This item is part of Stockwatch's value added news feed and is only available to Stockwatch subscribers.Here is a sample of this item:by Mike CaswellNew Jersey resident Boris Rubizhevsky has pleaded guilty to taking part in the manipulation of Biocube Inc., a company that claimed to be developing a marijuana breathalyzer. He entered the plea in a 20-minute appearance before New York Judge Steven T...Read More

This item is part of Stockwatch's value added news feed and is only available to Stockwatch subscribers.Here is a sample of this item:by Mike CaswellVancouver's Raymond Dabney, previously sanctioned by regulators in the United States and Canada, has found himself the subject of a lawsuit filed in the Supreme Court of British Columbia over loan agreements gone awry. Port Moody's James Scott Munro c...Read More

This item is part of Stockwatch's value added news feed and is only available to Stockwatch subscribers.Here is a sample of this item:by Will PurcellThe diamond and specialty minerals stocks box score for Thursday was a ho-hum 75-79-124. The TSX Venture Exchange lost nine points to 880 while polished diamond prices gained 0.1 per cent. Grenville Thomas and Ken Armstrong's North Arrow Minerals Inc....Read More

I find it amusing that the stock market is attributing so much value to the "blockchain" technology. In reality, blockchain technology is just a piece of software that increases the degree of security for digital transactions. I fail to see how this will revolutionize our lives the way the roll-out of the internet or the implementation of mass production or the invention of the internal combus...Read More

This article is from Dr. Fraser Murrell via The Daily Coin:In the 1600s, Sir Isaac Newton presided over a (bi-metal) Gold and Silver Standard, with the flaw being the fix of silver to gold. In the 1900s, John Maynard Keynes "revolutionized" economics, with the result being certain economic collapse. In both cases there was a logical error in the key definition of "price", which is critical to the...Read More

Looking back over 2017, it’s hard not to see a year dominated by divisive opinions, downright insults, and the media echo chamber.And while divisiveness, party loyalty, and a fair amount of insults are nothing new, that echo chamber deserves some scrutiny. Otherwise, we are doomed to carry the mistakes of 2017 with us into 2018 without taking any of its lessons along for the trip.Media consu...Read More

From https://thedailycoin.org/Fraser Murrell delves into the history of the Gold Standard and how a modern day version could be put in place.Author: Dr Fraser Murrell, Melbourne AustraliaFirst Posted: Thursday , 20 Nov 2014In the 1600s, Sir Isaac Newton presided over a (bi-metal) Gold and Silver Standard, with the flaw being the fix of silver to gold. In the 1900s, John Maynard Keynes "revolutio...Read More

By Gary SavageThis video details gold and miners likely path over the next couple of months and explains how the flawed psychology of traders ensure this path.https://blog.smartmoneytrackerpremium.com/ Read More

The headline in this Thursday’s Financial Timesreads: “Commodities prices hit highest point since 2014”. The FT articlebegins: “The Bloomberg Commodity Spot Index,which tracks price of 22 raw materials, has hit its highest level since 2014when the oil market price crash started.”A small problem mightbe that the Bloomberg Commodity Spot Index does not include Energy or...Read More

Natural gas is the dog that got its day in the New Year trading at $175/MMBtu spot in New York. Less than a month ago, Gas Exporting Countries Forum expected lower natural gas prices “over the next two decades” mostly due to a surge in supplies from unconventional sources.With the sever winter storm hitting much of North America, temperatures have been tumbling since the start of the N...Read More

Since bottoming on Dec. 12, gold has had an impressive run higher, closing up on 13 out of the past 14 trading days. Or at least that's true for gold prices measured in dollars. But gold prices measured in euros have had a much more tepid response, and have not even made a higher high yet. It is not a bad rally in the euro price of gold, but it is not confirming the higher high in the dollar...Read More

A new year and a new look for the above Gold Scoreboard, incorporating both our conservative and aggressive forecast highs for 2018. Also at right, we've added that which we've oft referred to as "gold's most important graphic": the millennium-to-date track of the U.S. money supply ("M2") vs. the clearly lagging price of gold. Quite a bit of catching up to do, what?A long way to go, to be sure, bu...Read More

The US gold market suffered a net deficit this year compared to a small surplus in 2016. This was quite interesting because U.S. physical gold demand will be down considerably this year. In 2016, total U.S. gold demand was 212 metric tons versus an estimated 150 metric tons this year. The majority of the decline in U.S. gold demand is from the physical bar and coin sector that is down 56% in...Read More

From https://thedailycoin.org/Fraser Murrell delves into the history of the Gold Standard and how a modern day version could be put in place.Author: Dr Fraser Murrell, Melbourne AustraliaFirst Posted: Thursday , 20 Nov 2014In the 1600s, Sir Isaac Newton presided over a (bi-metal) Gold and Silver Standard, with the flaw being the fix of silver to gold. In the 1900s, John Maynard Keynes "revolutio...Read More

By Gary SavageThis video details gold and miners likely path over the next couple of months and explains how the flawed psychology of traders ensure this path.https://blog.smartmoneytrackerpremium.com/ Read More

RAPAPORT... Neiman Marcus has named Ralph Lauren executive Geoffroy vanRaemdonck as its new CEO, the retailer announced Friday. Van Raemdonck (pictured)was formerly group president for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) andglobal travel retail at the luxury brand. He succeeds Karen Katz, who is retiringafter more than 30 years with Neiman Marcus, the last seven as CEO. "We are thrille...Read More

RAPAPORT... Sears Holdings will close 103 stores across the US in Marchand April, the company announced Thursday. The group has told employees it is closing 64 Kmart storesand 39 Sears branches, with liquidation sales beginning at the affectedlocations in early January, the retailer said. Pennsylvania, where 10 Kmart andthree Sears stores will shut down, took the hardest hit. Sears "will continue...Read More

RAPAPORT... J.C. Penney saw a 3.4% increase in comparable-store sales - those at branches open forat least a year - during the holiday period, led primarily by strongperformances in the home, beauty and fine-jewelry sectors.The figures were for the nine weeks that ended December 30. In October, the retailer revamped its jewelry department,adding a line of smart watches and rebranding its wedding-...Read More

RAPAPORT... Sarine Technologies subsidiary Galatea will be taking legalaction against a manufacturer in Surat, India, claiming fraudulent use ofSarine's Galaxy inclusion-mapping technology and software, the companyannounced Thursday. Galatea noted a long-term discrepancy between the weights ofthe rough stones the Galaxy system was processing and those the manufacturer wasreporting to the company,...Read More

"Inflation is going to be the theme of 2018. How do we know this is going to be the case? Let's look at what happened to the dollar last year. The dollar got melted down last year, and this trajectory has been going on for decades. It's just getting progressively worse, and it's going to continue this year."Gregory Mannarino started his financial career working for the securities and trading arm o...Read More