Federal regulations have more or less created a monopoly in the meatpacking industry that keeps the little guy from competing in the market. Continue...Read More

Work programs at six of Nexus Gold's Canadian and West African assets are either in the planning stage or in progress. In a news release, Nexus Gold Corp. (NXS:TSX.V; NXXGF:OTCQB) provided an update on many of its Canadian and West African projects.In Canada, at McKenzie East in Ontario's Red Lake, the company recently finished 2,000 meters of diamond drilling, assays from which are expected to b...Read More

Metallic Minerals outlined its two phase drill program at its Keno Silver Project in the Yukon. Metallic Minerals Corp. (MMG:TSX.V; MMNGF:OTCMKTS) announced in a news release it started its 2020 exploration campaign at its Keno silver project in the Yukon's Keno Hill district by mobilizing the first of two drills. "We are now ramping up activities on our flagship Keno silver project, beginning at...Read More

The torrid rally in thesilver market reached a major milestone this morning as prices hit $21/oz.On Monday, the silverspot price tracked by Money Metals Exchange closed at $20.12 (thefutures market price settled at $20.19).That marks the firstabove-$20 close for silver since 2016.The white-hot silver marketis busting through some resistance levels that should clear the way for higherhighs ahead. S...Read More

It has been quite some time since I have published an article on gold. Unfortunately, we have become so busy at Elliottwavetrader that I simply have not had the time to publish many public articles.So, as we are approaching an inflection point, I thought it would be an appropriate time to publish a public article.Now, I have to be honest. I am quite disappointed at what I am reading publicly about...Read More

Our research team believes Crude Oil and Energy, in general, has stalled near major resistance and maybe setting up a big downside move as the COVID-19 virus continues to roil regional and global economies.  The recent news that the COVID-19 virus cases have skyrocketed suggests further economic shutdowns may push oil prices below $35 ppb over the next few weeks and months.  Our research...Read More

In this week's advisory, sector expert Michael Ballanger reviews the most recent market news, celebrates old-school communication techniques and offers strategies for investing in the dog days of summer.As the month of July moves into its final ten-day stretch, I see NASDAQ records falling left and right as the drivers of fear that dominated in March are now "yesterday's news." Rising second waves...Read More

World crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (Worldsteel) fell 7% year on year in June 2020.Global output was 148.30 million tonnes in June 2020 down from 159.54 million tonnes in the same month in 2019.China contributed the most to global crude steel production both in June and in the first six months of 2020, producing a total of 91.58 mill...Read More

We’ve been micro-managing silver lately in NFTRH and NFTRH+ updates and that is for a reason. The reason is that gold’s wild little bro has been rallying – in what is turning out to be 5 clear waves – since the March crash.When that crash reversed, my view, and hence the NFTRH view was that it was likely to have been a horrifying shakeout of the silver bulls that due to its...Read More

Adjusted steel safeguard measures in Europe, combined with new trade cases, will limit availability of imported hot-rolled coil and support domestic prices. The latest changes, however, are not the end to the protectionist measures in the EU.Please click on the thumbnail below to download this free special report.Read More

Previously,I have shown how the Dow has actually outperformed silver and gold since thecreation of the Federal Reserve in 1913.Today, if silver had the same kind ofperformance as the Dow since around the creation of the Federal Reserve in1913, then it would have topped out at $225.20 [(29568.6/78.78)*.6). Yet, itonly topped out around $50 in 1980 and 2011.In 1973 silver was in a similar type ofpos...Read More

China has become the savior of the global steel market, with its big appetite and high domestic prices supporting the international ferrous supply chain amid the Covid-19 pandemic.While demand for steel in most economies has plummeted in the face of the health crisis, that in China has been strengthening since at least the second quarter of 2020 amid the country's steady recovery after battling th...Read More

China’s economy grew 3.2 percent in Q2 2020. The expansion was above expectations, but it does not have to sink gold.Last week, China reported that its economy grew 3.2 percent year-on-year in the second quarter of this year, following a 6.8 percent contraction in the previous quarter, as the chart below shows. Importantly, the actual growth rate beat the market expectations of a 2.5 percent...Read More

This week saw higher metal prices with the mining stocks performing well. Silver had an incredible week, being up >$1/oz. for two consecutive days. Silver reached on all-time high and had its best week in a long time. Like two weeks ago, there were countless financings for junior stocks again this week, which are listed below. Earnings should start to be reported in two weeks or so. Some compani...Read More

Steve St. Angelo, SRSrocco Report As the Fed and central banks continue to prop up the global economy with massive monetary stimulus, investors are just beginning to move into the precious metals to protect wealth. In the first seven months of the year, investors have already purchased three times the Gold Eagles that were sold during full-year 2019. According to the data from the U.S. Mint,...Read More

The Market in a Dozen ChartsWhere Is the Breadth?The S&P 10 versus the S&P 490If That Was a Bubble, What Is This?Extra CashEnter Robin HoodTriggered MarketCoping with COVID"In the short run, the market is a voting machine but in the long run, it is a weighing machine." Benjamin GrahamYou may have noticed a bit of manic activity in the stock market. You may have also notice...Read More

Last week, we wrote that gold miners flashed an“extremely overbought” signal, which they had only flashed once in the past –almost right at the 2016 top. The GoldMiners Bullish Percent Index recently moved to the highest levelthat it could reach – 100.The only other case when the index was at 100, wasin mid-2016. We marked this situation with a vertical dashedline. Did min...Read More

As the world's economic engine starts to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, the demand for certain key commodities are a good indicator of the rebound strength.The S&P GSCI Commodity Index (Chart 1) is a collection of24 commodities from all commodity sectors (energy products, industrial metals, agricultural products, livestock products and precious metals). Since 2011, the index has been in a...Read More

"Hope and fear look different on a chart"Recently in these pages, we noted that bull markets in stocks tend to end with "a subtly slowing ascent" rather than with a final "spike" higher, as many investors believe. Historical examples were provided.It was also pointed out that, by contrast, commodities do tend to end major uptrends with a price spike.The Wall Street classic book, Elliott Wave Princ...Read More

You may have heard that gold typically rallies seasonally from themiddle of the year. This trend is driven by jewelry demand, which increasesahead of the Christmas business, the Indian wedding season and the Chinese NewYear celebrations on the back of advance purchases by jewelers, which tend to putupward pressure on prices. But what about the seasonal trend in gold stocks? Since the earnings ofgo...Read More