"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."-Benjamin FranklinThe ease with which Americans are prepared to welcome boots on the ground, regional lockdowns, routine invasions of their privacy, and the dismantling of every constitutional right intended to serve as a bulwark against government abuses is beyond unnerving.I am...Read More
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CloseGain/LossGold $1337.30+$4.30Silver$16.50+$0.14XAU81.05-0.60%HUI175.74-1.04%GDM613.89-0.36%JSE Gold1111.01-7.05USD89.84-0.26Euro123.21+0.38Yen93.71+0.10Oil$63.42+$1.3610-Year2.780%+0.003T-Bond146.09375+0.0625Dow23979.10+0.19%Nasdaq6950.34+0.51%S&P2613.16+0.33% The Metals: Gold fell $6.10 to $1326.90 in London, but it then rallied back higher in New York and ended near its late sessio...Read More
- Gold outperforming stocks in 2018 and this century (see chart)- Gold up close to 2% in 2018 while S&P 500 is down 2%- Trump trade wars and Kudlow as Trump chief economic advisor is gold bullish- Given gold's performance, Kudlow's dismissal of gold as "end of the world insurance" is "irrational"- Market volatility could drive gold to $1,500/oz in 2018 - HolmesEditor: Mark O'ByrneAuthored by Fr...Read More
The disappointing thing was that gold and silver were not able to rise after the release of disappointing US March nonfarm numbers. The perception of traders it seems that cyclical factors such as early Easters has resulted in the fall in March jobs numbers and that the US economy will continue to hire over 200,000 jobs from April onwards. The threshold point for US nonfarm payrolls is 160,000....Read More
Last week's other top-gaining mining stocks on the TSXV were Cornerstone Metals, Cava Resources, PPX Mining and Nevada Exploration.Read full newsRead More
Some top business schools are adding blockchain and cryptocurrency courses to their MBA curriculums.Magnus Sandqvist with Toshi Times dug into the syllabus at Stanford Graduate School of Business to find that it is adding a full-time Cryptocurrency class starting May 2018. Stanford is ranked ...Read full newsRead More
During a ceremony held on Monday to mark Iran's National Day of Nuclear Technology, President Hassan Rouhani issued an order to transfer yellowcake produced in the Ardakan factory, located in the central province of Yazd, to a uranium conversion facility in Isfahan.According to the Tehran Times, the uranium from which the yellowcake was derived was originally extracted from the Saghand mine, also...Read More
FTSE 100 closes 11 pts upRolls-Royce rallies on deal to sell L'OrangeRussia exposed stocks hit by US sanctions FTSE 100 closed in positive territory, despite earlier losses as investors came back to buying shares and US stocks were higher.The UK blue chip benchmark closed around 11 points higher, at 7,194.FTSE 250 though, the more UK company focused index, was lower though, plungin...Read More
Morning Market Breakdown, April 9: After Friday's close left all major markets in the red, Monday morning's gains brought solace to the indexes.Read full newsRead More
Canadian miner Kinross Gold (TSX:G) (NYSE:KGC) issued a press release today stating that its mining operations in Russia continue to function according to plan and remain unaffected by the new sanctions announced by the United States on April 6, 2018.Last Friday, the U.S. Treasury Department imposed sanctions on seven Russian oligarchs including metal magnate Oleg Deripaska, as well as 12 companie...Read More
Essential Services Group Inc. Executive Vice President Billy Robinson tells Proactive Investors the holding company, focused on the fragmented infrastructure services space, is looking to list publicly in late June or July.Robinson says as part of their rollup strategy, they are acquiring companies in the space and using Maxim Group to initiate their US$25mln IPO. Meet Carnarvon Petrole...Read More
ChineseInvestors.com Inc. (OTCQB: CIIX) Chief Executive Officer Warren Wang tells Proactive Investors the financial-information website is launching their "Bitcoin trading academy" in June.Wang said in an interview at the Microcap Conference in New York City that the trading academy will feature a three-level course on trading Bitcoin for Chinese-speaking investors in the U.S. Meet Carnarvon...Read More
Colombia-focused Gran Colombia Gold (TSX:GCM) announced today that gold production for the first quarter of 2018 reached 52,672 ounces, a growth of 35 per cent when compared to the same quarter of 2017."This brings the Company's trailing 12-months' total gold production to 187,485 ounces, up 8% from 2017's annual production of 173,821 ounces and within the Company's production guidance for 2018 of...Read More
Recently, a new piece of legislation has been introduced by Republican Congressman from West Virginia Alex Mooney "to define the dollar as a fixed weight of gold."Read full newsRead More
Kane Biotech (TSX-V:KNE, OTCQB:KNBIF) CEO Mark Ahrens-Townsend tells Proactive Investors that the technology company, engaged in the development and commercialization of products that prevent and remove microbial biofilms, is looking to expand into Europe, and potentially further.Ahrens-Townsend says the company licensed two of their technologies to U.K.-based company Dechra Pharmaceuticals for di...Read More
PeerStream Inc (OTCMKTS:PEER) CEO Alex Harrington tells Proactive Investors the computer software and social media company signed their first client, ProximaX, potentially bringing in US$10mln in service fees.Harrington says PeerStream will license its PeerStream Protocol technology and integrate it into ProximaX to supply the multimedia streaming and communications application layer. Meet C...Read More
AfriTin Mining Ltd (LON:ATM) gained as it signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with MRI Trading for an artisanal buying operation for tin concentrate in Namibia.The two companies aim to explore the possibility of sourcing cassiterite concentrate from local artisanal miners to establish early cash flows, AfriTin said.AfriTin and MRI will also look at establishing a buying station for th...Read More
Five Healthcare giants, including insurers, are teaming up to for a pilot project to use blockchain to improve healthcare data.Despite the fact that they are competitors in this space, Humana, MultiPlan, Optum, Quest Diagnostics and UnitedHealthcare announced that this new blockchain-infused proje...Read full newsRead More
FIRESTEEL RESOURCES INC. (TSXV: FTR) ('Firesteel') today announced that it has appointed Joe Ranford as Chief Operating Officer for Firesteel. Mr. Ranford will also assume the position of General Manager of the Laiva Mine. Mr Ranford will be resident in Finland.Read full newsRead More