U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 50 points in pre-opening trade.Index futures were virtually unchanged after release of the June CPI report at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus was an increase 0.8% versus a gain of 0.8% in May. Actual was an increase of 1.1%. Year-over-year, June PPI was expected to increase 10.8% versus a gain of 10.8% in May. Actual was a gai...Read More
The U.K. is facing a crisis. No, not our mounting supply issues, soaring cost inflation or the sudden change in political leadership; rather, the plummeting numbers of drinking establishments and graduate mining engineers. A survey in 1577 found that there were over 16,000 alehouses, taverns (generally larger than alehouses and also served wine) and inns in England and Wales. With a combined p...Read More
Japan's Panasonic is deepening its ties with electric vehicles (EVs) maker Tesla by planning a battery plant in Kansas, which will cost US$4 billion.The facility is expected to supply the EV giant with a new high-capacity battery and boost Panasonic Energy's production capacity by fiscal 2028 from the current level of roughly 50 gigawatt-hours per year to 150 to 200 GWh.The Japanese company, the w...Read More
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) is investing US$188 million to increase the production capacity for low-carbon, high-value aluminum billets at its Alma smelter in Lac-Saint-Jean, Que., by 202,000 tonnes.The existing casting centre at Rio Tinto's Alma plant will be expanded to accommodate new state-of-the-art equipment, including a casting pit and furnaces, allowing a larger portion of th...Read More
Barrick Gold (NYSE: GOLD; TSX: ABX) has reported its preliminary second quarter operating results, showing total gold production of 1 million oz. and copper production of 120 million lb. During the quarter, it managed to sell all of the gold produced and 113 million lb. of copper.The gold output represents a 5.4% increase over the first quarter of 2022, which Barrick has said would be its lowest p...Read More
Anglo American (LSE: AAL) and Japan's Nippon Steel have joined forces to develop solutions for lower-carbon steelmaking, a process responsible for up to 9% of global greenhouse emissions.The companies will research ways to optimize premium lump ore produced by Anglo American's mines in Brazil and South Africa to decrease emissions in the traditional blast furnace (BF) steelmaking process.The partn...Read More
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CEO.CA caught up with Joel Freudman, Co-founder and CEO of TRU Precious Metals (TSXV: TRU, OTCQB: TRUIF, FSE: 706) to discuss their drilling plans, leadershi...Read full newsRead More
Here's a fun fact about me...I'm a real history buff. I love history. Always have. Always will. I've read thousand-page books on the Ottoman Empire. I've spent way more time than I should have researching World War I. And just last week, my father-in-law walked in on me watching a PBS special about the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia. There are more embarrassing things for a person to admi...Read More
Share this article VANCOUVER - Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. [TRQ-TSX] has raised its 2022 gold production guidance for the Oyu Tolgoi mine in Mongolia.The company said copper production guidance for this year remains within the range of 110,000 to 150,000 tonnes. However, the gold production target has been raised to new range of 150,000 to 170,000 ounces. The previous target was 135,000 to 165,...Read More
Strange things are afoot at the EIA. Just a month ago, things had hit a feverish pitch for oil prices, and WTI crude soared to over $120 per barrel - a price level not seen since oil surged higher after Russia rolled its tanks into Ukraine. If you're like me, you probably breathed a little sigh of relief lately as gas prices finally started coming down as crude oil lost momentum in recent weeks,...Read More
Doug Casey's Take, Released on 7/14/22 Join our email list to get Special reports and updates: https://dougcasey.substack.com/aboutConnect with us on Telegram: https://t.me/dougcaseyDoug Casey is an American-born libertarian economist and advocate of the free market. He is a bestselling financial author, international investor, entrepreneur, and the founder and chairman of Casey Research, a provid...Read More
The Upgraded Brain, Released on 7/11/22With energy shortages, war in Ukraine, and rising geopolitical risks, what's the best way to protect both ourselves and our portfolio?Dr. Marc Faber was born in Zurich, Switzerland and obtained a PhD in Economics at the University of Zurich. Between 1970 and 1978, Dr. Faber worked for White Weld & Company Limited in New York, Zurich and Hong Kong. From 1978 t...Read More
Wall St. For Main St., Released on 7/14/22Jason Burack of Wall St for Main St interviewed returning guest, thought leader and financial blogger and financial newsletter writer, Doomberg, about how the food and energy crisis is actually getting even worse in the EU and in emerging market countries like Sri Lanka. Follow Doomberg on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/DoombergTOver 200 articles, audio...Read More
The Dollar Vigilante, Released on 7/15/22Jeff Berwick is the founder of The Dollar Vigilante, CEO of TDV Media & Services and host of the popular video podcast, Anarchast. Jeff is known to be an anarcho-capitalist activist and has written extensively about the impending collapse of the US dollar-based financial system.DISCLAIMER: The views and opinions expressed by guests in interviews and article...Read More
Wealthion, Released on 7/15/22For Part 1 of this interview, CLICK HERE Hot inflation is crashing corporate profits, as consumer spending falls and the Fed's rate hikes make the cost of capital more expensive. As a result, stocks remain under pressure and bond default risks grow. Meanwhile, the economy is fast contracting into a recession. Likely a painful & prolonged one, warns Jeff Snider here in...Read More
Kinesis Money, Released on 7/15/22In this week's Live from the Vault, Andrew Maguire inspects the fractures on COMEX's price-setting mechanism, revealing the gaping divergence between the paper and physical silver markets. The lifelong wholesaler looks closer at the unprecedented degree of gold and silver futures price backwardation, with the heavily oversold naked shorts bubble ready to burst.00:...Read More
Peak Prosperity, Released on 7/14/22Join Chris and Evie for tonight's LiveCast Episode #16, as the two discuss the state of the world and the emerging financial crisis. A worldwide currency crisis is growing, social unrest is growing (farmers in particular) and now data showing current \/ injuries is growing as common knowledge. Here's the details, data and how to protect your family.Christopher M...Read More
Howe Street, Released on 7/14/22John Rubino is the founder and manager of the popular financial website DollarCollapse.com. Mr. Rubino is the co-author, with GoldMoney's James Turk, of The Money Bubble and The Collapse of the Dollar and How to Profit from It. He spent the 1980's on Wall Street as a Eurodollar trader, equity analyst and junk bond analyst. During the 1990's he was a featured columni...Read More
Liberty and Finance, Released on 7/14/22 (Recorded on 7/7/22)The last time the U.S. was facing an inflation crisis like it is now, U.S. national debt to GDP was around 30%. Now, debt/GDP is 130%. The Fed will not be able to raise rates to tame inflation this time because the interest payments on the debt would skyrocket. The Fed will have to reverse course, says Brien Lundin, editor of Gold Newsle...Read More