It's make or break time in the markets cautions Sven Henrick, technical analyst and lead market strategist for Northman Trader.His weekly flurry of trendline charts warn that the major indexes have been compressing in rising wedges that increasingly point to a binary outcome: either a massive new leg up that will result in the market making new all time highs, or a bad breakdown that could waterfa...Read More

The law also bans high-capacity magazines, such as those used in the popular ar-15 rifleContinue...Read More

A lot's driving this bubble we've been in since 2009, but good fundamental trends and things like demographics and technology are not among them.Continue...Read More

OK, let me see if I have this right: the stock market is soaring because the economy is softening, so the Federal Reserve panicked and went from raising rates to considering cutting rates.Continue...Read More

As US equity markets continue to soar, manufacturing numbers look good and residential construction numbers look smoking hot, why exactly is the president's economic...Continue...Read More

It doesn't appear last Friday's strong warning from national security adviser John Bolton for countries "external to the Western Hemisphere" to keep their militariesContinue...Read More

This prospect generator continues working to delineate the scope of a lens at its project. Avrupa Minerals Ltd. (AVU:TSX.V; AVPMF:OTC; 8AM:FSE) announced in a news release the assay results from a historical drill hole, SES003. The significance of this hole, drilled for the Alvalade project in 2014 but not analyzed until recently, is that it is close to and demonstrates similar qualities to drill...Read More

By: Keith WeinerA number of commentators have predicted that the rules of the Basel III bank regulations will cause gold to skyrocket (no, this article is not about our view that gold does not go up, that it's the dollar going down, that the lighthouse does not go up, it's the sinking ship going down in the storm).Will it? It would be easy to say as with all of their other predictions of gold...Read More

By: Stewart Thomson 1. There's a time for gold stocks to rally... and a time for consolidation and retracement. Please click here now. We have joy, we have fun, we have gold price seasonality in the sun?2. To view seasonality on the daily gold chart, please click here now. Double-click to enlarge.3. The COMEX price of gold is determined mainly by commercial bank traders an...Read More

Jordan Roy-Byrne CMT, MFTAStop me if you've heard this before. Precious Metals disappointed again.The miners were leading the metals but the metals broke down from bear flag patterns and that took the miners lower, suggesting an interim top is in place.The technicals suggest weakness could be ahead for the sector but the fundamentals are finally turning bullish.Before we get to fundamentals, let...Read More

By: Ira EpsteinGold bias is down, bouncing around here:Read More

The slides for the PowerPoint presentation accompanying these remarks can be found here:http://gata.org/files/GATA-HongKong-Slides-04-02-2019.pdf* * *[SLIDE 1: Introduction]Remarks by Chris Powell, Secretary/TreasurerGold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc.Mines and Money Asia ConferenceHong Kong Convention and Exhibition CentreTuesday, April 2, 2019Mining Investment Asia ConferenceInterContinental...Read More

The timing of Lyft's IPO last week could not have been better for Wall Street insiders, since they will have an opportunity to unload their shares into a veritable orgy of greed and ignorance. The stock market looks unstoppable at the moment, and it is making Lyft's $24 billion valuation seem somehow less absurd. Just four months ago, when shares were in the throes of what many of us mistook fo...Read More

US-China trade deal will only a temporary stop gap fix for global economy. Eurozone wants greater access to China. China will try to balance US and Eurozone as it will never want its large population to be used as a dumping ground. The trade between USA-China and Eurozone-China are not addressing long term key thorny trade issues. American politicians and Eurozone politicians want to use China f...Read More

Here is an inside look into silver speculation, a comparison between the speculative trades of Buffett and the Hunt Brothers, and a whole lot more...WIlliam Silber interviewed on SBTVSBTV had a great conversation with Professor William L. Silber, a Professor of Finance and Economics at the Stern School of Business at the New York University. Tune in for an inside look into the speculative silver t...Read More

RAPAPORT... A rare oval diamond sold for nearly $14 million at Sotheby'sin Hong Kong Tuesday, beating its high estimate of $12.7 million. The oval brilliant-cut, 88.22-carat, D-color, flawless, typeIIa stone is one of only three oval diamonds over 50 carats offered in auctionhistory, Sotheby's said. The hammer went down on it at $13.8 million, or $156,150 per carat, at theMagnificent Jewels a...Read More

RAPAPORT... Macy's has named Dennis Mullahy chief supply officer, a role in which he will oversee everything involved in getting products to the shelves.He will supervise all aspects of supply, including globalsourcing, inventory management, store and e-commerce distribution,transportation, indirect procurement, supply-chain systems, sustainability, andsupplier diversity. "We are investing in our...Read More

RAPAPORT... The Central African Republic (CAR) is trying to entice large diamond-mining companies to set up operations in thecountry, as part of its effort to reform the sector and meetKimberley Process (KP) regulations. The government has already contacted both De Beers andAlrosa, President Faustin-Archange Touadera said in a speech to the Antwerp trade Monday. Allowing established companies...Read More

 RAPAPORT... More than 100 Signet Jewelers employees will lose their jobsamid the closing of the company's Texas-based manufacturing facility. The closure is part of a long-term effort by the Zales,Jared and Kay owner to cut costs and improve efficiency. "We have evaluated consolidation in key areas of ourbusiness, seeking to understand production capacity, cost and efficiency acrossour...Read More

RAPAPORT... Tiffany & Co. has launched a marketing campaign for its first new bridal line in nearly a decade.The jeweler unveiled the new Tiffany True ring design in September, and is now pushing the product with a video commercial. It features three couples wearing the engagement rings during private moments, set to Lady Gaga's song "Is That Alright?" from her Oscar-winning movie&nb...Read More