Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, the University of Gothenburg,the University of Jyv??skyl??, and Stanford University have found a way to make the surface of a gold object melt at room temperature.The discovery came as a fluke after the scientists started analyzing the yellow metal to its most intrinsic and smallest components.First, they placed a small piece of gold in an electr...Read More
Would you go down to the railroad track and stand in front of an oncoming express train? - probably not, yet that is what many investors are doing, metaphorically speaking, by remaining long the stockmarket at this time. Last week, when the market dropped sharply, many observers talked about it "crashing", but a quick look at our 10-year chart for the S&P500 index below makes clear that the cras...Read More
By John MauldinMonetary Drug WithdrawalEuropean DisunionTrade ThreatsPuerto Rico, Cleveland, and San FranciscoSomeone asked recently how many times I had "crossed the pond" to Europe. I really don't know. Certainly dozens of times. It's been several times a year for as long as I remember.That makes me an extremely unusual American. Most of us never visit Europe, except maybe for a rare dream vac...Read More
Steel billet prices continued to decline in most of the world's major billet markets during the week to Friday December 7 due to thin buying interest caused by the weak finished steel sector and cheaper scrap.China's prices rebounded at the beginning of the week, after a 90-day suspension of the country's tariff war with the United States was announced on December 2, although market sentiment...Read More
The apocalyptic fires that hit California last month have left observers scratching their heads and wondering how destruction on that scale could be possible - and how much it will cost in the future if the causes aren't addressed immediately. This morning's Wall Street Journal concludes that 1) the problems aren't being addressed and 2) this failure is going to cost a fortune that no government...Read More
By Steve St. AngeloOver the past week, the gold and silver prices have held up rather well compared to the overall markets. While precious metals investors still fear that a huge sell-off in the gold and silver prices will take place during the next market crash, it seems that the metals continue to be very resilient during large market corrections.Now, I am not saying that the metals prices c...Read More
November saw a continuation of significant trading in gold swaps by the Bank for International Settlements. After falling in August and September, the BIS' purchases of gold via gold swaps soared in October, falling back by around 64 tonnes in November. The BIS publishes a monthly statement of account that provides enough information to estimate the bank's level of trading in gold swaps and othe...Read More
By Gary SavageListen to what gold is saying. It's not deflation that we have to worry about. We're about to enter a multi year period of rising inflation. Seriously did you think years of QE weren't going to have consequences at some point?For a long time I've maintained several key macro views.Gold started a new bull market in late 2015.The dollar started a secular bear market in early 2017.Sto...Read More
"If I was a poor guy or a rich guy who wanted to preserve his purchasing power, I would be buying physical gold and silver, and mostly gold."Michael Pento is a specialist in Austrian economics and is the President of Pento Portfolio Strategies. Prior to starting Pento Portfolio Strategies he served as a senior economist and VP of the managed products division of another well known financial firm....Read More
Al-Qaeda tricked the West into the War on Terror in an effort to advance its own Islamist goals in the Middle East, the group's former chemical weapons expert, who later allegedly became an MI6 spy, told RT's Going Underground.Read More
"I am one of the most censored and most lied-about people in the world. Even my fans sometimes believe things about me that aren't true, because journalists lie more about me than perhaps Continue...Read More
The apocalyptic fires that hit California last month have left observers scratching their heads and wondering how destruction on that scale could be possible - and how Continue...Read More
Colombian Forjando Futuros foundation issued a report accusing 33 companies and 150 individuals, both foreign and Colombian, of forcing people living in rural communities out of their land.According to the document, the forced displacement was ordered by the firms and individuals but executed by either the National Army or the guerrilla group known as the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.The...Read More
Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at the National Review Institute and a contributing editor of National Review. @andrewcmccarthyContinue...Read More
Steve Forbes is an American publishing executive who was twice a candidate for the nomination of the Republican Party for president. He is the editor-in-chief of business magazine Forbes magazine as well as president and chief executive officer of its parent company, Forbes, Inc. Mr. Forbes' latest book is Money: How the Destruction of the Dollar Threatens the Global Economy - and What We Can Do A...Read More
Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, the University of Gothenburg,the University of Jyv??skyl??, and Stanford University have found a way to make the surface of a gold object melt at room temperature.The discovery came as a fluke after the scientists started analyzing the yellow metal to its most intrinsic and smallest components.First, they placed a small piece of gold in an electr...Read More
David Morgan is a world-renown precious metals aficionado. He is the creator of TheMorganReport.com, a monthly report that covers economic news, overall financial health of the global economy, currency problems and the key reasons for investing in precious metals. A dynamic, much-in-demand speaker all over the globe, David's educational mission also makes him a prolific author, having penned Get t...Read More
The Canadian company has a roughly 70,000-meter drill program planned for 2019. Brucejack Exploration Summer 2018Pretium Resources Inc. (PVG:TSX; PVG:NYSE) provided an update, in a news release, on 2018 exploration activities at its Bowser claims in British Columbia and outlined 2019 follow-up plans for that area and the Valley of the Kings. Recent exploration efforts included 8,000 meters of dri...Read More
Early investors stand to reap the rewards as a new technology looks to change everything.One research firm - which recommended Google and Amazon before they became household names - has built a worldwide reputation of identifying profitable tech trends well before Wall Street and the talking heads on T.V.And just recently, they've uncovered a technology that's already being labeled "humanity's las...Read More