DUBAI, Dec 31 (Reuters) - The Qatar central bank's international reserves and foreign currency liquidity rose slightly in November, official data showed on Sunday, as capital outflows caused by sanctions imposed by other Arab states appeared to ease.The reserves and liquidity, a measure of the central bank's ability to support the riyal currency, increased to $36.9 billion last month from $36.1 bi...Read More

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By Sinead CarewDec 29 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks are expected to keep rising in 2018 because a massive drop in the corporate tax rate is seen boosting the economy and corporate profits, but strategists say sizable gains could either be short-lived or elusive.The bull market is on track to mark its ninth birthday in March, with the S&P 500 climbing 20 percent for 2017 - its biggest increase since...Read More

Street protests hit Iran for a third day running on Saturday, spreading to the capital Tehran with crowds confronting police and attacking some state buildings, and a social media report said two demonstrators had been shot dead in a provincial town.Read full newsRead 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 gained $7.80 to $1,302.50 on Friday. The TSX Venture Exchange rose 8.48 points to 850.72 while the TSX Gold Index inched 0.11 point higher to 195.46. Torex Gold Resources Inc. (TXG) followed bullion higher, adding 54...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 Friday was a rousing 108-60-110. The TSX Venture Exchange added another eight points to 850 while polished diamond prices edged higher. Dermot Desmond and David Whittle's Mountain Province Diamon...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 gained 8.48 points to 850.72 Friday. Geoff Balderson's fifth capital pool shell, the halted Aim Explorations Ltd. (AXN) has closed a $28.06-million subscription-receipt financing at 80 cents. The financing is i...Read More

How many times have you heard that Bitcoin isn’t a real currency because you can’t spend it anywhere?Bitcoin certainly has some flaws, and other cryptocurrencies may very well take its place in time. But it is the trailblazer, and early adopters are now rolling in digital dough.Contrary to popular belief, you can, in fact, spend your Bitcoin. Here are ten places to make it rain with yo...Read More

Some monthly charts of interest in the commodity sector, including precious metals.CRB Index dwells below key resistance. A break of 200 would target around 250 in 2018. CRB/SPX Ratio shows the utter devastation of the Goldilocks era of Central Bank inflation with no apparent consequences. This is not likely to last.WTI Crude Oil sits below resistance at 62-63, with a target of 75.NatGas is a bask...Read More

Imaginationsof the Misguided It’s Christmas 2017 and North Korean Dear Leader Kim Jong-un is facinga crisis. Recently the United States, with UN approval, imposed the harshestround of economic sanctions yet on his reclusive regime. While North Korea has been sanctioned since 2006 due to continuingattempts to develop nuclear weapons, this new provocation by its sworn nemesisis the last s...Read More

...and goodbye to 2017, which is ending with a last gasp effort from the precious metals as gold closes the year just above the long defended $1300 level and silver makes it back above $17.00 at the close. The DJIA had its own new all-time high at 24837.51 on Thursday, but on Friday it was dragged lower by end of year selling - tax related perhaps? - not the typical selected ramping higher by fund...Read More

Michael S. "Mickey" Fulp is a Certified Professional Geologist with over 29 years experience as an exploration geologist searching for economic deposits of base and precious metals, industrial minerals, coal, uranium, and water in North and South America and China. Mickey has worked for junior explorers, major mining companies, private companies, and investors as a consulting economic geologist fo...Read More

Some monthly charts of interest in the commodity sector, including precious metals.CRB Index dwells below key resistance. A break of 200 would target around 250 in 2018.CRB/SPX Ratio shows the utter devastation of the Goldilocks era of Central Bank inflation with no apparent consequences. This is not likely to last.WTI Crude Oil sits below resistance at 62-63, with a target of 75.NatGas is a baske...Read More

Conservative Gold High Target for 2018: $1434Flashback to Stateside Tax Day, 15 April 2013. Do you remember what really got "taxed" that day? Gold: high-to-low it fell 160 points from 1495 to 1335, the largest single-day points thrashing through this millennium's 17 years, and on a percentage basis (-10.7%), the third worst of the bunch. Following that fallout, Gold continued through springtime at...Read More

RAPAPORT... Alrosa has released a new, expanded roster of long-termclients receiving rough diamonds in its Alrosa Alliance program.The miner requires the 56 companies it listed to meetcertain standards, it said Friday. Clients must comply with Alrosa'sresponsible business practices, show a certain level of rough-diamond demandeven when the market is slow, and demonstrate financial performance that...Read More

RAPAPORT... When it comes to responsible sourcing, says MonicaStephenson, "diamonds are a tricky subject." Stephenson is the founder of AnzaGems, which purchases colored gems directly from East African artisanal minersand gives a portion of its sales back to the mining communities.Of course, there are plenty of ways to ensure responsiblesourcing of natural diamonds. Aside from the Kimberley Proces...Read More

The U.S. Dollar is not ruling the seas of global commerce anymore. In 2018, non-Dollar platforms will continue the Dollar's decline, Dr. Jim Willie tells Silver Doctors.The Dollar has been the world reserve currency for decades, but the increase of non-Dollar trade is threatening the Dollar's dominance.Jim Willie is a statistical analyst in marketing research and retail forecasting. He holds a PhD...Read More

Top silver expert David Morgan tells Silver Doctors his 2018 forecast for the silver and gold markets.Looking back at 2017, Morgan says he's most surprised by the interest in the cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin rose about 1,300 percent. Gold and silver's gains of 14 percent and four percent pale in comparison.2018 will be a better year for the metals, Morgan says, led by gold. He sees cryptocurrency spa...Read More

Price DataSymbolDatePriceASX:HRN12/28/2017AUD0.25Alert me when stock is updatedQuick LinksLogin to accessDescriptionHorizon Gold Ltd are a gold focused junior, late stage development companyLogin to access Don's SummaryGeneral DetailsFinancial12/31/2017LastAnalysisDataCurrent DataChangeItemValueValueUpdatedValueMkt. Cap (Fully Diluted):$15.02M$15.04M12/31/2017$0.02MTotal Assets:$20.29M$20.32M12/31...Read More

"When it comes to North-South relations, we should lower the military tensions on the Korean Peninsula to create a peaceful environment. Both the North and the South should make efforts."Continue...Read More