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

Today, additional evidence that recession - or worse - is in sight.But first, it appears the "Powell put" may extend the countdown clock…Since Jerome Powell's dovish comments on Friday, the Dow Jones has been up and away... as an addict thrills to the promise of additional stimulant.It leaped another 256 points today.Both S&P and Nasdaq have been similarly seduced.The S&P ended the d...Read More

My family has settled into a really boring and pointless Christmas tradition in recent years. This year was different.I write about the markets and investing, my brother works for a private fund, and my cousin works for a major fund that's open to the public.We're all inevitably in the same room at some point and we get pitched softball questions about the markets and investments.This year took a...Read More

The makeshift mine collapsed trapping villagers seeking gold in north-eastern Badakhshan province.Read full newsRead More

Last week saw Vision Lithium, NRG Metals, Strategic Oil and Gas, Monument Mining and Advantage Lithium top our list of gainers on the TSXV.Read full newsRead More

Last week's other top-gaining mining stocks on the TSX were Obsidian Energy, Excellon Resources, Western Copper and Gold and Questerre Energy.Read full newsRead More

A simple way to stop picking losers, and start cashing in like Wall Street's elite.Most traders would never believe that 9 out of 10 trades could be winners.But while it may sound impossible, thanks to a research breakthrough, it may not be as far-fetched as many think.JPMorgan's trading desk produced a 99.52% win rate from 2013 through 2017. That includes 2 straight years without a losing day....Read More

Brexit news will be the key in January. Any postponement or new conditions will result in the cable seeing a sell off against the US dollar. Gold will benefit if there is uncertainty on brexit. Japan's prime minister Abe says that Japan is watchful of risks to the global economic recovery. In fact every nation is watchful. This is the one reason that Asia policy makers have not given a clear ind...Read More

Brexit news will be the key in January. Any postponement or new conditions will result in the cable seeing a sell off against the US dollar. Gold will benefit if there is uncertainty on brexit. Japan's prime minister Abe says that Japan is watchful of risks to the global economic recovery. In fact every nation is watchful. This is the one reason that Asia policy makers have not given a clear ind...Read More

China has previously spent long periods without revealing increases in gold holdings....why did China decide now was the right time to publicly admit its gold reserves are rising?Read full newsRead More

China has previously spent long periods without revealing increases in gold holdings....why did China decide now was the right time to publicly admit its gold reserves are rising?Read full newsRead More

The ISM services sector index fell to a five-month low in DecemberThe Dow explored a 386-point trading range on both sides of breakeven, though bulls eventually triumphed. Trade talks between the U.S. and China sparked most of the optimism, as China's foreign ministry expressed willingness to work with Washington, and offset a five-month low reading in the Institute of Supply Management's (ISM) se...Read More

NHTC shorts are sidelined by today's big bear gapThe plummeting shares of Natural Health Trends Corp. (NASDAQ:NHTC) are among the worst of the Nasdaq today -- down 23.8% to trade at $15.05, at last check -- after coming under scrutiny in a segment aired by China Central Television (CCTV) this weekend. Specifically, the report alleged that the e-commerce brand is operating illegally in China. The c...Read More

La Jolla Pharmaceuticals is heading toward its worst day since 2011Stocks are confidently higher today, powered by fresh U.S-China trade optimism. Drug stocks are in particular focus, as the J.P. Morgan Healthcare conference kicks off. Insmed Incorporated (NASDAQ:INSM) and Array Biopharma Inc (NASDAQ:ARRY) are soaring, while La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company (NASDAQ:LJPC) is moving in the oppos...Read More

How you can transform lagging indicators into leading indicators.With the market action of the last few weeks, some traders may feel like they're working blind -- after all, who knows what the Dow will do next? With bulls and bears butting heads in their predictions, many investors are looking for a way to try and predict what's to come, to avoid losing any of their capital to sudden corrections a...Read More

The majority of the stocks are outperforming the SPY so far in 2019Back on Dec. 26, Schaeffer's Senior Quantitative Analyst Rocky White highlighted a list of stocks that could rally in the new year in his weekly Indicator of the Week column. The theory was that heavily shorted equities that struggled in 2018 could see a short squeeze in the start of 2019, as bearish bettors waited until the turn o...Read More

Call buying has been popular on CLVS and SAGEThe healthcare sector is in focus today, most notably due to Eli Lilly's (LLY) plans to buy Loxo Oncology (LOXO) for $8 billion and the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference. A couple other names also making big moves are Clovis Oncology Inc (NASDAQ:CLVS) and SAGE Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:SAGE), with shares of both CLVS and SAGE surging on upbeat drug buzz....Read More

Gold futures finished higher on Monday, staging a partial rebound from their worst single-session drop in two weeks, with prices getting a boost as downbeat U.S. ISM nonmanufacturing data helped pressure the dollar. February gold on Comex GCG9, +0.05% gained $4.10, or 0.3%, to settle at $1,289.90 an ounce, following a 0.7% fall on Friday, its largest daily drop since Dec. 21, according to FactSet...Read More

Gold futures finished higher on Monday, staging a partial rebound from their worst single-session drop in two weeks, with prices getting a boost as downbeat U.S. ISM nonmanufacturing data helped pressure the dollar. February gold on Comex GCG9, +0.05% gained $4.10, or 0.3%, to settle at $1,289.90 an ounce, following a 0.7% fall on Friday, its largest daily drop since Dec. 21, according to FactSet...Read More

QUEBEC - Toronto's Osisko Mining reports a bonanza - 2,223 g/t gold over 2.0 metres - intersection in zone 27 at its Windfall Lake gold project in the James Bay region, 200 km northeast of Val d'Or. The company began an 800,000-metre drill program in 2015, and is currently focused on infill drilling at the main Windfall and Lynx deposits.Windfall has had more than its share of bonanza drill result...Read More

QUEBEC - Toronto's Osisko Mining reports a bonanza - 2,223 g/t gold over 2.0 metres - intersection in zone 27 at its Windfall Lake gold project in the James Bay region, 200 km northeast of Val d'Or. The company began an 800,000-metre drill program in 2015, and is currently focused on infill drilling at the main Windfall and Lynx deposits.Windfall has had more than its share of bonanza drill result...Read More