Continue...Bill Fleckenstein is the President of Fleckenstein Capital and writes a popular column 'Contrarian Chronicles' for MSN Money as well as the daily Market Rap column for his website: Fleckenstein Capital. Bill has appeared at one time or another in virtually all financial media including Bloomberg, CNBC, The New York Times, MSN, Marketwatch, Barron's and more. Bill is a highly sought afte...Read More
It's said that truth mirrors fiction. I'm finding this to be the case more and more these days. Take the 1993 comedy Groundhog Day. Bill Murray wakes up each day to relieve the exact Continue...Read More
"We're very hopeful in the days and weeks and months ahead the Maduro regime will understand that the Venezuelan people have made its days numbered."Continue...Read More
According to ratings agency S&P Global, governments will borrow an equivalent of $7.78 trillion this year, which will take the global sovereign debt to $50 trillion in 2019.Continue...Read More
Citigroup Inc. said it entered into a financing deal with Venezuela's central bank in 2015 essentially using $1.6 billion of gold held at the Bank of England as collateral.A subsidiary bought the precious metal up front, taking full legal ownership under a contract that requires Venezuela's central bank to periodically buy back portions at predetermined dates, Citigroup said in a filing on Friday....Read More
Humanity never seems to learn. During the 20th century, at least 108 million people were killed during all wars combined, and you would think that after so much bloodshed Continue...Read More
GoldSpot Discoveries is revolutionizing the mineral exploration business by utilizing artificial intelligence Continue...Read More
Scientists are calling on mine operators to restore animal communities when they carry out site rehabilitation programs.According to a paper published in the journal Pacific Conservation Biology, the impact of mining on animals is overlooked as fauna tends to be under-recognized in assessments of restoration success. Based on a global review of literature, the Curtin University study found that ov...Read More
Mining chatter in the Yukon these days is all about the yellow metal. It's been that way for at least 10 years, according to geologist Mike Burke, who spent more than 20 years working for the Yukon Geological Survey before moving to the private sector."People were having a hard time in 2008, and then along came Kinross and bought Underworld Resources. That started an area play," Burke recalls.Now...Read More
The most recent Annual Survey of Mining Companies by the Fraser Institute ranked British Columbia seventh among Canadian mining jurisdictions. But no other province or territory has had two new precious metal mines reach commercial production less than 15 months apart over the last two calendar years.In July 2017, Pretium Resources (TSX: PVG; NYSE: PVG) launched commercial production at its high-g...Read More
Fitch Solutions' industry trends analysts have revised Canada's 2019 gold mine production growth forecast up to 6% from 2% predicting production to grow robustly as new projects come online over the coming quarters.Canada's dominance in attracting exploration investment has resulted in a strong gold project pipeline set to come online in 2019. Over the past decade, Canada has been able to attract...Read More
Price trends in the global steel billet market changed direction in the week ended Friday February 22 amid limited interest from buyers in most outlets as well as a drop in imported scrap prices in Turkey.Turkish producers wanted demand to pick up for rebar and billet, in both the domestic and export markets, before they would buy more scrap, which resulted in the lack of trading activity.As a res...Read More
Feb. 22nd, 2019(S14-E684)Featured GuestsDr. Stephen Leeb& Michael PentoPlease Listen HereBest selling author, and show Mentor, Dr. Stephen Leeb returns with an even more robust outlook on precious metals.Dr. Leeb feels the trade war between the US / China will be resolved amicably without undo distress to either nation.The narrative includes the musical accomplishments of Glenn Gould, a most rem...Read More
In our previous article, we have highlighted the possibility that Gold can quickly retest the high in 2018. The chart below shows the yellow metal has broken above a long term bearish channel from Sept 5, 2011 high. In addition, it has successfully closed above the ascending trend support from December 3, 2015 low. We mention that the next logical swing target for the yellow metal is to retest 201...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Friday February 22 that are worth another look.Coal trading has become too risky, a trader said on Thursday February 21 following news that customs authorities in Dalian, a major city in northeastern China, had slashed the yearly coal import quota for ports under their jurisdiction by 25%.Zinc smelters have submitted bids...Read More
Feb. 22nd, 2019(S14-E684)Featured GuestsDr. Stephen Leeb& Michael PentoPlease Listen HereBest selling author, and show Mentor, Dr. Stephen Leeb returns with an even more robust outlook on precious metals.Dr. Leeb feels the trade war between the US / China will be resolved amicably without undo distress to either nation.The narrative includes the musical accomplishments of Glenn Gould, a most rem...Read More
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:From GATA's point of view the problem with mainstream Western news organizations isn't so much "fake news" as suppressed news.Since the selection of every serious news story is essentially a political act, heavily influenced by the opinions of its writers and editors, news is not arithmetic. It always will be whatever writers, editors, readers, listeners, and viewe...Read More
Dramatic WeakeningMissing Inversion No Credit StressNot Going GlobalThe Rest of the Story"I'm an American!" Pat Caddell RIPDallas, Athens, and HoustonAn old joke says economists predicted 15 of the last 10 recessions. In other words, they're frequently wrong and often too pessimistic.I think it's not so simple. Every recession prediction is eventually correct; some just get the timing wrong. T...Read More
"If the Justice Department doesn't see something drastically wrong with that, then all hope for the rule of law is lost..."by Chris Powell of the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee (GATA)Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:At the urging of Jim Cook of Investment Rarities and with the assistance of 24hGold, silver market analyst Ted Butler's most recent proprietary letter has been posted in the clear.This e...Read More
Gold futures settled higher Friday as the dollar weakened, with bullion booking its second straight weekly gain, a day after the metal's largest one-day drop since August. Gold for April delivery on Comex GCJ9, -0.10% gained $5, or 0.4%, to end at $1,332.80 an ounce, while March silver SIH9, -0.12% picked up 11.3 cents, or 0.7%, to finish at $15.914 an ounce. Gold booked a 0.8% weekly rise, while...Read More