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
Back in December I'd discussed the solid run for gold equities in the final quarter of 2018. The spot price of gold has continued to build momentum even as U.S. and Canadian stocks rallied in the opening weeks of 2019. Gold was holding firm above the $1,310 mark as of this writing.There are good reasons for investors to hold gold in their portfolios in 2019 as a hedge against volatility. Central b...Read More
In early September 2018 I'd discussed positive signs for gold and silver. Market turbulence the likes of which investors had not seen since the financial crisis soon followed, and gold and silver stocks were big beneficiaries. A dovish turn from the United States Federal Reserve built even more momentum for PMs in late December.U.S. and Canadian indexes have bounced back nicely in January and earl...Read More
"Our target is to grow at least 8% per year on average over a business cycle," Lindberg said."While we grew well beyond that in Q4 and in 2018, we believe we continuously need to make acquisitions to secure long-term growth as well as access to new technologies, markets and geographies."Epiroc, spun out of Atlas Copco last year and listed on the Stockholm Nasdaq in June (STO: EPI-A), added ASI Min...Read More
The company's share price fell $12.49 following the results announcement.Caterpillar actually posted a record profit per share of $10.26 for 2018. But that did not match with what analysts had predicted.It seems much of the problem for Caterpillar came from its Construction area, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region. Sales in that region fell 4% for the December quarter to $1.48 billi...Read More
The CPI ranks 180 countries and territories on their perceived levels of public sector corruption. The result is a mirror of last year's average result and represents the continuation of a theme from recent years during which transparency levels have failed, in general, to improve. Transparency International reported Sub-Saharan Africa had the lowest regional average, scoring just...Read More
Gold prices finished higher on Friday, paring an already modest weekly loss as weakness in global stocks boosted haven demand for the commodity. The yellow metal saw some so-called short covering to end the week, finding support from the threat of another U.S. government shutdown, with temporary funding expiring on Feb. 15, and intensifying concerns surrounding Brexit, said George Gero, managing d...Read More
In his latest Howe Street broadcast, Bob Hoye from ChartsandMarkets.com takes aim at the assumption that the Bank of Canada can control the economy and explains why gold miners and explorers can thrive during a post-bubble contraction.Myth the Bank of Canada can manage the economy (pic source D. Neuman)Hoye takes aim at the idea that the central bank keep the economy on track by setting interest...Read More
Dr. Marc Faber was born in Zurich, Switzerland and obtained a PhD in Economics at the University of Zurich. Between 1970 and 1978, Dr. Faber worked for White Weld & Company Limited in New York, Zurich and Hong Kong. From 1978 to February 1990, he was the Managing Director of Drexel Burnham Lambert (HK) Ltd. In 1990, he set up his own business, Marc Faber Limited which acts as an investment advisor...Read More
Peter Schiff is an internationally recognized economist specializing in the foreign equity, currency and gold markets. Mr. Schiff made his name as President and Chief Global Strategist of Euro Pacific Capital. He frequently delivers lectures at major economic and investment conferences, and is quoted often in the print media, including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Barron's, BusinessWee...Read More
Gerald Celente is a pioneer trend strategist and founder of The Trends Research Institute. He is the author of the national bestseller Trends 2000: How to Prepare for and Profit from the Changes of the 21st Century and publisher of the internationally circulated Trends Journal newsletter. Gerald Celente is a political atheist. Unencumbered by political dogma, rigid ideology or conventional wisdom,...Read More
Tim Pool is an independent journalist. His work can currently be found at http://timcast.com and on his YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG74...Read More
The French people continue to protest the latest global warming tax. Unfortunately things have turned violent as thousands of French men and women continue to battle policeContinue...Read More
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Well, we have some more results in on the impact of Universal Basic Income (UBI) experiments - handing out free money to citizens with no strings attached.Continue...Read More
According to the Wall Street Journal, the U.S. military will be pulling its troops out of Syria by the end of April, with a significant portion being withdrawn in March. Continue...Read More
"The party was founded with my full support and with the intention of fighting the European elections on May 23 if Brexit has not been delivered by then."Continue...Read More
Ed Steer is the founder of Ed Steer's Gold and Silver Digest and a director at GATA.org.Read More