- Recent stock market selloff showed gold can deliver returns and reduce portfolio risk- Gold's performance during stock market selloff was consistent with historical behaviour- Gold up nearly 10% in last year but performance during recent selloff was short-lived- The stronger the market pullback, the stronger gold's rally- WGC: 'a good time for investors to consider including or adding gold as...Read More
The analysis we have been conducting regarding the US and global markets shows one very interesting component that many people are overlooking – the pricing pressure in precious metals. Our research team at Technical Traders Ltd. has attempted to understand and this pricing pressure in relation to the strong international demand exhibited by China, India, Russia, and others.The be...Read More
Focus in on retaliation measures after Trump's tariff. Traders have ignored the exceptional US February nonfarm payroll numbers. Global stock markets are expected to rise. Sentiment for the US dollar is still weak. Now the focus will be on the FOMC meet. The pace of interest rate hikes is the key and not the actual hike. An early Easter (in March) does have temporary economic implications. I b...Read More
Inflation is now reaching a crescendo.The fact is that inflation develops in stages in the economy. The first stage concerns the price of items being bought and sold by wholesalers. We saw this begin to surge starting in the middle of last year. And it was a global phenomenon.Paying more for something is manageable for a while. However, at some point the increase in prices is passed on into the ec...Read More
Inflation is now reaching a crescendo.The fact is that inflation develops in stages in the economy. The first stage concerns the price of items being bought and sold by wholesalers. We saw this begin to surge starting in the middle of last year. And it was a global phenomenon.Paying more for something is manageable for a while. However, at some point the increase in prices is passed on into the ec...Read More
Strengths ? The best performing metal this week was silver, up 0.43 percent as hedge funds cut their bearish outlook. After mostly bearish opinions last week, gold traders are leaning more bullish this week on the yellow metal's performance. BullionVault's Gold Investor Index rose last month to 54.1, up from 52.7 the prior month, when it was at the lowest level since August 2017, a...Read More
March 21 is just over a week away. That's when the Federal Open Market Committee, FOMC, the Fed's interest rate policy arm, will raise interest rates anotherContinue...Read More
CloseGain/LossGold $1323.70+$0.20Silver$16.55-$0.03XAU79.67+0.98%HUI174.41+0.86%GDM607.04+0.60%JSE Gold1105.94-20.68USD89.88-0.25Euro123.42+0.34Yen94.06+0.37Oil$61.36-$0.6810-Year2.867%-0.030T-Bond144.75+0.59375Dow25178.61-0.62%Nasdaq7588.32+0.36%S&P2783.02-0.13% The Metals: Gold fell $9.10 to $1314.40 at about 8AM EST, but it then rallied back higher throughout most of t...Read More
US Secret Service Also Frustrated with US Mint's "Lack of Supporting Action" Washington, DC - Congressmen Alex Mooney (R-WV) criticized the United States Mint for its "disappointing and concerning" lack of awareness or action on the growing problem of high-quality counterfeits of US precious-metals coins entering the country from China and elsewhere.In a letter dated March 6, Rep. Mooney took the...Read More
Inflation is now reaching a crescendo.The fact is that inflation develops in stages in the economy. The first stage concerns the price of items being bought and sold by wholesalers. We saw this begin to surge starting in the middle of last year. And it was a global phenomenon.Paying more for something is manageable for a while. However, at some point the increase in prices is passed on into the ec...Read More
CloseGain/LossGold $1323.70+$0.20Silver$16.55-$0.03XAU79.67+0.98%HUI174.41+0.86%GDM607.04+0.60%JSE Gold1105.94-20.68USD89.88-0.25Euro123.42+0.34Yen94.06+0.37Oil$61.36-$0.6810-Year2.867%-0.030T-Bond144.75+0.59375Dow25178.61-0.62%Nasdaq7588.32+0.36%S&P2783.02-0.13% The Metals: Gold fell $9.10 to $1314.40 at about 8AM EST, but it then rallied back higher throughout most of t...Read More
Full Article: Massive Investment Mistakes and Lucrative Opportunities: Q&A with Doug Casey Part 2By: Doug CaseyEditor's Note: Yesterday, you received Part 1 of the Q&A with legendary speculator Doug Casey, the Chairman of Casey Research. Below is the second part of the interview series where Doug and Marin talk about risk mitigation in junior markets, two cryptocurrency plays that they're inve...Read More
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, March 12, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gold Resource Corporation (NYSE American: GORO) (the "Company") today announced the purchase of the County Line gold property located in Mineral and Nye Counties, Nevada from Nevada Select Royalty Inc. ("Nevada Select"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ely Gold Royalties Inc. (TSX-V: ELY, OTC: ELYGF). Gold Resource Corporation is a gold...Read More
Recently, the gold/silver ratio broke and held above the 80 level for the first time since before 2000 and is now hovering at that level again. This have attracted much attention from commentators, at least one of whom saw it as a distinct opportunity for investors to "...sell gold and buy silver!" - advice that at first thought makes strange sense for PM bulls. Gold has been the focus for such a...Read More
Continue...David Stockman is a former Republican congressman from Michigan and was President Reagan's budget director from 1981 to 1985. After leaving the White House, Stockman became a managing director at Salomon Brothers, and he later founded a private equity fund. David is the founder of David Stockman's Contra Corner, and he is the author of The Great Deformation: The Corruption of Capitalism...Read More
U.S. Secret Service Also Frustrated with U.S. Mint's "Lack of Supporting Action" Washington, DC (March 12, 2018) - Congressmen Alex Mooney (R-WV) criticized the United States Mint for its "disappointing and concerning" lack of awareness or action on the growing problem of high-quality counterfeits of U.S. precious-metals coins entering the country from China and elsewhere.In a letter dated March...Read More
- Recent stock market selloff showed gold can deliver returns and reduce portfolio risk- Gold's performance during stock market selloff was consistent with historical behaviour- Gold up nearly 10% in last year but performance during recent selloff was short-lived- The stronger the market pullback, the stronger gold's rally- WGC: 'a good time for investors to consider including or adding gold as a...Read More
Felix Sater, the man at the center of a controversial email "tying" President Trump to Russia while trying to work a business deal, has come forwardContinue...Read More
By Frank HolmesStrengths? The best performing metal this week was silver, up 0.43 percent as hedge funds cut their bearish outlook. After mostly bearish opinions last week, gold traders are leaning more bullish this week on the yellow metal's performance. BullionVault's Gold Investor Index rose last month to 54.1, up from 52.7 the prior month, when it was at the lowest level sinc...Read More
Think back to the halcyon days of the dot com boom. This was a time after Greenspan declared "irrational exuberance". Long Term Capital Management collapsed in 1998, and Greenspan decided to risk propelling exuberance to a level beyond irrational. Super-duper-irrational exuberance?Anyway, Greenspan cut interest rates a few times in late 1998. Technology companies were able to raise $5 million or m...Read More