Uranium production is best understood as an industry played out on a geopolitical chessboard.Enriched uranium is used to fuel nuclear reactors. The degree of enrichment is not high. Natural uranium (sometimes called yellowcake) has about 0.7% U-235 isotope. This is enriched to 3% to 5% for use in most reactors (called low-enriched uranium or LEU). Some specialized reactors require uranium enriched...Read More
During Donald Trump's first term, U.S. tariffs on China increased from 3% in 2016 to 19% by the end of 2020.As a result, China's share of the U.S. trade deficit dropped from 47% to 26%. However, it's worth noting that America's trade imbalance continued to rise, as production shifted to low-tariff countries such as Vietnam, Canada, and Mexico.When Biden came into office, the expectation was that h...Read More
AbraSilver Resource Corp. (ABRA: TSX.V; ABBRF:OTCQX) recently finalized a US$1 million non-brokered private placement with Teck Resources Ltd at a significant share price premium.Read on to discover how this strategic partnership advances exploration at the La Coipita project.AbraSilver Resource Corp. (ABRA: TSX.V; ABBRF:OTCQX) recently finalized a US$1 million non-brokered private placement with...Read More
$200 billion can buy a lot of Bitcoin.That’s the amount of cash Microsoft is sitting on - money that could have made history a few weeks ago.The crypto world watched with bated breath as Microsoft shareholders faced a decision that would ripple through Wall Street: whether to turn some of that mountain of cash into Bitcoin.For Bitcoin believers, it would have been the ultimate validation.Mic...Read More
An important feature of Trump's second term will be his actions on the first day. Trump will sign a flurry of executive orders (EOs) on the day he is sworn in (January 20, 2025) and the following day. The exact number is not known but it will easily be 50 orders or more.The official number of each Executive Order is also not known in advance because they will have to be processed under the Adminis...Read More
Emerita Resources Corp. (EMO:TSX.V; EMOTF:OTCQB; LLJA:FSE) has reported promising results from ongoing metallurgical testing at the La Romanera deposit, part of its wholly-owned Iberian Belt West Project in Spain. Read on to learn how innovative recovery methods are unlocking the potential of this promising polymetallic deposit.Emerita Resources Corp. (EMO:TSX.V; EMOTF:OTCQB; LLJA:FSE) has reporte...Read More
If you've ever found yourself cornered at a dinner party by that one guy with a conspiratorial gleam in his eye and a penchant for explaining why the economy is "just a series of smoke and mirrors," you'll appreciate Henry Hazlitt's Economics in One Lesson. It's The Book that offers the economically curious a set of brass knuckles to face the muddled nonsense of popular economic "thought." And by...Read More
Trading is a game of decisions.When it comes to playing the markets, you'll have split seconds where your courage and discipline are tested.But sometimes, the real pain comes not from the trades you take, but the ones you don't.I've spent years learning this the hard way.March 2020 was a prime example. Markets were in freefall, panic was everywhere, and opportunities were quietly emerging beneath...Read More
Trump will begin his first 100 days with an emphasis on his economic plans.His core economic team is already announced including Russell Vought as Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Jamieson Greer as U.S. Trade Representative, Kevin Hassett as Director of the National Economic Council, Scott Bessent as U.S. Treasury Secretary, and Howard Lutnick as Secretary of Commerce.Hassett and B...Read More
Beep-beep-beep. Central bankers are once again "backing up the truck" to buy gold.The World Gold Council (WGC) recently released its central bank gold statistics for October 2024.The chart below shows purchases (blue) and sales (purple):Source: World Gold CouncilOctober was the highest net purchase month in 2024, with central banks purchasing a sizable 60 tonnes.It's worth noting that there were a...Read More
NexGold Mining Corp. (NEXG.V:TSXV; NXGCF:OTCQX; TRC1.F:FRA) recently announced the merger completion with Signal Gold, which brought in the 3.1-million-ounce Goldboro gold deposit, according to a Red Cloud Securities research note.In a December 19, 2024 research note, Red Cloud Securities analyst Ron Stewart maintained a Buy (Speculative) rating on NexGold Mining Corp. (NEXG.V:TSXV; NXGCF:OTCQX; T...Read More
"I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity," said John D. Rockefeller, one of the wealthiest Americans in history. The late 1800s was a time of high tariff barriers, flourishing American industry, low regulations, and booming trade within our borders. It was part of the historical American System that Jim described in the recent Strategic Intelligence issue.The American System refe...Read More
It was December 2, 1805. The fields of Austerlitz were cloaked in fog.Napoleon Bonaparte outnumbered and ostensibly retreating, faced the combined might of the Austrian and Russian imperial armies.The Allies believed they had him cornered. They saw the French emperor's lines thinning and his forces retreating from a key high ground, the Pratzen Heights. Sensing an opportunity, they charged forward...Read More
Newsletter writer Stewart Thomson addresses the question of tax loss selling season with some stocks for investors and identifies key prices for investor action.Tax loss selling generally sees investors sell losers, but sometimes stocks with big drawdowns are a roaring buy for new investors while working well as a tax loss sell for others.Here's a look at the "infamous" Novo Resources Corp. (NVO:T...Read More
The Federal Reservesomehow surprised traders with a hawkish rate cut this week. While that had been expected, apparently theFed’s projected rate-cut trajectory slowed even more than feared. So market reactions were violent, includingthe US dollar blasting higher unleashing heavy gold-futures selling. This is the latest in a long line ofFed-spawned tests of gold’s resi...Read More
Michael Ballanger of GGM Advisory Inc. shares his thoughts on the current state of the market and, upon request, his list of tax-loss purchase candidates.The USD Index futures are down 0.10% to 107.640 with the 10-year yield up 0.76% to 4.535% and the 30-year yield up 1.06% to 4.709%.Gold (-0.10%) is lower but silver (+0.55%) and copper (+1.27%) are higher.Oil (-0.74%) is lower by $0.52 to $70.06/...Read More
Dow has 11 down days in a row, and Ron Struthers of Struthers Resource Stock Report believes that gold correction is a buying opportunity. Struthers highlights some of his favorite gold stocks and shares his thoughts on Bitcoin.I would like to wish everyone a Merry XMAS, a great holiday, and a Happy New Year. I doubt I will put much out next week unless there is a very good buy or sell opportunity...Read More
John Newell of John Newell & Associates shared a chart on Sanu Gold Corp. (SANU:CSE; SNGCF:OTCQB; L73:FRA) showing his price targets from August. Click to see how close the company is to the first target and what other targets Newell is looking out for. You will also be directed to an article showing fundamentals of the company that discusses the latest news of a strategic partnership with Montage...Read More
Here in Italy, he's known as Tommaso d'Aquino. But to the English-speaking world, he's St. Thomas Aquinas, Doctor Angelicus, and the foremost Scholastic thinker, theologian, and philosopher of the Middle Ages. His Summa Theologiae is over 5,000 pages long; thank heavens God sent Catholic author Peter Kreeft to the 20th and 21st centuries to summarize the Summa for us modern readers.After the uphea...Read More
Technical Analyst Clive Maund explains why he thinks now is an excellent point to buy iMetal Resources Inc.'s (IMR:TSX.V; ADTFF:OTCBB; A7V:FRA) stock.iMetal Resources Inc. (IMR:TSX.V; ADTFF:OTCBB; A7V:FRA) is regarded as a most attractive junior gold exploration stock. Following a bear market that erased 99% of the stock's value, it is coming to the end of a basing process with clear signs that it...Read More