Happy Year of the Pig! This week marks the start of China's Spring Festival, during which an estimated 3 billion trips will be made using the country's massive transportation network of roads and rail. That figure is a slight rise from the same period last year, despite slowing economic growth prompted by trade tensions with the U.S. and a strengthening dollar.Ctrip, China's largest online trave...Read More
Listen to the Podcast Audio: Click Here Mike Gleason: It is my privilege now to welcome Axel Merk President and Chief investment officer of Merk Investment and author of the book Sustainable Wealth. Axel is a well-known market commentator and money manager and is a highly sought-after guest at financial conferences and on news outlets throughout the world and it's always great to have him bac...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinMomentum is gold and silver point down but support should not be far away:Read More
Wednesday's asphyxiating tedium was a reminder that DaBoyz are in no rush to take stocks higher, especially if the short-covering needed to do so is absent. Usually, bear buying-binges are driven by "good" news. On this particular day, however, the headlines concerned a State of the Union speech that held little interest for Wall Street. Toss in the usual bilge concerning political bickering, Mu...Read More
Chemesis acquires IP, equipment for weed extraction2019-02-07 06:42 ET - News ReleaseMr. Edgar Montero reportsCHEMESIS INTERNATIONAL INC. ACQUIRES INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY FOR HIGH-QUALITY CANNABIS EXTRACTIONChemesis International Inc. has acquired intellectual property (IP) and the physical equipment for an extraction methodology to preserve all of the phytocannabinoids and terpenes from cannabis ut...Read More
Full Article: SWOT Analysis: Fastest Rate of Central Bank Gold Buying Since 1971By: Frank HolmesStrengthsThe best performing metal this week was gold, up 1.11 percent. Gold traders were bullish on the outlook for a 12th straight week and the most bullish in five weeks, according to the weekly Bloomberg survey. The yellow metal is up more than 2 percent for the year and is set for a fourth monthly...Read More
A crucial theme from last year is continuing into this year - stock buybacks. Last year was a banner year for companies buying back their own shares. A month into 2019, it appears that Wall Street is set to continue that trend.Last year, U.S. companies announced a whopping $1.1 trillion worth of buyback plans. Armed with extra cash from favorable corporate tax policy enacted in 2017, they enthusia...Read More
I believe that there is a very realistic chance that the shares of alternative asset manager KKR & Co. can triple over the next five years.I also believe that there is very little downside risk from buying those shares today.This makes KKR & Co. the kind of low risk, high reward investment opportunity that we are always searching for but don’t often find.Let me explain this compellin...Read More
Vancouver, British Columbia (February 7, 2019) - PRIZE MINING CORPORATION ("Prize"or the "Company") (TSXV:PRZ) (OTCQB:PRZFF) (MQSP:GR:FRANKFURT) wishes to advisethat the Company has filed the audited Annual Financial Statements andManagement Discussion and Analysis ("MD&A") for the fiscal year endedAugust 31, 2018. In addition, theCompany has also filed its Interim Financial St...Read More
Gerald Celente returns from the Trends Research Institute and Globalnomic (R) Trend Forecaster with key insights.Venezuela is on the verge of chaos as President Maduro faces a coup and perhaps even pressure from US military forces.Already over 3 million people have fled the nation.A key method of transferring their wealth remains gold and cryptos, underscoring the significance of safe haven invest...Read More
David contrasts today's market with that of the bull market of the 1970s. Back then the coinage had just separated from the silver standard to today's fiat standard. People at that time understood this would lead to problems. However, few recognize this fact today. He says, "From a value investor perspective, you need to consider that on an inflation-adjusted basis; silver is cheaper than it has e...Read More
A crucial theme from last year is continuing into this year - stock buybacks. Last year was a banner year for companies buying back their own shares. Continue...Read More
Things keep getting worse for pensions...If you've read Notes recently, you know the pension fund crisis is one of our major themes. Simply put, these giant pools of capital Continue...Read More
After decades of tirelessly serving as watchdogs on our behalf against corruption and lack of enforcement in the precious metals markets, the Gold Antitrust Action Committee finally has an ally in Washington DC. Bill Murphy, co-founder of GATA.org returns to Reluctant Preppers to give us his take on the latest upturn in the gold market, and what lies ahead for 2019!Bill Murphy is a former American...Read More
"Dog whistles," Jim Rickards calls them.Through these signals, in frequencies beyond the normal hearing... elites communicate with each other.The messages themselves are not in fact silent - they are audible to anyone with open ears.But open ears are not necessarily knowing ears…Only the intended audience can penetrate their true meaning.That audience is their fellow elites and policymakers....Read More
David Moadel discusses why it's exremely unlikley the Fed will embark on any sustained interest rate hiking policy in the foreseeable future. David Moadel is a trader and investor of stocks and options. A former elementary school teacher, David has a master's degree in education and a unique ability to convey knowledge in the area of finance. He has coached many people and likes to combine fundame...Read More
"The sun has been without spots for seven consecutive days - a sign that Solar Minimum is underway."Continue...Read More
Gold is nearing a period of seasonal strength.Seasonal bias and seasonal trading are completely different.Modern statistics play a key role in assessing annual events.We have a seasonal trade coming in the April gold futures any day now. Our seasonal approach is a bit different than most in that we go beyond determining seasonal bias and create a thoroughly thought out trade, including a realistic...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinMetals very mixed going into the State of the Union address:Read More
The Macro Perspective During the past few years there has been a good correlation between the Gold and CNH. The Chinese Yuan has been a good proxy for US Dollar relative performance and risk on / risk off flows. As the Dollar strengthens, USDCNH naturally rises and vice versa. Gold, being an asset primarily denominated in USD, tends to follow short-term USD moves very well. A rising Dollar will ca...Read More