MILAN, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Italian fashion house Versace is in "no rush" to list on the stock market, its Chief Executive told Reuters on Saturday.The brand, famous for its Medusa head logo, has been considering a listing, after U.S. private equity Blackstone bought a 20 percent stake in 2014 to fund its overseas expansion.The Versace family holds the rest of the company, and Donatella, s...Read More

Usually we have a commentary of some kind as a back story to what is going on in the PMs. Our commentaries have become fewer and fartherbetween because of the absurdity of government control, which in turn is controlled by the ruling elite.Not a day goes by that the president elect, Donald Trump, is not severely criticized by mainstream media, both televised and in print.We have never seen this ki...Read More

?>>?(Bloomberg) - The world's mining sector is firing on all cylinders again, and one of it's biggest investors can't wait to get paid.After five years of under-performance, a combination of synchronous global growth and under-investment in new supply has driven up commodity prices, increasing cash flow and profit margins for the world's biggest mining companies, according to BlackRock Inc.'s Evy...Read More

Kentucky just became the first U.S. state to receive approval from the federal government to make work requirements mandatory for Medicaid recipients Continue...Read More

Just a quick update on GLD which is showing the price action approaching the top rail of its triangle trading range which should be around the 127.50 area. Many times during the formation of a 5 point triangle reversal pattern the price action will fail to make it all the way down to the 5th reversal point which suggests the bulls are eager to get positioned. A touch of the top rail will complete...Read More

A recent study published in the journal California History reveals that, together with hundreds of people, exotic animals arrived in California during the Gold Rush of the 1850s.According to the study's author, Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Anthropology at The University of New Mexico Cyler Conrad, the men and women who landed in the northwestern state with the dream of striking it rich car...Read More

* IDFC Bank seeks retail lending boost with Capital First buy* IDFC Bank to offer 139 shares for every 10 held in Capital First* Deal at a premium to Capital First's Friday closing price (Adds details, calculated deal value)By Devidutta Tripathy and Suvashree ChoudhuryMUMBAI, Jan 13 (Reuters) - IDFC Bank Ltd , one of India's two newest banks, will acquire non-bank financial firm Capital First Ltd...Read More

Trump might make protectionist moves within 3-6 months, according to the chief analyst of Danske Bank Continue...Read More

Klondex Mines Ltd. (KDX:TSX) announced this week the immediate reduction of underground mining operations and workforce at its True North mine, located about 165 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg, in the Canadian province of Manitoba.Although Klondex had big hopes for the 43,000-hectare complex when it acquired it in January 2016, the mine didn't make as much money as it was supposed to in 2017. Pr...Read More

The Heart and Soul of French Canada - "Rocket" RichardThe face you see above is none other than the man I watched in 1958 (I was five) score an unassisted goal carrying two Maple Leaf defencemen on his back - Maurice "the Rocket" Richard. The Rocket was the first player in NHL history to score fifty goals in regular season play (1944-45) but what set him apart was that he did it in fifty games, a...Read More

MUMBAI, Jan 13 (Reuters) - IDFC Bank Ltd , one of India's two newest banks, said on Saturday its board has approved a takeover of non-bank financial firm Capital First Ltd in a share swap deal.Shareholders in Capital First will receive 139 shares of the bank for every 10 shares held, the lender said in a stock exchange filing. The deal is conditional on central bank and other regulatory approvals....Read More

Holiday sales rose 5.5 percent compared to last year, which is the largest jump seen since the end of the Great RecessionContinue...Read More

Together with Ecuador's Ministry of Mines, Canadian Lundin Gold (TSE:LUG) officially inaugurated two tunnels at its Fruta del Norte gold-silver project, located in the southeastern province of Zamora Chinchipe. The tunnels were named Kuri, which means gold in the Indigenous language Shuar, and K'isa, which means fruit in Quechua.Following the completion of soft tunneling in December 2017, mine dev...Read More

Our proprietary cycle indicator is up.To public readers of our updates, our cycle indicator is one of the most effective timing tool for traders and investors. It is not perfect, because periodically the market can be more volatile and can result in short-term whipsaws. But overall, the cycle indicator provides us with a clear direction how we should be speculating.InvestorsDuring a major buy sign...Read More

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(Repeats to additional subscribers)MUMBAI, Jan 13 (Reuters) - India's Housing Development Finance Corp Ltd plans to raise about 111 billion rupees ($1.75 billion) from a preferential share sale to investors including affiliates of Singapore state investor GIC and private equity KKR & Co. LP .A committee of directors of the mortgage lender on Saturday approved selling 64.3 million shares at 17...Read More

Canada's Pancontinental Gold Corporation (TSXV: PUC), a company whose focus is on the Jefferson gold project in South Carolina, wants to expand its presence in the market for key battery metals.The Toronto-based firm announced today that it has entered into an option agreement with 2522962 Ontario Incorporated to acquire a 100% interest in the Montcalm West Nickel-Copper-Cobalt Project, located 65...Read More

Just a quick update on GLD which is showing the price action approaching the top rail of its triangle trading range which should be around the 127.50 area. Many times during the formation of a 5 point triangle reversal pattern the price action will fail to make it all the way down to the 5th reversal point, which suggests the bulls are eager to get positioned. A touch of the top rail will complete...Read More

After a positive year-end with the expected precious metals rally we noted on Dec. 31, in NFTRH 480:"With HUI dwelling just under the 195 resistance parameter, a pullback can come at any time. But there are enough other factors still in line to expect a resumed rally after any grind at resistance comes into play."and then on Jan. 7, in NFTRH 481:"What HUI actually did was immediately push up into...Read More

The National Energy Guarantee has the potential to help policy-makers navigate from the quagmire of policy distortion to the mainstream of market selection of fuels and technologies.In particular, the Reliability Guarantee recognises the reality that industrial users (who account for 70 per cent of national electricity consumption) require affordable and reliable sources of baseload power to maint...Read More