Technical analyst Clive Maund states that both COTs and the silver-to-gold ratio are at record extremes.We now have the most bullish setup for silver that we have ever seen. After trading sideways/down for over 20 months now, investors have completely lost interest in it, which is, of course, the perfect breeding ground for a huge rally that seems to come out of nowhere. As we will proceed to see,...Read More

Chart NotAvailableSymbol DataSymbolCurrencyASX:KINAUDDescriptionKin Mining are a gold focused junior near-term producerLogin or Subscribe to access Don's SummaryAlert me when stock is updatedQuick LinksLogin to accessGeneral DetailsFinancial04/08/2018LastAnalysisDataCurrent DataChangeItemValueValueUpdatedValueMkt. Cap (FD):$51.49M$51.49M04/08/2018$0.00MTotal Assets:$13.05M$13.05M04/08/2018$0.00MTo...Read More

By Steve St. AngeloAs the U.S. and global oil industry continues to disintegrate under the weight increased debt and the Falling EROI - Energy Returned On Investment, analysts are still suggesting that solar and wind power are the solution to our energy problems. While there are many good reasons solar and wind can't provide us with the necessary energy needs in the future, the most import one...Read More

Chart NotAvailableSymbol DataSymbolCurrencyASX:CDTAUDDescriptionCastle Minerals Ltd are a junior, project generator looking for goldLogin or Subscribe to access Don's SummaryAlert me when stock is updatedQuick LinksLogin to accessGeneral DetailsFinancial04/08/2018LastAnalysisDataCurrent DataChangeItemValueValueUpdatedValueMkt. Cap (FD):$4.20M$4.20M04/08/2018$0.00MTotal Assets:$0.84M$0.84M04/08/201...Read More

. . . And a season for every activity under the heavens. So too, a time for the bull and a time for the bear and it would seem we are in for a change of the seasons. A change of that nature is not a one day affair, but is spread over time. We are well aware of the changes of day and night as these happen visibly and according to the cycle of our activities as informed by our watches. Yet, even usi...Read More

By Ed Steer07 April 2018 -- SaturdayYESTERDAY in GOLD, SILVER, PLATINUM and PALLADIUM The gold price was up about seven bucks or so by around 9:20 a.m. China Standard Time on their Friday morning, but at that moment, the dollar index was turned higher -- and gold turned lower. By shortly before 9 a.m. BST in London, the price was down a bit over four dollars. It didn't do a lot until about...Read More

Four fast figures facts:?- As depicted above in the Scoreboard through these first 14 weeks of 2018, gold's weekly closes have been tightly arrayed between 1314 and 1349. That's all: a range of 35 points, (or +2.7% from low-to-high). Thus price sits tight despite so many plights from tariffs and thievery to a stock market ever so shivery.?- The S&P 500 this year has twice closed weeks in the 280...Read More

By John MauldinThe Best of TimesDashed SurplusGrowth Is the CureThe Great ResetCharlotte, Fort Lauderdale, Chicago, and RaleighThe future is tantalizing because it is both unknown and unknowable. At best, we can make educated guesses about tomorrow or next year. Sometimes, it's actually hard to understand what happened in the past, much less to chart how the future might unfold.The problem is th...Read More

When an entity needs to borrow ever-greater amounts of money to survive, the markets - that is, the people who are being asked to lend the money Continue...Read More

By Steve St. AngeloAs the U.S. and global oil industry continues to disintegrate under the weight increased debt and the Falling EROI - Energy Returned On Investment, analysts are still suggesting that solar and wind power are the solution to our energy problems. While there are many good reasons solar and wind can't provide us with the necessary energy needs in the future, the most import one...Read More

"Something strange has been happening in precious metals lately...even as the paper market internals have increasingly predicted the opposite..."by John Rubino of Dollar CollapseSomething strange has been happening in precious metals lately. Gold has been doing a lot better than silver, even as the paper market internals have increasingly predicted the opposite. The result is a gold/silver ratio t...Read More

"The spread of bogus stories about the use of chlorine and other poisonous substances by (Syrian) government forces continues. Yet another such fabricated pieceContinue...Read More

"Many dead, including women and children, in mindless CHEMICAL attack in Syria. Area of atrocity is in lockdown and encircled by Syrian Army, making it completely inaccessible"Continue...Read More

Readers know that I have beaten this drum all too often. Gold's major fundamental driver is declining or negative real rates. ThereContinue...Read More

RAPAPORT... Sotheby's will auction two flawless white diamonds weighingover 50 carats each, estimated at a combined price of more than $15 million. The first is a round brilliant-cut, 51.71-carat stone,estimated at $8.2 million to $9.5 million, while the second is an oval-shaped, 50.39-caratdiamond, with an estimated price of $7.3 million to $8 million. Both stones areD color, flawless, type IIa a...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Organizers of the Bharat Diamond Week at the Bharat Diamond Bourse (BDB) in Mumbai, India, are gearing up for the inaugural show which takes place from April 23-25. And ahead of the international diamond week, preparations are in full swing for a cricket tournament that will be taking place from April 8-15, in the run-up to the Bharat Diamond Week.   "There is a carnival atmos...Read More

RAPAPORT... Eli Avidar will step down as managing director of the IsraelDiamond Exchange (IDE) to pursue a career in politics. The IDE chief chose not to continue in his position as head ofthe bourse, which he has held since January 2016, and will leave shortly, hetold Rapaport News Sunday. He will also resign as managing director ofthe Israel Diamond Institute (IDI). The former diplomat plans to...Read More

RAPAPORT... Hong Kong'spolished-diamond imports jumped in 2017, recent data from the municipality'strade body showed. Shipments into thecenter rose 9% to $18.93 billion in 2017, according to data from the DiamondFederation of Hong Kong, China. By volume, imports grew 3% to 19.5 million caratsfor the year, while the average price climbed 6% to $971 per carat. Polished imports from India increased 1...Read More

RAPAPORT... A blue diamond ring and a jadeite bracelet both failed tofind buyers at Sotheby's Hong Kong auction.Most notable of the unsold lots from the April 3 sale was a14.18-carat, fancy blue, VVS2-clarity diamond ring, surrounded by pinkdiamonds, which was estimated at $6 million to $7.7 million.A jadeite bangle - known as the "Circle of Heaven" -with an estimate of $10.2 million to $12.8 mill...Read More

The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes rejected a motion introduced by BSG Resources to throw out a final report that ruled out the existence of forged signatures in documents pertaining the Simandou iron ore project in Guinea.The information was made public by The Wall Street Journal, whose journalists had access to a procedural order.BSGR, the mining arm of billionaire Be...Read More