Gold and its miners' stocks have proven rare bastions of strength during recent weeks' market carnage. They are powering considerably higher while nearly everything else burns. The markets' major sentiment shift is accelerating a young gold upleg, which ought to grow much larger as speculators and investors continue returning. Their collective gold positioning remains very low, making for abundant...Read More

The Chinese were the first civilization to use coal.Archaeological evidence shows the black rock being used in China over 6,000 years ago.Coal was key in enabling the Chinese to develop sophisticated economic, political, and cultural systems. And it continued to fuel China for millennia.Public pressure to reduce carbon emissions has increased in the past few decades. And as a result, China has mad...Read More

 CloseGain/LossGold $1229.10-$4.90Silver$14.45-$0.25XAU64.70-0.71%HUI144.02-0.43%GDM529.83-0.10%JSE Gold1166.01-47.57USD96.61+0.26Euro113.85-0.35Yen89.06-0.36Oil$67.04-$0.5510-Year3.088%+0.009T-Bond139.28125-0.15625Dow24442.92-0.99%Nasdaq7050.29-1.63%S&P2641.25-0.66%  The Metals: Gold dropped $6.30 to $1227.70 in London and spiked down to $1224.50 in early afternoon New Yor...Read More

After a long, initially-successful run promoting European integration and mass immigration, German Chancellor Angela Merkel saw the bottom fall out of her political fortunes this year. This morning she stepped down as leader of the formerly-dominant Christian Democrat party and promised not run again when her term as Chancellor ends in 2021.What happens next is almost certain to be chaotic, as t...Read More

Colorado Springs, Oct. 29, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via NEWMEDIAWIRE -- Gold Resource Corporation (NYSE American: GORO) (the "Company") today announced the timing of its 2018 third quarter earnings conference call scheduled for Wednesday, October 31, 2018. Gold Resource Corporation is a gold and silver producer, developer and explorer with operations in Oaxaca, Mexico and Nevada, USA. The...Read More

TECHNICAL SCOOPCharts and commentary by David ChapmanPhone: 416-523-5454 Email: david@davidchapman.comdchapman@enrichedinvesting.comTwitter: @Davcha12October 29, 2018"There are very few instances in history when any government has ever paid off debt." Walter Wriston, Chairman & CEO, Citicorp, 1967-1984 "Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt." Herbert Hoover, U.S. presi...Read More

By Frank HolmesStrengths? The best performing metal this week was palladium, up 2.16 percent as hedge funds boost their net long position to a 7-month high on supply concerns. Traders and analysts in the weekly Bloomberg survey were the most bullish in a month as gold heads for its highest price since mid-July. The yellow metal was up for a fourth straight week, the longest run o...Read More

Listen to the Podcast Audio: Click HereMike Gleason: It is my privilege now to welcome in Greg Weldon, CEO and president of Weldon Financial. Greg has over three decades of market research and trading experience, specializing in the metals and commodity markets, and his close connection with the metals led him to author a book back in 2006, titled Gold Trading Boot Camp, where he accurately pred...Read More

By Larry LaBordeThe first part of home storage is just basic home security. Your home does not have to be a fortress but it needs to have better security than the other homes in your neighborhood so that criminals just pick another one. The obvious ones are: Lock your doors and windows at all times.(Sounds simple but you would be amazed how many burglars just walk right in.)Motion detectio...Read More

By Keith WeinerThere is a popular notion, at least among American libertarians and gold bugs. The idea is that people will one day "get woke", and suddenly realize that the dollar is bad / unbacked / fiat / unsound / Ponzi / other countries don't like it / . When they do, they will repudiate it. That is, sell all their dollars to buy consumer goods (i.e. hyperinflation), gold, and/or whatever ot...Read More

By Avi GilburtAs I read much of the commentary being pushed around the internet now, we see generally see a broad range: on one end there are perma-bears calling for the mother of all market crashes, and on the other are those who are pounding the table about the fundamentals of the market still being strong, which should keep us quite bullish for the long term.Doesn't it amaze you that there is...Read More

Cranbrook, B.C., October 29th, 2018: Taiga Gold Corp (CSE:TGC) ("Taiga") has recently received a $75,000 cash payment from option partner SGO Mining Inc. ("SGO"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of SSR Mining Inc. (formerly Silver Standard Resources Inc.) (TSX: SSRM) (NASDAQ: SSRM) pursuant to an option agreement relating to the Fisher Property, owned 100% by Taiga. SGO is in the third year of a five-...Read More

I've presented this chart before, with a bull-market target at 27,251. If the Dow had gotten within 5-10 points of this Hidden Pivot and begun to fall, I'd have treated the weakness as the almost certain beginning of a major bear market. What happened instead was that buyers sputtered out 300 points shy of the target. Initially, this led me to expect one last charge higher. But with the shar...Read More

Michael Maloney is a precious metals investment expert and historian. He is the founder and owner of GoldSilver.com, a global leader in gold and silver sales/storage and one of the world's most highly regarded investment education companies. He is author of the highest selling precious metals investment book of all time, Rich Dad's Advisors: Guide to Investing In Gold and Silver. In addition, Mr....Read More

Investor Jim Rogers discusses the implications a trade war between the U.S. and China could have on the Melt Up. Jim Rogers co-founded the Quantum Fund with George Soros in 1973, helping to steer the fund to a 4200% return before "retiring" at age 37. He is considered to be one of the greatest investors of all time. Rogers has made two record-setting journeys - once by motorcycle and once by car -...Read More

Chris Whalen, publisher of the Institutional Risk Analyst and financial industry expert, stops by the office to discuss the economy, credit and the Fed. @rcwhalen1:22 The banks, as safe as a house?6:51 A tightening Fed and profits10:55 Rising credit costs coming down the pike6:48 Leveraged loans, then and now20:04 Goodbye, wealth effectJames "Jim" Grant is an American writer and publisher and the...Read More

Rick Rule, founder and chairman of Sprott Global Resource Investments Ltd., began his career in the securities business in 1974. He is a leading American retail broker specializing in mining, energy, water utilities, forest products and agriculture. His company has built a national reputation on taking advantage of global opportunities in the oil and gas, mining, alternative energy, agriculture, f...Read More

In July 1996, flight TWA 800 exploded in mid-air, 12 minutes after taking off from JFK International Airport in New York. All 230 passengers on board were killed.Continue...Read More

Large companies are failing to protect your privacy and the sanctity of your personal data. Attorney Chris Ayers believes that it's time for an Internet Bill of Rights that will force companies to secure your data and restrict their ability to profit off it. He's not as concerned with big social media platforms barring diverse thought, as he doesn't think the government should be controlling conte...Read More

The great Chinese growth slowdown has been proceeding in stages for the past two years. The reason is simple. Much of China's "growth" (about 25% of the total) has consisted Continue...Read More