More than 10 schools in Southern China are making students wear cutting-edge "smart uniforms." The students' jackets have embedded microchips which will sound an alarm of the students skip class or fall asleep during a lecture. Facial recognition software keeps the students from switching jackets and will monitor students' cashless spending purchases, which parents can control via a mobile app. Li...Read More
Continue...Stephen S. Roach, former Chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia and the firm's chief economist, is a senior fellow at Yale University's Jackson Institute of Global Affairs and a senior lecturer at Yale's School of Management. He the author, most recently, of Unbalanced: The Codependency of America and China and Stephen Roach on the Next Asia: Opportunities and Challenges for a New Globalizatio...Read More
"We are spread out all over the world. We are in countries most people haven't even heard about. Frankly, it's ridiculous," he added.Continue...Read More
"Even the power of faith, which frequently inspires great generosity and self-sacrifice, can fall victim to tribalism. But through the many changes I have seen over the years: faith, family Continue...Read More
With market action becoming increasingly surreal and the panicked, vertigo-inducing bear market rallies (spawned by a record $64 billion pension fund reallocation intoContinue...Read More
Michael Rowley, president and CEO of Group Ten Metals, speaks with Maurice Jackson of Proven and Probable about his company's recent PGE discoveries in Montana and the similarities to projects in South Africa's Platreef District. Maurice Jackson: Joining us today is Michael Rowley, the president and CEO of Group Ten Metals Inc. (PGE:TSX.V; PGEZF:OTC), which is exploring for platinum, palladium, n...Read More
Money manager Adrian Day reviews recent developments at a number of resource companies in his portfolio. Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. (WPM, NY, 18.91) settled its bitter dispute with the Canadian tax authorities over tax treatment of royalties purchased though its offshore subsidiaries. Wheaton won on the central question of Canadian taxation on foreign income, though certain minor adjustments i...Read More
CloseGain/LossGold $1274.90+$8.70Silver$15.23+$0.20XAU70.78+1.15%HUI161.27+0.91%GDM587.25+1.17%JSE Gold1367.40+7.81USD96.53-0.51Euro114.38+0.86Yen90.15+0.11Oil$44.61-$1.6110-Year2.777%+0.007T-Bond144.75UNCHDow23138.82+1.14%Nasdaq6579.49+0.38%S&P2488.83+0.86% The Metals: Gold gained $12.70 to $1278.90 in early afternoon New York trade before it edged back lower into the cl...Read More
CloseGain/LossGold $1274.90+$8.70Silver$15.23+$0.20XAU70.78+1.15%HUI161.27+0.91%GDM587.25+1.17%JSE Gold1367.40+7.81USD96.53-0.51Euro114.38+0.86Yen90.15+0.11Oil$44.61-$1.6110-Year2.777%+0.007T-Bond144.75UNCHDow23138.82+1.14%Nasdaq6579.49+0.38%S&P2488.83+0.86% The Metals: Gold gained $12.70 to $1278.90 in early afternoon New York trade before it edged back lower into the cl...Read More
CloseGain/LossGold $1274.90+$8.70Silver$15.23+$0.20XAU70.78+1.15%HUI161.27+0.91%GDM587.25+1.17%JSE Gold1367.40+7.81USD96.53-0.51Euro114.38+0.86Yen90.15+0.11Oil$44.61-$1.6110-Year2.777%+0.007T-Bond144.75UNCHDow23138.82+1.14%Nasdaq6579.49+0.38%S&P2488.83+0.86% The Metals: Gold gained $12.70 to $1278.90 in early afternoon New York trade before it edged back lower into the cl...Read More
By Dave Kranzler"Commentators keep asking why the Fed can't raise rates if the economy is so strong? They still don't realize that the economy was never strong. They confuse a bubble for strength. Without 0% rates and QE the bubble can't survive. But a return to those policies kills the dollar" - Peter Schiff on TwitterI made that same argument about the Fed funds rate, the dollar and why the Fe...Read More
By: Chris Marcus, Arcadia Economics After raising interest rates over the past 2 years, the Federal Reserve last week signaled that it may be about to change course. Which came as no surprise to Peter Spina of GoldSeek.com, who explains why it happened. As well as what the Fed is likely to do next:Peter talked about why higher interest rates are creating issues in the stock, bond, and real es...Read More
By David HaggithSo, the bull market bounced back, right? Not so fast. When one appreciated reader suggested there would be a huge plunge the day after Christmas, given how badly the market plummeted the day before Christmas, I cautioned against that tempting thought. Herein are some warnings about bull traps in a bear market and how they work and how much they look exactly like what we just saw....Read More
Powell noticed some crosscurrents in the path of the US economy. Will it stay on the surface? And is gold a good swimmer? Crosscurrents Cause Fewer Hikes We hope that you enjoyed Christmas. As we promised last week, we will analyze the post-meeting Powell's press conference today. The Fed Chair remained optimistic about the US economy, which "has continued to perform well." However, "some cros...Read More
We are a little over one year since President Donald Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), and since then, real estate investors have been rushing to make sense of it all. In what represents the most sweeping U.S. tax reform since the Tax Reform Act of 1986, many of the changes are set to have a significant impact on businesses and individuals alike.The new 20% deduction that's available...Read More
Vancouver, British Columbia (December 27, 2018) - PRIZE MINING CORPORATION ("Prize" or the "Company") (TSXV:PRZ) (OTCQB:PRZFF) (MQSP:GR:FRANKFURT) announces that the Company has appointed Mr. Dallas Pretty, B.Comm., CA to the Company's Board of Directors. The Company is also announcing the resignations of David Schmidt and Robert Archer from the Company's Board of Directors and the resignation...Read More
Amid a rallying stock market, the Trump administration is pondering an executive action to ban US companies from using equipment made by Chinese corporations Huawei and ZTE by invoking the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. Such an action would require him to declare a "national emergency." Is it really that bad? Peter Schiff, CEO of Pacific Capital, joins Steve Malzberg to discuss. Pete...Read More
"Bulls & Bears" panel on how LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman apologized for funding a group that spread disinformation during the 2017 Alabama Senate special election.Danielle DiMartino Booth spent nine years as an advisor to Richard W. Fisher at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. Danielle left the Fed in 2015 to found Money Strong, LLC, an economic consulting firm and launched a weekly economic...Read More
The very fabric of America is under attack-our freedoms, our democracy, and our constitutional rights have become contested terrain. The Epoch Times, a media committed to truthful, responsible Continue...Read More
"Although some members of the Taliban may be weary of fighting and ready to lay down their weapons, they will only rejoin society if they believe their safety and the safety of Continue...Read More