Pentti Pikkarainen, Former Bank of Finland Head of Department wrote his thoughts on monetary arrangements and gold.I have worked as an economist in several positions at a central bank, ministry of finance and universities. Monetary arrangements have always been on my focus either as a policy practitioner or as a researcher.While working at the Bank of Finland some of my colleagues called me a mo...Read More
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 28, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Calibre Mining Corp. ("Calibre" or the "Company") (TSX: CXB; OTCQX: CXBMF) is pleased to announce that the Company has been granted the key environmental permit for the development and production of Pavon Norte from the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources in Nicaragua.Russell Ball, Chief Executive Officer of Calibre st...Read More
By Avi GilburtFor many years, I have noted to the members of Elliottwavetrader that I have not been a fan of banks. In fact, they are on my list of stocks that I intend on shorting once we move towards the 2023 time frame.But, while many are focused upon the upside potential in various banks in the coming 2-3 years, I have been quite concerned about the goals of many of these banks, based upon s...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold is in a historic moment. This market has not have had a lower-low day in this breakout, not allowing people in. SIXTH-day in a row over the Bollinger band now:Read More
In this interview, Peter Epstein of Epstein Research talks with CEO James Anderson about why this company has potential beyond riding the rising tide of gold and silver prices. In every article/interview I've done on a gold or silver junior in the past three months, I've remarked, somewhat breathlessly, on how strong prices are. Yet, prices keep moving higher! Gold, at US$1,944/ounce (US$1,944/oz...Read More
Bob Moriarty of 321gold outlines the company's latest deal. If you are a silver bug, Aftermath Silver Ltd.(AAG:TSX.V) just did a binding agreement on a project in Southern Peru with a silver 43-101 resource of 126 million ounces. They are paying about $14.5 million in total in USD with a tiny NSR on production. It comes with 771 million pounds of copper in a 43-101 resource for free.Alternativel...Read More
Aben Resources reported that it has commenced its 2020 field program at its Forrest Kerr Gold project in northwest British Columbia. In a news release, Vancouver-based gold exploration company Aben Resources Ltd. (ABN:TSX.V; ABNAF:OTCQB) announced that "it has established an exploration camp and commenced ground work at the Forrest Kerr Gold project located in the Golden Triangle region of N.W. B...Read More
The next steps for Black Tusk Resources at this property are the survey followed by target selection and then diamond drilling. Black Tusk Resources Inc. (TUSK:CSE; BTKRF:OTCMKTS; 0NB:FSE) completed line cutting at its McKenzie East gold project north of Val d'or Quebec in preparation for an induced polarization survey, it announced in a news release. The Vancouver-based exploration firm created...Read More
The gold price made a new all-time nominal high today at $1,945 per ounce. This move should not come as a surprise to anyone paying attention to the current financial landscape. The FED has injected an unprecedented amount of new money/debt into the economy since March in efforts to avoid a collapse from the impact of the Covid-19 virus and subsequent restrictions of business activity globally. Ov...Read More
As shown in the graph below, the firsthalf of 2020 produced an unusual change in the relationship between goldprices, stock prices and recessions, something that has only happened twicebefore in the last fifty years. Each of the two previous times this hasoccurred after a long run up in stock prices, it has been part of acyclical change to a cycle favoring gold over stocks for a decade or morether...Read More
During the bull market years between 2000 and 2011 the US dollar and currencies played a key role in the PM complex bull market. Tonight I would like to go back and visit some of these old charts and see how they pertain to our current bull market.Lets start with a simple GOLD:USD ratio chart that goes back to the 2011 all time high in gold. The bottom for the ratio came in toward the end of 2015...Read More
The U.S. Mint made an unusual request last week. In a press release dated July 23, the bureau literally begged Americans to start putting coins back into circulation by spending or depositing them.As you may have noticed, people just aren't making transactions with coinage like they used to. That's especially the case now in the age of the coronavirus. With many people sheltering-in-place, bil...Read More
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:Thanks to Stephen Gandel at CBS News' Moneywatch bureau for inadvertently illustrating today the greatest power of governments and central banks in the financial markets.Gandel's commentary is headlined: "Gold Prices Hit All-Time High, and It's a Bit of a Mystery Why."Gandel writes: "Gold is usually seen as a safe haven when stocks are falling or when inflation is ri...Read More
Stewart Thomson, Graceland Updates1. Gold has arrived at significant resistance in the $1900-$2000 zone. Investors need a solid plan of action to deal with the intense volatility that is currently enveloping the market.2. Please click here now. Double-click to enlarge this December futures gold chart.3. In 2011, a key futures contract traded at about $2000. That...Read More
If some Congress members get their way, the Federal Reserve may soon be able to track many of your purchases in real time and share that information with government agencies. This is just one of the problems with the proposed "digital dollar" or "fedcoin."Fedcoin was initially included in the first coronavirus spending bill. While the proposal was dropped from the final version of the bill, ther...Read More
Pentti Pikkarainen, Former Bank of Finland Head of Department wrote his thoughts on monetary arrangements and gold.I have worked as an economist in several positions at a central bank, ministry of finance and universities. Monetary arrangements have always been on my focus either as a policy practitioner or as a researcher.While working at the Bank of Finland some of my colleagues called me a mo...Read More
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 28, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Calibre Mining Corp. ("Calibre" or the "Company") (TSX: CXB; OTCQX: CXBMF) is pleased to announce that the Company has been granted the key environmental permit for the development and production of Pavon Norte from the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources in Nicaragua.Russell Ball, Chief Executive Officer of Calibre st...Read More
By Avi GilburtFor many years, I have noted to the members of Elliottwavetrader that I have not been a fan of banks. In fact, they are on my list of stocks that I intend on shorting once we move towards the 2023 time frame.But, while many are focused upon the upside potential in various banks in the coming 2-3 years, I have been quite concerned about the goals of many of these banks, based upon s...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold is in a historic moment. This market has not have had a lower-low day in this breakout, not allowing people in. SIXTH-day in a row over the Bollinger band now:Read More
Jul 29, 2020 Guest(s): Mike McGlone The Federal Reserve has pumped trillions of dollars to stabilize the U.S. economy and financial markets devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic. With that trend expected to continue for the foreseeable future, one market strategist said the best way not to fight the central bank is by investing in precious metals.In an interview with Kitco News Mike McGlone, seni...Read More