[Editor’s note: This story was previously published in Dec 2018. It has since been updated and republished.]As Warren Buffett likes to say, “price is what you pay, value is what you get.” It’s the reason why a $300-per-share stock can be cheap, while a $3 one can be expensive. With that said, there’s something about low-priced stocks that captivates investors’ i...Read More
The U.S. stock market and bullion swooned yesterday, but the GDX gold stocks ETF was up!Gold stocks continue to perform impressively. Rallies look impulsive and corrections feel solid.Please click here now. Double-click to enlarge this daily gold chart. Gold has pulled back by about 30% after staging an enormous $170/ounce rally.In the scenario shown on this chart, gold could trade down to the 5...Read More
With an interesting mix of sin stocks, energy, and mining, there are a few potentially overlooked TSX index tickers out there signalling high growth in expected earnings. Let’s take a look through the data for four such stocks and see whether they would satisfy a capital gains investor today.Surge Energy (TSX:SGY)The oil and gas stock you didn’t know you needed, Surge Energy can compet...Read More
The recovery in the TSX Index to start 2019 has pushed some stocks back toward all-time highs, while others that have been out of favour for some time are picking up a nice tailwind and still appear oversold.Let’s take a look at Barrick Gold (TSX:ABX)(NYSE:GOLD) to see if it might be an attractive pick for your portfolio today.Barrick Gold was a $50 stock when gold hit US$1,900 per ounce in...Read More
Someone last week suggested that Trump sees the stock market as the barometer measuring the success of his Presidency. I think his behavior, tweets, press comments, etc with respect to the stock market validates that assertion.The Dow trended lower all week last after Monday's close. Whenever the stock market faded from an early run-up or began a rapid sell-off, a Trump tweet or press statement wo...Read More
As ever, matching materials that have fallen out of favour but still have upcoming supply deficits, could see investors do well.Read More
Drilling operations at McEwen Mining's Gold Bar Project in central Nevada. Source: McEwen Mining Inc.McEwen Mining Inc. [MUX-TSX, NYSE] said Thursday March 7 that it has elected to suspend the dividend distribution of one-half cent per share, an amount that would have been paid on March 15, 2019 to shareholders of record on March 8, 2019."We have been experiencing operating issues at our Black Fox...Read More
You know what they say...The devil is in the details.And investors looking to get rich in the legal cannabis market would be wise to pay attention to the details of new legalization measures before those measures become law.This, dear reader, is the secret to pot stock profits.Let me explain...THIS is how you get rich in the legal cannabis marketFor nearly five years now, I've been helping investo...Read More
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau dropped in on the annual convention of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada in Toronto on March 5, 2019, for a sit-in interview conducted by outgoing PDAC president Glenn Mullan.Glenn MullanIn this unabridged 20-minute interview, Justin and Glenn touch on topics including technological innovation, sustainable mining practices, federal regulato...Read More
After completing its phase two and three drill programs at its flagship Cauchari lithium project in Jujuy, Argentina, Advantage Lithium (TSXV: AAL; US-OTC: AVLIF) has more than doubled the project's resource. Based on its new measured and indicated resources, the company says Cauchari is now Argentina's second largest development project.Based on the updated resource, the project now contains 1.8...Read More
OceanaGold (TSX: OGC) has grown the indicated resource for its Martha underground project at its Waihi gold mine in New Zealand by 136% and inferred resources by 97%."Over the past two years, we have made prudent investments in extensively drilling out the mineralized structures beneath the Martha open pit," Mick Wilkes, OceanaGold's president and CEO, notes in a statement. "Since that time we ha...Read More
Mining Journal spoke to Benchmark Mineral Intelligence analyst Caspar Rawles about pricing direction, supply and other trends in the market.Read More
Marijuana: it's a good thing.You may recognize that tagline from when Martha Stewart used it to describe home-spun Christmas wreathes from backyard kindling, Thanksgiving turkey stuffed with herbes de provence grown from window-sill gardens, or mason jars used for anything and everything.Everyone knows Martha Stewart - she practically invented the "lifestyle consultant" role that has permeated the...Read More
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By: Ira EpsteinApril Gold - continuation of thrust to the downside. Some big dumping of positions in this market. Where the market is looking to gain traction is near its 100DMA and..Read More
By Avi GilburtWhile there is some religious significance in Roman culture, the Ides of March is best known as the date on which Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44 BC at a meeting of the Roman Senate.At the time, a seer named Plutarch (some claim that the seer was named Spurinna) had warned that something would happen to Caesar by that date. For those that know their Shakespeare, on his way to...Read More
It could be the beginning of the global "currency war" after the so called the end of the "trade war". The reason is in the paragraph below. Indirectly nations fight currency war day in and day out. Trump is making it open. Currency war induced by Trump will only speed up the decline in the purchasing power of the US dollar. Trump is the US president for less than two years. By then nations will...Read More