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

Edwin - Twitter, Released on 3/21/23Novax Djokovic tells CNN "it's a pity" he's not been allowed to play in the US open because of he refuses to get jabbed, but he has "no regrets" over it.#BASED pic.twitter.com/yZPuGT7hhT- ??"??-??,?Edwin?-??,???"? (@Edwin07011) March 22, 2023 Djokovic speaks out... I'm still banned from entering USA by Biden... added by Herman James on 03/22/2023View all...Read More

Jack Posobiec - Twitter, Released on 3/21/23We've had only one president in the modern era of the United States who refused to start any new wars And he is the one they are going to indictAre you paying attention yet?- Jack Posobiec ???????, (@JackPosobiec) March 22, 2023 Are you paying attention yet? added by Herman James on 03/22/2023View all posts by Herman James ?+'Read More

Daily Reckoning, Released on 3/21/23You've heard about the recent incident in which two Russian fighter jets buzzed a U.S. drone (the MQ-9 Reaper) over the Black Sea near Russian Crimea.Continue... Rickards: Pentagon Lied About the Drone added by Herman James on 03/22/2023View all posts by Herman James ?+'Read More

The Toronto market is up in peaceful fashion.Please note the below data is to February 21, and the Toronto market has risen since then,We are far enough into the New Year to get a decent reading on how equities have started out on the new calendar, so let's take a look at how they've performed here in North America and around the planet. We start with the domestic market. The S&P/TSX Composite Ind...Read More

Armstrong Economics, Released on 3/22/23Just as World War I and World War II marked the collapse of the British imperial empire, the Continue... Armstrong: I Told You So added by Herman James on 03/22/2023View all posts by Herman James ?+'Read More

International Man, Released on 3/22/23It's social engineering taken to a new level-trying to reform the way humans act and live. In fact, it's social Continue... Doug Casey on "15-Minute Cities" and Penning You In for the Next Lockdown added by Herman James on 03/22/2023View all posts by Herman James ?+'Read More

Wolf Street, Released on 3/21/23This was the first year-over-year decline since February 2012, when the market emerged from Housing Bust 1Continue... Wolf Richter: Home Prices Drop Year-over-Year for First Time since Housing Bust 1 added by Herman James on 03/22/2023View all posts by Herman James ?+'Read More

Fox News, Released on 3/22/23The doctors said that on the basis of "human rights," "youths... have an inherent ability and right to consent to gender-affirming therapy.""The Department of Defense will train its health care providers in keeping with current science and best medical evidence," Continue... Pentagon doctors claim 7-year-olds can make the decision to be transgender and receive irrevers...Read More

Sky News, Released on 3/22/23President Vladimir Putin warned Russia would have to "respond accordingly", as he seized another chance to threaten a nuclear escalation in the Ukraine war.Continue... Putin says the UK is ramping up nuclear tensions by sending Ukraine depleted uranium armor-piercing shells added by Herman James on 03/22/2023View all posts by Herman James ?+'Read More

Citizen Free Press - Twitter, Released on 3/22/23Xi tells Putin:"Change that hasn't happened in 100 years is coming and we are driving this change together." pic.twitter.com/6wEaKMV0Hi- Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) March 22, 2023 Xi tells Putin: 'Change that hasn't happened in 100 years is coming and we are driving this change together' added by Herman James on 03/22/2023View all posts by...Read More

Just when folks are told to steer clear of certain investments, the trend changes. But that's typical, is it not?At the start of this year, the market mavens told investors to lighten up on Canadian stocks, but to load up on U.S. ones.Therein lies the rub. Yes, U.S. stocks did well in 2013. But they've taken a back seat to their Canadian counterparts so far this year.Not only does this reflect the...Read More

Daily Caller, Released on 3/21/23"Similar actions could be warranted if smaller institutions suffer deposit runs that pose the risk of contagion," she said."Treasury is committed to ensuring the ongoing health and competitiveness of our vibrant community and regional banking institutions," Continue... Janet Yellen Says More Bank Bailouts Are On The Way added by Herman James on 03/22/2023View all p...Read More

Tavi Costa - Twitter, Released on 3/22/23Source: https://twitter.com/TaviCosta/status/1638540484925878278Tavi Costa is a partner and portfolio manager at Crescat Capital and has been with the firm since 2013. He built Crescat's macro model that identifies the current stage of the US economic cycle through a combination of 16 factors. His research has been featured in financial publications such as...Read More

Zero Hedge, Released on 3/21/23"National currencies are more and more actively used" in the bilateral trade and two thirds of the trade turnover between Russia and China are already "made in rubles and yuan," Continue... Putin To Xi: 'We Support Chinese Yuan Use With Asia, Africa, Latin America' added by Herman James on 03/22/2023View all posts by Herman James ?+'Read More

- John Stephenson, CFAAfter the banner finish to the market last year, the price action on the S&P 500 has so far been somewhat dismal with stocks consolidating and digesting their big advance.Most of the trading so far this year is coming from fast money hedge funds, with big mutual fund investors choosing to sit this round out.Markets are searching for a direction in the early part of 2014, an...Read More

Now shipping on behalf of customers.Recently, TransCanada Corporation (TSX:TRP), the oil and gas / energy infrastructure giant, announced the startup of commercial operation of what is called the Gulf Coast Project. The US$2.3 billion pipeline connects the major oil hub in Cushing, Oklahoma to delivery points on the U.S. Gulf Coast such as Nederland, Texas.That's it for that line. The testing has...Read More

Gold exploration stocks are highly speculative because there's less chance of success. Since it often takes three years or more before an exploration property becomes a producing mine-if it happens at all-only lucky investors with long-term investments make money.Gold exploration stocks and junior mining stocks are gambles. The odds of buying the next big gold producer are low. The odds of buying...Read More

- Ken Norquay, CMT?EUR? Is there an economic indicator that can help the average investor sort out the long-term ups and downs of the financial markets??EUR?In my book, Beyond the Bull, I encourage people to use their wits to win by providing them with stock market investing strategies. One chapter, "The Countercyclical Model," outlines what we should look for when the stock market is about to ch...Read More

- John EmbryIf you've always suspected the world's central banks of keeping gold prices down, Dimitri Speck's investigation will come as no surpriseAs we head into February, gold and silver are showing signs of emerging from their slumber.And they're doing so despite flack from the mainstream media, as well as predictions that the price of gold will plunge to US$1,000 an ounce or even lower.Still,...Read More

- Marc Johnson, CFAHere's a quick and easy way to spot a possible takeover candidate.First, add the company's total debt plus other obligations that an acquiror would have to assume. Then add its market capitalization (the share price times the diluted number of shares). This is the offer price.Compare this number to the dollar value of the firm's tangible assets. If the value of the tangible asse...Read More