing option for Marimaca's Marimaca copper project, but the growth in the scale of the deposit means theRead More
Citing data compiled by S&P Global Market Intelligence, Mazumdar observed that copper exploration budgets in Canada, the USA and Australia saw a significant increase in 2021 to some US$855 million of the $2.3 billion global spend, although the countries are not large copper producers.These three countries have historically attracted 30% of exploration spend, but this has now jumped to 40-45%."...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 23 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures responded to weakness in European equity indices related to the expanding Ukraine conflict. Tensions escalated last night after Russian troops took control of Europe's largest nuclear power complex located in south Ukraine. U.S. equity index futures recovered following rel...Read More
Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has reiterated the need to allow mining in the nation's Indigenous territories to strengthen food security, as he expects Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine to increase the price of potassium.The far-right leader said that it was important for the country to not depend on foreign nations for commodities available in abundance in Brazil."With the Russia/Ukraine...Read More
From heading towards a more "diversified and less concentrated" supply chain of critical metals to the need for skilled people in the global mining industry, World Bank mining specialist Martin Lokanc believes that the world needs to take a number of crucial steps to successfully transition away from fossil fuels and meet its net-zero goals. Speaking at The Northern Miner's first Global Mining...Read More