Fat Tail Investment Research, Released on 5/19/22Jim 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 the Department of Defense, the U.S. intelligence community, and major hedge funds on global finance, and served as a facilitator of the first ever financial war games conduct...Read More
David Rosenberg - Twitter, Released on 5/19/22In the past 50 years, every 18% slump in the stock market over a four-month-or-longer period foreshadowed a recession. And recessions, on average, see the market slide 30%. So, no - we're not "there" yet. #RosenbergResearch- David Rosenberg (@EconguyRosie) May 19, 2022 David Rosenberg is the chief economist & strategist of Rosenberg Research & Asso...Read More
CNBC, Released on 5/19/22Peter Boockvar, Bleakley Advisory Group, joins 'Power Lunch' to discuss the drivers of equity markets, what a reduction in earnings estimates would do to markets and his thoughts on how investors should enter the commodity space.Peter Boockvar is the Chief Investment Officer of Bleakley Financial Group and Editor of The Boock Report newsletter https://boockreport.com/....Read More
Wealthion, Released on 5/19/22Suddenly, as stocks, bonds & the housing market all look poised to have a hard landing ahead, talk of an approaching recession is everywhere. While it's a risk I've been warning of for quite a while now, voices from the establishment, like Goldman Sachs Chair Lloyd Blankfein & former Federal Reserve Vice Chairs Richard Clarida & Randal Quarles have recently joined the...Read More
Jim Rickards - Twitter, Released on 5/19/22NATO applications of Sweden and Finland are part of an escalatory path toward nuclear war. The world owes Turkey a debt of gratitude for stopping the process at least so far. Biden's impaired cognition amidst warmongers is leading to a dark place. https://t.co/uG26uMHCxK- Jim Rickards (@JamesGRickards) May 19, 2022 Jim Rickards is a lawyer, investment ban...Read More
Kyle Bass - Twitter, Released on 5/19/22As Xi and Putin planned on Feb 4th, 2022. China has roughly 20% of the world's population and now has hoarded over 70% of the world's corn, 60% of rice, and 50% of wheat. Xi and Putin have been planning Ukraine and Taiwan together...the axis of despotic imperialism. #China #Russia https://t.co/DY27NnAk4j pic.twitter.com/jsgexg6eWp- ???????,Kyle Bass????????...Read More
Wall Street On Parade, Released on 5/19/22Memo to Fed Chair Powell: If you have only sellers and no buyers, you do not have an orderly market.The American people Continue... Fed Chair Powell Says "Markets Are Orderly" and "Functioning." They're Not. added by Herman James on 05/19/2022View all posts by Herman James ?+'Read More
Zero Hedge, Released on 5/19/22Last week, we shared extensive empirical evidence that the US housing market is starting to crack when we quoted regional managers from John BurnsContinue... Is The Housing Crash Starting? added by Herman James on 05/19/2022View all posts by Herman James ?+'Read More
Is that it?Michael Oliver with Chris Marcus on Arcadia EconomicsThe silver price has finally stabilized this week after a rather brutal selloff over the past month.But is that it? Or is there more selling on the way? And what actually caused the recent selloff?To discuss those questions, as well as how the Fed's latest set of rate hikes is likely to impact the silver price going forward, technical...Read More
Two-time Vale president Eliezer Batista diesLeadershipLook beyond market approach to project valuations: van ZylLeadershipIsoMetrix launches pioneering ESG applicationSPONSOREDisometrixKumtor deal paves way for ChaaratSPONSOREDchaarat gold holdings ltd.The company reported an intersept of 420m grading 0.Read More
IsoMetrix launches pioneering ESG applicationSPONSOREDisometrixKumtor deal paves way for ChaaratSPONSOREDchaarat gold holdings ltd.Kropz set to fly after false startSPONSOREDkropzPredictive Discovery to forge a golden future in GuineaSPONSOREDpredictive discoveryAs part of a non-brokered private placing, Agnico will increase its stake to 19.7% from 13.3% on a partially-diluted basis assuming the e...Read More
Look beyond market approach to project valuations: van ZylLeadershipIsoMetrix launches pioneering ESG applicationSPONSOREDisometrixKumtor deal paves way for ChaaratSPONSOREDchaarat gold holdings ltd.Predictive Discovery to forge a golden future in GuineaSPONSOREDpredictive discoveryThe revised credit facility also includes "sustainability-linked metrics".Read More
IsoMetrix launches pioneering ESG applicationSPONSOREDisometrixKumtor deal paves way for ChaaratSPONSOREDchaarat gold holdings ltd.Kropz set to fly after false startSPONSOREDkropzPredictive Discovery to forge a golden future in GuineaSPONSOREDpredictive discoveryRio already owns 51% of Turquoise Hill, the owner of 66% of the Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine in Mongolia.The company made a $2.7 billion,...Read More
Anglo American sees a shortfall of an annual 18 million tonnes between refined copper demand and committed mine copper supply and copper scrap in smelting by 2040.Read More
IsoMetrix launches pioneering ESG applicationSPONSOREDisometrixKumtor deal paves way for ChaaratSPONSOREDchaarat gold holdings ltd.Kropz set to fly after false startSPONSOREDkropzPredictive Discovery to forge a golden future in GuineaSPONSOREDpredictive discoverySince the end of March, the S&P 500 share price index has fallen 13.Read More
News: Dealers unsure where market is headed and hope upcoming Las Vegas shows will provide clarity. Trade starting to feel impact of Russia crisis amid lower supply and cautious demand. Chinese slowdown fueling uncertainty. Manufacturing down due to Surat summer vacation and withdrawal of Alrosa rough. De Beers positioned to gain from Russian sanctions as May sales +57% to $604M. Shortages expect...Read More
RAPAPORT... The US jewelry industry continued to downsize in the first quarter, according to the latest data from the Jewelers Board of Trade (JBT).Some 187 companies exited the sector during the three months ending March 31, compared with 142 in the same period a year earlier, the JBT reported Wednesday. In total, there were 23,852 companies active in the US industry, 1.8% fewer than the same per...Read More
RAPAPORT... The Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) has proposed the opening of a lab-grown diamond park that will help grow the sector and process an extra 150 million carats a year."Lab-grown diamonds have the potential to build and sustain a stronger and more self-reliant domestic cutting and polishing industry," GJEPC chairman Colin Shah said in meeting with Commerce Minister Pi...Read More
RAPAPORT... Traditional diamond grading can be inconsistent and inefficient, but is automation a viable alternative? Experts shared their views in the latest "Fast-Tracking the Future" webinar installment.Titled "Automated Grading and the AI Revolution," the final session of the three-part series featured panelists from four organizations: David Block, CEO of Sarine Technologies, the series'...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Alrosa's sales of high-value diamonds to wealthy investors in Russia have increased significantly since sanctions and hard currency restrictions were imposed.The miner, part-owned by the government, launched its Diamond Exclusive program, in partnership with private banks, three years ago.Instead of selling its largest and clearest fancy color stones and colorless gems over 3-...Read More