The word "recession" has been thrown around a lot lately, putting many investors on edge. Robert Shiller, professor of economics at Yale University and co-founder of the Case-Shiller Index, and CNBC's senior markets commentator Mike Santoli, join "Squawk Box" to discuss the best metrics of investor sentiment.Robert Shiller is an American economist, academic, and best-selling author. He currently s...Read More

Frank says gold is definitely in an uptrend and discusses how the global PMI manufacturing index peaked last year. The PMI index has a pretty good correlation with economic activity, commodities, and energy. The trade war has exacerbated the decline in the PMI.Thirty percent of all government bonds around the world are going negative. We are due for a recession and governments are merely trying to...Read More

The "conspiracy" surrounding Mr. Epstein's death continues to get weirder and weirder. Continue...Read More

People are convinced that an INVERTED YIELD CURVE foretells of a recession. They have no idea about capital inflows. Even in Thailand, which has benefited greatly from theContinue...Read More

Continue...Jim Rogers co-founded the Quantum Fund with George Soros in 1973, helping to steer the fund to a 4200% return before "retiring" at age 37. He is considered to be one of the greatest investors of all time. Rogers has made two record-setting journeys - once by motorcycle and once by car - and is in the Guinness Book of World Records for doing so. In between his frequent travels, he has se...Read More

Consider this chart of the SPX (S&P 500) over the past two years: take a look at the relative steepness of each of the red lines (rallies), the duration of each rally (purple lines), theContinue...Read More

"It is simply not possible to prepare for such tests in a few weeks or a few months. This ...shows that it was not Russia, but the United States with its actions that brought theContinue...Read More

The gold-silver ratio is expected to come down in the next few months, with silver outperforming gold, said Todd Horwitz, chief strategist of BubbaTrading.com."I've think we've got a big run coming, I think it's going to narrow that range in gold, I don't think gold's going down. I think silver is going to finally outperform gold over the next two to three months," Horwitz told Kitco News. Read More

James Kwantes of Resource Opportunities profiles an explorer with projects in British Columbia and Chile.Speculating in junior mining equities is a dangerous and sometimes extremely lucrative game. Some of the key qualities that lay the groundwork for shareholder value creation in an exploration play are:Serially successful managementHigh-quality projectsStable jurisdictionsThe right commodity, at...Read More

Money manager Adrian Day explains why he is a believer in holding royalty company shares in a bull market. There is a common perception that the royalty and streaming companies are defensive in a bear market, but that you don't want to own them in a bull market since they lack leverage. We disagree, and think the major royalty companies should continue to form cornerstones of a precious metals po...Read More

Resource Maven Gwen Preston describes how leadership and a promising project in British Columbia translates to a compelling option for investors. The thing about experience is it lets you see current situations in context opportunities are more apparent when you've gone through the experience before. Libero Copper Corp. (LBC:TSX.V:, LBCMF:OTCQB) was established in 2016 for exactly this reason. A...Read More

Sector expert Michael Ballanger compares safe harbor on the water to safe harbor in the financial and precious metals markets."Destroyers seize gold and leave to its owners a counterfeit pile of paper."- Ayn RandTwelve days ago, we were forced by gale force winds to seek safe harbor in the lovely northern Ontario town of Britt, located on the north shore of the Magnetawan River, approximately fift...Read More

The combined, diversified company states it intends to aggressively grow its portfolio. Terraco Gold Corp. (TEN:TSX.V; TCEGF:OTCPK) announced in a news release that the acquisition of it by Sailfish Royalty Corp. (FISH:TSX.V; OTC:SROYF), according to the approved plan of arrangement, is complete."This is a great opportunity to continue on for further exposure to a diverse portfolio of royalties,...Read More

The deal provides the seller with financial flexibility. Fremont Gold Ltd. (FRE:TSX.V) announced in a news release it agreed to sell its past-producing Gold Canyon project to McEwen Mining for 300,000 McEwen common shares. Gold Canyon is adjacent to McEwen's Gold Bar mine in Nevada. The agreement is expected to close by Aug. 23, 2019."Selling Gold Canyon appreciably increases Fremont's financial...Read More

The world has truly entered uncharted waters with negative interest rates spreading so far and wide. Frank Holmes, CEO of US Global Investors, recently noted that a whopping 25% of all bonds sold globally now carry a negative yield. “Investors” are even buying some “junk” rated bonds which will repay the bearer less than purchase price upon maturity. Now European...Read More

David Haggith Let me help remove the rose-colored glasses for anyone who still thinks GDP this year is good. First, GDP growth in the first quarter was not "great" as I've heard some claiming. It was, by US historical standards, mediocre. Second, the biggest tax cuts in history only got us down to 2.9% GDP growth for 2018. GDP growth had been pegged originally around 3.1%, but that was revised...Read More

- Clint SiegnerThe world has truly entered uncharted waters with negative interest rates spreading so far and wide. Frank Holmes, CEO of US Global Investors, recently noted that a whopping 25% of all bonds sold globally now carry a negative yield. "Investors" are even buying some "junk" rated bonds which will repay the bearer less than purchase price upon maturity. Now European banks, who ha...Read More

By: Ira EpsteinGold in a drift. Long-term, nothing bearish. The miners are different..Read More

The aurora borealis over Great Bear Lake where several old mine sites on the eastern shore are to be remediated. (Image: Reuters)YELLOWKNIFE, NWT - The federal government has announced it will invest $2.2 billion over the next 15 years for the cleanup of various mine sites in the Yukon and Northwest Territories.The announcement was made by the Hon. Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Rel...Read More

RAPAPORT... The Jewelers Board of Trade (JBT) has appointed Erich Jacobspresident. He will succeed Richard Weisenfeld, who is retiring. Jacobs joined JBT in 2018 as vice president of informationtechnology, JBT said lastweek. Weisenfeld first became acting presidentin February 2018, following the retirement of Anthony Capuano, and took on the role permanently in May of that year. Jacobs will...Read More