Mark Hulbert explains why we should all be tracking the University of Michigan's Consumer Sentiment Index and the Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index moving forward into the end of 2019Continue...Read More
China cut its holdings of US Treasuries by $6.8 billion in August, marking the lowest level since May 2017, according to data from the US Treasury Department released on Wednesday.Continue...Read More
The price rises of gold and other precious metals in recent months should have propelled the junior-mining industry. What is holding it down?For Frank Holmes, CEO of US Global Investors and a regular commentator on financial television networks, the answer is regulation. Many banks and brokers cannot recommend junior-mining stocks due to government limits on investors and environmental, social, an...Read More
Originally published on Sat Oct 12 for our ElliottWaveTrader members:While we have been tracking the metals market for the next rally set-up, we have seen some signs that the market may attempt to begin that rally sooner rather than later.However, I have to be honest in noting that I am seeing more signs that lower levels may still be struck before we are ready for that rally. So, as I have been s...Read More
Rene Magritte's 1929 painting "The Treachery of Images," depicts a tobacco pipe with a caption that reads "Ceci n'est pas une pipe," (French for "This is not a pipe"). Everyone who has taken a course in modern art knows that Magritte's exercise in contradiction was meant to draw a distinction between a real thing and a representation of that thing. Perhaps we should send Federal Reserve Chairman...Read More
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, Oct. 17, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via NEWMEDIAWIRE - Gold Resource Corporation (NYSE American: GORO) (the "Company") reports record preliminary gold production results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2019 of 11,165 ounces, reflecting the growing gold production impact from its Isabella Pearl mine, located in Mineral County, Nevada. In addition, the Company...Read More
- Avi GilburtWhile we have been tracking the metals market for the next rally set-up, we have seen some signs that the market may attempt to begin that rally sooner rather than later. However, I have to be honest in noting that I am seeing more signs that lower levels may still be struck before we are ready for that rally. So, as I have been saying for the last few weeks, I am going to stil...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold has support around $1,470 level. Daily gold chart is in a stall..Read More
"Exposure" is not the whole story. We are interested in how much leverage a miner shows. Here's where the...by Mike Mcara via Sunshine ProfitsGold and silver are our main focus, no doubt about it. But they are only a part of the precious metals market. Actually, there is another side of the market which could be overlooked by investors starting to look into the precious metals market. So, we would...Read More
Not everyone wants to put their entire portfolio into silver, so what's the bare minimum?by Matt From Silver Fortune via Silver FortuneNot everyone wants to put their entire portfolio into silver, so what's the bare minimum?Any content within this video or any other video by the Silver Fortune channel is merely one man's opinion, commentary, and analysis, or actual information obtained from elsewh...Read More
Markets quiet amid Jewish holidays with steady demand forRapSpec A3+ goods. Indian manufacturers delay Diwali shutdown to increasepost-festival inventory. Trading slow at Bharat Diamond Week. Liquidity lowwhile companies settle supplier bills and pay staff ahead of Diwali. AlrosaSep. sales -24% to $259M, but small-stone demand recovering. Hong Kong protestshit luxury sector, with Chow Tai Fook 2Q...Read More
RAPAPORT... A fancy-deep-blue diamond ring with a highestimate of CHF 14 million ($14.1 million) will go under the hammer at Christie's GenevaMagnificent Jewels auction next month. The 7.03-carat stone,mounted by Moussaieff, will lead the November auction, Christie's said Thursday.Another prominent lot is a 46.93-carat, D-color, internally flawless diamondring, which is expected to fetch CHF 3.8...Read More
RAPAPORT... US retail sales stalled between Augustand September, indicating that consumer confidence may be waning in light ofthe escalating trade war. Total purchases for September -excluding automobiles, gasoline and restaurants - dipped 0.1% compared to theprevious month, according to data the National Retail Federation (NRF)published Wednesday. However, with the month also seeing 4.5% yea...Read More
RAPAPORT... Marvin Zale, son of Zales founder Morris Zale, and former vice chairman of the jeweler, has died at 89. Born in Texas in 1930, Zale grew up in his father's jewelrybusiness, which was established in 1924. He began his diamond education inAntwerp in 1948, returning to the US to serve in the army. He joined Zales in1953, working at various stores across the country. In 1958, he move...Read More
RAPAPORT... Lower mining grades and reduced ore availability contributedto a drop in Rio Tinto's third-quarter diamond production, the company reportedWednesday. Output at its wholly owned Argyle mine in Australiafell 7% year on year, yielding 3.6 million carats in the three-month periodending September 30. Production was hampered by lower grades, despite stronger mining and processing rates,Rio T...Read More
RAPAPORT... Hong Kong-based jeweler Chow Tai Fook has reported adownward trend in sales across both mainland China and Hong Kong in the secondfiscal quarter. Same-store sales of gold products - at branches open for atleast 12 months - fell 15% year on year in mainland China for the period endingSeptember 30, and 49% in Hong Kong, the company said Tuesday. Same-store salesof gem-set jewelry a...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Diamond producer Alrosa today (Thursday) reported that its Q3 2019 diamond production hit 12.1 million carats, with sales totaling 6.4 million carats by volume and $0.6 billion by value. The miner said the increase in output - up 24 percent quarter-over-quarter and 15 percent year-over-year, was due to the launch of production at new deposits and the expansion of existing area...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Rio Tinto has announced that lower mining grades and reduced ore availability led to a drop in its third-quarter diamond production at its two mines.At the 100-percent owned Argyle mine in Australia, production was 7 percent lower than the same period of 2018 due to lower recovered grade. This resulted in a production level of 3.6 million carats for the three-month period ended Sep...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Platinum Guild International (PGI) has opened its first showroom in Shenzhen, China. The opening is part of the organization's strategy to target younger consumers in a country that traditionally values gold. "Research has shown that the number one barrier to acquiring platinum jewellery in recent years has been the lack of appealing designs, so PGI has worked closely wit...Read More
The absence of new mining projects, owing to limited exploration, continues to weigh on the future sustainability of South Africa’s once thriving mining sector, which once captured a larger share of major mining budgets.“There is simply not enough investment in new mineral exploration to take advantage of the country’s geological potential,” says a Minerals Council South Af...Read More