The words "snowmen" and "freshman" are no longer allowed. What's next?Read More

The U.S. and South Korea will scale down a major military exercise in 2019 in order to avoid setting back diplomacy over North Korea's nuclear weapons.Continue...Read More

"WikiLeaks, I love WikiLeaks," Trump said at a rally shortly before the election. "Boy, I love reading those WikiLeaks," he again stated just days before the vote.Continue...Read More

GE is just one of several hundred big companies with CEOs who now have to justify a massive, in some cases catastrophic waste of shareholder cash.Continue...Read More

Charles Hugh Smith, author/ proprietor of the popular blog OfTwoMinds.com, talks about the current economic climate and way so few Americans are unable to get ahead.Charles Hugh Smith writes the Of Two Minds blog which covers an eclectic range of timely topics: finance, housing, Asia, energy, long-term trends, social issues, health/diet/fitness and sustainability. From its humble beginnings in May...Read More

Interest rates are at their highest levels in eight years, and that's having a profound impact on mortgage applications to refinance home loans Continue...Read More

Jeff Cox is the finance editor for CNBC.com where he manages coverage of the financial markets and Wall Street. His stories are routinely among the most-read items on Continue...Read More

"Such extensive travel therefore presents a reputation risk to the organization, especially [given] that UNEP is supposed to be the lead on sustainable environment matters," Continue...Read More

The new facility will serve multiple purposes. Lola comparison mapSRG Graphite Inc. (SRG:TSX.V) completed and opened its metallurgical laboratory near the Lola graphite deposit in Guinea, West Africa, it announced in a news release. According to the company, the metallurgical laboratory is equipped for basic graphite assaying via acid wash and the lost-on-ignition method. It contains a sample pr...Read More

A BMO Capital Markets report discussed the progress at this miner's Suriname assets. In a Nov. 13 research note, analyst Andrew Kaip reported highlights from a site tour to IAMGOLD Corp.'s (IMG:TSX; IAG:NYSE) Rosebel gold mine, which was limited due to a wildcat strike at the time. Kaip reviewed the recent and future improvements at the project, which has current reserves of 5.5 million ounces an...Read More

With the new site just 12 miles from an existing project, a ROTH Capital Partners analyst examined the strategic move. In a Nov. 15 research note, ROTH Capital Partners analyst Jake Sekelsky reported Paramount Gold and Silver Corp. (PZG:NYSE.MKT; PZG:TSX) entered into an agreement to purchase the Frost project in Oregon, about 12 miles from its Grassy Mountain site, for $250,000. "The transaction...Read More

A Cantor Fitzgerald report provided an update on this advanced-stage Nunavut asset. In a Nov. 16 research note, Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Matthew O'Keefe reported that in a further derisking event, Sabina Gold & Silver Corp. (SBB:TSX; RXC:FSE; SGSVF:OTCPK) received the final license it needs a type A water license for construction and operation at its Back River gold project in Nunavut.O'Keefe h...Read More

It is very difficult to pick exact bottoms but there are many tools we can use to help us pinpoint potential bottoms.You don’t hear technical analysts talk about fundamentals but we do for a reason. Major shifts in the primary trend are supported by fundamental shifts, though they can be very hard to spot until after the fact.Because of our extensive study of history, we are convinced that p...Read More

Markets are deceptive…but we all know that.  Beyond deceptive, markets are actually down right diabolical.  Mr. Market operates through his two most trustworthy lieutenants Mr. Bull and Mr. Bear.  He has tasked Mr. Bull to climb and reach the top of the mountain using investors buying power to fuel the rise.  But he has also instructed Mr. Bull to not allow those sa...Read More

You know I’ve been fighting the gold bugs for a longtime. Gold is an inflation hedge, not a deflation hedge. Turn togold for safety during a deflationary period and you’ll get your ass handed toyou on a golden platter!Gold is simply another commodity and it burst in the 30-yearcycle top between 2008 and 2011, just like it did after the 1980 top.But my bubble model projec...Read More

Powell is apparently between a rock and a hard place.Inflation surged, while the global economy slowed down. What will he do? Andhow will gold react?InflationJumps in OctoberThe consumer price index climbed 0.3 percent last month,after rising 0.1 percent in September, according to the U.S.Bureau of Labor Statistics. It was thebiggest rise since January, and it was mainly caused by an impressive su...Read More

Please Note: US markets are closed tomorrow for Thanksgiving and will close early on Friday. CloseGain/LossGold $1225.30+$2.90Silver$14.48+$0.16XAU67.20+3.12%HUI151.58+2.98%GDM551.76+2.35%JSE Gold1149.02+5.37USD96.73-0.08Euro113.84+0.16Yen88.76UNCHOil$54.63+$1.2010-Year3.059%+0.003T-Bond139.875-0.15625Dow24464.69-0.00%Nasdaq6972.25+0.92%S&P2649.93+0.30% The Metals: Gold saw slight losses...Read More

By Ira EpsteinMetals look good going into the close.https://www.iraepstein.com/ Read More

A recent MarketWatch article notes that:GE was one of Wall Street's major share buyback operators between 2015 and 2017; it repurchased $40 billion of shares at prices between $20 and $32. The share price is now $8.60, so the company has liquidated between $23 billion and $29 billion of its shareholders' money on this utterly futile activity alone. Since the highest net income recorded by the co...Read More

By Jordan Roy-Byrne CMT, MFTA It is very difficult to pick exact bottoms but there are many tools we can use to help us pinpoint potential bottoms. You don't hear technical analysts talk about fundamentals but we do for a reason. Major shifts in the primary trend are supported by fundamental shifts, though they can be very hard to spot until after the fact. Because of our extensive study of h...Read More