Oil has had an interesting year. Prices started out in the high $50s a barrel and then famously went to negative $38 a barrel before bouncing back sharply to $43 a barrel where we stand today.It was a great flying "V" of a year in oil. But we are in the business of making money. And to make money, we need to know not where oil has been but where it is going.A glance at today's news tells us that o...Read More
GoldMining has assembled through acquisitions a multinational gold portfoliocomposed of 11.4 million ounces gold in the Measured & Indicated categories and 13.8 million ounces gold in the Inferred category and recently formed a royalty subsidiary that former Goldcorp CEO David Garofalo will head. Almaden projectGoldMining Inc.'s (GOLD:TSX; GLDLF:OTCQX) strategy is disciplined: buy resource-stage...Read More
Lion One Metals aims to better understand the orientation of the feeder structure. Gold veining on hole TUDDH500Lion One Metals Ltd. (LIO:TSX.V; LOMLF:OTCQX) finished diamond drilling hole TUDDH500 at its Tuvatu project on Fiji, received gravimetric fire assay results and started another hole, it announced in a news release.The British Columbia-based explorer drilled TUDDH500 to a depth of 863.4...Read More
Peter Krauth discusses Warren Buffett's big move into gold and discusses why the price of the metal is likely to climb much higher. Warren Buffett has long been known as one of the biggest gold-haters around. Yet in one move he's helped gold go mainstream.The "Oracle of Omaha's" about face could be the ultimate Buy Signal.For millions of investors, seeing Buffett dump banks while buying gold is l...Read More
Troilus Gold's recent project resource update and the company's undervaluation in the market are discussed in a Cormark Securities report. In a July 29 research report, Cormark Securities analyst Richard Gray reported that Troilus Gold Corp. (TLG:TSX; CHXMF:OTCQB) quickly grew the resource at its Troilus gold project in Quebec to 8.11 million ounces of gold equivalent (8.11 Moz Au eq) yet remains...Read More
Today, if gold had the same kind ofperformance as the Dow since around the creation of the Federal Reserve in1913, then it would have topped out at around $7 758 [(29568/78.78)*20.67].Yet, it only has an all-time high of about $2 089.In 1973 gold was in a similar type ofposition. The Dow had peaked at 1067.2 (in Jan 1973), which represented aX13.55 (1067.2/78.78) since 1913. If gold had scored a s...Read More
Last Tuesday's near-vertical decline happened far too quickly for a bottom to have formed. Once the overbought conditions are resolved...by Michael Ballanger via Streetwise ReportsIn watching the travesty of disinformation, misinformation and moral hazard formation ongoing in the global financial markets, I am immediately reminded of a case study from my university days of which I was a part, the...Read More
RAPAPORT... Alrosa will enable long-term clients to refuse all their supply allocations at this month's contract sale, continuing the policy it introduced in July."We should admit that we are at the very beginning of the market recovery, which is still [tempered] by a number of external factors, including travel restrictions," Alrosa deputy CEO Evgeny Agureev said in a statement Tuesday. "To...Read More
RAPAPORT... A US court overturned a $21 million judgment previously awarded to Tiffany & Co. in its ongoing case against Costco Wholesale Corporation over use of the jeweler's name to describe generic engagement rings.A lower-court judge erred in finding Costco liable for using the name "Tiffany" on its displays, a federal appeals court ruled Monday in a 3-0 decision. The court believed "reaso...Read More
RAPAPORT... Pandora believes the challenging market will continue through the end of 2020 amid a resurgence in coronavirus cases in key business locations."[The second quarter of] 2020 will not be forgotten anytime soon," said Pandora CEO Alexander Lacik. "Covid-19 has changed our societies and challenged global brands around the world. The pandemic may leave a lasting effect on consumer behavior....Read More
RAPAPORT... Singapore-based SK Jewellery Group reported a sharp drop in earnings during the first half of 2020 as store closures and other restrictions implemented during the coronavirus pandemic impacted sales. Net profit fell 81% to SGD 514,000 ($376,256) as revenue slid 44% to SGD 39.8 million ($29.1 million) during the period ending June 30. The jewelry retailer experienced similar steep...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Tiffany has lost the latest round of its seven-year trademark battle with the warehouse club giant Costco.The New York-based jeweler has been challenging its sale of generic diamond engagement rings bearing the "Tiffany" name.Tiffany & Co was awarded $21m in damages in 2013 after a US district judge ruled that Costco had acted in bad faith by using its name to describe setting...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Pandora posted a second-quarter loss of $27.9m and warned that recent surges in COVID-19 infections would continue to stall its recovery.By contrast, the Danish jewelry retail giant, best known for its charm bracelets, made a Q2 profit of $84.3m in 2019.The pandemic forced the closure of 90 per cent of its 7,300 outlets and in Q1 of 2020 saw the company report a $3.5m loss. Revenue...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Alrosa will again permit zero buyouts at its August tender, in the face of continued weak demand, it said today.The Russian state-owned miner adopted the same policy last month, when rough sales plunged to just $22.7m.Buyers will have the option of visiting Alrosa's office in person this month, travel restrictions permitting, or viewing goods online.The miner maintains a price...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Indian gem and jewelry manufacturers will "meet" international buyers online as their Buyer-Seller Meet goes virtual for the first time.Organizers GJEPC say the event, using high-end cameras to showcase goods, will "give buyers an experience better than the real one".The usual live event, with face-to-face meetings, has been canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.The GJEPC is ex...Read More
(IDEX Online) - A number of extremely rare purple diamonds have been unearthed at the Ellendale field in Western Australia.Junior miner India Bore Diamond Holdings found fancy yellow diamonds at a large alluvial deposit, but tests by the Delta Diamond Laboratory, in Perth, revealed that many featured a highly rare and attractive purple fluorescence under ultraviolet light (see picture).Ellendale f...Read More
There are numerous crosscurrents running through the markets this morning, Tuesday August 18, with the base metals mainly firmer and gold rebounding strongly, while equity markets were mixed and the dollar continued to weaken.* Broader US equity markets were weaker this morning following Monday's poor US manufacturing data and rising mortgage delinquencies, but the Nasdaq established a fresh recor...Read More
S&P 500 Index moved above 3393.52 to an all-time high extending an intermediate uptrend.Frontier iShares (FM) moved above $24.69 extending an intermediate uptrend. JD Inc. (JD), a NASDAQ 100 stock moved above $69.18 to an all-time high extending an intermediate uptrend. Pre-opening Comments for Tuesday August 18thU.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 6...Read More
Warren Buffett has never been a big fan of gold. At Berkshire Hathaway's annual general meeting in 2005, the billionaire investor said the precious metal "would be way down on my list as a store of value" and "I would much prefer owning a hundred acres of land near Nebraska, or an apartment house, or an index fund." And while that response to an investor's question is now fifteen years old - his v...Read More
Corvus Gold (TSX: KOR; NASDAQ: KOR) has released the results of 10 holes completed at its Mother Lode project in Nevada. The drill program has expanded the Central Intrusive (CIZ), Upper Oxide and North targets, and returned higher than expected grades from the Main zone sulphide unit.Drill highlights from the Central Intrusive include 29 metres of 2.21 grams gold per tonne starting at 468 metres;...Read More