There is a ratio chart, $Gold:$XAU, we haven’t looked at in quite awhile that has helped us in the past to locate some important turning points for the PM stocks. I’m not going to get into all the details tonight but this ratio chart shows you just how undervalued the $XAU or precious metals stocks in general are to gold itself. From the mid 1980’s to the 2008 GFC crash the horiz...Read More

By: Keith Weiner, Monetary MetalsLast week, I ranted about the problem with our monetary system and trajectory: falling interest rates is Keynes' evil genius plan to destroy civilization. This week, I continue the theme if in a more measured tone addressing the ideas predominant among the groups who are most likely to fight against Keynes' destructionism. They are: the capitalists, the gold bugs...Read More

StrengthsThe best performing metal this week was platinum, up 1.85 percent on Citi recommendation and hedge funds boosting the net long position in the past week. Gold traders and analysts are bullish again this week, according to the weekly Bloomberg survey, as the Federal Reserve adopted a more dovish tone and indicated it won't raise interest rates this year. Several countries went shopping f...Read More

By: RambusThere is a ratio chart, $Gold:$XAU, we haven't looked at in quite awhile that has helped us in the past to locate some important turning points for the PM stocks. I'm not going to get into all the details tonight but this ratio chart shows you just how undervalued the $XAU or precious metals stocks in general are to gold itself. From the mid 1980's to the 2008 GFC crash the horizontal...Read More

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, March 25, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Gold Resource Corporation (NYSE American: GORO) (the "Company") today announced it has begun the initial stages of gold processing by applying and circulating leach solution to ore loaded on the heap leach pad at the Isabella Pearl Project, within its Nevada Mining Unit, located in Mineral County, Nevada. The Company not only remains...Read More

It's tempting to think last week's high at 2866.00 (click on inset) will mark the final gasp of an exceptionally powerful bear rally. If so, it will have occurred in a place where we might have expected Mr. Market to spring a nasty trap on bulls and bears alike. The latter would have thrown in the towel and covered short positions when the S&Ps broke out over the last two weeks above three des...Read More

Financial headlines around the world seem to have taken a liking to the phrase "global economic slowdown 2019." Everywhere you look, data about declining trade, failingcurrencies, or falling stock markets abound. Bloomberg, Forbes, BusinessInsider, CNBC, RT Business, and The Washington Post are just a few of the mainstreamsources now acknowledging that something is seriously wrong with the globalf...Read More

RAPAPORT... Diamond resources at Lucapa Diamond Company's Lulo alluvial mine in Lesotho are90% higher than it originally estimated, according to an independent valuation. Lulo has 80,400 carats remaining in the mine, according to a December 2018 study by external consulting company Z Star Mineral ResourceConsultants. That figure was reevaluated from a previous Lulo resource estimation conduct...Read More

RAPAPORT... Alrosa's newest mine could become one of the company's richest sources of large rough diamonds, recent testing has found. The Russia-based miner conducted experimentation, between March 11 to 15, at apreviously untested portion of the Zapolyarnaya pipe, located at its Verkhne-Munskoye deposit. The purpose of the testing was to determine thequantity, color, grade and per-carat...Read More

RAPAPORT... Luxury jeweler Graff is preparing to cut and polish the exceptional 13.33-carat Lesotho Pink that sold for $8.8 million in February. The company revealed this week that it bought the stone from Gem Diamonds at a tender in Antwerp. At $656,933 per carat, the sale was the highest average price for any rough diamond recovered at the Let??eng mine in Lesotho, Gem Diamonds sa...Read More

RAPAPORT... The American Gem Society (AGS) will honor three industryleaders at its Circle of Distinction dinner, it said last week. Alan Zimmer, CEO of Reeds Jewelers, will receive theLifetime Achievement Award. Zimmer's father opened Reeds in 1946, with the business now covering more than 50 store locations across the US. Caryl Capeci, president of Chow Tai Fook North America, andElliot Tann...Read More

Baselworld runs until March 26, 2019. And while the show has been and still is heavily criticized, there is also some good news. At the opening press conference, it was announced that in 2018, the Swiss Watch industry recorded a 6.3 percent increase in exports, and had reported a turnover of CHF 21.2 billion.  But some already had made up their mind about this year's edition of the...Read More

The London Metal Exchange three-month base metals prices ran into follow-through selling on the morning of Monday March 25 following the weak economic data points released at the end of last week.Flash manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) data from the United States and Eurozone were disappointingly soft and underscored weakening global economic growth. The three-month nickel p...Read More

Western Atlas drill-ready in NunavutSPONSOREDwestern atlas resourcesSocial opposition remains key industry hurdle in ColombiaSPONSOREDverisk maplecroft"Tshisekedi would be a relatively positive figure for mining investment"SPONSOREDverisk maplecroftGlobal Atomic's 'transformational discovery' changes everythingSPONSOREDglobal atomic corpRed Mountain contains the Dry Creek and...Read More

Western Atlas drill-ready in NunavutSPONSOREDwestern atlas resourcesSocial opposition remains key industry hurdle in ColombiaSPONSOREDverisk maplecroft"Tshisekedi would be a relatively positive figure for mining investment"SPONSOREDverisk maplecroftGlobal Atomic's 'transformational discovery' changes everythingSPONSOREDglobal atomic corpIt is looking to raise funds in the com...Read More

U.S. equity index futures were lower this morning. S&P 500 futures were down 3 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures are responding partially to a 3% drop by the Nikkei Average and a 2% drop by the Hang Sang Index and Shanghai Composite Index.Biogen (BIIB $216.71) is expected to open higher after setting a new $5 billion share buyback program.Viacom added $1.29 to 26.63 after reaching an...Read More

THE GAME IS RIGGED!Consider this alert your fair warning.This week, you're going to see A LOT of publicity dedicated to hot technology companies like Lyft, Uber, Pinterest and Airbnb.That's because all of these companies (and a few more) are on deck to go public through an initial public offering (IPO). This is typically how new stocks are added to the market and how individual investors like you...Read More

I've told you in the past how the IRS can derail your travel plans if you don't pay your taxes. Today I want to shine some light on common travel myths that are likely costing you more money than you think.According to travel research app Hopper, domestic flight prices will rise to about $229 round trip in April, from $218 in February - and up to $251 by June. As airfare climbs the closer we get t...Read More

March 25, 2019 - Brixton Metals Corporation (TSXV: BBB) (OTCQB: BBBXF) (the "Company" or "Brixton") is pleased to announce that it has been approved for trading of its Common Shares on the OTCQB Market, a U.S. trading platform that is operated by the OTC Markets Group in New York. Effective immediately, the Company's Shares will trade on the OTCQB under the symbol BBBXF. Previously, its Shares...Read More

Canada's benchmark index fell 0.31% to 16,089.22. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index rose 1.4% to 75.07 and the S&P/TSX Global Gold Index rose 2.8% to 199. The gold price rose 0.85% to US$1,313.40.Shares of Barrick Gold rose 93 ? to $18.36. In March 2019 the company agreed to form a joint venture with Newmont Mining in Nevada, combining operations that in 2018 produced a total 4.1 million oz. gold. B...Read More