The whole "robots taking your job" is a serious concern.Yes, most of what you'll see about it is overblown clickbait, but it's a real thing and it is getting real for more and more people all the time.Stories about it almost always have the air of the typical labor vs. owner trope, of careless capitalists using up and tossing out the people who created productivity and profits for them.Well that m...Read More
When I reached my mid 20s, you could say I reached an important crossroads of sorts. I’m not sure if I was going through the moment of reaching my own version of “quarter life crisis” but many things didn’t feel right, and I felt like I was trapped in life.Granted, on the surface, many things seemed to be going well for me, especially in my corporate life: good job, high sa...Read More
If corporate earnings rise in 2019 like Wall Street analysts expect, stocks are a screaming buy at these bear-market levels. But earnings won't rise and stocks are not a buy, says money manager Michael Pento: Earnings Recession of 2019President Trump’s plan to stimulate the economy, known as The Tax Cut and Jobs Act, was signed into law at the end of 2017. It ushered in a massive and permane...Read More
In 2013, De Beers Canada turned down a chance to own a majority stake in Peregrine Diamonds' Chidliak project in Nunavut.Five years later, it now owns the project outright.What changed in that time period? De Beers Canada CEO Kim Truter says that the timing just wasn't quite right the first time around."I always say to people that to develop a mining business, you need a few stars to line up and o...Read More
Lucara Diamond (TSX: LUC) announced in October that its new sales platform Clara Diamond Solutions, is ready for its first sale of diamonds in November.The platform is meant to modernize the diamond selling process and improve margins for both buyers and sellers. Sales through Clara will be stone by stone rather than by assortments, which the company says will achieve the best possible price for p...Read More
Pan American Silver's (TSX: PAAS; NASDAQ: PAAS) friendly acquisition of Tahoe Resources (TSX: THO; NYSE: TAHO) in a cash-and-share deal valued at US$1.07 billion will double the company's silver reserves and create the largest publicly traded silver mining company by free float.Tahoe Resources owns and operates the Escobal silver mine in Guatemala (now on care and maintenance), the La Arena and Sh...Read More
Gold rose 0.9% to close the trading week at US$1,221.10. The Philadelphia Gold and Silver Index rose 2.9% to 66.08, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 2.2% to 25,413.22. The S&P 500 Index fell 1.6% to 2,736.27.Shares of Sibanye-Stillwater rose 12.2% to US$2.67, after the company signed a three-year wage agreement with three unions. The company failed, however, to reach an agreement with...Read More
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index fell 4.13% to finish the trading week at 624.50.White Gold posted the largest value gain with a 27 ? jump to $1.44 on the back of drill results from its JP Ross property in Canada's Yukon. The junior released results from three rotary air-blast (RAB) holes and 11 reverse-circulation holes drilled at the property's Vertigo target. The most significant hole, 18-6,...Read More
"Great Panther Silver Announces Agreement with MACA Limited in Connection with Acquisition of Beadell Resources https://t.co/L59mwBXca2 #investing @Gr8_Panther"Read full newsRead More
The message from many investors today to their favorite stocks... Most indices extended last week's outlier exuberance in Chinese stocks, except tech/small cap-dominated CHINEXT dropped...Read full newsRead More
CloseGain/LossGold $1223.20+$1.30Silver$14.42+$0.01XAU65.70-0.57%HUI148.27-0.19%GDM539.96+0.11%JSE Gold1141.62+20.05USD96.21-0.23Euro114.50+0.33Yen88.76+0.11Oil$56.76+$0.3010-Year3.053%-0.018T-Bond139.8125+0.25Dow25017.44-1.56%Nasdaq7028.48-3.03%S&P2690.73-1.66% The Metals: Gold fell $3.80 to $1218.10 in Asia, but it then rallied back higher in London and New York and ended near its early...Read More
Gilts are on a tear as investors escape U.K. stocks and the pound. But a no-deal Brexit or a Corbyn government would soon change their status.By Mark Gilbert and Marcus Ashworth (via Bloomberg.com)British investors have been fleeing their domestic stock market in droves all year, and everyone and their dog lined up to sell sterling on Thursday as the tally of resignations from Theresa May's...Read More
Thanksgiving week has been marked by abrupt moves and long-term trend changing moves in metals and energies. This has happened most of the time (not all of the time) over the past fifteen years. I will prefer to be cautious in metals, natural gas and the US dollar Index this week. Technicals are fine but one should see signs of a trend changing technically. Global stocks could sink once again...Read More
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A Denver suburb has finalized an unusual deal to acquire water from an inactive gold mine.Read full newsRead More
CHARLOTTE - Christian Ciciarelli was golfing with an old friend one day when he heard about mysterious tunnels far below uptown Charlotte.Read full newsRead More
"Brazilian judge instructs Vale to halt operations at its On??a Puma #nickel mine until it meets certain environmental requirements https://t.co/vy01Mt9QeZ"Read full newsRead More
ISRAEL: The daily administration of CBD-dominant cannabis extracts is associated with improved outcomes in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and severe behavioral problems, according to clinical data published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. Israeli researchers assessed the efficacy of whole-plant cannabis extracts in a cohort of children with ASD. Participa...Read More
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"Canadian and US Cannabis Edibles and Consumer Products Market Set to Explode to US$ 4.1 Billion by 2022 - Are you ready?Read More Here: https://t.co/0T7RfvBSw7#momentumstocks #momentumblog #hotstocks #potstocks #edibles #consumerproduct $AREV $NBUD $WEED #marijuana #CBD"Read full newsRead More