The precious metals all soared in 2025, and while a continued monetary expansion and geopolitical risk could still drive gains especially for gold in 2026, a pullback in silver, platinum and palladium is possible after recent partly speculative surges.Read More

The AOCE and WB have moderate overall forecasts for the metals in 2025 inline with IMF forecasts for a decline in economic growth and inflation, although we see the probability of a stagflationary scenario as still reasonably high.Read More

The past year was a difficult one overall for the metals, with the main standouts to the upside being a geopolitical risk-driven gain in gold, a China-driven rise in iron ore and a surge in uranium on broadening global support for nuclear power (Figure 1). A jump in global interest rates to near two-decade highs saw recession fears persist all year, and while one still did not actually eru...Read More

This year the post-global health crisis boom was brought to an end by a surge in inflation to forty-year highs, a major rise in global interest rates in an attempt to curb the rising prices and surging geopolitical risk after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. While precious metals held up reasonably well as markets turned to them as a risk hedge, by Q2/22 the higher interest rates put an end t...Read More

Chile is the world leader in copper production, at 28.5% of the total in 2020, and this looks set to continue, with the country having the largest global reserves, at 23.0% of total. It is also the global leader for molybdenum, which is often found along with copper, and is a major lithium player, holding 51.1% of global reserves. Read More

Newfoundland has become a gold exploration hotspot over the past few years, with the sector seeing some of its strongest activity ever. While the province remains a small contributor to Canadian gold production, it has a substantial mineral industry well supported by the government, focused on iron ore, copper and nickel, and the surge in exploration suggests that gold output from the...Read More

Nevada is the core of the U.S. gold output, accounting for by far the majority, at 75.4% on average for the past year. The state looks set to remain a dominant player in U.S. gold, as it accounts for 49% of total U.S. reserves, with Alaska slightly ahead with 51% of reserves, but just 8.6% of current production. The U.S. accounts for 6.1% of global gold output, making Nevada one of the largest gol...Read More

The Golden Triangle in northwestern British Columbia has historically been a major site of Canadian gold production, beginning as early as the mid 1800s. There was a wave of production in the 1990s which cooled as the gold price declined, but larger scale production resumed in 2017, and the area has seen surging exploration interest over the past year, given that the region has some of the largest...Read More

In this report we outline the Quebec gold mining industry, including its major producers, and a survey of many of the junior miners focused on the province. Quebec accounts for 34% of Canadian gold production (second to Ontario, with 44%) and remains a major focus for both producers and junior miners.Read More

Red Lake has been one of the most prolific gold mining districts in Canada and the world, with exploration having started in the 1920s, and production, which began in the 1930s, continuing to the present day. The district is known for the high grade of its gold, its infrastructure, and strong institutional support, given the long history of mining in the area.Read More

After completing its phase two and three drill programs at its flagship Cauchari lithium project in Jujuy, Argentina, Advantage Lithium has more than doubled the project's resource. Based on its new measured and indicated resources, the company says Cauchari is now Argentina's second largest development project.Based on the updated resource, the project now contains 1.8 billion measured and indica...Read More

OceanaGold Corp. has grown the indicated resource for its Martha underground project at its Waihi gold mine in New Zealand by 136% and inferred resources by 97%."Over the past two years, we have made prudent investments in extensively drilling out the mineralized structures beneath the Martha open pit," Mick Wilkes, OceanaGold's president and CEO, noted in a statement. "Since that time we have rep...Read More

OceanaGold Corp. has grown the indicated resource for its Martha underground project at its Waihi gold mine in New Zealand by 136% and inferred resources by 97%."Over the past two years, we have made prudent investments in extensively drilling out the mineralized structures beneath the Martha open pit," Mick Wilkes, OceanaGold's president and CEO, noted in a statement. "Since that time we have rep...Read More

OceanaGold Corp. has grown the indicated resource for its Martha underground project at its Waihi gold mine in New Zealand by 136% and inferred resources by 97%."Over the past two years, we have made prudent investments in extensively drilling out the mineralized structures beneath the Martha open pit," Mick Wilkes, OceanaGold's president and CEO, noted in a statement. "Since that time we have rep...Read More

The ECB lowered its 2019 GDP forecastThe Dow spent the entire session in negative territory, as pre-market optimism over the European Central Bank's (ECB) stimulus announcement was replaced by concern over the central bank's downwardly revised 2019 gross domestic product (GDP) forecast -- exacerbating fear over a slowing global economy. Bank stocks took a notable hit, with big-cap financial shares...Read More

First Cobalt Corp. of Toronto has drilled its deepest hole to date at the Iron Creek cobalt project between Challis and Salmon. The hole reached a depth of 611 metres and confirmed that mineralization in the No Name zone extends a further 150 metre down dip.The No Name zone has now been traced to 300 metres down dip in the central area of the deposit and 400 metres in the west.Hole ICS18-28 return...Read More

First Cobalt Corp. of Toronto has drilled its deepest hole to date at the Iron Creek cobalt project between Challis and Salmon. The hole reached a depth of 611 metres and confirmed that mineralization in the No Name zone extends a further 150 metre down dip.The No Name zone has now been traced to 300 metres down dip in the central area of the deposit and 400 metres in the west.Hole ICS18-28 return...Read More

First Cobalt Corp. of Toronto has drilled its deepest hole to date at the Iron Creek cobalt project between Challis and Salmon. The hole reached a depth of 611 metres and confirmed that mineralization in the No Name zone extends a further 150 metre down dip.The No Name zone has now been traced to 300 metres down dip in the central area of the deposit and 400 metres in the west.Hole ICS18-28 return...Read More

The current stock bull market, already the longest in U.S. history, turns 10 years old this month. It's been a phenomenally profitable time to participate, especially if you've stuck to an investment strategy that favors dividend-paying stocks.As you can see in the chart below, the amount of cash that S&P 500 Index companies have returned to shareholders has grown each year since 2009. In the...Read More

Wednesday's trading session was bearish, as stocks retraced their Tuesday's advance. However, the market remained at its recent local lows. So is this a topping pattern or just a pause before another leg up?The U.S. stock market indexes lost 0.5-0.9% on Wednesday, retracing their Tuesday's advance, as investors took some short-term profits off the table. The S&P 500 index retraced more of its...Read More

A bullish technical indicator just flashed for the retailer The shares of Dollar Tree, Inc. (NASDAQ:DLTR) jumped over 5% during yesterday's trading, after the discount retailer reported earnings and revenuefourth quarter that exceeded analysts' expectations. The earnings beat had analysts rushing to raise their price targets, including RBC and Credit Suisse. Today, the trend continues, with price-...Read More

Oppenheimer had high praise for Five Below stockThe Dow is lower again today, heading toward its fourth straight loss. Among stocks making notable moves today, discount retailer Five Below Inc (NASDAQ:FIVE) and soccer franchise Manchester United PLC (NYSE:MANU) are climbing, while pharma company Aptinyx Inc (NASDAQ:APTX) is struggling. Here's a quick look at what's got the shares of FIVE, MANU,...Read More

The blue chip recently pulled back to a historically bullish trendlineAerospace giant Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) has been making big moves on the charts of late, with a bull gap in late January paving the way to the shares' March 1 record high of $446.01. While the stock has since pulled back to a key trendline, data from Schaeffer's Senior Quantitative Analyst Rocky White indicates the next leg of BA's...Read More

A push by the world's biggest gold miners to get even bigger will likely have a knock-on effect among their competitors, adding new vigor to an industry that failed to inspire investor support in 2018.The megamerger mania now underway for Newmont Mining Corp., Barrick Gold Corp. and Goldcorp Inc. is likely to result in some of their assets being sold, helping to diversify portfolios for other mine...Read More

A push by the world's biggest gold miners to get even bigger will likely have a knock-on effect among their competitors, adding new vigor to an industry that failed to inspire investor support in 2018.The megamerger mania now underway for Newmont Mining Corp., Barrick Gold Corp. and Goldcorp Inc. is likely to result in some of their assets being sold, helping to diversify portfolios for other mine...Read More

There will also be earnings to take in from the retail sectorThe main focus of next week's economic calendar will probably be Tuesday's release of the consumer price index (CPI), with the inflation gauge likely sparking speculation about the Fed's next move. On the earnings side of things, Adobe's (ADBE) and Broadcom's (AVGO) releases late in the week could generate the most headlines. Below is a...Read More

Alrosa, (MCX:ALRS) the world's top diamond producer by output, reported Thursday that total sales of rough and polished diamonds increased to $345.6 million, up 23% compared to January 2019 (up $64.1 million).Rough diamonds sales in February increased to $340.6 million, compared to $278.2 million in January 2019, while polished diamond sales grew to $5 million, compared to $3.4 million a...Read More

The analyst initiated coverage with an "overweight" rating and a $21 price target The shares of Unity Biotechnology, Inc. (NASDAQ:UBX) suffered an 11.2% drop yesterday -- and touched a record low of $9.05 -- after poorly received fourth-quarter earnings. Despite all this, Cantor Fitzgerald last night initiated coverage of UBX with an "overweight" rating and a price target of $21 -- more than dou...Read More

The analyst in coverage also slashed their price target on the stockPivotal Research cut its rating on United Natural Foods Inc (NYSE:UNFI) to "sell" from "hold," and slashed its price target to $8 from $14. This follows the Whole Foods supplier's fiscal second-quarter EBITDA loss -- reported Monday -- which CEO Steven Spinner said was due to "higher than anticipated costs" associated with its Sup...Read More

Cantor Fitzgerald initiated coverage with an "outperform" ratingThe shares of Chiasma Inc (NASDAQ:CHMA) are modestly higher today, after the pharma stock scored a very bullish brokerage note. Specifically, Cantor Fitzgerald launched coverage of CHMA with an "outperform" rating and $18 price target -- more than three times the equity's current price, and in territory not charted in three years. The...Read More