Welcome to the first work week of the government shutdown!(That is, unless you're one of the 850,000 “non-essential” government employees being furloughed.)If the government shutdown keeps you from going to work today, it might be a great day to check out my Big Book of Income - which gives you 47 work-free ways to generate some extra income on the side.You can see how to get your free...Read More

Here are some startling statistics for you to think about: Every 66 seconds, someone in the United States is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.Today, more than 5 million Americans suffer from Alzheimer's disease, and millions more will be diagnosed in the years to come. Alzheimer's kills more than breast and prostate cancers combined. It is the sixth-biggest killer in this country.Just think abou...Read More

If you are married and between the ages of 55 and 70, there's a 50% chance either you or your spouse is developing Alzheimer's disease right now. With a single diagnosis, you could join the 5.4 million Americans who are suffering from the mind-wasting disease.It sounds grim, I know. But there is hope. In fact, one company may have figured out how to actually stop the disease in its tracks.If it wo...Read More

Gold takes off to the upside.The dollar is making gold more precious.Silver has not participated, yet.The silver/gold ratio is creeping higher - a danger signal?Silver - always expect the unexpected.At the beginning of December gold was under intense selling pressure. The dollar was mounting an attempt at a recovery, and the historical inverse relationship between the U.S. currency and the yellow...Read More

Bitcoin and its cousins threaten money, banking, and government control.The attack on fiat currencies.A decade of liquidity and accommodation gave birth to a baby crypto that is growing into a force.Central banks are the world's largest gold holders.Comfort for naked currencies as a weapon.I have been thinking a lot about the digital currency revolution over recent months as I continue to kick mys...Read More

This item is part of Stockwatch's value added news feed and is only available to Stockwatch subscribers.Here is a sample of this item:by Stockwatch Business ReporterThe TSX Venture Exchange climbed 18.14 points to 898.58 Monday. Timothy McCunn's Percy Street Capital Corp. (PSC) plans to acquire Peter Abboud's Livewell Foods Canada Inc. as a qualifying transaction. Percy Street will issue shares to...Read More

This item is part of Stockwatch's value added news feed and is only available to Stockwatch subscribers.Here is a sample of this item:by Stockwatch Business ReporterNew York spot gold rose $2.50 to $1,333.10 on Monday. The TSX Venture Exchange added 18.14 points to 898.58 while the TSX Gold Index lost 0.56 point to 197.08. Torex Gold Resources Inc. (TXG) led Canadian gold miners lower today, dropp...Read More

This item is part of Stockwatch's value added news feed and is only available to Stockwatch subscribers.Here is a sample of this item:by Will PurcellThe diamond and specialty minerals stocks box score for Monday was an 89-89-113 draw. The TSX Venture Exchange gained 18 points to 898 while polished diamond prices edged lower. Sheldon Inwentash's Gratomic Inc. (GRAT) gained four cents to 22 cents on...Read More

The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Tuesday January 23.Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange closed in positive territory on Monday January 22 due to continued support from the weaker dollar. Read more in our live futures report.Here are how prices looked at the end of the day on Monday.Chinese ferro-silicon prices have dropped for a third week in a r...Read More

Toronto-based PJX Resources announced it has acquired an option to earn 100% interest in the Gold Shear property, located 29 km southwest of Cranbrook, British Columbia.According to a corporate press release, the property hosts the high-grade David gold occurrence and is adjacent to PJX's Eddy property.Historical data from the provincialMinistry of Energy Mines and Petroleum revealed that gold was...Read More

New Areva announced today it has been renamed Orano. New Areva comprises Areva's nuclear fuel cycle activities that remained after the spin-off and subsequent sale of its reactor business. New NP - Areva's former reactor business - was renamed Framatome earlier this month. Orano is focused on nuclear materials development and waste management and its activities encompass uranium mining, conversio...Read More

Sweden's Radiation Safety Authority (SSM) today submitted a positive opinion to the government on Svensk K??rnbr??nslehantering AB's (SKB's) application to build a repository for used nuclear fuel, together with a plant to encapsulate the fuel prior to disposal. However, the Land and Environment Court in Stockholm has called for further documentation on the copper capsules in which the fuel will b...Read More

The three-month copper price on the London Metal Exchange plummeted over 2% at the close on Tuesday January 23 after on-warrant stocks hit their highest since October 20, 2017. Copper prices hit their 2018 low at $6,914.50 earlier today following the delivery of 40,000 tonnes of copper into LME warehouses, with the majority of the stock into Busan while 8,100 tonnes was re-warranted across Asian l...Read More

Comex copper prices fell to a one-month low on Tuesday January 23 morning in the US on the back of increased supply.Copper for March settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange fell 7.05 cents or 2.2% to $3.1380 per lb. Copper on-warrant stock levels on the London Metal Exchange are now at their highest since October 20, 2017, after today's delivery. Over 40,000 tonne...Read More

Bob Moriarty ArchivesJan 23, 2018Niobium is one of those magic metals vital to the manufacture of stainless steel, blades for jet engines, pipelines and superconductor magnets. Most people know little about the metal. Including me. So when the management of Plato Gold (PGC-V) contacted me and wanted to advertise, I had to bone up on the metal. I'd heard of it but I didn’t know much about it....Read More

The point is going up against the rich and powerful is known to be a losing proposition ... for most, but not ALL, of the time, The tide has now turned when it comes to serious sexual harassment issues. The scandal took decades to surface. And, in my opinion, the same is going to be the case for the biggest financial market scandal in US history, that being the wrongful suppression of the gold/sil...Read More

Metal Bulletin Research topped the base metals leaderboard in the Apex fourth-quarter 2017 contest, with an accuracy rating of 99.35%. Click on the image below to download the full report. Bunk Muscat's Ajit S Mauskar was second in the base metals table with an accuracy rating of 98.88%, Casper Burgering of ABN Amro was third with 98.66%. SP Angel's John Meyer and Sergey Raevskiy were fourth with...Read More

Stewart Thomsonemail: stewart@gracelandupdates.comemail: stewart@gracelandjuniors.comemail:stewart@gutrader.comJan 23, 2018The good news for gold keeps flowing, with institutions around the world stepping up to the buy window ever-more frequently. They are clearly embracing gold as a key portfolio holding for the long term. The bottom line: institutional respect for gold as a portfolio diversifier...Read More

Chrome ore and charge chrome import prices rose in China on Friday January 19 amid tight supply after mills failed to secure sufficient alloy supply for their steel-making needs, while domestic prices rose on New Year stockpiling. Ore and alloy prices continued to propel each other in ChinaFurther price strength predicted amid new round of stockpiling before Lunar New YearJapanese, South Korean p...Read More

Global ferro-vanadium markets experienced sharp gains once again this past week, with supply concerns continuing to support prices....Read More