Trading is a game of decisions.When it comes to playing the markets, you'll have split seconds where your courage and discipline are tested.But sometimes, the real pain comes not from the trades you take, but the ones you don't.I've spent years learning this the hard way.March 2020 was a prime example. Markets were in freefall, panic was everywhere, and opportunities were quietly emerging beneath...Read More
Gold truly enjoyed aremarkable 2024, relentlessly powering higher to many new records. Gold achieved a rare monster-status upleg,which proved extraordinarily-unusual. Big gains stacked up despite extreme overboughtness, speculators’exceedingly-overextended gold-futures positioning, and American stock investorsnot yet chasing gold’s upside. Severalsources of major globa...Read More
Gold truly enjoyed aremarkable 2024, relentlessly powering higher to many new records. Gold achieved a rare monster-status upleg,which proved extraordinarily-unusual. Big gains stacked up despite extreme overboughtness, speculators’exceedingly-overextended gold-futures positioning, and American stock investorsnot yet chasing gold’s upside. Severalsources of major globa...Read More
Gold truly enjoyed aremarkable 2024, relentlessly powering higher to many new records. Gold achieved a rare monster-status upleg,which proved extraordinarily-unusual. Big gains stacked up despite extreme overboughtness, speculators’exceedingly-overextended gold-futures positioning, and American stock investorsnot yet chasing gold’s upside. Severalsources of major globa...Read More
During Donald Trump's first term, U.S. tariffs on China increased from 3% in 2016 to 19% by the end of 2020.As a result, China's share of the U.S. trade deficit dropped from 47% to 26%. However, it's worth noting that America's trade imbalance continued to rise, as production shifted to low-tariff countries such as Vietnam, Canada, and Mexico.When Biden came into office, the expectation was that h...Read More
It was December 2, 1805. The fields of Austerlitz were cloaked in fog.Napoleon Bonaparte outnumbered and ostensibly retreating, faced the combined might of the Austrian and Russian imperial armies.The Allies believed they had him cornered. They saw the French emperor's lines thinning and his forces retreating from a key high ground, the Pratzen Heights. Sensing an opportunity, they charged forward...Read More
Calm before the storm, anyone?Turning Points AheadSo far, this week has been calm.However, as you read in my previous analysis, the turning points are near andwe still have four more sessions before the end of the year. Bitcoin justfailed to move above $100k again, and it is declining in the pre-markettrading, and S&P 500 futures are down as well. Time will tell if that wasthe beginning of a b...Read More
Calm before the storm, anyone?Turning Points AheadSo far, this week has been calm.However, as you read in my previous analysis, the turning points are near andwe still have four more sessions before the end of the year. Bitcoin justfailed to move above $100k again, and it is declining in the pre-markettrading, and S&P 500 futures are down as well. Time will tell if that wasthe beginning of a b...Read More
Uranium production is best understood as an industry played out on a geopolitical chessboard.Enriched uranium is used to fuel nuclear reactors. The degree of enrichment is not high. Natural uranium (sometimes called yellowcake) has about 0.7% U-235 isotope. This is enriched to 3% to 5% for use in most reactors (called low-enriched uranium or LEU). Some specialized reactors require uranium enriched...Read More
Gold truly enjoyed aremarkable 2024, relentlessly powering higher to many new records. Gold achieved a rare monster-status upleg,which proved extraordinarily-unusual. Big gains stacked up despite extreme overboughtness, speculators’exceedingly-overextended gold-futures positioning, and American stock investorsnot yet chasing gold’s upside. Severalsources of major globa...Read More
Calm before the storm, anyone?Turning Points AheadSo far, this week has been calm.However, as you read in my previous analysis, the turning points are near andwe still have four more sessions before the end of the year. Bitcoin justfailed to move above $100k again, and it is declining in the pre-markettrading, and S&P 500 futures are down as well. Time will tell if that wasthe beginning of a b...Read More
Calm before the storm, anyone?Turning Points AheadSo far, this week has been calm.However, as you read in my previous analysis, the turning points are near andwe still have four more sessions before the end of the year. Bitcoin justfailed to move above $100k again, and it is declining in the pre-markettrading, and S&P 500 futures are down as well. Time will tell if that wasthe beginning of a b...Read More
As tax loss selling season is in full swing, Streetwise Reports interviewed various newsletter writers and experts to see what buying opportunities they see. The window for tax loss selling, or as Bob Moriarty of 321gold.com put it, "tax loss silly season is that 6-week or so period starting in November and running into just before Christmas when investors clean out the stocks they own that have...Read More
Beep-beep-beep. Central bankers are once again "backing up the truck" to buy gold.The World Gold Council (WGC) recently released its central bank gold statistics for October 2024.The chart below shows purchases (blue) and sales (purple):Source: World Gold CouncilOctober was the highest net purchase month in 2024, with central banks purchasing a sizable 60 tonnes.It's worth noting that there were a...Read More
NexGold Mining Corp. (NEXG.V:TSXV; NXGCF:OTCQX; TRC1.F:FRA) recently announced the merger completion with Signal Gold, which brought in the 3.1-million-ounce Goldboro gold deposit, according to a Red Cloud Securities research note.In a December 19, 2024 research note, Red Cloud Securities analyst Ron Stewart maintained a Buy (Speculative) rating on NexGold Mining Corp. (NEXG.V:TSXV; NXGCF:OTCQX; T...Read More
Emerita Resources Corp. (EMO:TSX.V; EMOTF:OTCQB; LLJA:FSE) has reported promising results from ongoing metallurgical testing at the La Romanera deposit, part of its wholly-owned Iberian Belt West Project in Spain. Read on to learn how innovative recovery methods are unlocking the potential of this promising polymetallic deposit.Emerita Resources Corp. (EMO:TSX.V; EMOTF:OTCQB; LLJA:FSE) has reporte...Read More
AbraSilver Resource Corp. (ABRA: TSX.V; ABBRF:OTCQX) recently finalized a US$1 million non-brokered private placement with Teck Resources Ltd at a significant share price premium.Read on to discover how this strategic partnership advances exploration at the La Coipita project.AbraSilver Resource Corp. (ABRA: TSX.V; ABBRF:OTCQX) recently finalized a US$1 million non-brokered private placement with...Read More
Newsletter writer Stewart Thomson addresses the question of tax loss selling season with some stocks for investors and identifies key prices for investor action.Tax loss selling generally sees investors sell losers, but sometimes stocks with big drawdowns are a roaring buy for new investors while working well as a tax loss sell for others.Here's a look at the "infamous" Novo Resources Corp. (NVO:T...Read More
The Federal Reservesomehow surprised traders with a hawkish rate cut this week. While that had been expected, apparently theFed’s projected rate-cut trajectory slowed even more than feared. So market reactions were violent, includingthe US dollar blasting higher unleashing heavy gold-futures selling. This is the latest in a long line ofFed-spawned tests of gold’s resi...Read More
The Federal Reservesomehow surprised traders with a hawkish rate cut this week. While that had been expected, apparently theFed’s projected rate-cut trajectory slowed even more than feared. So market reactions were violent, includingthe US dollar blasting higher unleashing heavy gold-futures selling. This is the latest in a long line ofFed-spawned tests of gold’s resi...Read More