Full Article: AS GOLD BREAKS OUT - THE WORLD IS ON THE PRECIPICEBy: Egon von GreyerzAs the world is standing on the precipice of a total breakdown, both economically and geopolitically, an obvious question is: "Where is the money coming from" to save the world from perdition. The same question was asked to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in the 1970s when he was starting a global spiritual project. Maha...Read More

By Steve St. AngeloThe U.S. gold exports to Hong Kong surged in February consuming nearly all of the domestic gold mine supply. According to the USGS recent Gold Mineral Industry Survey, February gold exports to Hong Kong more than doubled compared to the prior month. This was an interesting increase in gold demand from Hong Kong as the market price increased slightly month over month.Not on...Read More

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An overview of the battery raw materials markets and their price moves from the past week.Read More

LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England and European Central Bank will create a task force to keep markets orderly in the event of a “cliff edge” Brexit next March.The European Commission and Britain’s finance ministry said they had asked the two central banks to convene a working group on “risk management in the period around 30 March 2019 in the area of financial services&...Read More

Gold COT Report - FuturesLarge SpeculatorsCommercialTotalLongShortSpreadingLongShortLongShort225,80489,15854,354175,715337,515455,873481,027Change from Prior Reporting Period -11,48414,9391,8542,180-21,282-7,450-4,489Traders18785804455270185 Small Speculators LongShortOpen Interest 50,53725,383506,410 3,631670-3,819 non reportable positionsChange from the previous report...Read More

Back in 2005 a reporter took a tour of General Motors' headquarters, and in the resulting article one thing stood out: The executives and engineers the reporter interviewed were only modestly enthused about their sedans and sub-compacts. But they really liked talking about their expanded line of Hummers. Then oil spiked and gas prices hit records. And GM's bet on massive gas guzzlers blew up in...Read More

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SEOUL (Reuters) - North and South Korea made ambitious promises for peace on Friday, including to formally end the Korean War this year, but made only a vague commitment to “complete decentralization of the Korean peninsula” without specifics on how that key goal would be achieved.The declaration signed at the historic summit between the leaders of the two Koreas also did not mention s...Read More

Spot, battery-grade lithium carbonate prices continued to fall in China this week on thin buying activity, with buyers in no rush to buy ahead of the Labour Day holiday (April 29-May 1) and cautious given recent price declines.Chinese lithium carbonate battery-grade spot prices fall due to softer demand  Consumers of lithium carbonate battery-grade hold back on procuring material ahead of hol...Read More

By Nathan McDonaldHistoric. Simply historic. "We solemnly declare to our 80m Koreans and the world that there will no more war [sic] on the Korean peninsula and a new era of peace has begun." "It is our urgent historic assignment to put an end to this current abnormal state of ceasefire and establish a peace regime." "We have agreed to share a firm determination to open a new era in which all Ko...Read More

UAA stock is higher today, after a rare round of upbeat brokerage attentionThe shares of athleisure concern Under Armour Inc (NYSE:UAA) are surging this afternoon, as analysts wax optimistic ahead of the company's earnings next week. Stifel said upbeat results from sector peer Columbia Sportswear (COLM) bode well for Under Armour, and that heavy short interest presents a "trade opportunity" on UAA...Read More

By Avi Gilburt & Xenia TaoubinaFor those that have followed the long-term bond market, you have likely seen many analysts attempting to call the top to the market. And, many have even tried multiple times. However, through the years, bonds continued to chug higher and high.On June 27th, 2016, we sent out a major alert to our members entitled "Beware of Bonds Blowing Up." Yes, we took o...Read More

LONDON/NEW YORK/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - After bouncing up, falling down and keeping investors on the edges of their seats, bitcoin may be maturing into a period of relatively boring stability, experts say.A worldwide wave of regulation has led to a collapse in trading volumes. Cryptocurrency advertisements are disappearing from top internet pages, and bitcoin no longer dominates Google searches.As i...Read More

The gold miners' stocks have mostly been consolidating low this year, exacerbating bearish sentiment. Even with gold grinding higher in a solid uptrend and nearing a major upside breakout, the gold stocks just can't get any love. But that may be about to change, with gold and its miners' stocks in the midst of their spring rally. Strong seasonal tailwinds make May one of the best months of...Read More

S shares are set for their highest close since NovemberSprint Corp (NYSE:S) shares are up 8.3% today at $6.50, after Reuters reported the company is finalizing a merger deal with T-Mobile (TMUS). This is the second time this month the stock has rallied on such news, jumping over 17% back on April 10. Options traders apparently think even more upside could be coming, based on today's intraday tradi...Read More

- Gold mining shares require timing and are speculative- Gold mining: "maximising risk, while minimising reward"- Gold mining is increasingly complicated, difficult & much riskier- Easier, more cost efficient and safer to buy physical gold than mining stocks- "If your strategy is buy and hold, or buy and forget, go for the metal, not the miners"- Owning allocated and segregated gold is a hedge...Read More

Bix Weir has 30 years' experience in the financial industry with various fortune 500 companies. He is the creator of the "Road to Roota Theory" and his commentary is published at www.RoadtoRoota.com. Bix has dedicated his efforts over the last 15 years to exposing the long term manipulation of the gold and silver markets. He has worked closely with the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee helping to p...Read More

As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best informationIf trade wars and actual shooting wars (Syria, Yemen) weren't enough for the world economy to worry about, pressuring stock markets and threatening to derail robust global economic growth, there is another elephant in the room looking to stomp on traders, investors and everyday consumers, and that is a curr...Read More

WASHINGTON, April 27 (Reuters) - The U.S. economy slowed in the first quarter as consumer spending grew at its weakest pace in nearly five years, but the setback is likely temporary against the backdrop of a tightening labor market and large fiscal stimulus.Gross domestic product increased at a 2.3 percent annual rate, the Commerce Department said in its snapshot of first-quarter GDP on Friday, al...Read More