Fears of a market correction and growing concern over the outlook for the global economy going into 2019 have caused stocks to fall sharply in recent weeks. The S&P TSX Composite Index, despite rallying, is still down by 13% since the start of 2018.Some industries, such as mining, have been marked down even more heavily because of growing alarm that a combination of lower growth, a firmer U.S....Read More
F. Scott Fitzgerald once wrote that "there are no second acts in American lives."Except that was just a throwaway line in the notes for The Last Tycoon, a book he never finished that was slapped together and edited by his friend Edmund Wilson.Fitzgerald did write an essay called My Lost City years earlier though, in which he wrote, "I once thought that there were no second acts in American lives,...Read More
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CloseGain/LossOn WeekGold $1280.00+$5.10+1.95%Silver$15.37+$0.14+5.13%XAU69.68-1.56%+1.47%HUI158.15-1.93%+1.07%GDM579.60-1.28%+1.55%JSE Gold1367.91+0.51+3.88%USD96.38-0.15-0.67%Euro114.47+0.09+0.74%Yen90.84+0.69+0.91%Oil$45.33+$0.72-0.57%10-Year2.719%-0.058-2.30%Bond145.78125+0.25+0.67%Dow23062.40-0.33%+2.75%Nasdaq6584.52+0.08%+3.97%S&P2485.74-0.12%+2.86% The Metals: Gold gained $7.10 to $...Read More
During the shutdown of the federal government, the Commitments of Traders report will not be published. When the federal government operations return to normal, CFTC will resume publication of the Commitments of Traders report.Read More
"In case you missed it... North Bud Farms Announces Creation of "1017" Distribution and Signing of a Letter of Intent to Acquire Cannabis Accessory Distributor and Product Developer Janey's- @Northbudco #NBUD $NBUD #CSE #BNN #CBD #smallcap-- Read it here: https://t.co/4WtKpkd23O"Read full newsRead More
"The benefits of bulk sampling in gold exploration are being realized in Canada's Yukon, where high-grade gold discoveries are underway. https://t.co/q03Cnxw3Jh @GPY_3Aces #preciousmetals #gold #investing"Read full newsRead More
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Vancouver-based juniors Defiance Silver Corp. (TSXV: DEF) and ValOro Resources Inc. (TSXV: VRO) stocks soared today, following yesterday's friendly merger announcement.The merger will be completed effective 11:59 pm on Monday, Dec. 31, 2018 and will create an advanced portfolio of Mexico-based silver and gold projects, the companies said in a joint release.The combined company will continue under...Read More
Vancouver-based juniors Defiance Silver Corp. (TSXV: DEF) and ValOro Resources Inc. (TSXV: VRO) stocks soared today, following yesterday's friendly merger announcement.The merger will be completed effective 11:59 pm on Monday, Dec. 31, 2018 and will create an advanced portfolio of Mexico-based silver and gold projects, the companies said in a joint release.The combined company will continue under...Read More
(This article first appeared in April) Barrick Gold founder Peter Munk addresses shareholders at the 2010 annual general meeting.?EUR,Credit: Barrick Gold.It's an extraordinary story about an extraordinary man who became one of the most legendary entrepreneurs in Canadian history.But at its core it is also a love story. It's a tale about Peter Munk's life-long romance with Canada - the country th...Read More
(This article first appeared in April) Barrick Gold founder Peter Munk addresses shareholders at the 2010 annual general meeting.?EUR,Credit: Barrick Gold.It's an extraordinary story about an extraordinary man who became one of the most legendary entrepreneurs in Canadian history.But at its core it is also a love story. It's a tale about Peter Munk's life-long romance with Canada - the country th...Read More
The Trump administration is proposing that limits on mercury pollution from power plants are too costly to justify and no longer "appropriate and necessary," a finding that could make it difficult to impose more stringent curbs in the future.Under President Donald Trump, the EPA now is effectively ignoring those so-called co-benefits and focusing only on the direct potential benefits from slashing...Read More
SANTIAGO - Chilean miner Collahuasi, owned by Anglo American Plc and Glencore Plc, has applied for an environmental permit to extend the life of its deposit with an estimated $3.2 billion investment, the company said on Thursday.The project at Collahuasi, one of the world's largest copper mines with an estimated 2018 production of 545,000 tonnes, will upgrade operations to improve efficiency and p...Read More
SANTIAGO - Chile will delay a previously announced arbitration with Albemarle Corp (ALB.N), the world's top lithium producer, in anticipation that the US-based miner will make a new offer to bring it into compliance with a 2016 contract, a source close to the negotiations told Reuters.Under the contract, US - based Albemarle had agreed to provide as much as 25 percent of its annual production at a...Read More
* Higher prices dampen appeal* China premiums ease to $3-$7 an ounce* Spot gold on track for biggest weekly gains in three* Dealers in India offer $2/oz discountMUMBAI/BENGALURU - Physical gold demand lacked vigour in most Asian hubs this week as limited safe haven interest failed to lift activity into the year end, while jewellers in India stepped up purchases, hoping for a further leg to a rally...Read More
MOSCOW/HONG KONG - Russian aluminium company Rusal said on Friday it has appointed independent non-executive director Jean-Pierre Thomas as its new chairman as part of an agreed restructuring in exchange for the lifting of U.S. sanctions.The previous chairman, Matthias Warnig, stepped down earlier this week after six years at the world's largest aluminium producer outside China. His resignation wa...Read More
Vancouver, BC - Venzee Technologies Inc. (TSX-V: VENZ) (the "Corporation" or "Venzee") is pleased to announce that it has completed a non-brokered private placement (the "Private Placement") consisting of the issuance of 20,032,666 units of the Company ("Units") at a price of $0.075 per Unit, for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of $1.5 Million, as announced by the Company on December...Read More