Despite the paper price smashes in gold and silver this past week, tens of millions more Dollars worth of physical silver were still bought by the Sprott Physical Silver Trust (PSLV). So the PSLV bought the dip heavily and is almost up to 150 million total ounces of physical silver in the vault. An enormous increase since the silver short squeeze started back in February 2021. Commit to tipping us...Read More
Last week, the Federal Reserve announced it will maintain an interest rate target of zero to 0.25 percent for the rest of 2021. The Fed said it will also continue its monthly purchase of 120 billion dollars of Treasury and mortgage-backed securities.Some Fed board members are forecasting a rate increase by late 2022 or 2023, though with the rate still not reaching one percent. The Fed will neither...Read More
1. Bitcoin falls again, tests critical support. Bitcoin is falling again this morning. The catalyst for the weakness is due to China's crackdown on cryptocurrency mining. They have now extended the crackdown to the southwestern province of Sichuan. $COIN $MSTR $GBTC $ETHE2. The major market indexes are rebounding a little to start the week. The close will be important to see as the markets were sh...Read More
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Almost every tyranny being perpetrated by the U.S. government against the citizenry-purportedly to keep us safe and the nation secure-has come about as a result of some threat manufactured in one way or another by our own government.Continue...Read More
0:00:00 Welcome and context0:01:27 What is your background?0:04:50 What's happening in financial markets at the moment?0:07:25 What is the reflation?0:11:20 What emerging markets are you most focused on?0:13:21 How do you think through the current transition?0:18:44 What are your thoughts on precious metals?0:24:40 Can investors look at gold as an alternative currency?0:28:00 What are your thought...Read More
The buy and hold portfolio is a danger to your retirement's health. the time to get into a dynamically-managed strategy is now.Continue...Read More
I sat with Yahoo Finance's Zack Guzman and talked about bitcoin's sustainability issues, & what made me change my tune about crypto. 00:32 - Bitcoin sustainability issues03:00 - Fixing the Environmental Impact of BTC05:09 - Not owning BTC that is mined unsustainably06:10 - ESG Criteria for businesses07:40 - The impact of other cryptocurrencies08:41 - Ethereum10:21 - DeFi12:37 - Why I'm not into do...Read More
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On Thursday, Congress finally voted to end the war in Iraq, nearly 20 years after it began. Intermittent combat and even renewed wars were fought using the 2002 Iraq authorization. So, the vote to repeal the Continue...Read More
Tami Burages is pro-vaccine but couldn't stay silent any longer after her 13 year-old nephew died from heart inflammation only three days after his second jab.Continue...Read More
Likely expecting a softball interview on CNN Sunday, Joe Biden's national security advisor surprisingly found himself having to dodge questions about what action will be taken to pressure China Continue...Read More
Quebec Precious Metals Corp. reported that the Depository Trust Company rated its shares as DTC eligible for electronic clearing and settlement in the U.S. Canadian gold exploration company Quebec Precious Metals Corp. (QPM:TSX.V) today announced in a news release that "it has received confirmation from the Depository Trust Company (DTC) that its common shares are now eligible for electronic clea...Read More
Sector expert Michael Ballanger explains how recent statements by the Federal Reserve could prove hazardous to one's wealth. Federal Reserve BuildingIn the past week, precious metals investors, speculators and traders have been forced to apply all kinds of salves, balms and ointments to jangled nerves, rattled resolve and battered net worth statements, all directly the result of an unexpected shi...Read More
Westhaven Gold prepares a maiden resource on a district-scale property only 2.5 hours drive from Vancouver, B.C. Over the last 60 days, WHN stock price has risen from CA$0.53 to as high as CA$0.79 as the current drill program provides confirmation of a high-grade asset. On June 1, 2021, Westhaven Gold Corp. (WHN:TSX.V) announced results from its ongoing drill campaign at the 17,623-hectare Shovel...Read More
World manganese ore production will increase by 7.60 million tonnes (13%) in 2021, reflecting a post-pandemic recovery in production and new mining projects mainly in Africa and Australia, according to Eva Yang, China representative at the International Manganese Institute (IMnI). Speaking at the International Ferro-alloys and Mineral Products Summit held by Ferroalloy.net on Friday June 18, Yang...Read More
Recently, Gold and Silver have somewhat stalled after a fairly solid upside price trend in April and May 2021. Looking at the longer-term Weekly Silver chart, we believe Silver is ready to pounce with a big move higher.The second half of 2021 will welcome BASEL III (likely) and a renewed focus by the US Federal Reserve (and Global Central banks) working to contain inflationary aspects of the...Read More
Precious metals markets got absolutely slammed onThursday. The selling rout followedstatements put out by the Federal Reserve suggesting that tapering and ratehikes could come sooner than previously expected.The U.S. Dollar Index spiked on the Fed’s latest talkingpoints, prompting short sellers in the commodity futures markets to pounce. Copper and most other commodities also got hamme...Read More
Gold declined yesterday, or I shouldsay, it rushed down at breakneck speed. And while it might have been a surprisefor some, it wasn’t for me.However, we should stay alert to anypossible changes, as no market moves in a straight line. Tread carefully.On a side note, while I didn’t check itmyself (well, it’s impossible to read every article out there), based on thecorrespondence I...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Monday June 21 that are worth another look.Work is under way in Fredrikstad, Norway, to build a plant that will be key to electric vehicle (EV) transportation in Europe. The final touches are being made to Fredrikstad's Hydrovolt factory, a joint venture between aluminium producer Norsk Hydro and battery producer Northvolt that will recycl...Read More