Gold has big year in 2020 and outlook for this year robust. Learn about monetary expansion and gold future prices.Read More
The gold futures price reached US$1,767/ounce this week before retreating, which was the second time it has surpassed US$1,760 in the past two months, marking some of gold's highest levels in several years.Read More
(IDEX Online) - Indian manufacturers are piloting a partnership with FedEx for direct and affordable doorstep deliveries of jewelry or loose diamonds worldwide.The GJEPC (Gem & Jewellery Export Council) says the move, designed to cut out the middleman and boost exports, will allow its members to send an $800 parcel for as little as $24.The initiative is initially open to the GJEPC's 2,200...Read More
(IDEX Online) - A grieving son was appalled when he learned that a funeral home had taken the fingerprint of his dead mother - and passed it to a jewelry company.Mark Cady-Archilla received an email from a US company called Legacy Touch, offering to sell him a pendant with the fingerprint of his mother Jacqueline Cady as a personalized keepsake.He challenged Allen-Summerhill Funeral Home in DeLand...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Exports of Swiss watches to China, the second biggest market globally, surged in October.They were up by over 24 per cent a possible indication that the long-awaited post-Covid recovery is finally here. By contrast they were down 5 per cent in September.The US, the world's number one market for Swiss watches, turned a 6.4 per cent drop in September into a 5 per cent increase i...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 4 points at 8:30 AM EDT.U.S. retail stocks are expected to open higher following news that U.S. on-line shoppers spent a record $9.8 billion on Black Friday, up 7.5% from last year. Amazon added $0.95 to $147.69. Shopify gained US$2.45 to a 19 month high at US$72.80.GE Healthcare Technologies dropped $2.49 to $71.22 a...Read More
How do the wars in Ukraine and Gaza impact global economic growth and the U.S. economy in particular?Both wars are ongoing and cataclysmic impacts may yet be felt. Here's where events stand at the moment. Let's start with the war in Ukraine...From a strategic perspective, the situation in Ukraine resembles a smaller-scale version of the situation in Europe in late 1944. At that point, the Allies h...Read More
In normal times we reflect upon the splendid gluttony of the American Thanksgiving we just experienced, the fellowship of family and friends, with gratitude and remembrance of overcoming ordeals past.This year, though, we were a bit preoccupied with ordeals to come, and that nip in the November air conjures rumors of approaching hardship and cruelties we have no idea how we might overcome.These ar...Read More
It was dark and drizzly outside, and chilly in the way that only Hamburg can be, considering how the strong, damp North Sea wind whips up the Elbe River valley.I saw the Intercity Express (ICE) train at a distance, as it curved around the final bend into the station and pulled up along the platform.Helpfully and with characteristic thoroughness the online Deutsche Bahn scheduling app informed...Read More
Breaking News This copper junior announced it has gotten its permit to drill on its British Columbia project that returned samples as high as 29.3% copper. Analysts say the red metal is needed for clean energy transition.Fabled Copper Corp. (FABL:CSE) announced it has received its permit to drill on its Muskwa project, where fieldwork has found several high-grade copper (Cu) samples, including on...Read More
Arizona Gold and Silver has released the technical report for its flagship Philadelphia project. Read on to see why analysts like this company's stock.Arizona Gold & Silver Inc. (AZS:TSX; AZASF:OTC) announced in a press release that it has the non-resource technical report for the Philadelphia project in Arizona. The technical report for the property, located in Mohave County, covers 141 drill hol...Read More
Michael Ballanger of GGM Advisory Inc. shares his thoughts on the current movements in the market, as well as some stocks he believes may be worth your attention.This is Thanksgiving Weekend in the mighty U. S. of A, which is the biggest holiday travel day of the year and precedes the mighty "Black Friday" shopping event when crowds break down the doors at Apple stores across the country because a...Read More
Mining is a competitive industry, with firms often actively seeking to undermine and take over each others' claims and approvals. Seabridge Gold Inc. recently announced that it was able to defeat one such attempt.Seabridge Gold Inc. (SEA:TSX; SA:NYSE.MKT) is a Canadian company engaged in acquiring and exploring gold properties located in the relatively stable mining jurisdictions of North America....Read More
Michael Ballanger of GGM Advisory Inc. shares his thoughts on silver company, Norseman Silver to tell you why he believes this stock is a Buy.Six weeks ago, I sent out Email Alert 2023-131 that told everyone that I was adding to Norseman Silver Ltd. (NOC:TSX.V; NOCSF:OTCQB) in the CA$0.035-$0.05 range. I added another 200,000 to the 800,000 I owned in the 2023 Trading Account to arrive at a new co...Read More
Silver just shot up, and given whatthe stock market is doing, it makes perfect sense.Namely, it’s most likely the final partof the rally in them both, and the same is the case for gold and mining stocks. Echoing Early 2022Starting with the stock market, it’sstill the case that the shares are following their early-2022 path.What I wrote about it previously, remainsup-to-date:Stockssoare...Read More
Cameco Corp. (CCO:TSX; CCJ:NYSE) — the godfather of the uranium trade — has moved to all-time highs, with the spot price hitting US$80.00/lb. From Trading Economics:"Uranium prices in the U.S. surged past US$80 per pound for the first time since January 2008 in November, soaring past pre-Fukushima disaster levels amid high demand and risks to supply. Fossil fuel volatility and decarbon...Read More
(IDEX Online) - The largest internally flawless pink diamond ever offered at auction yesterday (27 November) sold for HKD83.9m ($10.8m) at Christie's Hong Kong.Its pre-sale estimate was HKD70m ($9m) to HKD100m ($12.8m).The fancy intense Type IIa pink cushion brilliant-cut diamond of 15.48 carats was set in a gold ring with pear and round white diamonds.The Pink Supreme, which belonged to a pr...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Angola officially opened its new Luele diamond mine yesterday (Monday 27 November), in a move that is likely to double the country's annual production.The deposit, formerly known as Luaxe, has already produced 5m carats during its pilot stage and is expected to produce 6m carats annually.That would eclipse Catoca, until now the the country's biggest mine, which reported a...Read More
(IDEX Online) - The global jewelry market is set to reach almost $33bn (?,?30bn) this year, according to research by management consultants Bain & Company together with Altagamma, the Italian luxury goods manufacturers' association.The growth is being fuelled by an "investment mindset", with "fine jewelry affirming itself as a bright spot for investments amid uncertainty," they say in a p...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 7 points at 8:30 AM EST.Scotia Bank dropped $1.25 to Cdn$59.00 after reporting less than consensus fiscal fourth quarter earnings. Boeing gained $4.25 to $223.55 after RBC upgraded the stock to Outperform.Canada Goose added $0.30 to $10.95 after acquiring a manufacturing facility in Romania. Carnival added $0.05 to $1...Read More
Analysts note that U.S. inflation is coming down and that interest rates are coming down at the same time.Many assume this is good news for the economy and especially good news for stocks. But that superficial analysis does not hold up to scrutiny.With regard to interest rates, it is true that the yield-to-maturity on 10-year Treasury notes has dropped from 5.0% to 4.33% in recent weeks.But the dr...Read More
Following nearly two years of rate-hike induced panic attacks, investors suddenly found inner peace following this month's cooler-than-expected CPI report.Everyone's now convinced the Fed has whipped inflation and won't raise rates again this cycle. The herd can't stop buying semiconductors, languishing IPOs, and beaten-down tech stocks. Melt up season has begun and there's very little standing...Read More