November 27, 2018The next Fed meet (and rate hike) is December 19, and just weeks after that, U.S. president Donald "The Golden Trumpster" Trump may be set to unleash a new round of inflationary and growth-crushing tariffs.It's not easy (to put it mildly) for American business to create new factories to replace the products made by highly productive Chinese factories.So, for 2019, most top U.S. ba...Read More
Earlier this month, Wheaton Precious Metals (TSX:WPM)(NYSE:WPM) announced earnings for the most recent quarter, which showcased several notable drops when compared to the same quarter last year, leading to a drop in the stock's share price, which is currently trading down 5% this month.As the world's largest streamer of precious metals, a weaker than expected set of results from Wheaton could be a...Read More
November 27, 2018The next Fed meet (and rate hike) is December 19, and just weeks after that, U.S. president Donald "The Golden Trumpster" Trump may be set to unleash a new round of inflationary and growth-crushing tariffs.It's not easy (to put it mildly) for American business to create new factories to replace the products made by highly productive Chinese factories.So, for 2019, most top U.S. ba...Read More
Bob Moriarty ArchivesNov 27, 2018Lorimer Wilson January 24, 2011$5,000 Gold Bandwagon Now Includes 85 Analysts!More and more economists, analysts and financial writers, 125 in fact, have taken the bold step of projecting the price at which gold will achieve its parabolic peak with 5 individuals claiming that the peak price will be realized sometime in 2011. Some have adjusted their previous progno...Read More
Almost 82,000 shares in the company changed hands with the price rising C20c yesterday to 60c, despite any official news.Its shares had last Read More
Drilling operatiuons at Tinka's Ayawilca Project in Peru. Source: Tinka Resources Ltd.Tinka Resources Ltd. [TK-TSXV] has announced an updated mineral resource estimate for its 100%-owned Ayawilca zinc and tin deposits in Peru.The 150 km2 Ayawilca project is located 40 km northwest of Cerro de Pasco in the richly mineralized silver-lead-zinc belt of central Peru. It ranks as one of the largest zinc...Read More
The Genesee generating facility. Source: leduc-chamber.comAltius Minerals Corp. [ALS-TSX; ATUSF-OTCQX] said the Genesee Ltd. Partnership, of which Altius is the General Partner, has filed a law suit against the governments of Alberta and Canada.The law suit claims $190 million in damages while describing actions that it feels were tantamount to expropriation of its royalty interest in the Genesee...Read More
One of the greatest compliments that I think I can ever receive in life is if someone who really knows me tells me the following:“Jay, I’ve known you for a long time now, and you’re always the same dude.”The above comment might not seem like much, and albeit it can read rather vague if there’s no context behind it, but for a simple dude like myself, that’s reall...Read More
Share this articleCALGARY - Precision Drilling Corp. says it is entitled to a $20-million break fee after Ensign Energy Services Inc. announced Tuesday that it will take control of Trinidad Drilling Ltd. by acquiring a majority of Trinidad's shares.Calgary-based Precision, the largest driller in Canada, said the fee is owed as part of the Oct. 5 arrangement it had with Trinidad after terminatin...Read More
Share this articleCALGARY - Ensign Energy Services Inc. says it will take control of Trinidad Drilling Ltd. after acquiring a majority of the company's shares by its Tuesday deadline.The Calgary-based drilling company says 56.38 per cent of Trinidad shares have been tendered. The 154.1 million shares are in addition to the 26.9 million it also owns, raising its stake in Trinidad to 66.18 per cen...Read More
Here is the chart of Sotheby's (NYSE: BID).The company sells fine art, decorative art, jewelry, wine, and collectibles internationally. It most recently sold Marie Antoinette jewels for $53.2 million, which set a record. On the downside, a $40 million Vincent van Gogh failed to sell at all.In the latest quarter, revenue fell by two-thirds, and the company lost $27 million. What you may not know is...Read More
Share this articleWABUSH, N.L. - The Labrador mining town of Wabush is in for a much-needed economic boost as one of Canada's largest iron ore mines restarts production next year.Premier Dwight Ball was in Wabush today to announce the official reopening of the Scully mine, with hiring for 260 new jobs to begin over the next few weeks.Hundreds of people lost their jobs when Cliffs Natural Resou...Read More
CloseGain/LossGold $1215.00-$7.50Silver$14.14-$0.11XAU63.55-1.82%HUI143.71-1.99%GDM526.50-1.91%JSE Gold1105.78-21.46USD97.36+0.31Euro112.95-0.39Yen88.02-0.12Oil$51.56-$0.0710-Year3.053%-0.014T-Bond139.90625+0.125Dow24748.73+0.44%Nasdaq7082.70+0.01%S&P2682.20+0.33% The Metals: Gold edged up to $1225.20 by a little after 8AM EST before it fell back to $1212.00 in early afte...Read More
The argument over whether we're in for global warming or global cooling and whether what's coming is natural or human-made is fun but totally irrelevant from a financial perspective. The fact is that for whatever reason and in whatever direction, the climate is getting more aggressive. Monster snowstorms and apocalyptic fires are clearly becoming more common: Combine the rising number of bad thi...Read More
Graceland UpdatesBy Stewart Thomson 1. The next Fed meet (and rate hike) is December 19, and just weeks after that, US president Donald "The Golden Trumpster" Trump may be set to unleash a new round of inflationary and growth-crushing tariffs.2. It's not easy (to put it mildly) for American business to create new factories to replace the products made by highly productive Chinese fa...Read More
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:The TF Metal Report's Craig Hemke, writing today at Sprott Money, does the math on the last year's worth of the use of the "exchange for physicals" mechanism of settling gold futures contracts on the New York Commodities Exchange. Hemke calculates that nearly 2.4 million Comex gold contracts have been settled this way since last November, totaling 7,442 tonnes of gol...Read More
By Craig HemkeIt has now been one full year since we began to monitor the daily totals of COMEX EFPs. The total amount of gold allegedly "exchanged for physical" over the past twelve months will astound you. Again, at Eric Sprott's urging, last November 24 we began to tabulate the daily reported EFPs in COMEX gold. We've since written about this ongoing sham on three occasions, with all three li...Read More
By Avi Gilburt First published Sat Nov 24 for members: Since I put out my last update on Thursday morning, I cannot say much has really changed. So, I am going to re-print my update here, and add a few new comments below:I am still struggling between the charts that still seem like they want run high (silver and ABX), and the others who are now hitting their resistances and can turn down....Read More
In an article titled "China's monetary policy must change" Alasdair Macleod discusses a path that China's government could take to make the Yuan gold-backed and thus bring about greater economic stability in China. Keith Weiner pointed out some flaws in the Macleod article, including the fact that the sort of Gold Standard that involves pegging a national currency to gold is just another governm...Read More
By Dave KranzlerWill GE be the proverbial "black swan?" - It had come to my attention that General Electric was locked out of the commercial paper market three weeks ago after Moody's downgraded GE's short term credit rating to a ratings level (P-2) that prevents prime money market funds from investing in commercial paper. Commercial paper (CP) is an important source of short term, low-cost, liq...Read More