South Africa urgently needs to get investment back on the agenda, according to the deputy chairman of Anglo American South Africa. Speaking during the annual Mining Indaba in Cape Town, Norman Mbazima said that while South Africa may have one of the world's most endowed mining jurisdictions, it has not been able to bring this endowment to account. "We need to attract capital for South Africa's min...Read More

Investors Free Sign UpMember LoginBecome a MemberNews FeedsSubmit NewsEditor's PicksVideoPodcastsWine Down CornerCompaniesMarketplaceShop Aura Silver (TSXV: AUU) Reports Complete Significant Grab Sample Assay Results Taken Over Past Four Years on Greyhound Project, NUUp to 103 Grams Au per Tonne Manotick, Ontario - February 5, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) Aura Silver Res...Read More

Investors Free Sign UpMember LoginBecome a MemberNews FeedsSubmit NewsEditor's PicksVideoPodcastsWine Down CornerCompaniesMarketplaceShop Vatic (TSXV: VCV) (FSE: V8V) Qualifies for Graduation to Tier 2 of the TSX Venture Exchange Vancouver, British Columbia - February 5, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) Vatic Ventures Corp. (TSXV: VCV) (FSE: V8V) (the "Company" or "Vatic") i...Read More

Comex copper prices diverged from equity markets and returned to positive territory on Monday February 5, with the global environment remaining solid for the base metals group. Copper for March settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange gained 3.75 cents or 1.2% to $3.2250 per lb. The red metal dipped to a one-week low on Friday following a heavy selloff in equity markets...Read More

Teenagers already live in a dystopia. Their lives are controlled by the government and their parents. If legal adults were treated like American teenagers, that government would be considered one of the most oppressive on Earth.The government requires 6-16-year-olds to attend a government institution that subjects them to unconstitutional searches. Here, in public schools, they must ask permissio...Read More

Investors Free Sign UpMember LoginBecome a MemberNews FeedsSubmit NewsEditor's PicksVideoPodcastsWine Down CornerCompaniesMarketplaceShop Duran Ventures (TSXV: DRV) Signs Mineral Purchase Agreement for High Grade Copper Toronto, Ontario - February 5, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) Duran Ventures Inc. (TSXV: DRV) ("Duran" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the Co...Read More

Investors Free Sign UpMember LoginBecome a MemberNews FeedsSubmit NewsEditor's PicksVideoPodcastsWine Down CornerCompaniesMarketplaceShop From the Heart: Own Precious MetalsSource: Michael J. Ballanger for Streetwise Reports February 5, 2018 (Investorideas.com Newswire) Michael Ballanger discusses the latest developments in the precious metals sector.One of the things from which I occasionall...Read More

Base metals traded on the London Metal Exchange are off to a slightly negative start this week, posting an average loss of 0.4% this morning, Monday February 2. Nickel (-0.8%) is down the most, while tin (+0.3%) is the only base metal showing a gain.Volume has been fairly low with 4,947 lots traded as of 05.01 am London time.The downward pressure across the complex seems to be driven by a further...Read More

Investors Free Sign UpMember LoginBecome a MemberNews FeedsSubmit NewsEditor's PicksVideoPodcastsWine Down CornerCompaniesMarketplaceShop Copper Mine Developer Closes US$30M Financing, Secures Most of Equity Part of Capex, UIC Permit Process Takes Bit LongerSource: The Critical Investor for Streetwise Reports February 5, 2018 (Investorideas.com Newswire) The Critical Investor provides updates...Read More

When to Sell?The common thread running through the collective minds of present U.S. stock market investors goes something like this: A great crash is coming. But first there will be an epic run-up climaxing with a massive parabolic blow off top. Hence, to capitalize on the final blow off, investors must let their stock market holdings ride until the precise moment the market peaks - and not a...Read More

Investors Free Sign UpMember LoginBecome a MemberNews FeedsSubmit NewsEditor's PicksVideoPodcastsWine Down CornerCompaniesMarketplaceShop Escape from It All, With a Gold Mining Stock in ParadiseSource: Clive Maund for Streetwise Reports February 5, 2018 (Investorideas.com Newswire) Technical analyst Clive Maund charts a company developing a gold mine on Fiji.Lion One Metals Limited (LIO:TSX.V...Read More

Demand for flat steel will remain moderate in Turkey in February and price increases are unlikely because raw material prices are falling and end-user demand is unremarkable, market participants told Metal Bulletin.Metal Bulletin assessed the price of hot-rolled coil (HRC) at $630-635 per tonne ex-works on Friday February 2, down at the high end from $630-640 per tonne in the previous assessment b...Read More

CloseGain/LossGold $1336.30+$4.50Silver$16.70+$0.10XAU83.07-0.96%HUI185.80-1.19%GDM633.83-1.41%JSE Gold1200.17-28.72USD89.60+0.44Euro123.92-0.67Yen91.37+0.52Oil$64.15-$1.3010-Year2.731%-0.107T-Bond146.53125+1.75Dow24345.75-4.60%Nasdaq6967.53-3.78%S&P2648.94-4.10% The Metals: Gold gained $6.80 to $1338.60 in London before it drifted back towards unchanged in New York, but it then jumped to...Read More

With the Chinese economy slowing down and steel margins being squeezed by higher raw materials costs and lower finished steel prices, the prospects for 2018 do not exactly look rosy.But pressures on the domestic housing market are easing and industrial growth is still above 6%, so with the Chinese New Year just around the corner, it's probably best to wait until after the celebrations to...Read More

Gregory Mannarino started his financial career working for the securities and trading arm of the now defunct Bear Stearns before the dot-com bubble. He is an active trader of the capital markets and has published several books pertaining to finance, global economics, and equity trading; His most recent book is titled Ultimate Guide To Money and The Markets (free ebook). Gregory currently hosts a b...Read More

While investors are justifiably focused on what may be the opening crescendo of a long overdue sell-off in stocks, there is not, as of yet, as feverish a discussion of the parallel sell-offs in bonds and the U.S. dollar, which have been underway for at least a year and a half in bonds and 14 months for the dollar. I contend that this should be widely understood as the root causes of the jittery...Read More

Today was a bad day for the US stock market https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/04/us-st... Is this just a correction or is the next big stock market crash (finally) here? Read More

Source: Jack Chan for Streetwise Reports 02/05/2018 Technical analyst Jack Chan charts the latest movements in the gold and silver markets. -->Our proprietary cycle indicator is up.The gold sector is on a long-term buy signal. Long-term signals can last for months and years and are more suitable for investors holding for long term.Gold sector is on a short-term sell signal. Short-term signa...Read More

Import prices for re-rolling-grade hot-rolled coil in Vietnam widened upward over the past week amid steady demand.Metal Bulletin's assessment of HRC import prices in Southeast Asia - which mainly looks at Chinese 2-3mm SAE1006 HRC and equivalent grades sold into Vietnam - was $585-595 per tonne cfr for the week ended Monday February 5, widening upward by $2 per tonne from a week earlier.Some 10,0...Read More

By Ira EpsteinGold closes steady off but caught an after settlement bid as stock indices had a sharp sell-off.https://www.iraepstein.com/ Read More