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

CARACAS (Reuters) - A grace period on Chinese loans to Venezuela has lapsed, according to two Venezuelan sources with knowledge of the matter, potentially depriving the cash-strapped OPEC nation of billions of dollars in desperately needed oil revenue this year.China eased the payment terms two years ago on some $19 billion in oil-for-loan deals, under which Venezuela sends shipments of crude oil...Read More

Devil May Cry is an action-adventure hack and slash third-person shooter video game series developed by Capcom and created by Hideki Kamiya. The series centers on the main character Dante's goal of avenging his mother's murder by exterminating demons. The gameplay consists of heavy combat scenes in which the player must attempt to extend long chains of attacks while avoiding damage in order to exh...Read More

Seaborne iron ore prices were mixed on Tuesday February 19, with the MB 65% Fe Iron Ore Index dipping slightly while the MB 62% Fe Iron Ore Index saw an uptick after a trade was heard done at a higher price.MB 62% Fe Iron Ore Index: $89.21 per tonne cfr Qingdao, up $0.89 per tonne. MB 62% Fe Pilbara Blend Fines Index: $88.61 per tonne cfr Qingdao, up $0.90 per tonne. MB 62% Fe Iron Ore Index-Low A...Read More

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said that "the release of the notes of the call by the White House confirms that the President engaged in behavior that undermines the integrity Continue...Read More

Nickel was almost at a four-month low, while all prices on the London Metal Exchange declined on Wednesday September 29, pushed down by the continued uncertainty over demand given high energy prices and a US Dollar Index that was at its highest since November 2020.The US Dollar Index reached 94.28 on Wednesday, a near-one-year high and a 1.9% increase from 92.50 at the start of September. The...Read More

Eric Sprott has more than 40 years of experience in the investment industry. In 1981, he founded Sprott Securities (now called Cormark Securities Inc.), which today is one of Canada's largest independently owned securities firms. In 2001, Eric established Sprott Asset Management Inc. Over the years, Eric has personally been the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including one of Investor Dig...Read More

The Cobalt standard grade, in-whs Rotterdam, $/lb trade log including business, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets publishes trades logs for its key price assessments and indices to bring more transparencyinto the markets it covers and the pricing process it applies.Fastmarkets assessed Cobalt...Read More

(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest complaint about China devaluing its currency is off base. But the yuan could potentially become a major sticking point in efforts to resolve the trade dispute between the world’s two biggest economies.Currency valuations have long played a role in global trade spats because the goods of countries with weak currencies have a price advanta...Read More

* BOJ should mull adjusting yield target in future - one member* Undesirable for markets to price in near-term normalisation* Some members said BOJ must maintain powerful easing (Adds quotes, detail)By Leika KiharaTOKYO, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Several Bank of Japan policymakers said the bank may need to consider raising interest rates or slow its risky asset purchases if economic and price conditions...Read More

Full Article: Gold and Gold Stocks - Small Rays of Light in the Vale of TearsBy: Pater TenebrarumA Rebound Gets Underway - Will It Have Legs?Ever since the gold indexes have broken below the shelf of support that has held them aloft since late 2016 (around 165-170 points in the HUI Index), the sector was not much to write home about, to put it mildly. Precious metals stocks will continue to battl...Read More

Back in the 2008 presidential race, I explained to then-candidate Rudy Giuliani the concept of "blowback." Years of US meddling and military occupation of parts ofContinue...Read More

The premium hard coking coal price slipped slightly in the fob market after both sellers and buyers adopted a 'wait-and-see' attitude while the cfr market continued to climb up amid limited tradable seaborne resources in China on Thursday April 15, sources said.Fastmarkets indicesPremium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $112.94 per tonne, down $0.24 per tonnePremium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $220...Read More

In the midst of all this incredible political and economic chaos, I was tasked with packing up my mother's things to prepare for her move to assisted living. It's a gravely emotional experience for anyone, as I'm sure you know.I adore that woman. It's hard to see her get old. Also, that house contained 100 years or more of family history. All this stuff takes up space. With everyone on the move, i...Read More

(IDEX Online) - CIBJO President Gaetano Cavalieri has pledged CIBJO's support for India's giant jewelry and gemstone sectors, during the opening ceremony of the summer edition of the India International Jewellery Show (IIJS), which took place at the Bombay Exhibition Centre this morning.   The massive jewelry and gemstone trade fair, which is organised by the Indian industry's...Read More

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The comments above & below is an edited and abridged synopsis of an article by EconomicaHuge increases in federal debt over the last ten years was accompanied by a minimal increase in interest payable on all that debt. The Federal Reserve is primarily to thank for the cheapening of debt and encouragement to undertake all that debt, but many fear ongoing interest rate hikes.In five months of fiscal...Read More

The Nasdaq did notch a six-day win streak earlier in the weekThere was optimism heading into the week as U.S. economies began to reopen, but that sentiment was not replicated on Wall Street. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI), the S&P 500 Index (SPX) and the Nasdaq Composite (IXIC) are on track for ugly weekly losses, as lockdown leniency is met with panic of a second wave of coronavirus. A d...Read More

A subscriber from Canada emailed me last night about the Canadian housing market: "Toronto and Vancouver sales down 40% and 30% YoY respectively. Prices are still up in Vancouver but down 14% in Toronto. I don't know how prices stay up if the volume continues to trend down. Canadians are even more levered than Americans I believe. This is going to get ugly before it's all over."The only part I dis...Read More

(IDEX Online) - The owner of the Tiffany & Co jewelry empire in Turkey died after plunging from a cruise ship off the coast of Tahiti, in the South Pacific.Relatives of Dilek Ertek, 71, believe CCTV footage shows her falling to her death at 3am, but say her partner, 74, did not report her missing until 20 hours later.He was questioned by police in Tahiti when the Norwegian Spirit cruise ship (...Read More

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