Analysts see gold at $1,400 and copper hitting $8,000Weak dollar, stretched stocks, falling bonds spell gainsWhere to Make Big Money in Commodities, EnergyThe stage may be set for commodities to extend their stellar gains, according to Bank of China International analysts.By the fourth quarter copper will average $7,500 a ton and gold $1,400 per ounce, they wrote in a note this week, as financial...Read More
The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq hit intraday highs on Thursday, Jan. 11, as a rebound in bond yields offset trade tensions linked to Donald Trump's warning on Nafta membership for the U.S. The Dow rose 94 points, or 0.37%. The blue-chip index was led by General Electric Co. (GE) , Boeing Co. (BA) and Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) . The S&P 500 gained 0.36%, and the Nasdaq...Read More
The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Friday January 12.Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mostly lower at the close on Thursday January 11, with nickel prices falling 2%. Read more in our live futures report.Here are how prices looked at the end of the day on Thursday.Metal Bulletin has learned that operations at Glencore's Pasar copper smelter in I...Read More
Wall Street futures held onto modest gains heading into the start of trading Thursday, while European and Asia stocks drifted lower as a rebound for bond yields failed to offset trade tensions linked to President Donald Trump's warning on NAFTA membership. Early indications from U.S. equity futures suggest modest gains for the three major benchmarks after stocks snapped a six-day winning st...Read More
The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Friday January 12.Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mostly lower at the close on Thursday January 11, with nickel prices falling 2%. Read more in our live futures report.Here are how prices looked at the end of the day on Thursday.Metal Bulletin has learned that operations at Glencore's Pasar copper smelter in I...Read More
Confusion and uncertainty reign in financial markets, helping gold prices rally in the face of higher bond yields, as traders continue to assess whether or not China will continue to buy U.S. Treasuries. Early Thursday, Chinese officials denied reports that the central bank is looking at slowing its U.S. bond purchases. According to reports, while the central bank is diversifying its foreign-exc...Read More
Newest of major royalty companies has rapid growth.Revenue to double in next six years.Investments in juniors to pay off.It is now the turn of the new boy on the block to catch up. A little more than two years ago, I wrote an article, published here, on the major gold royalty companies. One, Franco-Nevada, I called the blue-chip of the group; today, its stock price is virtually doubled where it wa...Read More
Polyus is underperforming despite strong cost dynamics.Significance of Fosun deal is not enough to outperform the stock market.Favorable outlook is imminent with attractive dividends and diverse range of growth projects. Image source: TRUST.UA Investment Thesis Polyus Gold International Limited (LON:PGIL) delivers stable earnings due to higher production, despite wobbly trends in the Russian curr...Read More
In last year's roadmap, I forecast that 2017 would end with gold prices up and the dollar index down, both of which happened. I underestimated the number of Fed hikes by one hike, but globally, average short-term rates have remained around zero. That will be a core pattern throughout 2018.Central banks may tweak a few rates here and there, announce some tapering due to "economic growth", or def...Read More
A monumental policy shift announced by the U.S. federal government on pot last Thursday sent the pot markets into a frenzy.U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions' announcement that he will roll back the Obama-era "Cole memo" marijuana protections triggered a massive sell-off of pot stocks, especially in U.S.-based companies.Early morning Friday, it was anyone's guess how the U.S. pot market might be...Read More
The stock market dropped yesterday - finally.For the first time in 2018, the major averages dipped into the red to close out a quiet trading session.I know it sounds ridiculous, but some traders are annoyed that the market broke its streak and finished lower. While I don't think I need to write this, I will anyway: the stock market must go down sometimes. Some people are forgetting this inconvenie...Read More
You have to admire the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia — the young Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.The man is taking a stand against the decades of corruption that has taken place at the top of Saudi society. The Crown Prince seeks the return of wealth that has been stolen from the Saudi people by a select few...Source: Middle East PressThe main targets of the Crown Prince’s hous...Read More
Angel Abbud-Madrid, director of the Center for Space Resources at Colorado School of Mines, was recently interviewed by National Geographic and Science about the discovery of ice cliffs on Mars. The eight cliffs expose what scientists believe is nearly pure water ice up to 100 meters thick, according to findings published this week in Science magazine.From the National Geographic article:"It's loo...Read More
Matt Morgan, deputy director and senior research geologist of the Colorado Geologic Survey, recently spoke to 9News meteorologist Cory Reppenhagen about the debris flows that can occur following wildfires. Mudslides claimed the lives of at least 17 people in Southern California earlier this week.Read More
An article in The Denver Post about a Boulder-based startup's new personal robot featured an interview with Tom Williams, assistant professor of computer science at Colorado School of Mines. Williams' research focuses on artificial intelligence for human-robot interaction.From the story:But the day when a Rosie is in every home is not close, said Tom Williams, an assistant professor of computer sc...Read More
The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Friday January 12.Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mostly lower at the close on Thursday January 11, with nickel prices falling 2%. Read more in our live futures report.Here are how prices looked at the end of the day on Thursday.Metal Bulletin has learned that operations at Glencore's Pasar copper smelter in I...Read More
The new glass shop in the Hill Hall Foundry was recently featured by 9News Denver. In the segment, gaffer Jake Ivy, a PhD student in materials science, demonstrates glassblowing techniques and talks about the art and science of making the beautiful glass objects.Read More
The stock markets have rocketed higher since Trump's election win on hopes for big corporate tax cuts. This extreme rally has left stocks exceedingly overvalued and overbought today. A major selloff is long overdue and likely imminent. When stocks inevitably roll over and mean revert lower to rebalance away euphoric sentiment, gold is the main beneficiary. Gold investment demand soars when...Read More
The stock markets have rocketed higher since Trump's election win on hopes for big corporate tax cuts. This extreme rally has left stocks exceedingly overvalued and overbought today. A major selloff is long overdue and likely imminent. When stocks inevitably roll over and mean revert lower to rebalance away euphoric sentiment, gold is the main beneficiary. Gold investment demand soars when...Read More
The UK government aims to maintain as many of the benefits the country has enjoyed from its membership of the European Atomic Energy Community since joining the EU and Euratom in 1973 through a "close and effective association" in the future, Greg Clark, secretary of state for business, energy and industrial strategy told Parliament yesterday. The UK will exit Euratom at the same time as withdrawi...Read More