Cryptocurrencies took a hit this week when the SEC announced that bitcoin and many other cryptos meet the government's definitions of securities and are therefore subject to regulation. Cryptocurrency exchanges will be required to register with the SEC.Most people automatically assume this is terrible news for cryptocurrencies. But I don't. I actually think it's good for cryptos.Why?Because it sho...Read More
The legal marijuana market is on fire…Thirty U.S. states have already legalized cannabis in some form, turning marijuana into what The New York Times calls the "fastest-growing industry in America."That's why People magazine is writing stories about "Marijuana Millionaires"...And that's why USA Today is calling this a "gold rush."But we believe the growth we've seen so far is just the tip of...Read More
Over the next couple days this story will break in almost every major news outlet.It's from MIT:Three MIT researchers just finished the biggest "Fake News" study to date.Their findings: humans, not bots, are primarily responsible for the spread of fake news.Yesterday, The Atlantic wrote this:The massive new study analyzes every major contested news story in English across the span of Twitter's exi...Read More
Trump and Kim Jong Un agree to meet, tariffs might not be as bad as the experts predicted, and the stock market is sneaking back toward its highs as we wrap up the trading week.What's not to love?Unfortunately, some investors are missing the ride. The average stock-watcher has become more bearish on the market since the low-volatility melt up disintegrated last month.Today, we're on the hunt for s...Read More
For months I watched the prices slowly tick higher.$100... $115... $130... $145...$30... $40... $50... $60...And then I gave up... “Forget it. I missed this one.”These were the prices over the last year of Albemarle (ALB) and Sociedad Qu?-mica y Minera (SQM), respectively - two of the largest lithium producers in the world during a period when the price of lithium doubled.Up until this...Read More
Newmont Mining is one of the rare gold stocks that is up year to date.There are a number of positive factors that favor Newmont Mining.The stock is a good "sleep well at night" way to get gold exposure. For outsized returns, search elsewhere.Recently, I've been searching for opportunities in the gold space. The reason for this is the major difference in price dynamics between gold (GLD)...Read More
For Part 1 of this interview, CLICK HEREMax Keiser is an American broadcaster and film-maker. He hosts Keiser Report, a financial program broadcast on RT. He presents a weekly show about finance and markets on London's Resonance FM, and writes for The Huffington Post. Keiser invented "Virtual Specialist Technology," a software system used by the Hollywood Stock Exchange. Prior to inventing this te...Read More
The small contrariangold-mining sector remains deeply out of favor, universally ignored. Thus the gold stocks are largely driftinglistlessly, totally devoid of excitement. But that’s the best time to buy low, when few others care. The gold stocks continue to form strongtechnical bases, paving the way for massive mean-reversion uplegs. And they remain exceedingly cheap...Read More
- Swedish authorities concerned cashless society is happening 'too quickly' and heading into 'negative spiral'- Only 25% of Swedes paid in cash at least once a week in 2017, 36% never use cash- Cash usage in Sweden falling both as share of GDP and in nominal terms- Sweden may be world's first economy to introduce a cryptocurrency, the e-krona- Cashless is not a disincentive for illegal drug trad...Read More
Our proprietary cycle indicator continues down.To public readers of our updates, our cycle indicator is one of the most effective timing tool for traders and investors. It is not perfect, because periodically the market can be more volatile and can result in short term whipsaws. But overall, the cycle indicator provides us with a clear direction how we should be speculating.InvestorsDuring a major...Read More
John Rubino is the founder and manager of the popular financial website DollarCollapse.com. Mr. Rubino is the co-author, with GoldMoney's James Turk, of The Money Bubble and The Collapse of the Dollar and How to Profit from It. He spent the 1980's on Wall Street as a Eurodollar trader, equity analyst and junk bond analyst. During the 1990's he was a featured columnist with TheStreet.com and a freq...Read More
Rick Rule, founder and chairman of Sprott Global Resource Investments Ltd., began his career in the securities business in 1974. He is a leading American retail broker specializing in mining, energy, water utilities, forest products and agriculture. His company has built a national reputation on taking advantage of global opportunities in the oil and gas, mining, alternative energy, agriculture, f...Read More
Peter Schiff is an internationally recognized economist specializing in the foreign equity, currency and gold markets. Mr. Schiff made his name as President and Chief Global Strategist of Euro Pacific Capital. He frequently delivers lectures at major economic and investment conferences, and is quoted often in the print media, including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Barron's, BusinessWee...Read More
Mar 12, 2018 Guest(s): Eric Fier SilverCrest, President & COO Silver, when compared to the price of gold, is overdue for a rebound, said Eric Fier, CEO of SilverCrest Metals."If you look at the gold-silver ratio...we're at 80 to 1 right now. The last bear market, that was the bottom too, so I got the feeling we're looking at a pretty good recovery," Fier told Kitco News on the sidelines of the P...Read More
Mar 12, 2018 Guest(s): Rick Rule Amir Adnani, CEO, UEC Rick Rule, CEO of Sprott U.S. Holdings, and Amir Adnani, CEO of Uranium Energy Corp., discuss the role base metals play in the future of energy.Rule said that while cobalt is attracting media attention for its use in the "electrification of things," investors need to be cautious of companies that are not legitimately mining cobalt."You hav...Read More
I set up a simple experiment at Yale University to test how much pain an ordinary citizen would inflict on another person simply because he was ordered to by an experimental scientist.Continue...Read More
Peter Schiff is an internationally recognized economist specializing in the foreign equity, currency and gold markets. Mr. Schiff made his name as President and Chief Global Strategist of Euro Pacific Capital. He frequently delivers lectures at major economic and investment conferences, and is quoted often in the print media, including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Barron's, BusinessWee...Read More
The small contrariangold-mining sector remains deeply out of favor, universally ignored. Thus the gold stocks are largely driftinglistlessly, totally devoid of excitement. But that’s the best time to buy low, when few others care. The gold stocks continue to form strongtechnical bases, paving the way for massive mean-reversion uplegs. And they remain exceedingly cheap...Read More
Gold COT Report - FuturesLarge SpeculatorsCommercialTotalLongShortSpreadingLongShortLongShort245,58761,76462,811153,421358,324461,819482,899Change from Prior Reporting Period -6,394-11,499-9,206-8,106-2,999-23,706-23,704Traders18379865062267196 Small Speculators LongShortOpen Interest 46,28125,201508,100 -1,054-1,056-24,760 non reportable positionsChange from the previou...Read More
- International Women's Day highlights the underreported UK Women's pension crisis- 2.66 million affected by UK government's change to state pension act- Women's pension crisis is one of many in the UK, where there is a ?710bn deficit for prospective retirees- Changes by government highlights the counterparty risks pensions are exposed to- Global problem as pensions gap of developed countries gr...Read More