A new lithium technology could change the face of lithium production forever.Andrew Carnegie didn't invent the Bessemer converter, but used it to amass an incredible fortune producing steel at lower costs. What one simple machine can do for increasing production and lowering costs is staggering (think of the cotton gin).The lithium industry has been plagued with inefficiency and expensive producti...Read More
Elliott wave view in Gold suggests that rally from August 16, 2018 low ($1160.37) is unfolding as an Elliott Wave Impulse structure. Rally to $1326.53 ended wave (3). Wave (4) pullback is in progress as a double three Elliott Wave structure. Down from $1326.53, wave W ended at $1302.4 and wave X ended at $1318.17. Internal of wave W takes the form of a zigzag Elliott Wave structure. Wave...Read More
* GRAPHIC-2019 asset returns:* Market watching U.S.-China trade talks (Updates with closing prices)By Pratima DesaiLONDON, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Copper prices climbed on Thursdaytowards two-month highs hit last week as import data from topconsumer China suggested robust demand, while markets awaitedthe outcome of high-level Sino-U.S. trade talks in Beijing.Benchmark copper on the London Metal Exchang...Read More
Legendary gold mine investor and founder of Franco-Nevada Corp., Pierre Lassonde, appears on the radio program this week.He discusses the current state of the gold mining industry and whether or not he thinks now is a good time to increase gold share holdings.Michael Oliver shares his analytical view of the gold markets.Legendary gold mine investor Pierre Lassonde appears for the first time on the...Read More
Three manias in a generation (2000, 2008, 2019) all end badly.Current price earnings ratio (30.02) is higher than 1929.Gold priced in yen near all-time high.Follow David McAlvany and get email alertsRead More
Here Are 3 Hot Things to Know About Stocks Right Now The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose Wednesday amid optimism that U.S. and Chinese negotiators could reach a trade deal before another round of tariffs kicks in.Activision Blizzard Inc. (ATVI) rose 7% after the video game maker unveiled a stock buyback and cost-cutting program that offset a weaker-than-expected profit outlook.J...Read More
By: Dave KranzlerThe retail sales report for December - delayed because of the Government shut-down - was released this morning. It showed the largest monthly drop since September 2009. Online sales plunged 3.9%, the steepest drop since November 2008. Not surprisingly, sporting goods/hobby/musical instruments/books plunged 4.9%. This is evidence that the average household has been forced to cut...Read More
Since the invention of banking, the global financial system has become increasingly centralized. In the modern system, central banks now control everything from interest rates to the issuance of currency, while government regulators, corporations, and intergovernmental organizations wield unparalleled influence at the top of this crucial food chain. There is no doubt that this centralization...Read More
By: Richard (Rick) Mills, Ahead of the herd What were you doing on August 1, 2018? Likely it was just like any other day, with your thoughts on work, your spouse, your kids, money, what to make for dinner, etc. What you should have been thinking about though, was the Earth. August 1 was Earth Overshoot Day. What does that mean? Well, Earth Overshoot Day is the day of the year when humanity h...Read More
Stocks had trouble staying aloft Tuesday after rocketing higher a day earlier. Although the Dow finished with a 117-point gain, it was up by more than 200 in the early going and probably would have finished in the red if sellers had been less timid. There were other signs of heavy distribution. For one, AAPL's sly handlers opened the stock on the high of the day, trapping bulls before pulling th...Read More
Question: Plunger you keep insisting that we are in a bear market. Really? The averages have done nothing but go straight up since December 24th. At this rate we will be at new highs within a month. I thought prices go down in a bear market! That's not happening.Answer: The most reliable method of forecasting the eventual outcome of the market over the past 118 years has been Dow's Theo...Read More
Gregory Mannarino started his financial career working for the securities and trading arm of the now defunct Bear Stearns before the dot-com bubble. He is an active trader of the capital markets and has published several books pertaining to finance, global economics, and equity trading; His most recent book is titled Ultimate Guide To Money and The Markets (free ebook). Gregory currently hosts a b...Read More
Grant's Interest Rate Observer Founder and Editor Jim Grant and CNBC's Rick Santelli discuss the bond market in Europe.James "Jim" Grant is an American writer and publisher and the founder of Grant's Interest Rate Observer, a twice-monthly journal of the financial markets. He is the author , most recently, of The Forgotten Depression: 1921: The Crash That Cured Itself. Grant's television appearanc...Read More
Stocks provide a return to today's investors via two mechanisms: dividends and capital gains.Dividends provide and income stream which can be qualitatively values. Capital gains result from speculation - an expectation that future dividends will be higher than the market currently expects.But what's the value of a company that continuously pays no dividends and does not appear as if it ever will i...Read More
"So the precedent that the president is setting here is something that should be met with great unease and dismay by the Republicans."Continue...Read More
There is a serious question that no one wants to address. How did Al Gore create the global warming scare and earn hundreds of millions of dollars in the process? Before Al GoreContinue...Read More
Link to the Slides and Sources: https://www.itmtrading.com/blog/new-r...Starting in July 2017, Fannie Mae began buying up mortgages funding these purchases with SOFR bonds, the new Federal Reserve experimental benchmark. Know who bought those bonds? Commercial banks bought 1.3% and those that use OPM (Other People's Money) bought the rest; Fund managers bought 9.7%, State and Local Pensions bought...Read More
JP Morgan has made a JPM Coin cryptocurrency! I don't even know what to say about this....wait...maybe I do!Bix Weir has 30 years' experience in the financial industry with various fortune 500 companies. He is the creator of the "Road to Roota Theory" and his commentary is published at www.RoadtoRoota.com. Bix has dedicated his efforts over the last 15 years to exposing the long term manipulation...Read More
The politicians have a golden rule. When the courts prevent them from raising a tax, they call it something else to impose it. Massachusetts, the bastion of political Marxism, attempted Continue...Read More
The gold mineralization at the Nevada deposit remains open in all directions. Gold Standard Ventures Corp. (GSV:TSX.V; GSV:NYSE) reported in a news release phase 2 results from 18 reverse circulation (RC) drill holes and one core hole from the Dixie deposit and the Arcturus target to the west, both at the Railroad-Pinion project in Nevada. "Two RC holes at Dixie intersected thick, vertically co...Read More