Gold has big year in 2020 and outlook for this year robust. Learn about monetary expansion and gold future prices.Read More

The gold futures price reached US$1,767/ounce this week before retreating, which was the second time it has surpassed US$1,760 in the past two months, marking some of gold's highest levels in several years.Read More

Thefinal weeks of the tumultuous year that has been 2020 present opportunities forinvestors to get their financial houses in order ahead of the New Year.Nobodyknows what 2021 will bring. But new political risks are likely to emerge –including the threats of higher taxes and a more punitive IRS.Withcontrol of the U.S. Senate still up for grabs pending runoff elections inGeorgia next month, an...Read More

Brace yourselves, winter is coming! It may be a harsh period for the United States, but much better for gold.Some of you may have seen snow this year already, but the astronomical winter is still ahead of us. Unfortunately, it could be a really dark winter. Instead of joyful snowball battles and making snowmen, we will have to contend with the coronavirus . The vaccines will definitely help (the f...Read More

Precious metals are the bedrock of the financial world. They have permanent value and are the oldest form of money in the world. If you don’t own physical gold and silver, your investment portfolio lacks a sound foundation. Precious metals are often sought after as a store of permanent value, and as a method of diversifying portfolios.While cash, bonds, stocks and real estate offer investors...Read More

The gold miners’ stocksare finally perking up again, after spending months slogging through a grindingcorrection.  Contrarian traders aretaking notice, starting to redeploy capital in this high-potential sector.  Gold miners’ earnings and thus stock pricesare overwhelmingly driven by gold’s fortunes. And the yellow metal’s recent technicals are signaling a ma...Read More

After a recent spike to the upside over the past seven days, both gold and silver have turned negative again and could be headed back to their recent low points reached early in the day on Monday, November 30th.The movement in both gold and silver is evident of a decided shift in trend direction to the downside. What happens after prices return to their recent lows could prove interesting; or down...Read More

The question on everyone’s mind is:when is it a good time to buy some gold or silver after they bottom? The answerto that question is simple: when key triggers are met. Count-trend rallies ingold or silver don’t mean that they have enough energy and momentum to keepclimbing. Miners also don’t have enough strength to lead the way in a freshclimb upwards for the PMs, so everything...Read More

Sector expert Michael Ballanger maintains the "golden bull is back," and in this missive he outlines the reasons why. As this is being penned, I am seated in my den just after 7 a.m. looking out into the pitch darkness of an early December morn and the only light is a reflection off the cool waters of the lovely swamp Lake Scugog emanating from the bustling metropolis known as Port Perry...Read More

RAPAPORT... Wedding spending in the US dropped in 2020 and will remain low in 2021, even as the number of people tying the knot next year is expected to surge, a survey found.This year, 1.1 million couples wed, compared to an average of 2.13 million over each of the last two years, according to the latest data published by the Wedding Report. The average spend on a wedding in 2020 was $19,850...Read More

RAPAPORT... India's gem and jewelry sector is increasingly turning to digital channels to drive business following the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, a credit agency said.The proportion of small businesses using online methods to sell products has more than quadrupled to 55% since the beginning of Covid-19, compared with 13% before, according to a survey that India-based Crisil Ratings release...Read More

Access our research platformsSign-in to our platforms to access our extensive research, our latest insight, data and analytics and to connect to our industry experts.On Friday 15th February 2019, Vale announced there was a fire affecting a conveyor belt system at its distribution centre in Malaysia. Vale anticipate this will result in a 10 to 15 day halt in operations and note that a planned 10 da...Read More

Access our research platformsSign-in to our platforms to access our extensive research, our latest insight, data and analytics and to connect to our industry experts.Genscape is now part of Wood Mackenzie. As we combine their commodity intelligence and proprietary short-term data sets with Wood Mackenzie’s world-class long-term analysis, we will be able to offer you unparalleled depth and br...Read More

RAPAPORT... Jewelry sales in the US fell 4.3% during the holiday period, even as e-commerce sales for the category soared.Online sales of jewelry rose 45% year on year for the extended seasonal period, according to data from Mastercard SpendingPulse, which tracked purchases from October 11 through Christmas Eve. The jump in digital spending could not make up for the decreased foot traffic in store...Read More

RAPAPORT... India's Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) has introduced a new membership category for lab-grown diamond traders, claiming the move will help the sector expand.GJEPC members can now opt to identify themselves as lab-grown diamond businesses, enabling others to know that they are active in this area, the organization told Rapaport News Friday. The move followed r...Read More

Access our research platformsSign-in to our platforms to access our extensive research, our latest insight, data and analytics and to connect to our industry experts.Wood Mackenzie’s latest analysis reveals that China’s crude stock (including strategic and commercial petroleum reserves) could reach 1.15 billion barrels in 2020, equivalent to 83 days of oil demand.Wood Mackenzie senior...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Botswana has introduced a night-time curfew in an attempt to avoid what has been described as an "impending catastrophe".The world's biggest supplier of diamonds has seen exports fall by over 40 per cent during the pandemic.  President Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi imposed a 7pm to 4am curfew from December 24 to January 3 and renewed the country's state of emergency.Bots...Read More

(IDEX Online) - The Bharat Diamond Bourse, in Mumbai, is poised to lift its 2015 ban on trading lab-grown diamonds.Members of the world's largest diamond hub are expected to approve the proposal at the bourse's annual general meeting tomorrow (28 December).Many have diversified into lab-growns since the Bharat Diamond Bourse (BDB) ban was introduced, and feel that technology now allows a...Read More

(IDEX Online) - A counterfeiter avoided a jail term in Britain, after he admitted selling fake Pandora jewelry worth $495,000 on eBay.Usman Sadiq, 38, initially claimed all the goods were genuine, but later pleaded guilty to five trademark offences.He was caught out when trading standards officers bought a $28 Disney charm from his eBay platform. They had it analyzed and determined it was counterf...Read More

The advantage of buying a high-quality stock at a lower dollar amount is that you can accumulate more shares, which could multiply your returns over the years. We’ll focus on three such top Canadian stocks that you can buy under $20 a share to handily outperform the broader markets in the coming years. Real MattersThe reduction in interest rates following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pa...Read More

Small-cap stocks generally outperform large-caps in bullish markets. The recent rally has not been different. The TSX Composite Index is up almost 60%, while the TSX Small-cap Index has soared 107% since their respective March lows.Here are two small-cap TSX stocks that still have some steam left.Major Drilling InternationalMajor Drilling International Group (TSX:MDI) stock has been a significant...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Monday December 28 that are worth another look.The Russian government is mulling over the introduction of export duties on rebar and billet to combat a sharp rise in domestic long steel prices, Fastmarkets heard...Read More