Shares of Pan American Silver (TSX, NASDAQ:PAAS), the miner that recently acquired precious metal miner Tahoe Resources, (TSX:THO) (NYSE:TAHO) creating one of the world's largest silver producers, fell in pre-market trading after it reported full year production was marginally below guidance.The Canadian miner said it had churned out 24.8 million ounces of silver last year, just shy of the 25-2...Read More
Early investors stand to reap the rewards as a new technology looks to change everything.One research firm - which recommended Google and Amazon before they became household names - has built a worldwide reputation of identifying profitable tech trends well before Wall Street and the talking heads on T.V.And just recently, they've uncovered a technology that's already being labeled "humanity's las...Read More
* FTSE 100 down 1 pct; FTSE 250 down 0.4 pct * UBS results weighs on financials * Oil majors, miners among major blue-chip drags * easyJet climbs to outperform main index * Mid-cap IG Group sinks after trading update * Pets at Home posts best day ever (Adds company news items, analyst comment, updates to closingprices)By Shashwat AwasthiJan 22 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 posted its worst dayin...Read More
Canada's Eldorado Gold (TSX:ELD)(NYSE:EGO) is getting close to opening its first mine in Canada - the Lamaque project in Val d'Or, Quebec, which it grabbed after acquiring Integra Gold in 2017 and is expected to come online during the first quarter of the year.Delivering full year and last quarter of 2018 results, the Vancouver-based company said pre-commercial production from the operation had...Read More
Canada's Eldorado Gold (TSX:ELD)(NYSE:EGO) is getting close to opening its first mine in Canada - the Lamaque project in Val d'Or, Quebec, which it grabbed after acquiring Integra Gold in 2017 and is expected to come online during the first quarter of the year.Delivering full year and last quarter of 2018 results, the Vancouver-based company said pre-commercial production from the operation had...Read More
Gold is under pressure in Asia, having witnessed range breakdown on Jan. 18. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) trimmed global growth forecasts on Monday. Sino-US trade talks are making little progress on key issues. The S&P 500 futures are reporting losses at press time. Even so, the yellow metal is struggling to find bids. Gold is currently trading at $1,278; down 0.37 percent on the da...Read More
Spot gold was up 0.3 percent at $1,283.40 an ounce at 12:48 p.m. ET.Dollar stands near 2-week highs.Palladium below record highs touched last week.Published 23 Hours AgoUpdated6 Hours AgoReuters Getty ImagesGold held firm on Tuesday, propped by interest from investors seeking refuge from concerns over slowing global growth, while gains for the metal were limited as the dollar held near a multi-we...Read More
While catalysts are in place for gold to rally in 2019, silver will be the outperforming asset next year, said Todd "Bubba" Horwitz of bubbatrading.com. "I think silver will be up near $18 to $20 [an ounce] and I think silver is going significantly higher too and I expect it, in the next couple of years, to close the ratio between gold and silver. I expect silver to be stronger than gold when it...Read More
Nobody would disagree that the economy is currently in good shape, and nobody would disagree that it's in the best shape it's been in for a long time. But there's one reason it is particularly susceptible to a shock that could trigger a recession. The economy has grown to close to 5% GDP growth this year, but achieving that growth rate has taken the U.S. a very long time during this painful...Read More
Global stocks retreated Monday as investors reacted the weakest growth data from China in nearly thirty years and a downgrade to the world's economic forecast from the IMF. China's National Bureau of Statistics said fourth quarter GDP slowed to 6.4%, taking the full-year advance to 6.4%, down from 6.8% in 2017 and the slowest since 1990. Domestic demand and export growth have both suffered this...Read More
Commodities have reached a cyclical low and should be headed for higher prices in the years to come, this according to Jim Wyckoff, senior market analyst for Kitco News. "Raw commodities, in the past year or so, I believe has put in a longer-term cyclical low. That means in the coming years those raw commodity prices are going to work higher," Wyckoff said. Wyckoff said that next year should see...Read More
Global stocks were mixed Monday as investors reacted the weakest growth data from China in nearly thirty years in favor of a cautious bet that stimulus from Beijing, and a trade deal with Washington, will ignite growth in the world's second largest economy. China's National Bureau of Statistics said fourth quarter GDP slowed to 6.4%, taking the full-year advance to 6.4%, down from 6....Read More
U.S. corporate earnings have largely topped analysts' estimates over the first two weeks of the reporting season, according to data from Refinitiv, but slowing revenue growth suggests the fading impact of tax cuts, and the uncertainty surrounding trade talks with China, will clip the collective bottom line of U.S companies over the first half of this year. Fifty-five S&P 500 companies...Read More
Stewart Thomsonemail: stewart@gracelandupdates.comemail: stewart@gracelandjuniors.comemail:admin@guswinger.comJanuary 22, 2019 Is the price correction in gold already over? Please click here now. Double-click to enlarge.I told investors to prepare for a modest and healthy correction from the $1300 area, and that’s happened. Gold hasn’t even reached the first Fibonacci retracement lin...Read More
CloseGain/LossGold $1284.60+$3.90Silver$15.33UNCHXAU68.74+0.53%HUI152.20+0.95%GDM572.33+0.18%JSE Gold1341.80+33.06USD96.36-0.01Euro113.63-0.03Yen91.65+0.41Oil$52.57-$1.2310-Year2.739%-0.048T-Bond145.21875+0.6875Dow24404.48-1.22%Nasdaq7020.36-1.91%S&P2632.90-1.42% The Metals: Gold dipped $3.80 to $1276.90 in holiday thinned trade yesterday before it bounced back to $1284.9...Read More
By Ira EpsteinGold and silver both hold key support level of lower Bollinger Bands.https://www.iraepstein.com/ Read More
By Daniel R. Amerman, CFANumerous warning signals of a coming recession have appeared recently, and there have been rapid changes in bond prices, stock prices and Federal Reserve policies.Yet, the stock market indexes are rising again, and the economic and financial fundamentals remain strong in many ways. Are the widespread fears of recession overblown?In the search for answers, this analysis e...Read More
They say that there are no atheists in fox holes. Recently it has also become clear there are no monetary hawks in bear markets. For much of the last decade many conservative market analysts have decried our reliance on monetary stimulus to prop up the economy and the stock market. But in the final months of 2018, in the face of the worst stock market declines in a decade, many of these suppose...Read More
By Michael J. Kosares"Although it is needed in good times, it can be vital when times are difficult."As a member of the British parliament in 1999, Sir Peter Tapsell, who passed away this past August, argued vigorously to keep the government from selling off over half of the country's gold reserves. Previously, in the 1980s, Tapsell had managed a gold bullion fund, "valued at many hundreds of mi...Read More
By Keith WeinerLast week, we joked that we don't challenge beliefs. Here's one that we want to challenge today: the dollar doesn't work as a currency, because it's losing value. Even the dollar's proponents, admit it loses value. The Fed itself states that its mandate is price stability which it admits means relentless two percent annual debasement (Orwell would be proud). So there is no questio...Read More