What's the best way to survive a financial crisis with your wealth intact? The answer may surprise you.Many investors would say, "Sell everything, and wait until it's over!" That's almost never good advice.In the first place, some assets perform well in crises, and you should hold onto those. Secondly, how do you know a crisis has actually started?What seems like a crisis may just be a short-term...Read More
LONDON, 4 April 2024 - German investors magazine AssCompact today publishes an interview with BullionVault director of research Adrian Ash.Explaining the latest surge in gold prices, "It appears that hedge funds have decided that gold options offer the biggest delta on a rebound in expectations that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates," says Adrian."So far it looks like this has been a goo...Read More
Technical Analyst Clive Maund takes another look at Goldshore Resources Inc., reviewing how it has performed since his recommendation in February. Goldshore Resources Inc. (TSXV: GSHR;OTCQB: GSHRF ;FWB: 8X00) has put in a splendid performance in the two months since it was recommended for purchase early in February, more than doubling in price, and the good news is that even though it is entitled...Read More
The Fed kept the fed funds rate unchanged at last week's meeting, as I predicted.That makes 17 Fed meetings in a row going back to March 16, 2022, when I got the Fed forecast right. Events remain uncertain from here, but it's so far, so good for my forecasting (that's not because I have a crystal ball but because I know how to read them).Jay Powell's press conference following the FOMC meeting was...Read More
Technical Analyst Clive Maund takes a look at Emerita Resource Corp. to explain why he thinks it is currently a Strong Buy for all timeframes.Emerita Resources Corp. (EMO:TSX.V; EMOTF:OTCMKTS; LLJA:FSE) is a polymetallic exploration company (including gold and silver) whose operations are in Spain where it has one of the largest mineral exploration holdings in the EU at 26,000 hectares.The company...Read More
Ron Struthers of Struthers Resource Stock Report typically follows gold. While silver usually follows gold, it can sometimes outperform gold in a bull market. Struthers believes we may be in one of those instances. I have not talked much about silver for some time but now is the time. I mostly follow gold because silver usually follows golds path, oftentimes with a delay, and in some instances, it...Read More
Tisdale Clean Energy Corp. has completed the first two drill holes of its exploration at the South Falcon East project outside the edge of the Athabasca Basin. One analyst says a new bull market for the company is incubating.Tisdale Clean Energy Corp. (TCEC:CSE; TCEFF:OTCQB; T1KC:SE) announced the completion of the first two drill holes into the Fraser Lakes B uranium deposit at the South Falcon E...Read More
The Senate quietly passed a $1.2 trillion funding package on Saturday morning to avert a partial government shutdown.Just days earlier, Jerome Powell and the Fed soothed jittery investors, declaring that the Fed still intends to cut rates before the end of the year.Meanwhile, you might have noticed gold and Bitcoin consolidating near their respective all-time highs.Coincidence?Probably not.While y...Read More
Technical Analyst Clive Maund shares his thoughts on Western Exploration Inc. to explain why he believes it is a Strong Buy.Western Exploration Inc. (WEX:TSX.V;WEXPF:OTC) is a gold exploration stock that is viewed as being highly attractive to investors in the sector for several important reasons. In addition to the big reason common to many stocks in the sector which is that gold is powering up f...Read More
James Howard Kunstler's Saturday reckoning drew a heaping mail.Did you read it? Go here if you did not.James claimed that America's governing class is insane.On vaccines, on mass immigration, on "lawfare" against Donald Trump, on the Ukraine bloodletting and more...Meantime, James contends America's non-governing class "normal" Americans is sane.Perhaps James stretches the facts. Perhaps James...Read More
Can you feel it? The tension rising to the red line?It runs clear through all of Western Civ. We're ruled by governments of fiends. But now, the sun rides higher in the sky. The sap is rising in the northern forests. The earth heaves. The buds swell and blush. Something is in the air. The animals are waking from their long winter sleep.The natives are restless.The two traditional political divisio...Read More
Technical Analyst Clive Maund takes a look at NevGold Corp. to explain why he believes it is most attractive for investors.NevGold Corp. (NAU:TSX.V; NAUFF:OTC; 5E50:FSE) is an exploration and development company targeting large-scale mineral systems in the proven districts of Nevada, Idaho, and British Columbia. NevGold owns a 100% interest in the Limousine Butte and Cedar Wash gold projects in Ne...Read More
Beware the Ides of March," Shakespeare quotes the soothsayer's warning Julius Caesar about what turned out to be an impending assassination on March 15.The death of American liberty happened around the same time four years ago, when the orders went out from all levels of government to close all indoor and outdoor venues where people gather.It was not quite a law and it was never voted on by anyone...Read More
Michael Ballanger of GGM Advisory Inc. shares his thoughts on the current state of the gold market and one stock he believes is worth keeping an eye on.When I first came up with the notion of writing a weekly newsletter, it was spawned from my habit of writing letters to clients way, way back when I toiled in the Canadian investment industry. In addition to being able to save a lot of time and ene...Read More
The Federal Reserve began kinking its monetary hose two years back.This it did through fevered interest rate elevations and quantitative tightening.Yet the stock market put out its tongue, placed its thumbs in its ears and wiggled its fingers in Mr. Powell's face.It has gone streaking to record heights despite the Federal Reserve's kinks.A conundrum! Or is it?We are informed that financial condi...Read More
The figures in totality equate to a US$1.48 billion after-tax net present value at current spot prices, noted a ROTH MKM report.MAG Silver Corp. (MAG:TSX; MAG:NYSE American) released an updated technical report on Juanicipio, its joint venture project in Mexico with Fresnillo, which "confirms robust economics," reported Roth MKM analyst Joe Reagor in a March 27 research note. However, some differe...Read More
MAG Silver Corp. released its Q4 2023 and full-year financial results, coming in ahead of several analysts' predictions for adjusted earnings-per-share (EPS) at its Juanicipio plant in Mexico. Analysts said they were looking forward to the company's new technical report expected next week.MAG Silver Corp. (MAG:TSX; MAG:NYSE American) has released its Q4 2023 and full-year financial results, coming...Read More
Michael Ballanger of GMM Advisory Inc. shares one stock he believes is "ridiculously cheap" along with the other junior developers.The big news this morning is the $20 move in gold (+.92%) against a stronger USD Index and weak silver (-.19%) and copper (-.26%).Oil has resumed its uptrend and is the clear winner so far up $1.21/bbl. (+1.49%).Stock futures are mixed.Yesterday, I took a 25 contract p...Read More
Sometimes, I watch videos on YouTube or X and think, "Thank heavens I listened to the right people about Russia and Ukraine."Of course, I claim no clairvoyance, and I'm not a "Washington Insider" like my colleague Jim Rickards.I'm just a well-traveled, educated spectator who tries to understand what's happening and then writes about it.And since my trouble with authority extends to the mainstream...Read More