Whether it was the Big Bang, Midas or God himself, we don’t really need to unlock the mystery of the origins of gold when we’ve already identified an asteroid worth $700 quintillion in precious heavy metals.If anything launches this metals mining space race, it will be this asteroid--Psyche 16, taking up residence between Mars and Jupiter and carrying around enough heavy metals to net...Read More

GOLD has been rising sharply and has hit 1430 highs. Much of the move is on the back of apparent news that central banks are buying Gold. Falling interest rates (and a weaker dollar) also explain the recent surge into gold. Renewed interest in gold usually happens when investors are looking for alternatives to stocks and bonds (as well as global currencies). Which suggests that they may be losing...Read More

Bill Murphy & Chris Waltzek Ph.D. - June 25th, 2019. * Mp3.HighlightsBill Murphy of GATA.org returns to the show with fresh insights on the stunning PMs shares rally, which outperformed the key US equities markets.Gold may have built a final base in preparation for liftoff to $2,000+ in the coming years, as the "Gold Cartel" runs out of physical bullion to sell.According to the mountain o...Read More

- Dave Kranzler"We are confident we can produce further improvement in our results in the second half of this year" - KB Homes CEO in reference to its "returns-focused" growth model"Returns-Focused Growth Model." Has a nice ring to it, doesn't it? KBH's revenues dropped 7.3% YoY for Q2. It's operating income plunged a healthy 28%. How's that growth strategy working out for you, Jay?Of course...Read More

- Jeffrey A. Tucker Facebook's Libra - a stablecoin that could offer a serious challenge to the money and banking status quo - will likely be very good for mainstream acceptance of blockchain technology as an infrastructure of a global privately produced currency. It could become a genuine challenge to the whole idea of nation-state money as a means of payment and a technology of final sett...Read More

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August Gold's attempt to reverse from a morning sell-off prompted a subscriber to ask in the Rick's Picks trading room whether bullion is already getting second wind. I doubt it, since June's sensational run-up was too steep to sustain and will likely require a breather of perhaps 2-3 weeks to recharge. But I do expect the uptrend to resume after a proper pullback because this month's surge de...Read More

By: Ira EpsteinWorld trade has the market nervous. Gold had a straight up spike, does it need to consolidate and correct a bit?Read More

Chris says silver's to be one of the absolute best potential trades and investments. Where's the price going? Here's Chris with the answer...by Chris Vermeulen of The Technical TradersSilver will likely find resistance near $15.60 and move slightly lower before another upside price leg takes place. Both gold and silver have begun incredible price rallies over the past 10+ days and we believe thi...Read More

150 years of silver price suppression does not end smoothly...it ends with a BANG!by Bix Weir from Road to Roota150 years of silver price suppression does not end smoothly...it ends with a BANG! A sound heard around the world! IF you have ANY ounces of gold left SWAP THEM TODAY for Silver at 93 to 1...it will change your world! Also, if you are loaded with cryptos and light on SILVER...NOW IS THE...Read More

This chart looks at the Silver/Gold ratio over the past 25-years. Historically bullish investors in Gold & Silver receive a positive message when this ratio is heading higher. When the ratio is heading lower, historically rallies in Gold often times have been short-lived.The trend since the 2011 highs has been down, as the ratio has created a series of lower highs and lower lows. The decline over...Read More

The global uranium mining market in the 2010s took a hit from the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan in 2011 - which cut global uranium demand some 10% for many years - and the simultaneous ramping up of low-cost uranium production out of Kazakhstan that has transformed the country into the world's largest uranium producer.Thanks to the massive devaluation of the Kazakhstan tenge currency in 2014...Read More

Sentiment weak amid ongoingliquidity concerns. Polished production reduced by estimated 30% in 2019 due tohigh inventory, sluggish demand and tight manufacturing profits. Recent rough-pricecuts not enough to reboot the market. De Beers June sales slump 33% to $390M,1H sales -18% to $2.4B. Quiet Hong Kong fair highlights show fatigue and cautiousFar East demand as geopolitical tensions fuel economi...Read More

Sluggish activity and weaksentiment amid persistent bankruptcy rumors. Buyers looking for bargains andsense suppliers are under pressure. Cutters despondent due to low profitability,even after rough-price cuts. Manufacturers reducing production or shifting tolow-cost items to keep workers occupied. Polished inventory levels high, butshortages emerging in popular categories such as top-make SIs (3X...Read More

RAPAPORT... The World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) has hiredPeter Meeus as an external adviser. He will be responsible for helping theorganization fine-tune its position on lab-grown diamonds and other industrymatters. Synthetic diamonds are a huge concern in the industry, and manytrade organizations created in the past 20 years are not geared toward defendingthe natural-diamond sector, WF...Read More

RAPAPORT... Gemfields has sold its 50% stake in a Zambian amethyst mine to enable it to focus on its core assets, it said Wednesday. The sale of the Kariba Minerals deposit to ZCCM InvestmentsHoldings for $2.5 million will allow Gemfields to concentrate on its emerald,ruby and sapphire operations, it explained. Meanwhile, the miner has also established a joint venturewith Mwiriti, its partne...Read More

VicenzaOro, the Italian trade show for gold and jewelry, will again present  T.Evolution, its hub for technological innovation at the show that will take place in Vicenza from September 7-11, 2019. Vicenzaoro is organized by IEG - the Italian Exhibition Group. T.Evolution focuses on the technologies and digital methodologies that are play an increasingly central role in jewelry creation proce...Read More

The shareholders elected the following members to the Supervisory Board of Alrosa: Maria Vladimirovna Gordon (Independent Director) - Member of the Supervisory Board of the Moscow Exchange, Member of the Supervisory Board of Polyus; Evgenia Vasilievna Grigorieva - Minister of Property and Land Affairs of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia); Kirill Alexandrovich Dmitriev - CEO, JSC Russian Direct Inves...Read More

RAPAPORT... The Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC) is planning a strategy to help retailers assure consumers their jewelry has been ethically sourced and that they follow the required sustainability standards. The group, whose mandate is to set standards for the jewelry trade, will mark its 15th anniversary in 2020 and is mulling its next stage of development, newly appointed executive director I...Read More

RAPAPORT... The discovery of a new source-rock indicator for diamondformation has the potential to help geologists locate and identify valuablediamond deposits around the world, a study by the University of Alberta and DeBeers shows. "The outcome of the project fundamentally changes ourunderstanding of where diamonds come from," Thomas Stachel, a University ofAlberta geologist and the Canadia...Read More