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
A hidden gem trading under a secret name could be the key to retirement riches.Picture theperfectstock for a moment.What would it look like?No doubt it would have hundreds of billions in revenue - more than tech giants like IBM, Facebook and Google.It would probably be a leader in cutting-edge technology like smartphones, robotics, e-commerce and medical equipment.It would have tens of thousands o...Read More
U.S. production of lithium is set to increase 1,300% in the next 2 years.Who wouldn't be happy with 614% gains in a very short amount of time?Well that's what one lithium mining stock did in just under 12 months. But only Australians could reap the rewards of that slam-dunk.Until now that is. The very same "secret sauce" that led to that stock's meteoric rise is now being implemented here in Ameri...Read More
Trading options is often scary... but it doesn't have to be!It's the biggest mistake options traders make... and it's the reason why 9 people out of 10 quit options...Most options traders fall for the same trap - they "buy" an option and end up losing money on 90% of their trades.Of course, any options player knows that losing trades are part of the game. But it doesn't mean losing has to be the n...Read More
The macro has moved through a time of moderately rising inflationary concerns when economies were cycling up, many commodities were firm and risk was ‘on’. Contrary to the views of inflation-oriented gold bugs, that was not the time to buy gold stocks.As I have belabored again and again, the right time is when the inflation view is on the outs, gold is rising vs. stock markets, the eco...Read More
Craig Hemke of the TF Metals Report joins me for a fascinating conversation you will not want to miss. Craig tells me why we all need to pay attention to the white-hot palladium market right now and discusses the massive physical supply shortages there that have a chance to actually break the trading exchanges. He also suggests 2019 is poised to be the best year for gold and silver in nearly a de...Read More
In recent days we’ve seen the beginnings of an inversion in the yield curve.The 2-year yield and the 5-year yield have inverted but not yet the the 2-year yield and the 10-year yield, the curve that is watched most. However, “2s and 10s” as bond traders would say appear headed for an inversion very soon.We know that an inversion of the yield curve precedes a recession and bear ma...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
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
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