Eric Sprott has more than 40 years of experience in the investment industry. In 1981, he founded Sprott Securities (now called Cormark Securities Inc.), which today is one of Canada's largest independently owned securities firms. In 2001, Eric established Sprott Asset Management Inc. Over the years, Eric has personally been the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including one of Investor Dig...Read More
Today, I continue my conversation with Doug Casey and Strategic Investor editor E.B. Tucker on the great climate change hoax. If you missed part one, click here to catch up.Continue...Read More
David Morgan is a world-renown precious metals aficionado. He is the creator of TheMorganReport.com, a monthly report that covers economic news, overall financial health of the global economy, currency problems and the key reasons for investing in precious metals. A dynamic, much-in-demand speaker all over the globe, David's educational mission also makes him a prolific author, having penned Get t...Read More
Gregory Mannarino started his financial career working for the securities and trading arm of the now defunct Bear Stearns before the dot-com bubble. He is an active trader of the capital markets and has published several books pertaining to finance, global economics, and equity trading; His most recent book is titled Ultimate Guide To Money and The Markets (free ebook). Gregory currently hosts a b...Read More
Large-scale joint exercises conducted alongside South Korea each year will no longer take place, according to two U.S. defense officials.Continue...Read More
By various gauges ofvalue, the gold and gold mining sector is the most undervalued of all theinvestment sectors; that should change shortly. if we judge by the lack ofresearch coverage of gold companies we might conclude that there is littleinterest, but don't be fooled. Our analysis suggests that we are seeing one of the best opportunities ever...Read More
The Critical Investor profiles a hybrid prospect generator with projects throughout the Americas. Haldane Project1. IntroductionAlianza Minerals Ltd. (ANZ:TSX.V) is the second hybrid prospect generator I am discussing in a short period of time, after closely related Avrupa Minerals (AVU.V). Both companies are guided by Pacific Opportunity Capital, a Vancouver financial consulting and merchant ban...Read More
GATA's Sheer Ignorance About GoldAs I have said before, my job on FATrader.com is to further intellectual honesty about financial markets but cutting through much of the dross being presented by most analysts and media outlets.So, as I am known to do, I will peruse the various posting through the interest for something interesting and then write about it.And, while I cannot say what GATA writes is...Read More
Gold COT Report - Futures Large SpeculatorsCommercialTotal LongShortSpreadingLongShortLongShort 254,086108,43953,521146,161312,638453,768474,598 Change from Prior Reporting Period 39,916-857133-13,51526,85126,53426,127 Traders 21872684755291173 Small Speculators LongShortOpen Interest 50,87130,041504,639 2,0222,42928,556 non reportable positionsChan...Read More
The gold miners' stocks have been climbing higher on balance, enjoying a solid upleg that is gathering steam. That's fueling improving sentiment, driving more interest in this small contrarian sector. This gold-stock upleg is likely to grow in coming months, partially because of very-favorable spring seasonals. The gold stocks' second-strongest seasonal rally of the year typically unfolds...Read More
It's hard to believe, but the year 2019 is already about 15% in the books. So, with two months behind us, perhaps it's a good time to check in, assess what we've accomplished thus far in COMEX gold and silver, and then look ahead to what's coming as the year progresses.The focus of this post is to update our primary forecasts from December and January. These were each posted at Sprott Money an...Read More
(I wrote here earlier that a public-pension bust is coming that will usher in the Second Great Depression. Could California, Illinois, Connecticut, New Jersey et al. avoid disaster by raising taxes? That's what John Jay, a regular contributor to the Rick's Picks forum, thinks they will do. I strongly doubt it, however, since there is no way the revenuers will be able to squeeze blood from a s...Read More
By: IRA EPSTEINBig volatility can create no volatility for a while, everyone worn out. Gold in a correction phase, nothing bearish looking on the weekly chart.Read More
The term ‘mining auction’ refers to a range of disposals in the mining sector, including the disposal of scrap and/or surplus yellow equipment, assets from business rescue and/or liquidation, and the disposal of mining concessions, explains Hogan Lovells partner Nicholas Veltman.The primary distinction between a bidding process and an auction process is that, under a bidding process, t...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures gained 16 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures are responding to a 1.8% gain by the Shanghai Composite Index in anticipation of a trade deal between China and the U.S. Index futures were virtually unchanged following release of economic news at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus for January Personal Income was an increase of 0.3% ve...Read More
An award-winning scientist, engineer, and millionaire several times over predicted that by 2029, humans could start living forever. That's right. Immortality is almost here. This 'futurist' has been frightening the masses with his predictions for years. He predicted the collapse of the Soviet Union, described the rise of the Internet, and foretold the year a computer would beat a World chess ch...Read More
The mineral development industry continues to rely on and support a varied network of suppliers. From early-stage exploration to decommissioning, suppliers are there every step of the way, providing the goods and services that keep the industry humming.DSI UndergroundLuxembourg-based DSI Underground has bought Fero Group, an Australian galvanizing services and mesh-making firm. DSI's Australian o...Read More
SANTIAGO, CHILE - From barely featuring on the global mining map at the start of this century, Ecuador has moved rapidly to become one of the most dynamic jurisdictions in South America, with two mines due to enter production later this year.The sector's flagship venture is Lundin Gold's (TSX: LUG; US-OTC: FTMNF) US$692-million Fruta del Norte high-grade gold mine development, whose history mirror...Read More
Emerging copper-gold developer SolGold (TSX: SOLG; LON: SOLG) is steadily progressing toward its ultimate goal: to develop a province of discoveries across the under-explored Ecuadorean section of the Andean Copper Belt.SolGold is continuing to drill its Alpala copper-gold project in northern Ecuador, where in late 2018 it doubled its resource and substantially upgraded inferred resources to the i...Read More
The year was 1975, and I was involved with initial exploration of the Ertsberg East skarn system (GBT, IOZ and DOZ copper deposits) for Freeport Exploration on the island of New Guinea. This was a helicopter-supported drill project, 2 km away from the yet-to-be-discovered Grasberg copper-gold deposit. I had a crew of about 20 locals, mostly building camps, drill sites and trails at elevations of a...Read More