The United States savings rate runs to 3.20% down from 3.60% one month prior.As history has it, 8.47% is par.Meantime, 36% of Americans carry more credit card debt upon their shoulders than emergency savings in their pockets.Mainstream economists inform us it is not a symptom of economic distress. It is rather a symptom of economic vigor.For example, Ameriprise Financial's Russell Price:Consumer...Read More
When it comes to investing, I've been a wimp most of my life.I always had "the next crash" on my mind. Inevitably, there hasn't been a crash since 2008. (I don't count the Covidiocy Crash of 2020 because it lasted about five seconds.)That permabearish attitude, while seemingly safe, has come at a cost. I wasn't taking risks, but the opportunity costs are significant. How much wealth did I potentia...Read More
Seabridge Gold Inc. sharing its highlights and financials for the quarter ending March 31 with shareholders. Find out why the company believes its shares are literally worth gold "in the ground."Seabridge Gold Inc. (SEA:TSX; SA:NYSE.MKT) is sharing its highlights and financials for the quarter ending March 31 with shareholders, noting its application for "substantially started" status for its KSM...Read More
Michael Ballanger of GGM Advisory Inc. comments on Sprott Asset Management's filing of a preliminary prospectus for an IPO for a "Physical Copper Trust." He also shares a few copper stocks that may benefit from this.The PPI number came in hotter at 0.5% versus the expected 0.3%, and the core PPI was double the 0.2% consensus coming in at 0.4%.Stocks have largely ignored the negative implications,...Read More
Most economists don't believe we could have stagflation today. The prevailing view is that recessions are characterized by higher unemployment and reduced spending, and inflation is triggered by full employment and increased spending and therefore they cannot both happen at the same time.This prevailing view is wrong, as I explain today. Yet it's a powerful narrative that blinds most analysts to s...Read More
LONDON, 15 May 2024 - The sharp upturn in private investors using BullionVault for the first time is reported today by Japanese business news outlet JiJi Press.Calling BullionVault "the leading online precious metals bullion merchant", JiJi says the upturn comes after a weak period of new Western investor demand in gold and silver, contrasting with the surge in Asian and especially Chinese investi...Read More
The gold-silver project "remains accommodating for a modest production profile at present with opportunity for growth," noted a Haywood Securities report.Dolly Varden Silver Corp. (DV:TSX.V; DOLLF:OTCQX) offers upside in exploration potential on its sizable land package and in its current, likely expandable mineral resource, purported Haywood Securities analyst Marcus Giannini in a May 9 research...Read More
--News Direct--U.S. Gold CEO George Bee Corp joined Steve Darling from Proactive to reveal a significant achievement for the company's CK Gold project as the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality issued its surface gold mine permit. This milestone allows U.S. Gold to resume work on a prefeasibility study, marking a pivotal step forward in project development.With the mine operating permit s...Read More
Metallic Minerals Corp. says mining major Newmont Corp. is exercising its "top-up right" to purchase additional shares of the company. Read to see the other ways the companies are working together.Metallic Minerals Corp. (MMG:TSX.V; MMNGF:OTCQB) announced that mining major Newmont Corp. (NEM:NYSE) is exercising its "top-up right" to purchase additional shares of the company.With the purchase, Newm...Read More
The firm encountered this nuggety gold, of 90.9% purity, while advancing toward the central portion of the paleochannel, noted a Research Capital Corp. report.Omineca Mining and Metals Ltd. (OMM:TSX.V; OMMSF:OTCMKTS) began recovering gold from the gravels at its Wingdam project in southcentral British Columbia, reported Research Capital Corp. analyst Bill Newman in a May 10 research note."Positive...Read More
A dicey April pullback has given way to a fresh rally as the market's former momentum leaders gain traction.The bears might have gotten a little too cocky during the April swoon, leaving the door open to an unexpected snapback as investors refuse to sell in May and go away...Facts are facts... and we can't deny what's happening in the markets right now. While we were all expecting a bigger correct...Read More
Consider the defining characteristics of a ghetto:1. The residents can’t afford to live elsewhere.2. Everything is a rip-off because options are limited and retailers/service providers know residents have no other choice or must go to extraordinary effort to get better quality or a lower price.3. Nothing works correctly or efficiently. Things break down and aren’t fixed properly. Maint...Read More
Michael Ballanger of GGM Advisory Inc. takes a look at current movements in the market, specifically in the junior miner's sector. He also shares a few public companies that will be embarking upon drilling campaigns this summer.During the course of the past week, as copper closed at a 26-month weekly high at $4.65/lb., I came across no fewer than a dozen tweets and retweets of various podcast guru...Read More
The newly merged entity will focus on the Goliath Gold Complex, which is nearing production readiness. Treasury Metals Inc. (TML:TSX: TSRMF:OTCQB) and Blackwolf Copper & Gold Ltd. (TSXV.BWCG;OTC:BWCGF) have merged, forming a strategic partnership poised to enhance their production and financial standing in the gold market. The newly merged entity will focus on the Goliath Gold Complex, which is ne...Read More
The explorer is targeting lithium and boron-enriched sediment and brine samples in this first phase of drilling in Nevada. Read why experts have high expectations for both the firm and its project.Canter Resources Corp. (CRC:CSE; CNRCF:OTC; 601:FRA) expanded its initial, phase one, 10-hole Geoprobe drill program to test additional prospective targets at its Columbus lithium-boron project near Tono...Read More
LONDON, 14 May 2024 - Data and analysis from BullionVault today lead a 2-page article on buying gold as geopolitical tensions worsen in the UK's Mail on Sunday.Reporting the highest circulation of any Sunday paper, The Mail looks at the rapid gold accumulation by Russia and China, warning how some military analysts believe this presages new conflicts."Ensuring your investment tracks the gold price...Read More
Western Exploration Inc. has announced details for its proposed 2024 resource expansion drilling at its wholly owned Aura gold and silver project in Nevada. Find out why one analyst says the stock would be good to own going into an emerging gold bull market.Western Exploration Inc. (WEX:TSX.V;WEXPF:OTC) has announced details for its proposed 2024 resource expansion drilling at its wholly-owned Aur...Read More
Two weeks ago, the Congress passed (and President Biden signed) four key pieces of legislation related to national security.Three of the bills provided assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. They received the most attention. The one that got the least attention was a mixed bag of provisions, such as a forced divestiture of TikTok.Included in that bill was something called the REPO Act that auth...Read More
A Canadian copper company is putting together a team of experts to meet the challenge of providing the red metal needed for the energy transition. Find out which research firm has rated the stock a top performer.As copper prices continue to rise on fears of shortages, one Canadian copper company is putting together a team of experts to meet the challenge of providing the red metal needed for the e...Read More
You may have heard of the "Overton window."The concept of the Overton window caught on in professional culture, particularly those seeking to nudge public opinion, because it taps into a certain sense that we all know is there.There are things you can say and things you cannot say, not because there are speech controls (though there are) but because holding certain views makes you anathema and dis...Read More