The price of gold is reached its highest level since January on Tuesday as it inches close to erasing this year's decline. Investors are turning bullish on the precious metal on fears about a weakening US Dollar and a crash in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Gold continues to face resistance from the $1,900 level, and is currently trading at $1,883.6 per ounce. Last week the prices reached th...Read More

Buying stocks solely based on their lower price could prove to be an expensive mistake. However, plenty of stocks listed on the TSX Index are trading cheap and have solid fundamentals to back their growth. We’ll focus on four Canadian stocks that are trading at a lower dollar value (under $20) and have solid, long-term growth potential.WELL Health  Speaking of cheap stocks offering...Read More

Amid the concerns over rising inflation, the Canadian equity markets have been volatile recently. Last week, Statistic Canada announced that the consumer price index (CPI) rose to a 10-year high of 3.4% in April. Inflation will increase input cost and the cost of borrowing, thus weighing heavily on growth stocks. So, value stocks tend to outperform growth stocks during an inflationary environment....Read More

In these otherwise overvalued markets, it can certainly be difficult to find winners. Indeed, stocks remain above historical averages, boosted by continued near-record-low interest rates.However, there are certain companies that do represent great value today. Among the top picks I think investors should consider are the following three companies.Alimentation Couche-TardAlimentation Couche-Tard (T...Read More

You're a law-abiding, stand-up citizen...You look at your pay stubs and gasp at how much the government takes out...And when it comes time for you to crunch the numbers, you hope to get anything back.But what if I told you the government has been lying to you?And that with each check, you're actually making less money?It's hard to believe, I know, but while you've been a good little citizen workin...Read More

These days one of the biggest fears from investors and economists is rapidly rising inflation. The potential for higher inflation has many stocks selling off and investors looking to improve their portfolio resiliency. So let’s look at which Canadian stocks to buy if inflation continues to rise.When the pandemic hit, many countries around the world were caught off guard. This resulted in mas...Read More

Perpetua Resources (TSX:PPTA), formerly Midas Gold with the ticker TSX:MAX, engages in the mineral exploration activities in the United States. The company primarily explores for gold, silver, and antimony. The company’s principal asset is a 100% owned Stibnite gold project located in Valley County, Idaho. The company underwent a name change to Perpetua Resources in February 2021. The compan...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Wednesday May 26 that are worth another look.The Brazilian branch of Luxembourg-based steelmaker ArcelorMittal has scheduled the restart of primary steel production at its Barra Mansa site for the second half of 2021,...Read More

Bill Gates has a theory about green premiums: He wants to eliminate them entirely. The American business magnate and philanthropist calls green premiums the additional cost of choosing a clean technology over one that emits a greater amount of greenhouse gases.In other words, the price that metals and mining companies are starting to charge their customers for producing low-carbon produc...Read More

A summary of London Metal Exchange warrant premiums from across the globe for the week to Wednesday May 26. Please click...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Wednesday May 26 that are worth another look.The Brazilian branch of Luxembourg-based steelmaker ArcelorMittal has scheduled the restart of primary steel production at its Barra Mansa site for the second half of 2021,...Read More

Robust demand continued to support the high- and low-carbon ferro-chrome markets in Europe in the week ended Tuesday May 25.Fastmarkets' price assessment for ferro-chrome, high carbon, 6-8.5% C, basis 65-70% Cr, max 1.5% Si, delivered Europe, narrowed upward by 3 cents (+1.1%) to $1.23-1.50 per lb Cr on Tuesday, from $1.20-1.50 per lb Cr a week earlier.The market was supported by strength in the s...Read More

McClellan Financial Publications, IncPosted May 26, 2021May 21, 2021As detailed here back in January 2021,the movements of gold prices tend to get echoed about 20-1/2 months later in the movements of long-term interest rates.The replication of gold’s movements is not perfect, and we really should not expect perfection almost 2 years later.The fact that gold’s movements have any correla...Read More

The proceeds will be used to advance the exploration and development of its Panuco silver-gold project in Sinaloa, Mexico, to make option payments and pursue strategic opportunities.Read More

Vancouver, BC - Venzee Technologies Inc. (TSX-V: VENZ, OTCQB: VENZF) ("Venzee" or the "Company")announces that it will file 2021 first quarter results after market Monday, May 31 and hold a conference call to discuss these financial results on June 1, 2021.John Sexton Abrams, Chief Executive Officer, and Darren Battersby, Chief Financial Officer of Venzee Technologies, will discuss the results in...Read More

The Kamoa Kakula copper mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is the latest greenfield copper project to come online, having started concentrate production on Tuesday May 25. Jointly owned by Zijin Mining and Ivanhoe Mines, the copper mine began concentrate production ahead of schedule when the first batch of copper ore containing 5-6% copper content was conveyed from the underground mine...Read More

"We're not a huge believer in a super-cycle now," said Geordie Wilkes, head of research at Sucden Financial, at the online LME Asia Metals 2021 seminar.Read More

Chinese market participants showed more buying interest in seaborne alumina cargoes this week, with a stronger yuan giving them more purchasing power in overseas markets, several sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday May 26. "We heard [the Chinese] have interest in [buying seaborne] alumina although we didn't hear too many offers at the index basis [in the market]," one alumina trader said. Severa...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Wednesday May 26 that are worth another look.The Brazilian branch of Luxembourg-based steelmaker ArcelorMittal has scheduled the restart of primary steel production at its Barra Mansa site for the second half of 2021,...Read More

Bill Gates has a theory about green premiums: He wants to eliminate them entirely. The American business magnate and philanthropist calls green premiums the additional cost of choosing a clean technology over one that emits a greater amount of greenhouse gases.In other words, the price that metals and mining companies are starting to charge their customers for producing low-carbon produc...Read More