Clint Siegner Americans hated it when the Federal Reserve handed trillions of dollars to crooked Wall Street banks following the 2008 Financial Crisis. Politicians were confronted about the merits of central banking and bailouts.For the first time in history, college students were chanting "End the Fed" at campaign rallies as Ron Paul took the central bank to task during his presidential campaig...Read More
By: Robert LambourneThe Bank for International Settlements has just published its statement of account for September and it indicates that the bank continues to trade gold swaps. The BIS uses gold swaps and other gold derivatives to gain access to gold held by commercial banks. But recent swaps remain at much-reduced levels compared to the second half of 2018.There is not enough information in t...Read More
Stewart Thomson 1. The GOAU ETF continues to showcase the most impressive technical action in the entire precious metals ETF sector.2. Please click here now. Double-click to enlarge. A bull wedge breakout with a pickup in volume is in play.3. Gold has been reacting negatively ahead of recent FOMC meetings, and that's the case this week.4. The pullb...Read More
By: Ira Epstein Gold is not trending, gold in a stall area. Momentum has flattened out, Gold hit the upper Bollinger band hit and failed, as expected:Read More
To repeat: AAPL is the only stock we need follow closely to know whether a major top looms for the bull market. The logic is simple: Because Apple is the most valuable company in the world, its shares top institutional investors' must-own list. Furthermore, as long as those who make their living throwing Other People's Money at a dozen or so stocks continue to throw the lion's share of it at AAP...Read More
The seasonality pattern for gold has been spot-on this year and silver is off by a week or so. Silver is currently in a window of opportunity where it might...by TraderStef via CrushTheStreet (connect with TraderStef via Twitter or at TraderStef's website)The seasonality pattern for gold has been spot-on this year and silver is off by a week or so. Silver is currently in a window of opportunity wh...Read More
The collapse in production is unlikely to change until the silver price goes much higher. Here's why...by Matt from Silver Fortune via Silver FortuneThere's just so many potential risks that make this unlikely to change until silver goes much higher. Read More
RAPAPORT... The media tycoon who recently bought Sotheby's has appointed a senior executive from his business empire as the auction house's new CEO.Charles Stewart will assume the role with immediate effect, having served as copresident and chief financialofficer of Patrick Drahi's Altice USA since 2016. He helped lead that company's successful $2.1billion initial public offering in 2017...Read More
RAPAPORT... Luk Fook's same-store sales fell 37% in the second fiscalquarter amid a decrease in inbound tourism due to escalating Hong Kong protestsand the impact of the US-China trade war. Total same-store sales - at Luk Fook outlets open for morethan a year - in Hong Kong and Macau dropped 39% in the three months endingSeptember 30. Same-store gold sales plunged 46%, while gem-set-jewelrypu...Read More
RAPAPORT... Gem Diamonds has recovered a diamond weighing 161carats from its Let??eng mine in Lesotho. The miner found the "high-quality" white, type IIa stone onOctober 28, it said. Including this rough, Gem Diamonds has retrieved five white stones over 100 carats this year. It also produced a further three of that size in other colors. In 2018, the mine, known for its large, high-quality st...Read More
RAPAPORT... The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) has appointedMark Buntz senior vice president and chief marketing officer, to drive thefuture of the organization's brand. A marketing veteran with more than 20 years of experience inglobal brand marketing, advertising, communications, sales and broadcasting,Buntz is tasked with supporting the expansion of the GIA's education,laboratory s...Read More
RAPAPORT... US women increasingly buy engagement rings forthemselves, and spend more on them than their partners do, De Beers said Mondayin its annual Diamond Insight Report. The proportion of engagement rings financed solely by brides rose to 14% in 2017 from 11% in 2015 and 7% in 2013, accordingto the report. The trend reflects growth in female purchasing power, one ofseveral social changes impa...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Tiffany & Co. has confirmed it has received an unsolicited, non-binding proposal from LVMH Moet Hennessy - Louis Vuitton to acquire it for $120 per share in cash.The luxury jeweler said that while the two sides are not in discussion, its Board of Directors is reviewing the proposal to determine the best course of action for the company and its shareholders. According to a...Read More
(IDEX Online) - New research by the De Beers Group in its latest Diamond Insight Report reveals the increasing role women are taking in purchasing engagement rings. According to the research, the share of U.S. women buying their own engagement ring doubled from 7 percent to 14 percent within a five-year period.The research also found that when women buy their own diamond engagement ring they spend...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Diamond explorer Botswana Diamonds has announced that its associate Vutomi Mining Pty Ltd has received a mining permit for the iconic Marsfontein Mine. The permit covers the mine's diamond-bearing gravels and unprocessed stockpiles.The mine, which comprises a kimberlite blow, operated for two years in the late 1990s with a pay-back of its entire development cost in less than f...Read More
LONDON - Anglo American unit De Beers said its 2019 marketing budget will exceed last year's figure of $170-million and will focus on the biggest market the United States, where women lavishing diamonds on themselves has boosted sales.While US demand has held firm, the diamond market has weakened elsewhere and trade tensions and protests in Hong Kong have dented sales in China, the second larg...Read More
Golden Mile goes back to the futureSPONSOREDgolden mile resourcesThe Newcrest Mining and BHP-backed company has been conducting metallurgical testwork ahead of a prefeasibility study, due out in the March quarter of 2020, resulting in improvements in copper, goldRead More
Golden Mile goes back to the futureSPONSOREDgolden mile resourcesThe ASX-listed company is proposing to acquire 80% of the Oracle Ridge mine for an upfront consideration of US$500,000 and payments of $1.Read More
Oriole's deepening footprint in West Africa is paying offSPONSOREDoriole resourcesPoster South Africa mine regeneration on trackSPONSOREDorion mineralsSilver Mines times Bowdens to perfectionSPONSOREDsilver mines limitedAfrica's rising resource nationalism ups stakes for minersSPONSOREDverisk maplecroftHowever the CEO of Northern Dynasty Minerals' (TSX: NDM) subsidiary said it was clear sw...Read More
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