The major silver miners' stocks have been largely abandoned this year, spiraling to brutal multi-year lows. Such miserable technicals have exacerbated the extreme bearishness plaguing this tiny contrarian sector. While profitable silver mining is challenging at today's exceedingly-low silver prices, these miners are chugging along. Their recently-reported Q3'18 results show their earnings ar...Read More
This week, an in-depth article featuring prominent mining executive and Chairman of the Augusta Group of Companies, Richard Warke. Featuring commentary from Barrick Gold Corp.'s Kevin Thomson and Ross Beaty, the article details Richard Warke's rise in the resource industry, from his sale of Arizona Mining Inc. this summer to his breakout sale of Ventana Gold in 2011 to Eike Batista.Read the full...Read More
"I don't know how this whole thing is going unwind - I just think it's not going to be pleasant for any of us, even if you own gold and silver. I think owning gold and silver gives you a chance to survive financially and see what it's going to look like on the other side of what is coming..."My good friend and colleague, Chris Marcus, invited me on to his Stockpulse podcast to discuss the finan...Read More
Before we list our opinions on the gold market, we want to emphasize that many "cycles" are forecasting a huge move up in gold bullion should commence soon. Also do not forget that there no longer are "market makers" who in the past would bring support to the market....so gold stocks now drop to prices even lower than they did in the past. However, that does offer private investors opportuniti...Read More
Bob Moriarty ArchivesNov 23, 2018Over the past eighteen years and many hundreds of site visits I have met a lot of geos. It might by 800, might be 1200 but I have met a bunch of them. Few of my readers realize it but for a dozen years I delivered small aircraft built in the US to destinations all over the world. I did about 240 over ocean trips averaging 15-18 hours each flight.Pilots are interest...Read More
An iMetal geologist examines a mineralized rock sample at the Gowganda West property. Source: iMetal Resources Inc.iMetal Resources Inc. [IMR-TSXV] said Friday November 23 that ongoing exploration at its Gowganda West property in northeastern Ontario has defined highly favourable targets for upcoming drilling at Zone 3A.iMetal shares advanced on the news, rising 9.52% or $0.01 to 11.5 cents on v...Read More
Property map of the BTU Metals Dixie Halo Project, Red Lake area, Ontario. Source: BTU Metals Corp.BTU Metals Corp. [BTU-TSXV] said Friday November 23 that it picked up more ground in the emerging Dixie discovery area of Red Lake, northern Ontario via the acquisition of Burgundy Exploration Corp.As a result, BTU said it has been able to acquire an additional 4,163 hectares of prospective and geogr...Read More
Note: A.M. image courtesy of website.HighlightsHead of Research at GoldMoney, Alastair MacLeod makes his show debut on Thanksgiving Day, 2018. Listeners are encouraged to bookmark his weekly commentary at Goldmoney Insights. The Bank of England (BoE) refused to honor its custodial arrangement and return 14 tonnes of gold held on behalf of Venezuela (MacLeod, 2018). Standard anti-money launde...Read More
HighlightsArch Crawford, head of Crawford Perspectives for 41 consecutive years rejoins the show.Our guest advises investors to hold a core position in gold, which could develop a base near current levels.A close above $1,370 would indicate a sign of pent-up bullish demand. Arch Crawford has closed all long positions in US equities and is holding short-term index puts, in case the current...Read More
By David Brady, CFALast week, I provided the fundamental background for why I believe the risk of lower lows in Gold remains, based primarily on USD/CNY breaking the critical 7 threshold. I also provided the rationale for the enormous rally to follow, driven by a reversal in policy by the Fed following a stock market crash and the subsequent ultimate peak in the dollar, including USD/CNY. This w...Read More
By Daniel R. Amerman, CFAThe Organization For Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is urging the nations of the world to be prepared for and have a coordinated plan to simultaneously engage in major "fiscal stimulus" in the event of a downturn in the global economy."Fiscal stimulus" is how economists refer to a government substantially increasing spending, while holding taxes constant or...Read More
By Gary TanashianAll through the bear market hopeful rationalizations were served up for a bullish case on the gold miners. All through the bear market we warned people not to eat that rotten turkey!China demand, the China and India "love trade", cyclical inflation driving up the prices of commodities and resources and the classic... economic growth in the US will create cost-push inflation thro...Read More
By Steve St. AngeloGlobal debt increased at the fastest rate at the beginning of 2018. In just one quarter, total global debt jumped by more than $8 trillion. That is quite surprising as total world debt rose by $22 trillion for the full year in 2017. Thus, the increase in global debt last year averaged $5.5 trillion each quarter.However, global debt according to the Institute of Internati...Read More
This reform will make US financial system more vulnerable, just adding fuel to the fire of easy money. This is what some people worry about. Are they right? We invite you to read our today's article about the rollback of Dodd-Frank Act and its potential implications for the price of gold. In May, President Trump signed the rewrite of the 2010 Dodd-Frank law passed earlier by Congress with rare...Read More
Key Gold and Precious Metals News, Commentary and Charts This WeekGold and silver traded sideways this week as we saw stock markets take some heat and undo most of the recent recovery from the October sell off. Oil has sold off and is now at levels that we haven't seen since 2017.Credit: Weekly relative performance (Finviz.com)While the US markets are quiet due to Thanksgiving all eyes are focus...Read More
David Stockman appears on ("Varney & Co.," Fox Business Network, November 23, 2018)David Stockman is a former Republican congressman from Michigan and was President Reagan's budget director from 1981 to 1985. After leaving the White House, Stockman became a managing director at Salomon Brothers, and he later founded a private equity fund. David is the founder of David Stockman's Contra Corner, and...Read More
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
Despite the forecasts 20 years ago that snow would be a thing of the past, the last three winters have been getting progressively colder and nastier. Back in 1975Continue...Read More
Jason and Harley talk about the environmental movement and who profits, the disappearing middle class, and the loss of production in the United States with NAFTA. Harley says we've lost the understanding of wealth, citing examples of production going offshore, energy production going back to solar and wind power, and how we don't even consume most of what we produce because it's shipped overseas....Read More