Investors often spend hours of every week hovering over their holdings, fretting about short-term moves in the market or biting their nails every time a worrisome headline comes out that could impact one of the stocks in their portfolio.Short-term volatility is to be expected, but investors who employ a buy-and-hold approach and own industry-leading stocks with strong businesses and long-term grow...Read More
The big picture fundamentals for precious metals have been trending more bullish in recent months as expectations for the Federal Reserve went from a few rate hikes in 2019 to an expectation of a rate cut within the next 12 months. That is aligned with the peak in the 2-year yield and growing concerns over slowing growth globally.However, that doesn't preclude a temporary improvement in the econom...Read More
Weekly Reports |Apr 16 2019The US Commerce Department's section 232 recommendations regarding uranium imports have finally been submitted to the White House.-The recommendations are in but the wait continues-Yellow Cake buys more uranium-Honeymoon just beginningBy Greg PeelThe US Department of Commerce has completed its investigation into uranium imports under section 232, regarding "national secu...Read More
Bob Moriarty ArchivesApr 16, 2019After some dreadful timing and miscommunication to the market, shares in Miramont plummeted from $.47 a share to $.12 in two days at the end of March. The company dumped some poor results from six holes onto the market and the market gagged. But the scout program consisted of nine holes and on the12th of April Miramont released the assays from the last three holes....Read More
Stewart Thomsonemail: stewart@gracelandupdates.comemail: stewart@gracelandjuniors.comemail:admin@guswinger.comApril 16, 2019 Global stock and bond markets continue to be driven by the macros of a possible trade deal, accommodative central banks, weaker earnings, continued stock buybacks, and rising government debt. Gold is driven by these same macros, but it has the additional price driver of sea...Read More
Tropical Cyclone Veronica disrupted Pilbara mining and shipping for several days last month and caused some damage to the Cape Lambert A port facility.Read More
Sokoman's Moosehead Project in Newfoundland. Source: Sokoman Minerals Corp.Sokoman Minerals Corp. [SIC-TSXV; SICNF-OTC] shares were active Tuesday April 16 on news that the junior has applied for permits to drill on a Newfoundland property that it has optioned from Metals Creek Resources Corp. [MEK-TSXV; MCREF-OTC].Metals Creek said it has been advised that Sokoman is planning to drill this year o...Read More
The Blackwater Project 150 km south of Vanderhoof, British Columbia. Source: New Gold Inc.New Gold Inc. [NGD-TSX, NYSE American] got a boost Tuesday April 16 amid news that its $1.8 billion Blackwater gold project in British Columbia has been given a green light by the Federal Government of Canada.In a decision statement issued under the Canadian Environment Assessment Act, the Ministry of Environ...Read More
Production figures the 8 districts: Upper San Juan, Condoto Flats, Condoto Big Flat, Bebedo, Liorento, Cajon, El Tamana & Bajo Tamana a resourced from R.J.Fletcher & Associates (2011) Review of Gold and Platinum Exploration & production in Choco Province, Colombia. Part 3. Private Report for Condoto Platinum Ltd."The assay results from Samples 001 and 002 are impressive and confirm the...Read More
The first US-focused cannabis ETF is launching this week - and pot stock investors are very excited.The only problem is, most investors won't be able to invest in it.You see,while this new ETF offers exposure to a basket of US cannabis assets, those who actually live in the US will find it very difficult to buy shares because of where it's trading.The new ETF, which is called the Horizons US Marij...Read More
There's a huge wave of technology coming fast. It's the fifth wave of telecom, and it's called 5G.The good news for you is that it's still early in the game, with time to get in on the cheap. Most investors, hedge fund managers, or even institutions have not yet come to grips with this next leg up in the bull market.5G is all about speed - speed so fast it will change downloads, communication, and...Read More
By Adam Taggart"We are on the precipice of the greatest retirement crisis in the history of the world. And that makes perfect sense because, first of all, we have the largest elderly population in the history of the world.Just focusing on the United States: our elderly are woefully unprepared to retire. And in the decades to come we will witness millions of elderly American's, Baby Boomers and...Read More
By: Keith Weiner, Monetary MetalsLast week, we wrote that regulations, taxes, environmental compliance, and fear of lawsuits forces companies to put useless ingredients into their products. We said:"For example, milk comes from the ingredients of: land, cows, ranch labor, dairy labor, dairy capital equipment, distribution labor, distribution capital, and consumable containers."There are eight n...Read More
By: Jordan Roy-Byrne CMT, MFTA The big picture fundamentals for precious metals have been trending more bullish in recent months as expectations for the Federal Reserve went from a few rate hikes in 2019 to an expectation of a rate cut within the next 12 months. That is aligned with the peak in the 2-year yield and growing concerns over slowing growth globally.However, that doesn't preclude a te...Read More
When the S&Ps took a bold leap on December 26 after plummeting 500 points earlier in the month, few could have imagined what would happen next. It were as though, missing an arm and a leg, a soldier had vaulted from a trench in the heat of the Battle of the Somme and shouted "Vive la France!" In the movie, the soldier is dead before he stumbles and hits the ground. But on Wall Street, U.S. stock...Read More
1. Global stock and bond markets continue to be driven by the macros of a possible trade deal, accommodative central banks, weaker earnings, continued stock buybacks, and rising government debt.2. Gold is driven by these same macros, but it has the additional price driver of seasonal Chindian physical market demand.3. It's currently the soft season for physical demand, but the r...Read More
By: Dave KranzlerLiterally, the wheels are coming off. Panasonic, which supplies batteries that it manufactures for Tesla at the Gigafactory in Nevada announced that it was cutting back on its plans to expand production capacity at the plant. It also announced that it was suspending plans to produce batteries at Tesla's planned Shanghai Gigafactory. In an article in a Japanese business publicat...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold trading into a market downtrend, oversold but $1,280 level in play...Read More
Gold and silver are still not out of the bear shadow. If they fall today, then they will crash. India is closed tomorrow. In India this is the biggest holiday week of the year. If Indian gold prices fall, then jewelers will have the best sale of the current year. A hopefully good jewelry sale will result higher Indian gold demand next week. Day traders need to remain on the sidelines today. Tr...Read More