Today is Monday, March 23, 2020, and this is your daily gold market update. Let's look at the latest price of gold, value of the dollar, gold/silver ratio, Commitment of Traders data, and exchange-traded fund (ETF) prices to get a sense of how the yellow metal is faring today.Gold PriceThe price of one troy ounce of gold in U.S. dollars today is $1,556.80. It's up 4.42% from yesterday and up 18.56...Read More
Today is Monday, March 23, 2020, and this is your daily energy stocks roundup. Today we're looking at the valuations of Select Energy Services (NYSE: WTTR), Berry Corporation (NASDAQ: BRY), and Equitrans Midstream Corporation (NYSE: ETRN).Select Energy Services (NYSE: WTTR)Select Energy Services (NYSE: WTTR) is a $258.2 million company today with a one-year return of -75.37%. Let's look at its pri...Read More
A drop in the price of gold and silver - besides fears of a recession and an economic downturn amid the coronavirus outbreak - has created a demand spike for the metals so large that bullion dealers around the world are selling out!Spot gold closed yesterday at $1,496 per ounce, a 9% decline over the last 30 days. Meanwhile, spot silver closed yesterday at $12.57 an ounce, down 32% over the past m...Read More
Endeavour Mining (TSX: EDV) gave markets a welcome break from COVID-19-related news by announcing the acquisition of Semafo (TSX: SMF) in a $1 billion (US$691 million) deal that will create one of West Africa's top gold miners.The transaction, the company said, will create the biggest gold producer in Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast with production estimated at over 1 million oz. per year.The West Af...Read More
Lundin Gold (TSX: LUG) has temporarily suspended operations at its Fruta del Norte gold mine in Ecuador due to COVID-19, while Newmont (TSX: NGT; NYSE: NEM) has taken similar measures at four of its operations in Argentina, Canada and Peru.Newmont has temporarily suspended activities at Musselwhite, Eleonore, Cerro Negro and Yanacocha.However, Newmont said mines representing about 80% of its produ...Read More
The Fed has just announced unlimited QE as market turbulence refuses to subside in what looks like a perfect storm for gold.The kind that unfortunately brings with it a very real human toll. I spoke with one of the most successful speculators and investors in the resource space, Rick Rule.In part one, we talk the macro scenario, whether the Fed can print its way out of this, which commodities Rick...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinEverything changed on February 19th. It was China's problem before then, the market didn't care, why care about gold?Then the switched flipped and things changed. Gold remains in an uptrend, the monthly chart showing strong support around $1,458 and below at $1,400 area with resistance around $1635Read More
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Thank you for joining us in a weekly technical look at the mid-cap oriented INK Canadian Insider (CIN) Index. Last week, the INK Canadian Insider Index continued to sell off in one of the greatest worldwide market panics of our lifetime. The INK CIN fell 177.54 points or 20.4% to an all-time low of 692.87, making for a two-week plunge of over 40%.MACD closed only nominally down 0.03 to -36.63. RS...Read More
The developers at mobile video game publisher Scopely know that content is king. By licensing big-box franchises like "The Walking Dead," "Star Trek," and "Scrabble," and adapting them into free-to-play mobile games, the company has created a cash cow. The Culver City-based private company, founded inRead full newsRead More
"With Hours To Go Until Futures Open, Congress Deadlocked On Stimulus Deal Last week it was conventional toilet paper ...........This week it could be financial toilet paper..........."Read full newsRead More
Greenlane Renewables Inc. is a pioneer in the rapidly emerging renewable natural gas (RNG) market.Read full newsRead More
As global financial markets began to melt down in response to the coronavirus pandemic, SilverCrest Metals (TSX: SIL; NYSE-A: SILV) inked a $75 million bought-deal financing on Mar. 11 that was underwritten by a banking syndicate led by National Bank Financial (and including Eight Capital and Scotia Capital).The deal was terminated seven days later.National Bank Financial said it was terminating i...Read More
In early January 2020, gold prices were steadily escalating on the heels of strong investor confidence fueled by some of the largest mining M&A transactions in recent history, including Newmont's merger with Goldcorp (US$10 billion), and Kirkland Lake Gold's acquisition of Detour Gold (US$3.8 billion).Over the past 12 months, gold prices had risen from US$1299 per oz. in January 2019 to US$1476 in...Read More
Amid the current economic environment, unsexy stocks really are the place to be over the next few years. Investors will begin to understand the dangers of investing in companies that find ways to juice short-term growth expectations by engaging in potentially destructive long-term actions. One example of this is overpaying for acquisitions.Here are three companies that are as “unsexy”...Read More
Marikana has 31.2 Moz of 4E PGM mineral reserves and 160.8 Moz of 4E PGM mineral resources. (Image courtesy of Sibanye-Stillwater). Sibanye-Stillwater (JSE: SGL) (NYSE: SBGL) refuted allegations spread out on social media, which stated that there was a confirmed case of COVID-19 at its Marikana platinum group metal mine in the North West province of South Africa.In a media statement, the company...Read More
Newmont Goldcorp's Yanacocha mine in Peru. (Image by Euyasik, Wikimedia Commons). Peru's National Association of Mining, Petroleum and Energy -known in Spanish by its initials SNMPE- announced that most of its 60 member companies have evacuated 75% of their personnel from mining sites.The measure followed the declaration of a state of emergency in the South American country amidst the COVID-19 pa...Read More
Chidliak project. (Image courtesy of De Beers Canada). Kimberlite rock samples recovered at De Beers Canada's Chidliak project in Nunavut unveiled the composition of the North Atlantic craton-an ancient part of Earth's continental crust that stretches from Scotland to Labrador.The samples were retrieved by Peregrine Diamonds, a junior exploration company that was acquired by De Beers in 2018, and...Read More
Given the market volatility from the spread of COVID-19, the outlook for precious metals remains uncertain. Nevertheless, gold exploration and mine development remain important drivers of mining activity. Here are eight companies with exposure to gold and precious metals.Bear Creek MiningBear Creek Mining's Corani silver-lead-zinc project in southern Peru. Credit: Bear Creek Mining.Bear Creek Mini...Read More
GDX stock is now very overbought on almost every metric. Traders should look to short VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF on any strength.Read full newsRead More