Public and private pensionplans face a dual crisis.The first and most obviousthreat to pensioners is that defined-benefit vehicles are severely underfunded.By one estimate, pension systems taken as a whole are $638 billion in the red.Some are in better shapefinancially than others. But all pension plans will have to reckon with asecond huge challenge going forward.Namely, they are alreadyentirely...Read More

Fed adopts a new strategy that opens the door for higher inflation. The change is fundamentally positive for gold prices.So, it happened! In line with market expectations, the Fed has changed its monetary policy framework into a more dovish one! This is something we warned our Readers in our last Fundamental Gold Report:the Fed could change how it defines and achieves its inflation goal, trying, f...Read More

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS:Platinum may be setting up in a technical pattern that is similar to the end of 2001/early 2002.Platinum could rally more than 300%, somewhere near $3,450 or higher.This might push Gold above $7,500 an ounce and may push silver somewhere north of $125 per ounce.Rally hinges on platinum breaking out above $1,050.50.Platinum may be setting up in a technical pattern that is simila...Read More

Peter Krauth looks at the factors behind the movements in the gold and silver markets. Gold's retreated from a record high above $2,000, and silver's off its own seven-year highs near $30.Is that cause for concern? I doubt it.These have been dramatic surges to new levels, brought on by a combination of low interest rates, historic money-printing raising the specter of inflation, a softer U.S. doll...Read More

July FOMC minutes hit the gold prices. But what’s next for the yellow metal?The key event last week was the publication of the minutes from the FOMC meeting in July. After their release, the U.S. dollar jumped, while the price of gold dropped, as the chart below shows. Why? Well, the Fed officials disappointed investors who expected some clues about upgrading the U.S. central bank’s fo...Read More

Elliott Wave International's analysts have posited that the next big global monetary event will be deflation, not inflation.The writer of an August 18 Telegraph article also sees "powerful deflationary winds." Here's an excerpt:Talk of resurgent global inflation is mostly noise. Powerful deflationary winds continue to blow through the world economy. ...The great inflation hypothesis now in fashion...Read More

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - More than 50 people are dead after landslides caused the collapse of three artisanal gold mines near the city of Kamituga in eastern Congo's South Kivu province on Friday, officials said.Read full newsRead More

At least 50 people are thought to have died when an artisanal gold mine collapsed near Kamituga in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday afternoon, a local mining NGO said.Read full newsRead More

While the markets have moved higher this week, there is a lot of uncertainty surrounding investors. The V-shaped recovery since March has surprised Bay Street experts who think the market is not in sync with the economy, as Canada’s unemployment rates continue to remain high amid sluggish consumer demand.Warren Buffett-owned Berkshire Hathaway recently published its 13F filings, and it was q...Read More

The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a terrible toll. In many countries, cases continue to rise. Everyone, including the stock market, is hoping for a quick vaccine — our best chance at a return to normalcy.But the future is still uncertain. A vaccine may not arrive for years. If one is discovered this week, it could take many months to secure approvals, scale manufacturing capabilities, and dist...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday September 11 that are worth another look.Rio Tinto chief executive officer Jean-Sebastien Jacques and iron ore head Chris Salisbury are to step down following criticism over the miner's destruction of sacred Aboriginal caves in Pilbara, Western Australia.The...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday September 11 that are worth another look.Rio Tinto chief executive officer Jean-Sebastien Jacques and iron ore head Chris Salisbury are to step down following criticism over the miner's destruction of sacred Aboriginal caves in Pilbara, Western Australia.The...Read More

The company said on Friday its board had approved a payment of 2.4075 reias per share, being 1.4102 per share in the form of dividends and 0.9973 per share in the form of interest on capital.The interim dividend was ahead of expectations and implied an 8% yield on an annualised basis, BMO analyst Edward Sterck reportedly told Bloomberg.Vale had flagged a resumption of dividends mid-year."I think i...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday September 11 that are worth another look.Rio Tinto chief executive officer Jean-Sebastien Jacques and iron ore head Chris Salisbury are to step down following criticism over the miner's destruction of sacred Aboriginal caves in Pilbara, Western Australia.The...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday September 11 that are worth another look.Rio Tinto chief executive officer Jean-Sebastien Jacques and iron ore head Chris Salisbury are to step down following criticism over the miner's destruction of sacred Aboriginal caves in Pilbara, Western Australia.The...Read More

Pento says his portfolio is now weighted with 20% Gold and Silver. He predicts Fed policies that are coming soon on inflation, and interest rate suppression "will be rocket fuel for gold and silver. . . .And gold and silver are just getting started. . . . If Bitcoin is $10,000 per unit, why can't gold be $5,000, $10,000 or $15,000 per ounce? With the amount of dollars out there, it could easily be...Read More

David B. Collum is an economic commentator, chemist, Betty R. Miller Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Cornell University. He holds a PhD, Columbia University, MS, Columbia University, MA, Columbia University and BS, Cornell University.David B. Collum is an economic commentator, chemist, Betty R. Miller Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Cornell University. He holds a PhD,...Read More

We are in the midst of an all-out psychological war being waged to subjugate the people in the same manner as Adolf Hitler in order to impose this new Great Reset and redesign our world to surrender Continue...Read More

We have to keep our eyes on the biggereconomic cycle. It helps in maintaining a proper perspective, and putting moreemphasis on the bigger prize rather than the day to day movements.The historical relationship between silverand the stock market provides great insight as to where we are currently inthis cycle. Traditionally, the best part of silver rallies come after asignificant Dow peak.From prev...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday September 11 that are worth another look.Rio Tinto chief executive officer Jean-Sebastien Jacques and iron ore head Chris Salisbury are to step down following criticism over the miner's destruction of sacred Aboriginal caves in Pilbara, Western Australia.The...Read More