Shares in Mexico-focused precious metals miner Fresnillo (LON:FRES) took a hit Wednesday after the company cut its silver production target for 2018 for a second time and posted lower-than-expected output in the third quarter, due mainly to weak ore grades at two of its mines.The company, which is the world's largest primary silver producer and Mexico's second largest gold miner, revised silver ou...Read More
* Plans to modestly increase holdings of JGBs after Y700 blnbuy * To shift from Treasuries to U.S. corp bonds, euro debt * Plan to raise holdings of foreign bonds without FX-hedging * Plans to increase holdings of foreign stocks, including PE (Adds details)By Tomo UetakeTOKYO, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Nippon Life Insurance Co plans to modestly increase its holdings of Japanesegovernment bonds in the six...Read More
Published 22 Hours AgoUpdated4 Hours AgoReuters Gold fell on Wednesday, pressured as a rising dollar spurred investors to take profits after tumbling stocks ushered the metal to a more than three-month peak in the previous session.Spot gold was up 0.17 percent at $1,232.11 an ounce . U.S. gold futures settled at $1,231.10 per ounce, down $5.70. On Tuesday, the precious metal touched its highest si...Read More
Here Are 3 Hot Things to Know About Stocks Right Now The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell Tuesday after earnings disappointed. The S&P 500 declined for the 12th time in 14 sessions.Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) fell 7.6% despite beating third-quarter earnings and revenue estimates.3M Co. (MMM) tumbled 4.4% after third-quarter profit missed expectations and the...Read More
The Tuesday Market Minute Global stocks slump as investors shift focus to slowing economic growth and fading corporate earnings ahead of the busiest week of the third quarter reporting season.U.S. stocks poised for sharp declines, with Dow futures indicating a 380-point opening bell decline, following heavy selling in Europe and Asia.Safe haven currencies, such as the dollar and the yen, hoard g...Read More
It's proving to be an ugly day for the market. As of this writing, all major stock market indices are down at least 1.5%, dragging stocks to the lowest levels seen since the start of this summer. Simply put, the price action we're seeing in the broad market Tuesday doesn't paint a particularly rosy picture for stocks' staying power during the rest of 2018. But while Mr. Market gets gut-punched t...Read More
Investing.com - Gold prices inched up on Tuesday morning in Asia as Asian stock markets fell amidst escalating geopolitical tensions over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and concerns over Italy’s budget. Gold Futures for December delivery rose 0.16% to $1,226.7 per troy ounce by 11:15PM ET (03:15 GMT) on the COMEX metals division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. Gold prices wer...Read More
For the past few years, homeowners just about everywhere have been able to finesse life's problems by thinking "at least my house is going up." This home equity accretion allowed them to buy stuff on credit, safe in the knowledge that even as they maxed out yet another credit card their net worth continued to rise. They felt smart and confident, in other words, and so continued to behave in ways t...Read More
CloseGain/LossGold $1232.60+$2.50Silver$14.67-$0.06XAU68.04-2.10%HUI152.65-1.75%GDM552.92-0.94%JSE Gold1210.21-17.80USD96.37+0.44Euro113.98-0.73Yen89.00-0.14Oil$66.82+$0.3910-Year3.104%-0.066T-Bond139.09375+0.90625Dow24583.42-2.41%Nasdaq7108.40-4.43%S&P2656.10-3.09% The Metals: Gold gained $3.20 to $1233.30 in Asia before it dropped back to $1225.70 by a little after 8AM...Read More
By Ira EpsteinGold hold up in a day where it first broke down.https://www.iraepstein.com/ Read More
For the past few years, homeowners just about everywhere have been able to finesse life's problems by thinking "at least my house is going up." This home equity accretion allowed them to buy stuff on credit, safe in the knowledge that even as they maxed out yet another credit card their net worth continued to rise. They felt smart and confident, in other words, and so continued to behave in ways...Read More
Listen to the Podcast Audio: Click HereMike Gleason: It is my privilege now to welcome back David Smith, Senior Analyst at The Morgan Report and regular contributor to MoneyMetals.com. David, it's been too long. How are you my friend?David Smith: I'm very good. It's been a while since we've spoken Mike, and I'm really looking forward to chatting with you again.Mike Gleason: Well, David, the vola...Read More
Miles Franklin sponsored this article by Gary Christenson. The opinions are his. Part one is available here.Part one discussed the "what" and "why" of unpayable debt, an inevitable "reset" or the end of the current financial world. Part two addresses when.REVIEW FROM PART ONE:A risk/reward analysis for 2018 202? points toward gold and silver, not stocks, bonds, corporate debt, student loans or m...Read More
Gold rallied yesterday, right before its turning point, and reversed its course before the end of the session. Precisely, even before the US session started. Miners reversed as well, after failing to move back above the late-2016 bottom. With the critical situation in the USD Index, and gold miners' short-term underperformance (so far this week gold is up by $8.10, while the HUI Index is down by...Read More
By Avi GilburtWell, after calling for market tops weekly for the last three years while the market rallied from 1800 to 2940 (that is a 64% gain), the bears are now high-fiving themselves for "catching the top."Yes, many of them certainly caught the top with their weekly top calls after having missed the last 64% rally. But who's counting?In fact, I saw reports of how emergency rooms nationwide...Read More
By Steve St. AngeloWhile the U.S. Shale Industry produces a record amount of oil, it continues to be plagued by massive oil decline rates and debt. Moreover, even as the companies brag about lowering the break-even cost to produce shale oil, the industry still spends more than it makes. When we add up all the negative factors weighing down the shale oil industry, it should be no surprise th...Read More
By Frank HolmesAs many of you reading this know, I'm what you would call a Tex-Can. I was born and raised in Canada, but I've called Texas home for nearly 30 years. I can't picture U.S. Global Investors headquartered anywhere else, even after traveling to all parts of the country and, indeed, the world. Texas just "gets it," which is why I think CNBC recently named the $1.6 trillion economy the...Read More
- Palladium prices surge to an all-time nominal high over $1,150/oz- Russia is one of the top producers and growing tensions with the U.S. may result in a "supply crunch"- Palladium is widely used in the automotive industry and is experiencing significant demand and a "supply crunch"- Deep supply deficits in palladium are predicted by Citigroup and other analysts (see Bloomberg table)- Gold an...Read More
Gold and silver need to rise after tomorrow's European central bank meeting and Friday's third quarter GDP numbers due to zoom. I am against new short term investment in gold unless it trades over $1245.80 on Friday after the release of US GDP numbers. Long term, gold is still an excellent investment even at the current price of $1235. Asian prices of gold are near an all-time high. Buyers in As...Read More
10 years after the 2008 crisis the world's largest bank derivative holder STILL cannot recover. Deutsche Bank is down 5% on the news that they have missed guidance once again...will this be the Final Straw?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...Read More