The gold miners' stocks remain deeply out of favor, trading at prices seen when gold was half or even a quarter of current levels. So many traders assume this small contrarian sector must be really struggling fundamentally. But nothing could be farther from the truth! The major gold miners' recently-released Q4'17 results prove they are thriving. Their languishing stock prices are the re...Read More
SHANGHAI, Mar 16 (SMM) – Production of lithium carbonate in February remained the same from January and stood at 8,000 mt, an SMM survey showed.Outputis likely to rise to above 9,000 mt in March. For editorial queries, please contact Daisy Tseng at daisy@smm.cn For more information on how to access our research reports, please email service.en@smm.cn Read More
IntroductionHugo Salinas Price wrote an excellent article called 'Bad karma brings bad consequences for those who practice it' on the unwanted consequences of the trade tariffs imposed by the US. He points out that the accumulation of US dollar reserves in the forex reserves of the central banks is a function of the foreign countries being able to sell (underselling) or export goods to the US. And...Read More
In my last Gold Report I provided you with two options, one to the upside and one to the downside for gold. The Outside breakout never came close to occurring but the downside did...sort of. Here's what I wrote about the downside."Assuming prices first breakout to downside by getting under 1309.00, buying at XXXX Put at the market would make sense. You're wrong if futures prices reverse and get...Read More
By Nathan McDonaldFor years, a trend has developed that, much to the dismay of global financial elites, has taken hold and will only accelerate from this point on. The trend I speak of is none other than the global repatriation of gold reserves from Western powers such as the United States and the United Kingdom. Since the end of World War 2, both have been the main depositories of gold reserves...Read More
Gold and silver fell on uncertainty in global financial markets. The USA is trying to blackmail South Korea over trade tariffs by saying that it will roll back military support. Black mailing will not work with South Korea. The USA needs South Korea as an ally MORE than the other way around. USA/NATO now wants to command the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean due to the mineral wealth under th...Read More
Cycles, cycles everywhere. We've already discussed the current state of the U.S. business cycle, arguing that the expansion should last for a while, although it is more advanced than in Europe. However, business cycles aren't the only creatures living in an economic zoo. They are simply the most popular within the modern macroeconomics. The post-war business cycles lasted, on average, almost 6 y...Read More
DEEPCASTER LLCFORTRESS ASSETS PORTFOLIO | LETTERS, ALERTS & ARTICLESHIGH POTENTIAL SPECULATOR | HIGH YIELD PORTFOLIOPreserve & Enhance WealthInvestment & Geopolitical Intelligence Major Market Moves and indeed, Trends, often begin with a Triggering Event (like the one coming later this month See Deepcaster's Alert posted March 16 for its identity) so it is essential to identify these Triggers...Read More
"I think what [the Fed] has done here now is they've now lost control of the bond market, so interest rates are rising, and their last hope is to try to manipulate the dollar, and they're trying to suppress that dollar." Read More
Jesse Ventura and Brigida Santos talk about the declining state of health in America and whether the sugar industry is behind the trend. Author Max Lugavere shares healthy eating tips and discusses research from his latest book, "Genius Foods."Jesse Ventura, is an American politician, actor, author, Navy Seal, and former professional wrestler who served as the 38th Governor of Minnesota from 1999...Read More
Gold and silver fell on uncertainty in global financial markets. The USA is trying to blackmail South Korea over trade tariffs by saying that it will roll back military support. Black mailing will not work with South Korea. The USA needs South Korea as an ally MORE than the other way around. USA/NATO now wants to command the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean due to the mineral wealth under th...Read More
Mike "Mish" Shedlock a registered investment advisor, representative for Sitka Pacific Capital Management and he operates one of the most popular websites about the economy and investing online: MISH'S Global Economic Trend Analysis.Read More
Read Chris' latest article: https://www.peakprosperity.com/blog/113845/russia-didChristopher Martenson is a former American biochemical scientist. Currently he is a writer and trend forecaster interested in macro trends regarding the economy, energy composition and environment. He is the founder of PeakProsperity.com. As one of the early econobloggers who forecasted the housing market collapse and...Read More
Wolf Richter is the founder of Wolf Street Corp and the publisher of WolfStreet.com. Wolf has over twenty years of C-level operations experience, including turnarounds and a VC-funded startup. He has a BA, MA, and MBA (UT at Austin). In his prior life, he worked in Texas and Oklahoma, including a decade as General Manager and COO of a large Ford dealership and its subsidiaries. Read More
The gold miners’ stocksremain deeply out of favor, trading at prices seen when gold was half or even aquarter of current levels. So manytraders assume this small contrarian sector must be really struggling fundamentally. But nothing could be farther from thetruth! The major gold miners’recently-released Q4’17 results prove they are thriving. Their languish...Read More
On Thursday crude oil wavered between smallgains and losses, but finished the day only 23 cents above Wednesday closingprice. Such small daily changes that we observe recently don’t look too encouragingfor oil bulls or for the bears. However, to dispel boredom, we rummaged deeper inthe charts and we found something that may interest both sides of the market’sbattle. Curious?Nevertheles...Read More
We have seen downgrade after downgrade on Barrick Gold (ABX) for years. Many keep looking lower and lower, with some even considering that this stalwart in the miners’ complex may even go out of business due to its debt load.However, back in 2015, it was one of the first miners to bottom. In fact, when we saw the potential bottoming of ABX in 2015, we actually opened our EWT Miners Portfolio...Read More
Continue...Bill Holter is currently a writer for Miles Franklin and Jim Sinclair's Mineset where he posts weekly commentaries on gold and financial markets. Prior to joining Miles Franklin in 2012, Bill Holter Worked as a retail stockbroker for 23 years, including 12 years as a branch manager at A.G. Edwards. Later, he left Wall Street to avoid potential liabilities related to management of paper...Read More
President Trump's new economic adviser did an interview on CNBC's Closing Bell Wednesday andContinue...Read More
Gold could drop $5 to $6 an ounce upon the Fed's announcement next week, then rebound quickly, said Peter Hug, Director of Global Trading at Kitco Metals."I am not in the camp that the Fed is going to be aggressive this year, on a four-rate [hike], increased kind of tempo, I just think there's too many headwinds out there that's going to give the Fed pause," Hug told Kitco News.Hug noted that duri...Read More