* Economy Minister Altmaier presents spring forecast * Berlin sees growth of 0.5 pct in 2019, 1.5 pct in 2020 * Trade disputes, Brexit weighing on economy * Government to pour billions in R&D incentives (Adds president of Ifo institute)By Michael NienaberBERLIN, April 17 (Reuters) - The German government is eyeingincentives to boost corporate research and development aftercutting its forecast...Read More
* FTSE 100 about flat* FTSE 250 down 0.3 pct * Mining shares hit as Vale set to reopen Brazilian mine * Bunzl plunges after first-quarter update * Mediclinic surges on mid-caps (Adds company news items, updates to closing prices)By Muvija M and Samantha MachadoApril 17 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 was off itssix-month high as a fall in miners over Vale's plans to reopen amajor Brazilian mine off...Read More
Published 23 Hours AgoUpdated7 Hours AgoReuters Leonhard Foeger | ReutersGold eased on Wednesday, holding near the 2019 lows touched in the previous session, as economic growth data from China assuaged concerns about global growth and drove investors into riskier assets.Spot gold dipped 0.1 percent to $1,274.43 per ounce as of 12:40 p.m., after having fallen as much as 1.2 percent to $1,272.70, i...Read More
Here Are 3 Hot Things to Know About Stocks Right Now The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose Tuesday, getting a boost from Johnson & Johnson (JNJ - Get Report) , which posted strong first-quarter earnings, but gains were capped on a slump in shares of UnitedHealth Group (UNH - Get Report) . UnitedHealth, the giant health insurer, tumbled even after beating Wall Street's first-quarter earning...Read More
If you aren't already betting on metals and mining stocks, you ought to consider doing so now. A likely rebounding Chinese economy should help boost demand for metals and materials, which in turn should help further lift the mining stocks, such as those held in the iShares MSCI Global Metals & Mining Producers (PICK - Get Report) exchange-traded fund. The sector faces "a 'G...Read More
Investing.com - Prices of safe-haven gold fell on Tuesday in Asia amid more positive developments in the Sino-U.S. trade talks.Gold futures for June delivery, traded on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange, were down 0.2%, at $1,288.15 per ounce by 12:55 AM ET (04:55 GMT).U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Monday that Washington and Beijing might be “close to th...Read More
By: Dave KranzlerThe current stock market is the most dangerous stock market I have seen in my 34+ year career as a financial markets professional. This includes 1987, 1999-2000 and 2007-2008. The run-up in stocks has been largely a product of momentum-chasing hedge fund algos on behalf of the large universe of sophisticated hedge funds which are desperate for performance. In the context of the...Read More
COLORADO SPRINGS, April 17, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gold Resource Corporation (NYSE American: GORO) (the "Company") reports preliminary production results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2019 of approximately 6,538 ounces of gold, 364,653 ounces of silver and significant base metals. Gold Resource Corporation is a gold and silver producer, developer and explorer with operations in O...Read More
By: Craig Hemke, TF MetalsSix years ago this week, COMEX gold and silver prices were deliberately smashed in order to take out critical support levels that had held since 2011. The parallels to present day circumstances are obvious and must be fully considered.The key to understanding this is to recognize that the situation in 2019 is reminiscent of 2010. We've been writing about this for months...Read More
"A bully is always a coward."~ Thomas Chandler HaliburtonThe current market rally is like a playground bully; shoving to the ground anyone in its path.But like all bullies, the braggadocio belies an underlying cowardice.Those in charge of the status quo must be absolutely terrified to resort to the unnatural lengths they are going to right now to keep the current rally intact.Unnatural ActsIn re...Read More
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Andrew Wray Appointed President and CEOTORONTO, April 17, 2019 /PRNewswire/ - Golden Star Resources Ltd. (NYSE American: GSS; TSX: GSC; GSE: GSR) ("Golden Star" or the "Company") announced today that Sam Coetzer will be leaving the Company as of April 30, 2019, and that the Board of Directors has appointed Andrew Wray as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective May 1, 2019."Aft...Read More
Visit Louis Cammarosano's Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdXB...Louis Cammarosano of Smaulgld is a gold and silver expert, former Wall St lawyer and former Silicon Valley executive.Read More
Link to the Slides and Sources: https://www.itmtrading.com/blog/etf-e...What will wall street do when a flood of ETF redemptions enters the markets? Halt trading. In other words, you are not getting out. What are the smartest guys on money and markets doing for their "safe" money? Buying gold. In fact, major fund managers have now joined the growing list of gold buyers. The pattern shown by the ch...Read More
The US should step away from belligerent rhetoric and wind down its wasteful militaristic policies, former congressman Ron Paul told RT, after its Secretary of State accused Beijing and Moscow of bankrolling the Venezuelan leader.Dr. Ron Paul is a physician and former twelve-term congressman from Texas who ran for president in 2008. He is the author of eight books, including the New York Times bes...Read More
The New York Times recently partook in a facial recognition experiment that took advantage of three live-stream cameras in central Manhattan, to find out how easily they could match passers-by to public profiles and pictures. Investigative journalist Ben Swann joins In Question to unpack this with RT America's Manila Chan. Read More
In places like Greenwich, CT, New York City, Vancouver and around the world, it looks like there's a high-end housing bust taking place. It's partly a demographic issue, where older people are downsizing want to cash in on their expensive housing. The hoped for resale market is younger generations and they're just not stepping up to the plate. This underscores the danger or easy credit. It's great...Read More
Danielle DiMartino Booth, the founder of Money Strong, LLC, explains how central bank Q.E. sets up liquidity traps and why central bankers are building gold reserves.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 n...Read More
The entire world's ruling elites are silent because they're terrified that even mild murmurings might limit the blood-soaked billions they want to reap from trade with China.Continue...Read More
Both Chelsea Manning and Julian Assange are now in jail, both over offenses related to the publication of materials specifying U.S. war crimes in Afghanistan and IraqContinue...Read More