LONDON (Reuters) - A surge in U.S. short-term bank funding costs, traditionally a key gauge of stress, has grabbed the attention of investors who are trying to assess whether it has wider ramifications for international markets.The three-month London interbank offered rate (Libor) USD3MFSR= has risen rapidly, with its premium above the overnight index swap (OIS) USD3MOIS= hitting 58 basis points o...Read More

Dubious Picks Unless this is part of another cunning negotiation tactic, the Donald's recent cabinet nominations have to be considered highly dubious, to say the least. First he promoted Mike Pompeo from his CIA post to the position of Secretary of State - removing the eminently reasonable, and as we believe widely underappreciated Rex Tillerson. Pompeo is mainly known for sharing Trump's irration...Read More

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) - With the U.S. economy now at or near the Federal Reserve’s goals of full employment and 2-percent inflation, the U.S. central bank should continue raising interest rates gradually over the next couple of years, a Fed policymaker said on Friday.“If the economy evolves roughly as I suspect, I will likely support further increases over the course of the year,&...Read More

SPX, Quo Vadis? Considering the Crash Potential In view of the fact that the stock market action has gotten a bit out of hand again this week, we are providing a brief update of charts we have discussed in these pages over the past few weeks (see e.g. "The Flight to Fantasy"). We are doing this mainly because the probability that a low probability event will actually happen has increased somewhat...Read More

 CloseGain/LossOn WeekGold $1345.70+$17.40+2.44%Silver$16.53+$0.14+1.22%XAU81.50+2.66%+3.56%HUI176.86+3.01%+3.33%GDM616.94+2.55%+3.08%JSE Gold1131.26+41.30+7.65%USD89.45-0.33-0.84%Euro123.56+0.45+0.56%Yen95.70+0.61+1.46%Oil$65.88+$1.58+5.68%10-Year2.812%-0.009-1.16%Bond145.00+0.25-0.32%Dow23533.20-1.77%-5.67%Nasdaq6992.67-2.43%-6.54%S&P2588.26-2.10%-5.95%  The Metals: Gold...Read More

"The drums of war are beating louder, and louder, and louder."Read the latest articles at Peak Prosperity: https://www.peakprosperity.com/Christopher Martenson is a former American biochemical scientist. Currently he is a writer and trend forecaster interested in macro trends regarding the economy, energy composition and environment. He is the founder of PeakProsperity.com. As one of the early eco...Read More

By David SmithIt's a safe bet that most readers of this column who hold physical precious metals - gold, silver, platinum and palladium - do so because they view them as a store of value. Gold and silver especially, have served in the role of honest money for at least five millennia.With a melting point 700 degrees higher than gold, the Spaniards weren't able to determine how to utilize platinum...Read More

BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China urged the United States on Friday to “pull back from the brink” as President Donald Trump’s plans for tariffs on up to $60 billion in Chinese goods moved the world’s two largest economies closer to a trade war.The escalating tensions sent shivers through financial markets as investors foresaw dire consequences for the global economy if tra...Read More

Barrick Gold Corp, the world's largest producer of bullion, cut the 2017 compensation for its top two executives to reflect a challenging "shareholder experience" and operations at some mines.Shares in the Canadian miner declined 15 percent last year, even as the price of gold gained 11 percent. In 2017 Barrick had a third cyanide spill in 18 months at its Veladero mine in Argentina and struggled...Read More

Some producers of hot-dipped galvanized coil (HDG) in Turkey reduced their prices this week amid weak demand in the domestic and export markets.Domestic pricesOne Northern Turkish producer was offering 0.50mm gauge HDG at $830 per tonne ex-works this week, while a second producer in the same region was offering similar product at $890-900 per tonne ex-works.A Southern Turkish producer was offering...Read More

By Jordan Roy-Byrne CMT, MFTA Gold has firmed above $1300 in recent days and is holding comfortably above $1300 for now. We think the market will break to the upside sometime this year. The question is when. Here are 3 things to watch that will tell us if Gold is on the cusp of that break-out soon or later. First, keep your eye on Gold's close at the end of next week. It's not only the end of...Read More

Topics:-Showmanship or Trader War?-Implications for the Dollar, Gold & Currencies-Portfolio ImplicationsAxel Merk is the Founder, President, Portfolio Manager, and CIO at Merk Investments LLC. He is an expert on qualitative research and macroeconomic trends. Mr. Merk is also an expert on macro trends, hard money, international investing, and on building sustainable wealth, and he is a pioneer in t...Read More

LONDON (Reuters) - The threat of a global trade war sent stock markets sliding and investors rushing for the safety of currencies like the yen and government bonds on Friday, after U.S. President Donald Trump announced tariffs on up to $60 billion of Chinese goods.Another bruising week for stocks has left global equity markets heading for their first quarterly loss since early 2016 after a spike i...Read More

Bob Moriarty of 321 Gold profiles a silver explorer that has changed direction and is finding drilling success. Silver Bull's Sierra Mojada ProjectI wrote about Silver Bull Resources Inc. (SVB:TSX; SVBL:NYSE.MKT) back in November. The stock was unloved and hovering at $0.11 a share. I suggested potential investors watch for news releases because the company has totally changed direction. Since th...Read More

Following a community outcry, Aben Resources (TSX-V: ABN) and Eagle Plains Resources (TSX-V: EPL) decided to suspend their planned drill program at the Chico Gold Project, which is located 125 kilometres east of La Ronge, Saskatchewan.The program, which consists of 1,200 to 2,000 metres of drilling in some four or five holes at various locations, had all the required permits and started to be cond...Read More

Chart NotAvailableSymbol DataSymbolCurrencyASX:BARAUDDescriptionBarra Resources Ltd. are a junior, project generator looking for goldLogin or Subscribe to access Don's SummaryAlert me when stock is updatedQuick LinksLogin to accessGeneral DetailsFinancial03/22/2018LastAnalysisDataCurrent DataChangeItemValueValueUpdatedValueMkt. Cap (FD):$22.18M$20.98M03/22/2018$-1.19MTotal Assets:$8.46M$8.47M03/22...Read More

Gold COT Report - FuturesLarge SpeculatorsCommercialTotalLongShortSpreadingLongShortLongShort223,88275,151102,004173,307340,577499,193517,732Change from Prior Reporting Period -10,5498,66819,29111,703-9,83720,44518,122Traders17890965160278205 Small Speculators LongShortOpen Interest 46,30627,767545,499 -1,70861518,737 non reportable positionsChange from the previous repo...Read More

Some flat steel prices in Turkey's domestic and import markets went down slightly this week, although export prices were unchanged despite weak demand, market participants told Metal Bulletin on Friday March 23.Local producers were fully booked until June.Domestic pricesHot-rolled coil (HRC) producers in Turkey have been offering material at $665-670 per tonne ex-works for late-May and early-June...Read More

Vancouver, British Columbia - April 24, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) Pan Global Resources Inc. (TSXV: PGZ) ("Pan Global" or the "Company") is pleased to announce it has exercised its option to acquire an undivided 70% equity interest in Minera Aguila, S.L., a Spanish company which has been granted 2 mineral exploration licenses covering an area of 9,946 hectares, and has appl...Read More

Massachusetts courts have had a bad year.A Massachusetts lab technician, Sonja Farak, came to work high every day for 8 years. Well technically, sometimes she arrived sober but was soon high as a kite.She worked in a lab that tested drugs confiscated from arrested suspects. Of course, she wasn’t supposed to personally test the drugs… that was what the lab equipment was for.In 2014...Read More