The U.S.-China trade war has taken yet another turn in the winding saga, this time with the United States allegedly targeting Chinese stock listings on American exchanges. Todd Horwitz of Bubba Trading joins the program to sift through what this could mean for global markets going forward. Todd Horwitz - known as Bubba - is chief market strategist of BubbaTrading.com. He is a regular contributor o...Read More
"Rep. Adam Schiff illegally made up a FAKE & terrible statement, pretended it to be mine as the most important part of my call to the Ukrainian President, and read it aloud to CongressContinue...Read More
Gold has formed a bearish head-and-shoulders pattern which was confirmed by Monday's drop below the neckline.Continue...Read More
Sector expert Michael Ballanger interprets the implications of the last COT report for the precious metals markets. It was only a few hours ago that I was cruising through a lovely early-autumn Friday afternoon preparing for one of the last weekends at the marina for the 2019 season when I came across the much-heralded (and often misinterpreted) COT report. I was on the way up the eastern shoreli...Read More
Money manager Adrian Day reviews two undervalued resource companies that have seen important recent developments. Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd. (OR:TSX; OR:NYSE, US$9.69)has moved further away from the pure royalty model with the acquisition of Bakerville Gold Mines for equity valued (at the time of the bid) at CA$338 million. Based on the August PEA (preliminary economic assessment) on Bakerville's...Read More
The Critical Investor reviews Golden Arrow's deal with SSR Mining to sell its remaining interest, and also discusses the company's other projects. Puna Operation; Chinchillas MineGolden Arrow Resources Corp. (GRG:TSX.V; GARWF:OTCQB; G6A:FSE) recently ended the seven-year-long Chinchillas adventure, by closing the deal involving selling its 25% interest in Puna Operations to SSR Mining Inc. (SSRM:...Read More
StrengthsThe best performing metal this week was palladium, up 2.57 percent as hedge funds increased their bullish positioning to an eight-week high. Gold traders and analysts were split between bullish and bearish on the yellow metal this week in the Bloomberg survey despite the metal's price swings. On Monday, ETFs added 498,162 troy ounces of gold to their holdings, the most in three months...Read More
Keith Weiner, Monetary MetalsWe discuss capital consumption all the time, because it is the megatrend of our era. However, capital consumption is an abstract idea. So let's consider some concrete examples, to help make it clearer.Flipping Homes, Consuming CapitalFirst, let's look at the case of Timothy Housetrader. Tim has a small two-bedroom house. Next door, his neighbor Ian Idjit, owns a fo...Read More
Readers rightfully took me to task last week for putting out two headlines that appeared to at least mildly contradict one other and which taken together could only have left one wanting more clarity. The first said Don't Load Up on Puts Quite Yet; the second, There's Still Time to Load Up on Puts. So which is it? Do we get short here, or not? Well, the answer, like the market itself,...Read More
David HaggithConspiracy theories are like crime novels. You can create an infinite number of them, and all they require is a plausible plot built from real facts with enough twists to keep them interesting. That's why I don't spend my time trying to discern if any of them are true though some may be but now I'm going to write one of my own. I find it completely plausible, fully in line with...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold not reacting the way it should to the news last week, 18-week moving average now $1,442.8+Read More
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:Euro Pacific Capital's Peter Schiff said this week that the recent indictments of three more traders at JPMorganChase on charges of manipulating the monetary metals market "do not vindicate all the conspiracy theories alleging that there has been a concerted effort by big banks to artificially suppress the price of gold in order to keep the fiat monetary system going...Read More
Uncertainty Principle(Dis) EquilibriumInsane IdeasA Tribute to Art Cashin and New YorkI often say a writer is nothing without readers. I am blessed to have some of the world's greatest. Your feedback never fails to inspire and enlighten me.Last week's That Time Keynes Had a Point letter brought many more comments than usual. Apparently Keynes is still provocative 73 years after his death, no m...Read More
The world will begin to enter the next economic stage, transitioning from BUILDING WEALTH to PROTECTING IT. Here's why...by Steve St Angelo of SRSrocco ReportGlobal silver supply is heavily dependent on one factor that is overlooked by the majority of precious metals analysts. For some odd reason, analysts only consider the cost of this factor and not the future supply. Without this supply, 98...Read More
De Beers Group Auctions has appointed Alastair Bickerstaff as its product development and sales head.The new role is an amalgamation of two instrumental elements of the business, namely product development and sales.AdvertisementAs the head of this new department, Bickerstaff’s mandate will be to develop greater synergy between the two functions and better address the product needs of custom...Read More
It has been said that entering the Elvey Security Technologies headquarters in the Greenstone Hill Office Park, in Modderfontein, Edenvale, is like boarding USS Enterprise on a Star Trek movie set.All the futuristic trappings are evident in this Hudaco company’s Pentagon demonstration room, where the highest of high-security outcomes are reached for organisations that demand towering securit...Read More
Stellar result for PolarXSPONSOREDpolarxCEO Dennis Thomas said Idaho born and bred McDermott had been instrumental in driving the Empire copper, zinc, gold and silver project forward, and in "establishing excellent relationships with the local people and regulatory authorities in Idaho".McDermott, 52, has worked in the industry for 27 years and led teams responsible for permitting, development, an...Read More
Stellar result for PolarXSPONSOREDpolarxAmerigo (TSX: ARG) has extended the repayment deadline for the outstanding US$56.25 million of a $99.7 million expansion facility from the end of next year to September 2023. The company can repay all or part of the four-year Scotiabank Chile and Export Development Canada term loan early without penalty.First payment is due under the restructured loan next M...Read More
IronRidge derisks through diverse discoveries SPONSOREDironridge resources Located in the Wadi Bidah mineral district in western Saudi Arabia, the Hawiah deposit consists of gold near the surface and copper-gold-zinc sulphide ore at depth.Through its joint venture Gold and Minerals (G&M), KEFI and local Saudi business ARTAR plan an initial 2,500m scout drilling program along the most prospecti...Read More
There will be no reports during first week of October. Come back on Monday, October 7th for the next report release. The Bottom LineWorld equity markets moved lower last week with elevated volatility. Equity markets have a history of elevated volatility at this time of year with a flat/downward bias from mid-July to mid-October. The weakest period for North American equity markets is f...Read More