The precious metals complex has enjoyed a nice run in recent months.GDX has gained 25% since the September lows while GDXJ has gained 22% since its November low. Gold has rallied over $100/oz since its October low and Silver has surged in recent weeks.The Gold community is getting excited again. They think the equity market is doomed and Gold has started a real bull run. That may be true but in th...Read More
It has been a tough year for investors in intermediate gold miner Detour Gold (TSX:DGC). Even after gold's latest rally, it is down by 16% over the last year. The miner's poor performance recently triggered a boardroom spill led by dissident shareholder and famed hedge fund manager John Paulson, who owns a nearly 6% interest in the miner. This saw the removal of CEO Michael Keyon and the replacem...Read More
The precious metals complex has enjoyed a nice run in recent months.GDX has gained 25% since the September lows while GDXJ has gained 22% since its November low. Gold has rallied over $100/oz since its October low and Silver has surged in recent weeks.The Gold community is getting excited again. They think the equity market is doomed and Gold has started a real bull run. That may be true but in th...Read More
Stewart Thomsonemail: stewart@gracelandupdates.comemail: stewart@gracelandjuniors.comemail:stewart@gutrader.comJan 8, 2019 It’s time for the queen of assets to rest and consolidate.Nothing goes up in a straight line, and that’s certainly true for gold! Please click here now. Double-click to enlarge this daily gold chart. A pullback to about $1250 would be a healthy 50% retracement of t...Read More
A US-style government shutdown has reportedly been threatened by some British MPs concerned about leaving the EU without a deal.Meanwhile US and China officials are holding trade talks, while the US dollar is lower amid indications from the Federal Reserve of "flexibility", or the possibility of fewer rate hikes in 2019. The gold price is about US$7 an ounce lower than this time yesterday, around...Read More
The Imperial Metals Mt. Polley copper-gold mine in the Cariboo region of south-central British Columbia. Source: Imperial Metals Corp.Imperial Metals Corp. [III-TSX; IPMLF-OTC] is suspending operations at its Mount Polley copper-gold mine in south-central British Columbia due to declining copper prices.The suspension of the mine includes milling of low-grade stockpiles which are expected to exte...Read More
Share this articleTORONTO - Shares of New Gold Inc. climbed more than 10 per cent in early trading after the company reported improved fourth-quarter performance at its troubled Rainy River mine.The Toronto-based company says gold production at its Rainy River mine in Ontario surged 39 per cent in the fourth quarter to 77,202 ounces while production was fairly steady at its New Afton mine in...Read More
I think it was the great investor Warren Buffett who said, "Find the lie in the market and exploit it."In today's market, that lie is about coal.Coal companies are being forced into bankruptcy due to politics. Ironically, that is great news for investors.Here is what the liberal rag ThinkProgress has to say:The last time U.S. coal consumption was this low, Jimmy Carter was president.Despite campai...Read More
By: Clint SiegnerThe Bureau of Labor Statistics delivered a blowout jobs report on Friday. Headline chasing algorithms and investors responded by snapping up stocks. They also sold some gold and silver futures, driving prices lower on the day.To Wall Street cheerleaders, it looked like the stock market correction might be over and precious metals would be headed out of fashion, once again.It loo...Read More
King Dollar was on top in 2018, one of the few major assets to close the year in the black on steady interest rate hikes and robust economic growth in the U.S. But greenback strength is a double-edged sword, as you know. Although good for U.S. consumers, it can hamper exporters, commodities, oil, gold and more.So will rates continue to rise in 2019? If so, the dollar will follow suit, putting ad...Read More
By: Mickey Fulp Price ratios determine relative value of the precious metals and are useful tools for deciding which metal to buy at any given time. In previous musings, I documented the history of gold and silver prices and ratios from the United States' abandonment of the gold standard to present, then followed with similar treatments for platinum-gold and platinum-palladium (Mercenary Musin...Read More
By: Stewart Thomson 1. It's time for the queen of assets to rest and consolidate. Nothing goes up in a straight line, and that's certainly true for gold!2. Please click here now. Double-click to enlarge this daily gold chart.3. A pullback to about $1250 would be a healthy 50% retracement of the $100 rally from $1200 to $1300.4. Gold begins 2019 with some very positive...Read More
Focus will be on US-China trade talks and its result. Central banks are buying gold as per releases by the world gold council. Retail investors are waiting for more correction. Right now there is NO "herd mentality" to buy or invest in gold and silver. Herd is there when prices shoot up in the short term with no signs of correction. In the next seven days (till 16th January 2019), spot gold need...Read More
2019 is beginning to look a lot like 2010. Economic growth will be hard to find. Metals should start going up smartly later in the year. The Fed will be buying all the debt that's being produced. People will realize that there's no plan and that there's no turning back. No going back to normal. The past 4-5 years were a time of relative economic tranquility, but that's over. Calling in the Plunge...Read More
Stephen S. Roach, former Chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia and the firm's chief economist, is a senior fellow at Yale University's Jackson Institute of Global Affairs and a senior lecturer at Yale's School of Management. He the author, most recently, of Unbalanced: The Codependency of America and China and Stephen Roach on the Next Asia: Opportunities and Challenges for a New Globalization.Read More
Michael Maloney is a precious metals investment expert and historian. He is the founder and owner of GoldSilver.com, a global leader in gold and silver sales/storage and one of the world's most highly regarded investment education companies. He is author of the highest selling precious metals investment book of all time, Rich Dad's Advisors: Guide to Investing In Gold and Silver. In addition, Mr....Read More
David Moadel is the Chief Analyst and Opportunity Researcher for PortfolioWealthGlobal.com. David discusses why the next 10 years is going to be a lot different than the last decade and you need to be prepared. Real estate, gold and cannabis are his three main themes. David's journey from newbie to influencer began as a teenager, when his father first began teaching him fundamental, time-tested pr...Read More
Look... the crash of a lifetime ahead is inevitable. But, it's looking increasingly like we'll see a last-hurrah short boom of a lifetime first. Something I like to call the Dark Window Continue...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
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