Dr. Ron Paul is a physician and former twelve-term congressman from Texas who ran for president in 2008. He is the author of eight books, including the New York Times bestsellers The Revolution: A Manifesto and End The Fed. An unwavering defender of the US Constitution, Paul has been an advocate of sound money, personal liberty, free markets, and international peace throughout his political career...Read More

Resarches at Metals Focus said they're seeing evidence of strong gold-jewelry demand in China Continue...Read More

Sector expert Michael Ballanger discusses some of his recent trades in gold and silver. The year 2019 has started out with rallies in virtually everything stocks, bonds, metals and even cryptocurrencies as the spectre of a Friendly Fed has given rise to animal spirits of the most extreme nature. The GGMA portfolio opened this morning ahead 27.18% YTD versus a 10.89% advance for the S&P, but as mu...Read More

Our research has indicated that precious metals should be setting up for a period of rotation and sideways trading over the next 20~30 days.  We issued a research post on January 28, 2019 warning that precious metals would be consolidated over a 30~45 day period before setting up for a massive upside price move, here.  This research was based on our Adaptive Dynamic Learning price modeli...Read More

Gold continues to soar, up 14% in the last six months and now challenging its 2018 highs.If you’re looking to understand why Gold continues to rally, you don’t have to look any further than the political arena where more and more politicians are calling for wealth taxes and cash grabs. Gold knows that these folks are not going to limit their plans to the super wealthy… it knows...Read More

Below is the combo chart which has the HUI on top, the UUP in the middle and GLD on the bottom. Everything looks fine. The GDX daily chart shows a nice breakout and backtest to the top rail of the bullish rising wedge and now the door is open for a move higher.Below is the weekly chart for the GDX which shows the breakout starting to gaining somemomentum.Below is the weekly chart for the GDXJ whic...Read More

By: Craig Hemke, TF MetalsOver the past few months, we've written frequently about palladium and the threat it poses to The Banks' Fractional Reserve and Digital Derivative Pricing Scheme. As palladium prices are continuing to rise, we thought it best to explain this dynamic again today.A few years back, my friend Max Keiser coined the phrase "buy silver, crash JP Morgan". Back then it was hoped...Read More

- Jim Willie interviews Mark O'Byrne of GoldCore about the slowly erupting Global Financial Crisis II and the importance of being financially prepared but also "psychologically prepared" - "Not a single thing has been fixed" and vitally important people prepare now for the "next phase" of the currency wars and the global financial crisis which is set to impact financial markets, stocks, bonds,...Read More

DOWNLOAD MP3Welcome to this week's Market Wrap Podcast, I'm Mike Gleason.Coming up Chris Martenson of PeakProsperity.com and famous author of The Crash Crouse and his latest book Prosper! joins me to dissect what's behind the Yellow Vest movement in France and why the mainstream media and those in power simply don't want you to know what's really going on there. Chris also tells us which p...Read More

Bond Market Turned Down & Interest Rates Up - Check!Two-Year yield bottomed September 2011Five-Year yield bottomed July 2012Ten-Year yield bottomed July 2016The 30+ year bond bull market is done.Housing Market Turned Down - Check!Mortgage rates bottomed in July 2016.Mortgage applications have fallen hard.London, Vancouver B.C. and Australian prices are down.New York, San Francisco, and Dallas pr...Read More

Because of its wide availability and exceptional conductivity, copper is found in everything from consumer products to automobiles to semiconductors. Last year global demand for the red metal stood at 23.6 million tons, and by 2027, it's projected to reach just under 30 million tons, representing an average annual growth rate of about 2.6 percent.This phenomenal growth is attributable not just t...Read More

By: RambusBelow is the combo chart which has the HUI on top, the UUP in the middle and GLD on the bottom. Everything looks fine.The GDX daily chart shows a nice breakout and backtest to the top rail of the bullish rising wedge and now the door is open for a move higher.Below is the weekly chart for the GDX which shows the breakout starting to gaining some momentum.Below is the weekly chart for...Read More

By: Ira EpsteinMetals roar to the upside - Palladium explodes to the upside. The world wants to inflate:Read More

ASIAN METALS MARKET UPDATEI am not concerned over the rise in gold prices. I was bullish on gold, I am bullish on gold and I will remain bullish on gold. There will be corrections in gold prices. It will not be a one way traffic. What will be the floor price/bottom price if gold prices fall? To me a correction of $100-$125 are a part and parcel of the bull rally in gold. Right now gold should no...Read More

There's still much to come in terms of crypto news 2019. Yet there have already been several significant developments in the global crypto markets just seven weeks into Q1. In a historic first, two of the largest economies in South America settled a trade agreement in Bitcoin.A new browser extension called Tippin allows users to send small BTC tips to users on Twitter via the lightning network.Jap...Read More

The stock that Marin Katusa has been touting as his "FOREVER ROYALTIES" stock in my opinion is Lucara Diamond.He has pitched Lucara many times as you can see here.The royalty part comes into play on Lucara's diamond selling platform Clara.Read More

RAPAPORT... India's polished-diamond exports dropped 16% to $1.75 billion in January,continuing their recent weakness. A slide in the volume of shipments outweigheda higher average price, according to data the Gem & Jewellery ExportPromotion Council (GJEPC) released this week. Rough imports also plunged,mirroring a similar trend in the Belgian market in January as demand from manufacturersslow...Read More

RAPAPORT... Gem Diamonds has recovered a high-quality, 13.33-carat pinkdiamond in Lesotho. The type I diamond was unearthed earlier this month at its Let??eng mine, and isthe first stone above 10.8 carats the company has reported this year. It is the largest pink diamond the miner hasrecovered since 2011, when it retrieved a 30.68-carat stone. In December it founda pink stone weighing 8.53 ca...Read More

RAPAPORT... Lucara Diamond Corp. has unearthed a 223-carat, high-qualitywhite diamond from its Karowe mine in Botswana. "[This year] is off to a great start, with several high-qualitydiamonds in excess of 100 carats having been recovered by mid-February, atestament to the strong, stable operating environment that has prevailed atKarowe since late 2018," Lucara CEO Eira Thomas said Tuesday. Th...Read More

RAPAPORT... A flawless white diamond with a high estimate of nearly $13million will head up April's Magnificent Jewels and Jadeite auction atSotheby's in Hong Kong. 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 Tuesday. The stone - which has a presale estimate of$11.2 milli...Read More