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

(IDEX Online) - Prices of fancy color diamonds rose by one per cent in the last quarter - compared with a 6.7 per cent slide for white diamonds in the same period.The Fancy Color Research Foundation (FRCF) today said average prices across all color categories had risen, although there were some price drops among particular size and intensity combinations.Yellows were up 1.4 per cent in Q3 2022, fo...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Two cases of attempted frauds involving synthetic moissanite are highlighted in the GIA's latest quarterly journal Gems & Gemology.In one case a 7.42-ct rough stone, presented to its New York lab, had been carved into an octahedron, with stepped edges and coarse textures deliberately chosen to imitate the appearance of a natural diamond.In the other, what appeared to be a...Read More

(IDEX Online) - A couple celebrating their 10th wedding anniversary found a 1.9-carat brown diamond.Seth and Jessica Erickson were visiting the Crater of Diamonds State Park, near Murfreesboro, in Arkansas, USA, which charges day trippers $10 a day to sift the soil - and lets them keep any gems they find.They found the diamond after an hour of "wet sifting" - using a pair of meshed screens to chec...Read More

(IDEX Online) - A teenager collected a jacket from his school's clothing donation program . . . and found two diamond rings, two Gucci watches and an emerald bracelet inside a pocket.Luke Coelho, 17, from Worcester, Massachusetts, USA, set about tracing the rightful owner. Thankfully the jacket bore the name Dave and the logo of a uniform services company.They were the clues that allowed Luke...Read More

U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 77 points in pre-opening trade.Equity index futures moved higher following release of economic news at 8:30 AM EST. October Producer Price Index was expected to increase 0.4% versus a gain of 0.4% in September. Actual was an increase of 0.2% On a year-over-year basis October PPI was expected to increase 8.3% versus 8.5...Read More

Nearly a week after the midterm elections, many races remain undecided.Election Day has turned into election month under the new system of early voting and mail-in voting that became institutionalized during the 2020 presidential election, when COVID changed the way elections were held.What do we know as of today?It's clear that a "red wave" that would have resulted in massive electoral victories...Read More

Elon Musk never should have bought the puffed-up and unprofitable site Twitter, which had blown up way beyond its sustainable size due to cheap credit, and certainly not for $44B.The courts should not have forced this once Elon discovered that the company's claims for its reach were impossible to verify.Still, we should be glad it happened as it did. By buying Twitter, Musk has not only set the si...Read More

Looks at the performance of gold versus crypto and the stock market in the context of difficult global markets in 2022 and the ...Read More

I've had a long journey with crypto assets like Bitcoin. When they were first introduced, I had no idea what they were, how they worked, or whether or not they'd last.However, certain aspects were intriguing - the notion of a digital currency or an alternative to the dollar, for example.So over time, I warmed up to them. And ultimately it became clear that Bitcoin and others were here to stay. T...Read More

De Beers diamond sales in the ninth cycle were US$450 million, a drop of 11.4% from the last sale cycle, but up by 2.7% year-on-year.Read More

Partisan buffoonery has hit a new low.In an effort to placate some voters who, for some reason believe electric vehicles will turn you into a Marxist, Herschel Walker told a crowd of supporters that the U.S. should keep gas-guzzling cars that produce good emissions.His words, not mine. Here's the actual quote ...We're not prepared. We're not ready right now. What we need to do is keep h...Read More

It's not going to be a military takeover. Instead, China plans to stretch its tentacles around the globe and strangle the world's economy. If it continues unimpeded, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) could become the world's dominant political force within the next few decades. Partisan squabbling aside, this is the main reason that President Biden has been practically forcing money into domesti...Read More

Last week, we talked a little bit about the mindset that U.S. oil companies have when it comes to investing in drilling. Remember, the companies that survived the price crash that took place in 2014 only did so because they became more fiscally conservative. Gone were the days of loading up mountains of debt to finance new drilling projects - it became the survival of the fittest, and, as I ment...Read More

The Lead-Lag Report, Released on 11/16/22James "Jim" Grant is an American writer and publisher and the founder of Grant's Interest Rate Observer, a twice-monthly journal of the financial markets. He is the author , most recently, of The Forgotten Depression: 1921: The Crash That Cured Itself. Grant's television appearances include "60 Minutes," "The Charlie Rose Show," Bloomberg TV, CNBC and other...Read More

The Julia La Roche Show, Released on 11/16/220:00 Intro0:42 At a critical juncture1:38 We're in a global recession right now2:50 A much different construct in this layoff cycle4:17 A white-collar recession5:45 How a white-collar wave of layoffs impacts the economy6:37 Quiet quitting is un-American8:32 Can the Fed engineer a soft landing?10:40 Few are accustomed to the type of Fed we have now12:05...Read More

USA Watchdog, Released on 11/15/22Bix Weir has 30 years' experience in the financial industry with various fortune 500 companies. He is the creator of the "Road to Roota Theory" and his commentary is published at www.RoadtoRoota.com. Bix has dedicated his efforts over the last 15 years to exposing the long term manipulation of the gold and silver markets. He has worked closely with the Gold Anti-T...Read More

The Lead-Lag Report, Released on 11/15/22Doomberg is the anonymous publishing arm of a bespoke consulting firm providing advisory services to family offices and c-suite executives. Its principals apply their decades of experience across heavy industry, private equity and finance to deliver innovative thinking and clarity to complex problems. Doomberg on Substack: https://doomberg.substack.com....Read More

The LaRouche Organization, Released on 11/16/22Never missing an opportunity to extort more money and weapons from NATO countries, Zelensky blamed Russia for an explosion in Poland, which now appears to have been caused by a Ukrainian missile. Are there real negotiations underway? There can be no peace without recognizing the legitimate security interests of both Russia and Ukraine, which Putin has...Read More

Rebel Capitalist, Released on 11/16/22George Edward Gammon is an American real estate investor and entrepreneur. He produces and stars in a popular YouTube Channel. Prior to 2012, George started, owned, and operated multiple businesses ranging from conventions to advertising. The last growing to 24 million in annual revenues and over 100 employees. After 12 years as a successful entrepreneur, at t...Read More

Wealthion, Released on 11/16/22For Part 1 of this interview, CLICK HEREMacro researcher Jim Bianco returns for Part 2 of our interview with him to discuss his macro & market outlook. He sees inflation proving stubborn to tame & the economy falling into recession - so he thinks investors are going to need to play by rules very different from the ones that worked well over the past decade.Jim Bianco...Read More