It's sad to see what the Mecca of bodybuilding has turned into. I feel for the people of the community that have to live among these conditions and still deal with the high rent. Read More

"Blockchain technology will enhance traditional store-of-value assets by making them more liquid, secure, and inexpensive to own and transfer. We're looking forward to seeing the creative DeFi use cases for the products Aurus will bring to the Elrond mainnet."Continue...Read More

Bill Murphy is a financial commentator and the chairman and director of the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee (GATA), which was founded as a result of Murphy's essays on collusion among large financial institutions to suppress the price of precious metals. He also runs a paid subscription service called Le Metropole Cafe. Murphy believes the price of gold is artificially low and has spent years lob...Read More

The CPI surged 5.4% in June, but Powell still sees inflation as transitory. For now, gold has risen under the dovish Fed’s wing amid higher inflation.Did you think that 5% was high inflation? Or that inflation has already peaked? Wrong! Inflation rose even further in June, although it was already elevated in May. Indeed, the consumer price index surged 0.9% in the last month, following a 0.6...Read More

For the past two years at this juncture, the Precious Metals Sector has risen sharply in a month-long up cycle for Silver and with the high inflation expectations going forward a similar ramp up for the Precious Metals Sector is a real possibility. Inflation ExpectationsAccording to the New York Fed’s Survey of Consumer Expectations:the under-40 crowd expects inflation to hit 3.8% a year fro...Read More

The ECB adopts a new inflation target. Is the European Central Bank mimicking the Fed or doing its own thing? The revolution in central banking is spreading. Following the Fed, the European Central Bank has also modified its target. Last week, after an 18-months review of its monetary policy framework, the ECB published a statement on its monetary policy strategy, deciding to change its goal from...Read More

Smartinvestors are preparing to profit from a supply squeeze in an $18-billionmarket.So,what’s a supply squeeze?Simple:When the supply of something goes DOWN at the same time demand for it goesUP... Asupply squeeze triggers.Whenthat happens, you can potentially make more in a short time than you wouldnormally make over a lifetime.Forexample, it just happened with lumber.Thecoronavirus shut d...Read More

Major commodity shortages all over the globe arewreaking havoc in the markets...and driving up prices of goods for consumers. Most recently, a widespread shortage in the lumbermarket has generated a great deal of attention due to the impact this shortageis having on the price of home renovations and new home construction. A global shortage of microchips is having a dramaticimpact on the electronic...Read More

Gold’s days in a glamorous apartmentat the top of the PMs’ building are numbered. We’d better prepare for a rapidelevator ride to the first floor.TheGold Miners With the gold miners essentially runninglaps on the treadmill, the HUIIndex, the GDX ETF, and the GDXJ ETF are working extremely hard but makinglittle progress. And with the gambit resulting in ‘one step forward,&nb...Read More

The U.S. Dollar recently corrected upward but now appears ready to continue its move downward and this should light a fire under the price of Silver and see it undergo a 30-day run to around $38 per troy ounce as illustrated in the chart below.  ConclusionThere is a regular cycle for Silver to rise that starts now and extends until August 11th. The last time that Silver entered that cycle was...Read More

The latest FOMC minutes were… mixed. The discussion between hawks and doves continues giving gold no comfort. Who will gain the upper hand?Yesterday, the FOMC published the minutes from its last meeting in June. Investors who counted on some clear clues are probably disappointed, as the minutes can please both hawks and doves. Indeed, the report showed that the Fed officials are divided on...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday July 16 that are worth another look.Flat-rolled steel import prices increased in South America during the week ended July 16 amid higher freight rates from China and the first deals for September-shipment cargoes of Brazilian and Japanese origin,...Read More

With the FED increasingly hawkish andthe USDX rising from the ashes, don’t be fooled by the recent upswing in gold.The bears are getting ready.With the reflation trade getting cut offat the knees, the only asset class not feeling the pain is U.S. equities.However, while shorts capitulate and send the U.S. 10-Year Treasury higher (andthe yield lower), the flattening of the U.S. yield curve sc...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday July 16 that are worth another look.Flat-rolled steel import prices increased in South America during the week ended July 16 amid higher freight rates from China and the first deals for September-shipment cargoes of Brazilian and Japanese origin,...Read More

Access our research platformsSign-in to our platforms to access our extensive research, our latest insight, data and analytics and to connect to our industry experts.Proposed changes to Chile’s mining royalty regime will not have a drastic impact on the country’s production landscape in the near-term.However, analysis from global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk c...Read More

RAPAPORT... Alrosa's second-quarter diamond revenues exceeded pre-pandemic levels as strong demand and limited supply supported the market. Rough and polished sales increased to $1.18 billion for the period ending June 30, compared with $87 million a year earlier, the Russian miner reported Friday. The figure was 46% higher than in the same quarter of 2019."Demand for rough diamonds outs...Read More

RAPAPORT... Sharp growth at Richemont's jewelry and watch brands buoyed the luxury company's revenues in the first fiscal quarter amid a strong recovery in the US market. Proceeds from the group's jewelry maisons - Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, and Buccellati - surged 132% to EUR 2.52 billion ($2.97 billion) in the three months ending June 30, the company said last week. Sales rose 38% com...Read More

RAPAPORT... India's polished-diamond exports registered their eighth consecutive year-on-year increase as the market continued to rebound, according to recent data from the country's Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC). Shipments more than doubled to $2 billion in June 2021 versus $898.3 million a year earlier, when the Covid-19 crisis was still affecting the sector. Rough im...Read More

RAPAPORT... US retail sales rose in June as the economy continued to reopen and consumers were eager to go out and shop, the National Retail Federation (NRF) said. Revenue grew 0.6% month on month and jumped 18% compared to the same period last year, according to data the US Census Bureau reported last week. "We're continuing to see an impressive recovery," said NRF chief economist Jack Klein...Read More

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