Lately, bond yields have been throwing off growth investors. In fact, if bond yields continue to soar, growth stocks may severely underperform. Accordingly, it’s no surprise a rotation toward value stocks is happening today. Indeed, this situation appears to provide the perfect backdrop for investors to consider adding defensive plays into one’s investment portfolio today.In this conte...Read More
Despite the concerns over rising COVID-19 cases worldwide, Canadian equity markets continue to be strong, with the S&P/TSX Composite Index rising 8.9% this year. On Wednesday, Statistics Canada announced that Canada’s GDP grew 0.7% in January, while preliminary estimates for February were at 0.5%, representing the 10th straight month of economic expansion. Along with this announcement, B...Read More
Many avoid investing in stock markets mainly because of the volatility risk. However, this risk gets minimized when you are investing for the longer term. Here are three such TSX stocks that could outperform in volatile markets.CargojetCanada’s top air freight carrier Cargojet (TSX:CJT) recently announced a new agreement with e-commerce titan Amazon. Under the agreement, Cargojet will use Am...Read More
A high yield income stock flies under the radar because very few investors are familiar with the steel industry, particularly iron ore. Steel can’t be produced without pig iron, a main raw material. But you need iron ore to make pig iron. One of North America’s largest iron ore producers is the Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC).If you want to venture into or gain exposure to this least-...Read More
Pretium Resources (TSX:PVG)(NYSE:PVG) acquires, explores, and develops precious metal resource properties in the Americas. The company primarily explores for gold and silver deposits. It holds 100% interests in the Brucejack located in northwestern British Columbia. The company was incorporated in 2010 and is headquartered in Vancouver.Valuable hidden assetThe Brucejack mine is comprised of four m...Read More
Two mass shootings in a week... America really must be feeling better.First some lunatic murders eight people across the Atlanta area, and then a second lunatic opens fire on a super market in Boulder, Colorado. These tragedies occur with such frequency I'd forgive you if you'd completely forgotten that in February, another crazed gunman attacked a health clinic in Buffalo, Minnesota, killing one...Read More
This first quarter of this year 2021 is the worst quarter in 39 years for the precious metals. Gold saw it's price dumped 10%, almost $200 and even more for silver as it fell a healthy 20% plus. All of this has taken place at a time when the global economy has shrunk a bit over 5%, the entire planet is in the middle of a pandemic, unemployment has reached depression levels and money printing creat...Read More
China's leading stainless steel producer, Tsingshan Group, has cut its ferro-chrome tender price for April delivery by 351 yuan ($53.43) per tonne from the previous month.The eastern China-based mill set its high-carbon ferro-chrome tender price at 8,545 yuan per tonne for April delivery on Thursday April 1. The latest tender price marks a decrease of 3.95% from the 8,896 yuan per tonne it offered...Read More
Bob Moriarty ArchivesApr 2, 2021SSR Mining (formerly Silver Standard Resources, a much cooler name) owns and operates theSeabee Gold Mine in Northern Saskatchewan province in Canada. In 2019 the company produced over 112,000 ounces of gold at the project.Right next door a tiny junior named Taiga Gold (TGC-C), a spinoff from Eagle Plains, owns the Fisher deposit. The Fisher project contains more th...Read More
Vancouver, BC - IsoEnergy Ltd. (TSX-V: ISO | OTCQX: ISENF) announces that Mr. Steve Blower, Vice President, Exploration has resigned, effective April 30, 2021. Tim Gabruch, President and Chief Executive Officer commented: "On behalf of the Company, I would like to thank Steve for his efforts and contribution since 2016 in his role as Vice President Exploration and wish him all the best in...Read More
Markets are finally seeing the light at the end of the pandemic tunnel... and what do the financial gods hand us?The potential for another financial crisis, that's what.The unethical nature driving some of the most impactful market events we've endured this year - including the GameStop madness and Wall Street's liquidation of Bill Hwang's Archegos Capital Management firm this week - is once again...Read More
Macro analyst Wolf Richter is confident we are living in the largest asset price bubble ever blown. And the recent staggering run-up in prices in stock, housing, commodities and Bitcoin convince him that we are currently at the market's peak...to be followed by a painful correction.Wolf Richter is the founder of Wolf Street Corp and the publisher of WolfStreet.com. Wolf has over twenty years of C-...Read More
The stock market is approaching a parabolic rise, says contrarian macro strategist David Hunter. After the historic rise, he sees markets could decline as much as 80%.0:00?EUR< Intro0:59?EUR< Stock market melt-up and decline5:34?EUR< Secular vs cyclical bull markets9:25?EUR< Will the Fed taper?11:50?EUR< Bonds to rally13:20?EUR< Gold/silver markets17:17?EUR< Volatility aheadDavid Hunter is Chief M...Read More
Restored jobs will be lost again permanently.Gold bulls throwing in the towel.Archegos is a lesson for Bitcoin HODLers.Derek Chauvin's trial begins with odds against him.Media ignores murderers if they're the wrong race or gender.Hate Crime laws will lead to Thought Crime laws.Peter Schiff is an internationally recognized economist specializing in the foreign equity, currency and gold markets. Mr....Read More
Chris Marcus worked 2 years at bond rating agency Moody's, has an MBA from Wharton, and also worked 7 years as an equity options trader for Susquehanna International Group on the American and New York Stock Exchanges, before leaving in 2012 to create Arcadia Economics. In addition to publishing Arcadia's Monthly Market Snapshot, he also currently writes market commentary for gold and silver dealer...Read More
The US Dollar on the rise again...Portfolio Manager, attorney, finance author, a regular guest on North American media. Danielle Park is the author of the best selling myth-busting book "Juggling Dynamite: An insider's wisdom on money management, markets and wealth that lasts," as well as a popular daily financial blog: www.jugglingdynamite.com. Danielle worked as an attorney until 1997 when she w...Read More
Bill Fleckenstein is the President of Fleckenstein Capital and writes a popular column 'Contrarian Chronicles' for MSN Money as well as the daily Market Rap column for his website: Fleckenstein Capital. Bill has appeared at one time or another in virtually all financial media including Bloomberg, CNBC, The New York Times, MSN, Marketwatch, Barron's and more. Bill is a highly sought after speaker,...Read More
Gerald Celente is a pioneer trend strategist and founder of The Trends Research Institute. He is the author of the national bestseller Trends 2000: How to Prepare for and Profit from the Changes of the 21st Century and publisher of the internationally circulated Trends Journal newsletter. Gerald Celente is a political atheist. Unencumbered by political dogma, rigid ideology or conventional wisdom,...Read More
"It may be that you are more inclined to report something you [a Swedish women] have been exposed to, if the crime was committed by someone you feel more alien to, and who has low social status."Continue...Read More
Police in Mallorca, an island in the Mediterranean controlled by Spain, will use drones to spy on tourists sunbathing on beaches to make sure they are not breaking coronavirus regulations. Continue...Read More