I've previously said that gold could reach $15,000 by 2026. Today, I'm updating that forecast.My latest forecast is that gold may actually exceed $27,000.I don't say that to get attention or to shock people. It's not a guess; it's the result of rigorous analysis.Of course, there's no guarantee it'll happen. But this forecast is based on the best available tools and models that have proved accurate...Read More
Just when you thought trading couldn't get any crazier, meme stocks have suddenly reappeared - along with some of the more prominent speculators from the Covid Bubble era."Roaring Kitty" - the infamous trader who made a killing by starting the grassroots short-squeeze movement that gave birth to some of the wildest runs in stock market history - suddenly reappeared on Twitter/X late Sunday followi...Read More
Moore's Law: the theory that computational power doubles every other year.In brief, that computational power accelerates at an accelerating rate an exponential rate.We begin to suspect that a sort of social Moore's law is in effect.That is, that societal change is accelerating at an accelerating rate.This directional movement we hesitate to label it progress is likely the child of technologi...Read More
As I watch from afar, I wonder how Americans can take it. Seriously, American taxpayer largesse pays for untold amounts of charity, though it's coerced from them through tax. I don't know who said it, but he was right: the profits of capitalism pay for the follies of socialism.How do we measure such things?It seems that deficits still don't matter to most; in fact, too many people profit from them...Read More
AI is like the powerful character in an action movie who looks invincible until they turn around, revealing a fatal spear embedded in their back.The spear in AI’s back is the American legal system, which has been issuing free passes to tech companies and platforms for decades on the idea that limiting innovation will hurt economic growth, so we’d best let tech companies run with few re...Read More
Fascism became a swear word in the U.S. and the U.K. during the Second World War. It's been ever since, to the point that the content of the term has been drained away completely. It's not a system of political economy but an insult.If we go back a decade before the war, you find a completely different situation. Read any writings from polite society from 1932-1940 or so and you find a consensus t...Read More
Wall Street expects an "immaculate acceleration."Bloomberg's Mr. Simon White:The economy is signaling a more volatile, potentially recessionary period. Markets, however, aren't paying attention. Not only are the twin tail risks of a downturn or resurgent inflation being ignored, but a near-impossible "immaculate acceleration" of boomy growth and benign price appreciation is becoming the base case....Read More
It's not been good lately for the Censorship Industrial Complex.The machine has been built and put into action over nearly a decade but largely in secret. Its way of doing business has been via surreptitious contacts with media and tech companies, intelligence carve-outs in "fact-checking" organizations, payoffs, and various other clever strategies, all directed toward boosting some sources of inf...Read More
If you're under the age of about 60, you've never experienced stagflation. Back in the '70s, everyone experienced what happened and people spoke openly about it. The term itself "stagflation" was a shorthand term to describe what was clearly and painfully a broad, national economic unwind.Throughout the decade, the rate of inflation crept up and people saw it in daily life. Food became more ex...Read More
There has been a lot reported in recent days about the return of currency wars. This story arises in the context of a likely Trump election victory in the November presidential elections.Trump badly bungled his transition after first being elected president in 2016. He wasn’t ready with a long list of loyal appointees.Many of his senior appointments such as Rex Tillerson as secretary of stat...Read More
Could we see $27,000 gold?That seems far-fetched but financial analyst and investment banker Jim Rickards makes the case that it could happen.Gold charted a big rally in recent months, hitting a new all-time high of over $2,400 an ounce last month. Even with the higher prices, gold demand has remained robust. Central banks globally are adding gold to their reserves, as have investors, particularly...Read More
Over the last couple of months, gold has scaled record highs, peaking at over $2,430 an ounce before correcting and settling in the $2,300 range. That's a healthy gain. But you could argue that gold remains significantly underpriced given the inflation we've experienced that continues to rapidly devalue the dollar.That leaves many people wondering when gold is really going to break out. It's impos...Read More
The major gold minersjust wrapped up another quarterly earnings season, reporting greatresults. Sector unit profits continuedblasting higher on stable production, lower mining costs, and record prevailinggold prices. Yet individually plenty ofmajors still struggled with rising expenses or lower output. So deploying capital in miners to leveragegold’s remarkable breakout req...Read More
Production, revenue and costs all were better than expected, BMO Capital Markets noted.MAG Silver Corp.'s (MAG:TSX; MAG:NYSE American) Q1/24 financial results are notable for an earnings beat and strong free cash flow generation, reported BMO Capital Markets analyst Kevin O'Halloran in a May 14 research note."We are encouraged by the accelerating pace of cash distributions from the Juanicipio join...Read More
Malcolm Shaw of Hydra Capital Partners shares his summer list of stocks to keep an eye on.Over the years, we all develop our own personal collections of favorite songs. These are the tunes that we either can't get enough of right now or couldn't stop listening to at some point in the past. In many ways, stocks are quite similar. The factors that influence an investor's choice of stocks for their p...Read More
Dolly Varden is garnering attention due to its promising exploration and development activities in the silver-rich regions of British Columbia. Read on to find out what experts are saying about the company's place among the future of silver mining projects.Dolly Varden Silver Corp. (DV:TSX.V; DOLLF:OTCQX) is engaged in exploration and development activities in British Columbia's silver-rich region...Read More
The gold-silver explorer-developer aims to launch test production in H2/24, noted a VSA Capital report.Sierra Madre Gold and Silver Ltd. (SM:TSX.V; SMDRF:OTCQX) secured a US$5 million (US$5M) loan from major, 44.9%, shareholder First Majestic Silver Corp. (FR:TSX; AG:NYSE; FMV:FSE), with which it should be able to advance its La Guitarra gold-silver project in Mexico to a production restart, repor...Read More
Technical Analyst Clive Maund takes a look at Silver North Resources Ltd. to explain why it is an Immediate Strong Buy.It's a good time to take another look at Silver North Resources Ltd. (SNAG:CVE;TARSF:OTCMKTS) because it is at another favorable buy spot. While the fundamentals of the company have been covered in previous articles, there has been one significant piece of news since we last looke...Read More
Here is a run of recent headlines:"Is the United States on the Verge of Stagflation?"…"It’s Looking More and More Like Stagflation"…"Stagflation Fears Come Back With a Vengeance"…"The U.S. Economy May Be Barrelling Toward Stagflation, an Outcome Worse Than Recession"…"JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon Can't Shake the Worry America Is Headed for a Repeat of 1970s-Style Stagflatio...Read More
If these cash distributions continue, as expected, the company may consider paying a dividend by year-end 2024, noted Roth MKM.MAG Silver Corp.'s (MAG:TSX; MAG:NYSE American) Q1/24 financial results were in line with the estimates of Roth MKM, its managing director Joe Reagor reported in a May 14 research note. Due to Roth slightly adjusting some estimates in its model on the silver producer, the...Read More