CloseGain/LossOn WeekGold $1320.50-$1.40+1.33%Silver$17.20UNCH+1.53%XAU87.39-0.45%+2.49%HUI198.13-0.32%+3.03%GDM661.89-0.20%+1.73%JSE Gold1322.71+17.52+1.47%USD91.97+0.10-0.36%Euro120.42-0.26+0.32%Yen88.43-0.27-0.43%Oil$61.44-$0.57+1.69%10-Year2.477%+0.025+2.74%Bond151.9375-0.375-0.63%Dow25295.87+0.88%+2.33%Nasdaq7136.56+0.83%+3.38%S&P2743.15+0.70%+2.60% The Metals: Gold fell $5.70 to $131...Read More
Gold COT Report - FuturesLarge SpeculatorsCommercialTotalLongShortSpreadingLongShortLongShort241,42878,16060,048155,104332,704456,580470,912Change from Prior Reporting Period 38,83811,5182,405-36527,76640,87841,689Traders17086744552246183 Small Speculators LongShortOpen Interest 44,15129,819500,731 3,3832,57244,261 non reportable positionsChange from the previous reporti...Read More
- Critical hardware flaw breaks basic security: risks to online banking & digital assets- Nearly all computers worldwide, smartphones and other devices - exposed to major security risk- Two separate security flaws identified in devices powered by Intel, ARM and AMD chips- Vulnerability known about for six months by tech insiders- Cyber crime represents the biggest transfer of economic wealth in...Read More
Gold rose despite some better than expected US December private ADP numbers. The US dollar is still on the weaker side against the euro and sterling. This is the best chance for gold to rise to the $1400-$1430 zone and for silver to test $2000. FOMC minutes preventing a gold price fall is very positive for bullion in the near term. Investors know that the chances of a quicker interest rate hike...Read More
The latest US jobs data shows that 148,000 jobs were created in the US in December, well below the amount added in November.Read full newsRead More
Future Farm Technologies Inc. (CSE: C.FTT, OTCQB: FFRMF, Forum) on Friday said it had closed on the previously announced 10-acre operating greenhouse acquisition, which generated approximately US$2.8 million in revenue and US$400,000 in EBITDA for 2017.The purchase price was $3 million.The closi...Read full newsRead More
A recent study published by The Journal of the American Medical Association found that nearly 70% of all cannabidiol products (CBD) sold online in the U.S. are either over or under-labeled.According to the study's lead author, Marcel Bonn-Miller, PhD, this can potentially cause serious h...Read full newsRead More
The Peruvian government might have to deal with more mining-related social protests in 2018, says a risk brief published today by Verisk Maplecroft.According to the firm, if 2017 saw several projects slowing down or stopping due to the 171 formally registered conflicts that took place throughout the country, the approval of the supreme decree 042-2017 in December, which relaxes the environmental p...Read More
Tech investors will be familiar with an important dynamic in the commercialization of emerging technology. Very often, cutting-edge technological innovations will show up first in military technology Such innovations are then adapted for non-military applications, often in the energy sector, allowin...Read full newsRead More
Mr. Nelson Baker reportsMINERAL MOUNTAIN CLOSES FINAL TRANCHE OF PRIVATE PLACEMENTSubject to acceptance for filing of the final documentation by the TSX Venture Exchange, Mineral Mountain Resources Ltd. has closed the final tranche of its non-brokered unit private placement announced previously on Oct. 24, 2017, and has issued 3,326,000 units of the company at a price of 20 cents per unit to raise...Read More
Gold Futures--- Gold futures in the February contract are currently trading at 1,322 an ounce afterRead full newsRead More
Canadian exports of crude oil fell 2.4 percent month-on-month in November to 3.28 million barrels per day, Statistics Canada data said on Friday, after a decline in shipments to the United States.The 80,000 bpd drop in exports to Canada's biggest customer came in the same month TransCanada Corp'Read full newsRead More
The holdings of Xetra-Gold, a German gold-backed security, reached an all-time high of 175.04 tonnes at the end of the 2017.Read full newsRead More
NEW YORK, Jan 5 (Reuters) - A severe winter storm in the U.S. Northeast brought plunging temperatures on Friday, driving regional natural gas prices to all-time highs, disrupting refinery operations and causing electrical outages.From Baltimore to Caribou, Maine, efforts were under way to clearRead full newsRead More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has accepted Pebble Limited Partnership's wetlands-fill permit, which is required under the Clean Water Act and which is also a key authorization in the permitting process for the controversial Pebble project in Alaska.Pebble Limited Partnership is a subsidiary of Vancouver-based Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. (TSX: NDM). For over a decade now, the company has been...Read More
FTSE 100 up 28 points to 7,724Wall Street stocks head further into record territory"Boring" utilities steal the showUS jobs data miss forecastsClose: Another day, another highFed-up of the US markets seemingly reaching new highs every other day, the Footsie has got into the act.The top-shares index closed at another closing high, up 28 at 7,724.Utilities led the advance after some favourable...Read More
Big cap diversified miners are riding a wave of optimism as global growth prospects - especially in manufacturing - continues to strengthen. Global economic activity as measured by the JP Morgan global manufacturing and services index showed output rising at the fastest pace since March 2015.The manufacturing index has now signalled expansion for a record 82 months in a row and the investment...Read More
Mr. Nigel Lees reportsSAGE GOLD CLAVOS GOLD MINE UPDATESage Gold Inc. has provided an update on the bulk sampling program at its 100-per-cent-owned Clavos mine in Timmins, Ont., and plans to optimize the existing mine plan and update the mineral resource estimate.To date, the company has completed three mill runs between October and December, 2017, as part of its bulk sampling program, yielding ap...Read More
What is believed to be the world's most expensive bottle of vodka has been stolen from a Copenhagen bar.The $1.3-million container was made of yellow gold and silver and had a diamond-encrusted replica of the Russian Imperial Eagle on its cap. On season three of the political thriller House of Cards, it was served to US President Frank Underwood, played by the now-beleaguered Kevin Spacey.Followi...Read More
Jeff Reeves says this year is increasingly shaping up to look like a breakout year for the precious metal.Read full newsRead More