We either seize control of our future, or risk losing it.Continue...Read More
Continue...J. Michael Oliver entered the financial services industry in 1975 on the Futures side, joining E.F. Hutton's International Commodity Division, headquartered in New York City's Battery Park. He studied under David Johnston, head of Hutton's Commodity Division and Chairman of the COMEX. In the 1980s Mike began to develop his own momentum-based method of technical analysis. He learned earl...Read More
My advice is to hold a basic allocation to precious metals, and if desired take occasionally trading positions. Should confidence in the system erode (I am surprised there is still any confidence left)Continue...Read More
Problems often come in bunches. And each new one adds - sometimes exponentially - to the complexity of a given situation. See One Problem Is Manageable. Five Might Not Be.Continue...Read More
What would Jesse do? Former Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura gives his take on how the U.S. is handling the Coronavirus pandemic alongside fiery police protests, as well as what to expect in November from an electorate accustomed to second-guessing its leadership.?>>?Jesse Ventura, is an American politician, actor, author, Navy Seal, and former professional wrestler who served as the 38th Governor...Read More
Is the US Dollar's recent weakness the beginning of the end?Continue...Read More
"In the midst of the worst global economic performance ever, Russia's reserve position is near an all-time high. Not because of energy or agricultural exports. It's because theyContinue...Read More
It is said that a picture is worth 1000words, and thus two pictures are worth 2000 words. The entire financial systemis fracturing and imploding, no exaggeration. The entire monetary system is beingundermined in a true Weimar sense, in reality. Such a situation almost neverhas come about without a world war. Since 2001 in the Jackass opinion, theworld financial war has been in progress with the im...Read More
The following is an update of a previousarticle: During the 2008 financial crisis the Fedsignificantly increased the US monetary base to keep the system from collapse.They are currently in a similar situation, and have done (is doing) the exactsame thing.Here is a chart of the US monetary base toillustrate the similarity: With the 2008 actions they were able to avoidthe collapse until now. Will th...Read More
Prices for round polished diamond were largely static for the "bread and butter goods" - sizes between 0.70-1.99 cts - in July. Fancies under four carats sustained a number of losses. There wasn't a single movement among one-carat rounds (1.00-1.24 cts) and slightly larger and smaller stones - 0.90-0.99 cts and 1.25-1.49 cts - barely moved. But there were discernible trends among some ot...Read More
AVZ closes on financing for tier-one lithium projectSPONSOREDavz mineralsSMA is pressing charges against the BHP-operated Escondida copper mine for a reduction in the water table in the Tilopozo sector in the Antofagasta region by more than the maximum acceptable level toRead More
Speculators' net short U.S. dollar positioning soared to the highest level since August 2011, according to calculations by Reuters and U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission data released on Friday.Read full newsRead More
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Tech and pharma may be getting the attention these days, but three mining billionaires are quietly padding their fortunes with an investment that's decidedly more old school.Read full newsRead More
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It’s a rare stock indeed that can satisfy multiple investing strategies at the same time. But one name just about pulls it off. Franco-Nevada (TSX:FNV)(NYSE:FNV) offers investors a reduced-risk play in the gold space. This rare ultra low-risk gold stock combines a strong growth thesis along with some passive income. Gold is on a tear this year, but it’s not too late to get invested.One...Read More
After a brutal March and April, the price of oil has risen significantly. This has provided some breathing room for energy companies, many of whom slashed dividends earlier this year in the face of plunging oil prices. Additionally, gold has rallied to all-time highs in 2020. This has provided a boost for gold miners who suffered during most of the past decade because of falling gold prices.Many i...Read More
One of the rainwater collection ponds in Magdalena Ocotl??n. (Image by Compa???-a Minera Cuzcatl??n). Mexico's Federal Attorney for Environmental Protection issued a report stating that the subsidiary of Canada's Fortuna Silver Mines (NYSE: FSM), Compa???-a Minera Cuzcatl??n, hasn't caused any pollution to rainwater collection ponds in the Magdalena Ocotl??n municipality in the southern Oaxaca st...Read More
Rescue team at the Los Cedros coal mine in Colombia. (Image courtesy of the National Mining Agency). The bodies of nine miners have been recovered from a coal mine in Colombia where an explosion took place on July 31, 2020.According to the National Mining Agency, the blast at the Los Cedros mine in the El Zulia municipality of the Norte de Santander department was caused by the accumulation of ga...Read More
Pyrite on quartz. (Image by James St. John, Flickr). Researchers at the University of Minnesota in the US have electrically transformed iron sulfide, also known as "fool's gold" or pyrite, into a magnetic material.In a paper published in the journal Science Advances, the scientists explain that this is the first time an entirely non-magnetic material has been transformed into a magnetic one. In t...Read More