South Africa will give mining companies credit for past black-empowerment deals even when the investors later sold their shares to whites or foreigners, removing a major concern for the industry.Read full newsRead More
South Africa will give mining companies credit for past black-empowerment deals even when the investors later sold their shares to whites or foreigners, removing a major concern for the industry.Read full newsRead More
Fears of tariffs and a potential global trade war have jostled U.S. stocks over the past few months, but there is a sense among investors that the market is taking the drum beat of rhetoric and statements more in stride.In the latest salvo, U.S. President Donald Trump announced hefty tariffs on $50 billion of Chinese imports on Friday, and Beijing threatened to respond in kind.But even as the deve...Read More
The Honduran Fire Department informed that four people died, half of them women, and five were injured following a landslide at an artisanal gold mine in the town of El Retiro, 180 kilometres north of Tegucigalpa.According to Reuters, the Fire Department said that the miners were covered in sand and stones while they were cleaning up the ore they had extracted from the mine to separate it from the...Read More
The best new technology workers are the people who embrace it, says Mark Fawcett, a Partner at IBM and leading the effort to take artifical intelligence services to mining companies.Watson is IBM's artificial intelligent service that helps businesses independently model large data sets more efficiently. IBM not only sells the technology but helps mining companies train and transition staff. "The m...Read More
By Ed SteerYESTERDAY in GOLD, SILVER, PLATINUM and PALLADIUMThe gold price edged quietly lower in Far East and London trading on their Fridays -- and was down about 4 dollars by the COMEX open in New York yesterday morning. JPMorgan et al were laying in wait. The low of the day was set right at the COMEX close -- and it crawled about five dollars or so higher until around 3 p.m. EDT in the n...Read More
By John MauldinDemographics and DestinyTriple ThreatAssumed DisasterSt. Louis and Trying to Stay HomeIn describing various economic train wrecks these last few weeks, I may have given the wrong impression about trains. I love riding the train on the East Coast or in Europe. They're usually a safe and efficient way to travel. And I can sit and read and work, plus not deal with airport security. B...Read More
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:Interviewed this week by Craig Hemke of the TF Metals Report for Sprott Money News, financial commentator Doug Casey charges that complaints of gold market manipulation by governments are "ridiculous" and "laughable" because governments "don't care" about gold. Casey adds that while GATA's officers are "nice" and "sincere" people, "they really wear tinfoil hats when...Read More
By Steve St. AngeloCertain areas of the world are more vulnerable to economic and societal collapse. While most analysts gauge the strength or weakness of an economy based on its outstanding debt or debt to GDP ratio, there is another factor that is a much better indicator. To understand which areas and regions in the world that will suffer a larger degree of collapse than others, we need t...Read More
The Central Bank of Russia has been increasing its gold holdings every month since March 2015 and now has the fifth largest gold reserves in the world. The eastern European nation also sits at number three on the list of top gold producing nations. Why might Russia be buying and digging up so much gold? Joanna Sawicka, emerging Europe research analyst, explains possible reasons behind this buyin...Read More
By Ryan WildayIn articles starting in April I discussed the bullish impulse we had seen off the April lows for nearly every coin I track. And, I discussed how the lows on May 28 were testing levels that, if broken, threatened the continuation of that impulse.Unfortunately, as of writing, those levels have broken. These levels were $7075 in bitcoin (BTC-USD) and $505 in ethereum (ETH-USD). And, w...Read More
By Ed SteerYESTERDAY in GOLD, SILVER, PLATINUM and PALLADIUMThe gold price edged quietly lower in Far East and London trading on their Fridays -- and was down about 4 dollars by the COMEX open in New York yesterday morning. JPMorgan et al were laying in wait. The low of the day was set right at the COMEX close -- and it crawled about five dollars or so higher until around 3 p.m. EDT in the n...Read More
By John MauldinDemographics and DestinyTriple ThreatAssumed DisasterSt. Louis and Trying to Stay HomeIn describing various economic train wrecks these last few weeks, I may have given the wrong impression about trains. I love riding the train on the East Coast or in Europe. They're usually a safe and efficient way to travel. And I can sit and read and work, plus not deal with airport security. B...Read More
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:Interviewed this week by Craig Hemke of the TF Metals Report for Sprott Money News, financial commentator Doug Casey charges that complaints of gold market manipulation by governments are "ridiculous" and "laughable" because governments "don't care" about gold. Casey adds that while GATA's officers are "nice" and "sincere" people, "they really wear tinfoil hats when...Read More
By Steve St. AngeloCertain areas of the world are more vulnerable to economic and societal collapse. While most analysts gauge the strength or weakness of an economy based on its outstanding debt or debt to GDP ratio, there is another factor that is a much better indicator. To understand which areas and regions in the world that will suffer a larger degree of collapse than others, we need t...Read More
The Central Bank of Russia has been increasing its gold holdings every month since March 2015 and now has the fifth largest gold reserves in the world. The eastern European nation also sits at number three on the list of top gold producing nations. Why might Russia be buying and digging up so much gold? Joanna Sawicka, emerging Europe research analyst, explains possible reasons behind this buyin...Read More
By Ryan WildayIn articles starting in April I discussed the bullish impulse we had seen off the April lows for nearly every coin I track. And, I discussed how the lows on May 28 were testing levels that, if broken, threatened the continuation of that impulse.Unfortunately, as of writing, those levels have broken. These levels were $7075 in bitcoin (BTC-USD) and $505 in ethereum (ETH-USD). And, w...Read More
There can be a number of reasons for an investor to sell a stock. To determine when you should sell a stock, investors should review what the original goal was of buying each individual stock.Here are some illustrative examples.Is it a speculative play?I bought Katanga Mining Ltd. (TSX:KAT) about three weeks ago as a speculative play. The stock popped 26% on Tuesday on good news.My conclusion in t...Read More
During this episode, Jim talks about central banking policy, tax cuts, and crypto.Part 1 (part 2 below)During this episode, Jim talks about crypto, insider discussions with FED officials, and artificial intelligence.Part 2Jim Rickards is a lawyer, investment banker and economist with over thirty years' experience in capital markets. He is currently Chief Global Strategist at Meraglim. He advises t...Read More