It doesn't look like it in the Dow Jones' Bear's Eye View (BEV) chart below, but in the past three weeks the venerable Dow has increased 1,100 points (4.39%). Three Fridays ago the Dow Jones closed with a 24K handle. Two weeks later it has almost blown through 25,000, closing the week at 25,803. When a market series makes ninety-four new all-time highs in only fourteen months, things like this hap...Read More

Both Gold and GDX surged to a new high on Friday, shifting the odds towards a right translated Trading Cycle #1 (TC1). This is not surprising as the first TC of any new Intermediate Cycle never fails by making a lower low. If it does then then by definition it's still part of the previous Intermediate Cycle. My normal TC timing band for Gold is 20-29 days but the first Trading Cycle out of a Y...Read More

"You are listening to WGGW: When Gold Goes Well" ... To state that gold is going well when 'tis trading at half the market value it ought be is a bit of a stretch. In fact, as "bulled up" as gold aficionados appear to be through these first nine trading days of the year, price being +2.5% is actually the second weakest "nine starting days performance" of the past five years. Yet in a positive sens...Read More

RAPAPORT...  Alrosa's diamond sales fell in 2017 as an influx of lower-value rough reduced the average price it achieved.  Combined rough and polished sales amounted to $4.27 billion for the year, Alrosa said Thursday, leaving the total 5% below the amount reported for 2016.  There was pent-up demand for small diamonds at the beginning of 2017 after Indian cutters reduced their...Read More

RAPAPORT... The Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) haselected Pramod Kumar Agarwal as its chairman, and Colin Shah as vice chairmanfor the 2018 to 2020 period, the Indian trade organization announced Friday. Agarwal (pictured) was the Rajasthan regional chairman of the GJEPC,and has been the chairman of the GJEPC's Indian Institute of Gem and Jewellery,Jaipurfor the past five yea...Read More

(IDEX Online) - The Diamond Development Initiative (DDI) is marking 10 years of efforts to transform artisanal diamond mining into an economically viable, socially and environmentally responsible activity to benefit miners, their communities and their governments, and consequently, the diamond and jewelry industry.   Through DDI's innovative and effective programming, more than 200,000 miners...Read More

RAPAPORT... Vrai & Oro, a subsidiary of lab-grown diamond producer Diamond Foundry, will be shutting its Los Angeles store after onlysix months in business, the online jewelry retailer announced in a blog postlast week. Founder and creative director Vanessa Stofenmacherattributed the closing to the challenges of retail. Prior to opening the store,Vrai & Oro, which Diamond Foundry bought in...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Jewelers of America (JA) has praised the United States Supreme Court decision to take up South Dakota's petition to the Court to re-consider the Quill decision from 1992.   That decision established the current system under which states are prohibited from collecting sales and use taxes from sellers that do not have a physical presence in-state, leading to the current uneven...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Angolan President Jo??o Louren??o has signed a decree permitting the redistribution of a 16.4% stake in Angola's Catoca Ltd Mining Co to Wargan Holdings Limited that is 100% owned by ALROSA.   At a later stage, a 16.4% stake in Catoca will be equally distributed between ALROSA and ENDIAMA E.P., Angola's state-owned national diamond mining company.   The decree...Read More

(IDEX Online) - The International Gemological Institute (IGI) announced that IGI - North & South America has been granted re-certification by the Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC) against its 2013 Code of Practices.   The New York-based organization attained this designation by meeting the highest ethical, social and environmental standards as established by the RJC.   RJC member...Read More

(IDEX Online) - The International Colored Gemstone Association (ICA) has announced that the ICA-organized Gemstone Industry & Laboratory Conference (GILC) will be holding a discussion on color nomenclature and origin on January 29 at the Tucson Gem Show.   After an introduction by newly elected ICA President, Clement Sabbagh, the main topics of discussion will center on color nomenclature...Read More

TOPICS IN THIS INTERVIEW:01:50 Gold's corrupted price and the economic situation09:35 Cryptocurrencies becoming the hedge against globalist price manipulation?19:45 US economic repercussions23:00 "We've had to rely on financial bubbles and busts"24:15 Artificial Intelligence and the implications on the economy33:05 Risks with A.I in the future43:25 Closing thoughts and where to find out more infor...Read More

Click here for the full transcript: http://financialrepressionauthority.c...Yra Harris is a trader with over 32 years of experience in all areas of commodity trading, with broad expertise in cash currency markets. He has a proven track record of successful trading through combination of technical work and fundamental analysis of global trends; historically based analysis on global hot money flows....Read More

Gold is positioned for a major breakout in 2018 and the gold stocks and Silver are not far behind. We analyze 6 different charts and the key resistance levels these markets could test very soon.Read More

In today's first "Crypto AudioBlog" installment, Andy gives his current world view of legacy financial markets; cryptocurrency in general; and of course, Bitcoin. Follow him at @Andy_Hoffman_CG, or try a Free 7-Day Trial of his 24/7, Bitcoin-focused blog, at CryptoGoldCentral.comAndrew ("Andy") Hoffman owns a subscription-based website, CryptoGoldCentral.com, which offers readers Andy's daily thou...Read More

Inflation expectations now exceed the Fed's target. The 10-year US Treasury yield breached 2.5% on January 9 and hasn'tContinue...Read More

GoldSilver produced a lot of educational material in 2017. We sincerely hope you find our ongoing educational efforts useful as an investor. Mike prides himself on being the industry leader on education.We noticed, however, that some of our articles seemed to be not just educational but also, well, fun to read. Talking about economics and debt and monetary history is good, of course, but having a...Read More

Continuing this research, we have focused our current effort on the Transportation Index, the US Majors and the Metals Markets. The Transportation Index has seen an extensive rally (+19.85%) originating near November 2017. This incredible upside move correlates with renewed US Tax policies and Economic increases that are sure to drive the US Equity market higher throughout 2018.In theory, the...Read More

"No. I'm not a racist. I'm the least racist person you have ever interviewed."Continue...Read More

RAPAPORT...  Alrosa's diamond sales fell in 2017 as an influx of lower-value rough reduced the average price it achieved.  Combined rough and polished sales amounted to $4.27 billion for the year, Alrosa said Thursday, leaving the total 5% below the amount reported for 2016.  There was pent-up demand for small diamonds at the beginning of 2017 after Indian cutters reduced their...Read More