Frank Holmes is the CEO and chief investment officer of U.S. Global Investors, Inc., a boutique investment advisory firm based in San Antonio that manages domestic and offshore funds specializing in the natural resources and emerging markets sectors.Read More
This deal comes right before this year's exploration season. American Pacific's Tuscarora Project DrillingAmerican Pacific Mining Corp. (USGD:CSE; USGDF:OTC) announced in a news release it entered into an agreement with OceanaGold U.S. Holdings Inc., allowing it to earn into its Tuscarora gold project in Nevada. OceanaGold U.S. Holdings Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of the multinational OceanaGold...Read More
Fund manager Adrian Day reviews the Goldcorp-Newmont merger as well as provides updates on a number of resource companies in his portfolio, including some he sees as good buys. Goldcorp has been acquired by Newmont Mining Corp. (NEM:NYSE, 33.04). Shareholders voted in favor of the acquisition, though it was disappointing that, notwithstanding all the noise about excessive payouts, when given the...Read More
Bob Moriarty of 321 Gold discusses what a move by the CEO of this explorer may signal for the company. I wrote a book in January I called Basic Investing in Resource Stocks. So far it has the highest reviews I have ever seen on a book and I pretty much read a book a day. You can buy the Kindle version for $5.99. I priced it low so everyone can afford to buy it.Someday I'm going to write the seque...Read More
Sector expert Michael Ballanger discusses generational attitudes toward investing and how they are affecting the precious metals markets. Masochism: "gratified by pain, degradation, deprivation, etc., inflicted on oneself either by one's own actions or the actions of others."On Friday afternoon, I completed my weekly missive, which was composed of a detailed analysis of just how magnificently Ba...Read More
"President Donald J. Trump has decided not to reissue Significant Reduction Exceptions (SREs) when they expire in early May...This decision is intended to bring Iran's oil exports to zero, denying the regime its principal source of revenue."Continue...Read More
Peter Epstein of Epstein Research digs into the potential of this company's AI technology, which he believes offers significant benefits for the stakeholders as well as investors. Artificial intelligence (AI) is used in many sectors and applications, but not so much in the mining space. That makes no sense because AI is an extremely useful tool in dealing with challenges that have tremendous amou...Read More
Here's when society expresses greater acceptance toward marijuana In the 1973 song "The Joker," the Steve Miller Band sang:"I'm a joker. I'm a smoker. I'm a midnight toker."Of course, "midnight toker" referred to pot smoking. Back then, there were plenty of midnight tokers, but most of them feared getting "busted."Thirty years later, in 2003, the Elliott Wave Theorist predicted:"Eventually, posse...Read More
StrengthsThe best performing metal this week was palladium, up 3.52 percent as CPM Group noted that the price could climb to $1,800 on supply constraints. Gold traders and analysts switched from bullish to mostly neutral or bearish on the yellow metal this week, according to the weekly Bloomberg survey.Turke...Read More
April 22, 2019, Vancouver, B.C. - Northern Vertex Mining Corp. (TSX.V: NEE) (OTC Nasdaq Intl.: NHVCF)(the "Company" or "Northern Vertex") is pleased to announce record production of 2,135 ounces of gold and 9,702 ounces of silver for the month of March from the Moss Gold Mine, located in Northwest Arizona. Kenneth Berry, President and CEO, states: "We are pleased with the monthly incremental in...Read More
By: Dave Kranzler"The credit creation theory was something I intuitively grasped before from other alt-media sites, John nailed it down." - Comment from someone who watched the podcast belowThe "money supply" number as provided by official Federal Reserve statistics, it turns out, is not the true money supply. The fractional banking system allows banks to lend money on its reserve capital at a...Read More
By: David Chapman Evora, Portugal The TSX Composite made new all-time highs this past week. It was the only North American index to do so. The TSX was up 0.8% this past week, leading the way for the North American indices. By contrast, the S&P 500 actually fell about 0.1% this past week while the Dow Jones Industrials (DJI) made new highs for its current move, gaining about 0.6%. The Dow Jone...Read More
April 19th, 2019(S14-E692)Featured GuestsStanton Friedman& Harry S. Dent Jr.Please Listen HereLIMITED OFFER - FREE $5 IN ONEGOLD DIGITALBLOCKCHAIN EXCLUSIVELY TO GOLDSEEK.COM PATRONS! (Remember to say Goldseek Radio sent you!).Harry S. Dent Jr. brings fresh insights on the US financial markets in his latest appearance.US equities remain one of a handful of stock bourses to make set new recor...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold back to it's monthly mid-point:Read More
By: David HaggithThe US stock market is slightly overbought (which is not a positive in terms of head room for more of a rally).It's massively built up on debt that is now more expensive to maintain and/or obtain.The Fed is still rapidly tightening money supply and says it will continue to do so for several more months.Interest rate increases and money tightening that already happened through th...Read More
Rob Kirby says the prices for both gold & silver are currently unsustainable, and the manipulation can't much longer. Here's why...Rob Kirby interviewed on SBTVSBTV's latest guest is Rob Kirby of Kirby Analytics. We discuss the failure of Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM) and how it resulted in the 'death sentence' of Bear Stearns years later in the financial crisis of 2008.Discussed in this int...Read More
RAPAPORT... Dino Rambidis will replace Orin Baranowsky as chieffinancial officer of Stornoway Diamond Corporation."Dino...is a seasoned leader with extensive financialexperience, and is a valuable addition to our leadership team," Stornoway CEOPatrick Godin said last week. Rambidis will take up his new position immediately, bringing with him over 30 years of experience in the financial indu...Read More
RAPAPORT... US jewelry companies are shutting their doors at a slowerpace, as the number of businesses leaving the sector declines by nearly two-thirds,according to the Jewelers Board of Trade (JBT). The number of jewelry businesses exiting the market dropped64% in the first quarter versus the same period a year ago, to 125. Retailersconstituted 100 of those - 65% fewer than last year, while the n...Read More
RAPAPORT... Chow Tai Fook's sales increased in the fourth quarter, amida rise in demand for gold products and stronger consumer sentiment on themainland. Retail sales jumped 24% in mainland China in the threemonths ending March 31, while same-store sales - at branches open for at leastyear - climbed 9%, the jeweler reported last week. Hong Kong and Macau retailsales increased 7% during the period,...Read More
RAPAPORT... Signet Jewelers is laying off an undisclosed number of employeesfrom its Ohio and Dallas locations, after it failed to find enough interest ina voluntary exit package it offered workers. The cuts are part of a cost-saving effort the retailer hasbeen instituting over the past several months in line with its transformationplan. "In order to make our company more agile and efficient andt...Read More