By John MauldinEuphoria EverywhereSquare & TowerCracks FormingRifle ShotsCharlotte, Fort Lauderdale, Chicago, and RaleighValuing a stock isn't hard. Each share is worth exactly as much as a buyer offers you when you try to sell. Quite simple. But of course, there's more to it.We heard a lot about valuations at my Strategic Investment Conference, and particularly about the "FAANG" stocks that dro...Read More

By Gary TanashianIt has in the past been "the financial crisis", "the Euro crisis", "Greek debt", "Italian banks", "the fiscal cliff", "Brexit" and so on. Every one of those events an extension of Keynesianism and its debt-leveraged monetary magic tricks. But now the buzz phrase is "trade war", a different kind of animal.The brewing trade war with China is different. With every damn one of the e...Read More

By David MorganI've Been Helping My Subscribers Weather the Current Economic Mess. Now I Invite You to Join My Growing Circle of Successful Investors.The Morgan Report is all about YOU and how you can build and preserve Wealth for generations to come. We know it can sometimes seem a daunting task to protect your assets and preserve or grow your wealth. Over 15 years ago, a small group of us star...Read More

By Steve St. AngeloAs the sell-off in the broader stock markets intensifies, it will be bad news for the world's largest oil companies. Why? Because cracks are already beginning to appear in the biggest and most profitable global oil companies. While rising costs and higher debt levels have been plaguing the U.S. shale oil industry, these negative factors are now impacting the major oil c...Read More

Just when you think it would be impossible for the Trump Presidency to become any more of a tragi-comedy, Trump manages to turn the volume up to eleven by appointing Larry Kudlow as his chief economic hit-man. In 1999, Kudlow predicted that the Dow would hit 50,000 by 2020:To direct his National Economic Council, meanwhile, Trump has nominated Larry Kudlow, who also proposed a wildly optimistic ta...Read More

Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of articles taking a non-partisan approach to deconstructing the problem of school shootings, and discussing solutions.Post Parkland: Are We Missing The Mark?People love narratives, and why not? They help us cope with a sudden tragedy when the pieces of the puzzle are either missing, hard to comprehend or even when we find it hard to face facts. H...Read More

Chart NotAvailableSymbol DataSymbolCurrencyASX:AARAUDDescriptionAnglo Australian Resources NL are a junior, project generator looking for goldLogin or Subscribe to access Don's SummaryAlert me when stock is updatedQuick LinksLogin to accessGeneral DetailsFinancial03/25/2018LastAnalysisDataCurrent DataChangeItemValueValueUpdatedValueMkt. Cap (FD):$22.64M$22.68M03/25/2018$0.04MTotal Assets:$3.47M$3....Read More

Last week we looked at monthly exponential charts of gold and silver and found that these charts also show remarkable patterns. Given all the excitement that Wall Street experienced late last week, it seemed a good idea to do a similar analysis. As it happens, there is long history available, but only monthly averages. Starting with the SP500, interesting results were found. The other action of no...Read More

In looking back a week ago to "Gold's Narrow Trade; Beware a Cascade", price's since breaking away from such narrow trading range did come true -- right on cue -- and up price flew. As if 'twas foretold by the Sibyl, here's our updated view:Such expansion of range was clearly due, but 'twas over direction that we did stew. Remember? "Up or down?" Gold was on a knife's edge at this time a week back...Read More

Julian Assange fired off a tweet Friday afternoon reminding people of the time Mark Zuckerberg called his users "Dumb fucks" because they trusted him with their private information. Continue...Read More

There comes a point in every major-market advance where one has to decide whether or not the best the market has to offer is in the past, and it's now time to GET OUT. Of course one may be wrong in their timing of a market top. There is always the possibility that market returns for the next few years will be similar to those of the past few years, maybe even better; but then again maybe not.It's...Read More

China is working a strategy with the Saudis. Since the last months of 2017, the Jackass has been firm that the ARAMCO deal for IPO stock introduction might never occur. And if it did, then Hong Kong might be the only location for the IPO launch. It seems that disclosure and transparency is non-existent to this Arab kingdom. Now the stock listing might be in Riyadh and nowhere else. Imagine the ris...Read More

Ted Butler says the ten-year anniversary of the failure of prominent investment bank Bear Stearns, and its takeover by JP Morgan, is cause for reflection... by Ted Butler via SilverSeekNo doubt that the ten-year anniversary of the failure of the prominent investment bank, Bear Stearns, and its takeover by JPMorgan is cause for reflection. Bear Stearns was a force to be reckoned with and held a...Read More

RAPAPORT... Christie's New York spring sale will feature an8.42-carat, fancy intense pink diamond ring, estimated at between $4 millionand $6 million, the auction house said Friday. The cut-cornered rectangular modified brilliant-cut, VVS1-claritystone has the potential to be recut to internally flawless, according toChristie's. Two tapered baguette-cut diamonds surround it on either side. Otherno...Read More

(IDEX Online) - The Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) has signed a cooperation agreement with UBM Asia Ltd, to organize the India pavilion at UBM's Hong Kong Jewellery & Gem Fair held during June and September 2018.   Both shows are leaders in the gem and jewelry industry.   GJEPC Chairman Mr. Pramod Agarwal said, "Hong Kong is the second largest export market fo...Read More

RAPAPORT... Tango Mining achieved an average price of $864 per carat atits March tender, driven by the sale of an 8.47-carat diamond, the company saidFriday.  The stone, which fetched $2,896 per carat, was among 106 roughdiamonds - weighing a combined 159.34 carats - that Tango put up for sale. Tango sources its diamonds from the Oena mine in SouthAfrica. The company has recovered 1,660...Read More

(IDEX Online) - The organizers of the CARAT+ show said that GIA Executive Vice President and Chief Laboratory and Research Officer Tom Moses will speak at a GIA GemFest during the May 6 to 8 show in Antwerp.   GIA will participate at CARAT+ with information about its research programs, educational offerings, and gemological laboratory services and instruments.   On May 7, Moses will spea...Read More

RAPAPORT... The Jewelers Board of Trade (JBT) has appointed RichardWeisenfeld as president, the industry group said Friday.  Weisenfeld (pictured), who previously held executive positions at RivaPrecision Manufacturing, as well as at Pranda North America, has been actingpresident since Anthony Capuano retired in February. He has served on the JBT boardfor 17 years, and was chairman from 2014...Read More

RAPAPORT... Jewelers of America (JA) has promoted Annie Doresca to chieffinancial officer, the trade organization said last week. Doresca (pictured) has been director of finance and administration for JA since 2008. In the larger role, she will handle matters related to JA, its publishing unit National Jeweler, and the DiamondCouncil of America (DCA), which became an affiliate of JA in A...Read More

RAPAPORT... Lucara Diamond Corp. has appointed Zara Boldt as its chieffinancial officer and corporate secretary, as part of an effort to consolidateits management team, the miner said last week.  "[Zara] will be focused on maximizing the value of Lucara'score diamond-mining business at Karowe, and will support the development ofClara, our new secure, digital diamond-sales platform," said CEO...Read More