It's hard to believe, but the year 2019 is already about 15% in the books. So, with two months behind us, perhaps it's a good time to check in, assess what we've accomplished thus far in COMEX gold and silver, and then look ahead to what's coming as the year progresses.The focus of this post is to update our primary forecasts from December and January. These were each posted at Sprott Money an...Read More
(I wrote here earlier that a public-pension bust is coming that will usher in the Second Great Depression. Could California, Illinois, Connecticut, New Jersey et al. avoid disaster by raising taxes? That's what John Jay, a regular contributor to the Rick's Picks forum, thinks they will do. I strongly doubt it, however, since there is no way the revenuers will be able to squeeze blood from a s...Read More
By: IRA EPSTEINBig volatility can create no volatility for a while, everyone worn out. Gold in a correction phase, nothing bearish looking on the weekly chart.Read More
China's domestic rebar prices rebounded for a second time this week on Friday March 1 on gains in the futures market, while the export segment also received a small boost.Domestic Eastern China (Shanghai): 3,780-3,830 yuan ($565-572) per tonne, up 40 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Beijing): 3,780-3,830 yuan per tonne, up 50 yuan per tonneRebar futures posted gains for two consecutive days, which re...Read More
COT SPECIAL PUBLICATION SCHEDULE Reminder -- Due to the U.S. Government Shutdown (February 1 Announcement) The last COT report was published on December 21, 2018. Reports going forward from that date will be published in chronological order beginning with the report previously scheduled for release on Friday, December 28, 2018 (based on data from Monday, December 24, 2018). The CFTC publ...Read More
The transaction price for grade-304 stainless steel cold-rolled sheet products in Europe has increased this week following the announcement of a sharp rise in alloy surcharges by mills in the region.The March surcharges for grade-304 cold-rolled (CR) stainless sheets increased to ?,?1,308-1,351 ($1,489-1,538) per tonne on Friday March 1, according to data released by Outokumpu, Acerinox and Aperam...Read More
*This video was recorded on 2/27/19Gerald Celente is a pioneer trend strategist and founder of The Trends Research Institute. He is the author of the national bestseller Trends 2000: How to Prepare for and Profit from the Changes of the 21st Century and publisher of the internationally circulated Trends Journal newsletter. Gerald Celente is a political atheist. Unencumbered by political dogma, rig...Read More
Eric Sprott has more than 40 years of experience in the investment industry. In 1981, he founded Sprott Securities (now called Cormark Securities Inc.), which today is one of Canada's largest independently owned securities firms. In 2001, Eric established Sprott Asset Management Inc. Over the years, Eric has personally been the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including one of Investor Dig...Read More
Yale Sterling Economics Professor Robert J. Shiller breaks down Fed Chair Jerome Powell's testimony before the Senate Banking Committee and the economic outlook.Robert Shiller is an American economist, academic, and best-selling author. He currently serves as a Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale University and is a fellow at the Yale School of Management's International Center for Finance. Mr...Read More
When the financial markets got, um, choppy towards the end of 2018, the Fed caved almost instantly. But only rhetorically.Fed chair Powell promised to stop raising interest rates and shrinking the money supply, and the financial markets, trained to salivate at the sound of Fed happy talk, immediately morphed from "risk-off" to "risk-on." Stocks are now approaching last year's all-time highs, bond...Read More
Joe Rogan welcomes back Alex Jones: Millions of views in under 24 hours yet conspicuously absent from YouTube's trending page Continue...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
Gregory Mannarino started his financial career working for the securities and trading arm of the now defunct Bear Stearns before the dot-com bubble. He is an active trader of the capital markets and has published several books pertaining to finance, global economics, and equity trading; His most recent book is titled Ultimate Guide To Money and The Markets (free ebook). Gregory currently hosts a b...Read More
Large-scale joint exercises conducted alongside South Korea each year will no longer take place, according to two U.S. defense officials.Continue...Read More
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So the dreams of 3%-plus economic growth in 2018 were fulfilled, after tax cuts and ballooning federal deficit spending, which acted as a huge stimulus: In the fourth Continue...Read More
The gold, worth about $2.13 billion, was stolen by ISIS as its reign of terror spread across Continue...Read More
The strength of the recent gold rally has taken Nick by surprise. He was expecting the move, but not now. It's now time for a minor pullback and then the rally will continue. The dollar is just getting started again. Expect higher highs. The stock market is headed for rough times. Nick doesn't see any new highs for a while and is expecting the markets to head south again, once the current rally co...Read More
SAO PAULO - An underground blast in a gold mine in the Brazilian state of Bahia on Friday killed two workers, Canadian company Leagold Mining Corp said.Leagold investor relations vice-president Meghan Brown said few further details were available, and that the company had started an investigation.Local media in Brazil said three other workers were injured, but not seriously and had been release...Read More
Barrick Gold Corp. has no intention of increasing its hostile offer for Newmont Mining Corp., according to a person familiar with the matter who asked not to be identified because the talks are private.On Monday, Barrick proposed to buy Newmont in an all-share $17.8 billion hostile deal that valued the rival miner's stock at 8% below the prior closing price. Newmont responded that its board would...Read More