(IDEX Online) - Rolex is reportedly planning a $1bn new factory, which would create 2,000 jobs and allow it to crank up production.The company, privately owned by the Hans Wilsdorf Foundation currently produces just over 1m watches a year, but demand always outstrips supply. Rolex had a turnover of almost $8 billion in 2021, according to Morgan Stanley.Acccording to Swiss TV and newspaper rep...Read More
"Our disagreement with consensus is even more visible when we focus on recession probabilities," Goldman said.Read More
With U.S. equity markets on holidays today, no pre-opening comments are offered. Responses to FOMC Meeting Minutes Minutes were released at 2:00 PM EST yesterdayU.S. equity indices moved higher after 2:00 PM ESTU.S. Dollar and related ETN: UUP moved lower after 2:00 PM ESTLong term U.S. Treasury bond yields moved lower. Long term U.S. Treasury bond prices moved higher after 2:00 PM ESTGold p...Read More
Ontario is starting a two-year, $5 million critical minerals innovation fund to support research and development of new technologies. The fund is to support Ontario-based new technologies in the supply chain for green energy like electric vehicles by connecting mineral resources in the north with manufacturing in the south, provincial mines minister George Pirie said in a news release on Thursd...Read More
There's got to be a sense of schadenfreude in some circles of the mining business watching the implosion of FTX this month. Somehow, cryptocurrencies have competed with the mining sector as both a speculative investment - squeezing out money that might otherwise be directed to junior miners - and also been sold as a store of wealth and inflation hedge, competing with precious metals. While some...Read More
American Creek Resources (TSXV: AMK) and Tudor Gold (TSXV: TUD) say step-out drilling at their Treaty Creek joint project in northwestern British Columbia's Golden Triangle shows higher grades than in last year's initial resource estimate. Drill hole GS-22-159 cut 180 metres grading 1.71 grams gold equivalent per tonne with 0.92 gram gold, 6.1 grams silver and 0.61% copper, the compact reported...Read More
Mexico-focused Vizsla Silver (TSXV: VZLA; NYSE: VZLA) has entered into a non-binding letter of intent with Prismo Metals (CSE: PRIZ) for a strategic investment totalling $2 million. In exchange, Vizsla would receive a right of first refusal to purchase the Palos Verdes project from Prismo as well as 4 million units of Prismo.The Palos Verdes concession sits in the eastern area of Vizsla's Panuco...Read More
Codelco, the world's biggest copper producer, warned on Thursday that global shortages of the metal may reach 8 million tonnes by 2032, as soaring demand continues to offset the number of new projects.Maximo Pacheco, chairman of the board of Codelco, said at an industry conference that while a surplus is expected in the short term due to new projects in Chile, Peru, the Democratic Republic of the...Read More
Liberty and Finance, Released on 11/24/22While he is not forecasting a dramatic crash in stocks, the Independent Speculator Lobo Tiggre believes there is tough times coming in 2023 for the markets. "I think the odds favor significant pain in 2023 and I do think that makes the Fed change policy." Markets will continue to slowly grind downward, he forecasts. As for gold, when investors realize infla...Read More
Daniel Lacalle, Released on 11/24/22Daniel Lacalle, PhD, economist and fund manager, is the author of the bestselling books Freedom or Equality (2020) and Escape from the Central Bank Trap (2017). He is a professor of global economy at IE Business School in Madrid and Chief Economist at Tressis SV. Ranked as one of the top twenty most influential economists in the world in 2016 and 2017 by Richt...Read More
Life Site, Released on 11/24/22'Unexplained Wealth Orders could be used to confiscate property where there is no evident legitimate source of funds.'Continue... British Columbia to introduce "unexplained wealth" seizure law added by Herman James on 11/25/2022View all posts by Herman James ?+'Read More
Howe Street, Released on 11/24/22Are Pension funds going to announce big losses?Portfolio Manager, attorney, finance author, a regular guest on North American media. Danielle Park is the author of the best selling myth-busting book "Juggling Dynamite: An insider's wisdom on money management, markets and wealth that lasts," as well as a popular daily financial blog: www.jugglingdynamite.com. Daniel...Read More
Reuters (via Yahoo Finance), Released on 11/24/22"The barter of gold for oil represents a major structural change," he added.Continue... Ghana plans to buy oil with gold instead of U.S. dollars added by Herman James on 11/25/2022View all posts by Herman James ?+'Read More
The union said BHP offered a payment of 2.8 million pesos (US$3,000) to each worker and offered to modify the collective contract.Read More
Critical Dissidence, Released on 11/24/22If UC leadership continues to insist on this ill-advised action, are they ready to accept full personal responsibility and legal liability for the multitude of harms certain to result?Continue... 10 University of California Professors Decry Dangerous Booster Mandates for Students, Faculty, and Staff added by Herman James on 11/27/2022View all posts by Herma...Read More
While comparing gold and bitcoin givessome idea of the patterns in the market, can the slide of junior miners bepredicted by the same method?Those of you who have been following myanalyses for a while may be expecting me to write that it is based on the stockmarket's rally and thus only temporary, as miners will follow gold soonerrather than later. That’s their ultimate source of revenue (cu...Read More
An unusually warm October has helped natural gas inventories, but gas prices don't seem to believe it. Oil has seen three days of heavy selling volume ending with a hammer candle stick Monday. Birchcliff, Callon, and Earthstone should benefit. Gold stocks have started a new bull market. The question is, will the gold price confirm it?The HUI index ran from a low of 180.41 on November 3, 2022, to a...Read More
Oil, like just about everything else that is related to the markets, bottomed around the March / April 2020 pandemic crash low. The oil complex had been one of the worst performing areas even underperforming the PM complex if that is possible. When oil did bottom it did so in dramatic fashion capitulating hard to the downside in one last climatic thrust.I built a few new combo chart this weekend,...Read More
While comparing gold and bitcoin givessome idea of the patterns in the market, can the slide of junior miners bepredicted by the same method?Those of you who have been following myanalyses for a while may be expecting me to write that it is based on the stockmarket's rally and thus only temporary, as miners will follow gold soonerrather than later. That’s their ultimate source of revenue (cu...Read More
An unusually warm October has helped natural gas inventories, but gas prices don't seem to believe it. Oil has seen three days of heavy selling volume ending with a hammer candle stick Monday. Birchcliff, Callon, and Earthstone should benefit. Gold stocks have started a new bull market. The question is, will the gold price confirm it?The HUI index ran from a low of 180.41 on November 3, 2022, to a...Read More