By: Avi GilburtMany investors maintain beliefs about the stock market which often have them looking the wrong way at the market turns. In fact, I can no longer count how many comments I see about how the Fed is what directs our stock market action, and it just makes me scratch my head.The main argument by Fed watchers is that the Fed's easy money drives the stock market. Yet, the Fed's balance s...Read More
The broad averages have rallied from their Christmas lows almost as steeply as they got there in the fourth quarter. The first 2,000 points of the Dow's trampoline bounce took just seven trading days. At the time, we wrote that the trend would continue until even hardcore skeptics were convinced that new all-time highs were likely. That is what bear rallies are supposed to do. Well, another 1100...Read More
Let's begin with a few basics about IRAs...Traditional IRAs generally provide a tax deduction for the amount you contribute. The money grows tax-deferred until you withdraw it. Then it is taxed at your ordinary income tax rate. You must begin required minimum distributions (RMDs) by April 1 following the year you turn 70 1/2 and do so every year thereafter. And if you die before removing all the...Read More
Mar 19, 2019 Guest(s): David Grabau Senior Investment Specialist, Resources & Energy, Austrade Australia's government policies are pro-mining, and the nation hosts a variety of mineral reserves, attracting miners from all over the world, said David Grabau, Senior Investment Specialist of Resources & Energy at Austrade. "We're really encouraged by the policies we have to help mining, to assis...Read More
Mar 19, 2019 Guest(s): John Kaiser Kaiser Research Online The mining space will not be facing a major bull rally, or "feast" soon, but an inflection point is coming for gold, said John Kaiser of Kaiser Research Online. "I think we are in the middle of a turning point, the beginning of what will be a revival of interest in the junior resource sector, and there's not going to be any glorious trigg...Read More
Starting in 2021, Americans will require permission to visit Europe... technically the 26 borderless countries within Europe's Schengen area. The process will start out simple Continue...Read More
"From next Saturday, we will ban 'yellow vest' protests in neighbourhoods that have been the worst hit as soon as we see sign of the presence of radical groups and their Continue...Read More
It always strikes me as odd that the happiest countries tend to be in cold-as-hell places like Scandinavia and Canada. It's kind of similar stateside, too.Continue...Read More
Last week Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ordered the last of the US diplomats out of Venezuela, saying their presence was a "constraint" on US policy toward the country. The wording seemed intended Continue...Read More
Matt Gili, CEO of Nevada Copper, talks with Maurice Jackson of Proven and Probable about his company's progress toward beginning copper production by the end of the year. Pumpkin HollowMaurice Jackson: Joining us for a conversation is Matt Gili, president, CEO and director of Nevada Copper Corp. (NCU:TSX), which is on target to U.S. copper production by Q4 2019. Nevada Copper has a number of succ...Read More
One of the first things to become apparent as I began reading about the deadly crash of Ethiopian Airlines' Boeing 737 MAX 8 plane on March 10th, was the fact that nobody seemed to trust U.S. authorities.Continue...Read More
I try to avoid partisan politics in my analysis. And I never try to tell people how to vote or what they should think. I trust my readers to make their own judgments. But sometimes I can't avoid partisan politics because they can have a major impact on markets and the economy.Leading Democratic presidential hopefuls Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris and Bernie Sanders have expressed desires to incre...Read More
Mar 20, 2019 Guest(s): Ranj Pillai Minister of Energy & Mines of the Yukon Government Yukon was ranked 9th in the world by the Fraser Institute for "investment attractiveness" in 2018, and according to Ranj Pillai, Deputy Premier and Minister Of Energy, Mines and Resources of Yukon, much of the strides made can be attributed to government policies. "Yukon has done a good job of telling its story...Read More
I try to avoid partisan politics in my analysis. And I never try to tell people how to vote or what they should think. I trust my readers to make their own judgments. But sometimes I can't Continue...Read More
Aftergold’s plunge on Thursday, it made a comeback attempt on Friday. But thaterased only half of Thursday’s vigorous decline. The situation in silver and goldminers doesn’t provide much ground for optimism either. The silent scream wewrote about in the Wednesday’s Alert for our subscribers brought seriousrepercussions. Both immediately and step-by-step as in a trainwreck i...Read More
It’s been years since the gold and silver topped out in 2011. We have been waiting for a new bottom form and a new bull market to emerge for nearly 8 years. In this article, I’m going to compare palladium, gold, platinum, and silver and show you which of these precious metals I feel is the best long-term investment and also the best trade for 2019.The analysis presented below is based...Read More
One problem for the gold stock sector was highlighted here and here evidently a little too obnoxiously for the liking of some bugs. The problem was the aggressive bullhorn sounds emanating from every orifice of the gold community the minute the charts broke upward into an obviously bullish technical state.But while the HUI/Gold ratio has been a distinctly positive technical indicator and many bull...Read More
Welcome to this week’s Market Wrap Podcast, I’m Mike Gleason.Coming up Michael Pento of Pento Portfolio Strategies joins me for a must-hear conversation on why he believes central bankers must perpetually keep interest rates near zero -- and the massive inflationary bubble economy that will likely result. Also, find out how Michael is approaching gold and gold related investments for h...Read More
LONDON, 18 March 2019 - Exclusive analysis from BullionVault is published today in UK finance professionals' magazine Portfolio Adviser."Should absolute returns funds make a priority of reviewing gold as a portfolio hedge?" asks Adrian in his 700-word review of the issue."Late 2018's stock-market slump certainly sent some managers into what news-wires and pundits insist on calling 'safe haven' gol...Read More
(YouTube version to be added) Mar. 15th, 2019(S14-E687)Featured GuestsCEO Ken Lewis &Bob HoyePlease Listen HereLIMITED OFFER - FREE $5 IN ONEGOLD DIGITAL BLOCKCHAIN EXCLUSIVELY TO GOLDSEEK.COM PATRONS!(Remember to say Goldseek Radio sent you!).ONEGOLD Inc. holds physical gold and silver metals at the Royal Canadian Mint through our friends at APMEX and Sprott.CEO of APMEX and founder of...Read More