Since the late '90s, the US has increasingly financed its "growth" with debt.As a result, the amount of debt in the system, relative to GDP, has skyrocketed.The notion that we can "grow our way" out of this is ridiculous. The US Government has brought in RECORD amount of taxes since 2014... and the Government has STILL runs $400+ Billion deficits Every. Single. Year.Put another way, the US Governm...Read More

By Jordan Roy-Byrne CMT, MFTA The rally in Gold and gold mining stocks easily surpassed our expectations and targets. The strength has been far more than we anticipated. The gold stocks blew past their 200-day moving averages while Gold blew past $1300/oz. Now it is time to take a technical look and focus on the key support and resistance targets. The strength of the rebound pushed the miners...Read More

Welcome to 2018. So far it looks the same as 2017. The President of the United States ended the old year and began the one with a barrage of tweets, including one threatening nuclear annihilation with the "Little Rocket Man" of North Korea. The world can only hope they keep it to each other and not involve the rest of us. Markets did well in 2017 as they have for the past eight years. Bitcoin did...Read More

MGX Minerals Announces Major Advancement in Mass Storage Battery Technology; Solves Zinc Dendrite Formation LimitationVANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA / January 9th, 2018 / MGX Minerals Inc. ("MGX" or the "Company") (CSE: XMG / OTCQB: MGXMF / FKT: 1MG) is pleased to announce wholly owned subsidiary ZincNyx Energy Solutions, Inc. ("ZincNyx") has solved the long standing reliability issue caused by the g...Read More

Graceland Updates By Stewart Thomson 1. I told subscribers to expect $1320 to function as a headwind for gold on this rally, and that's happening right on schedule. To understand the nature of this headwind, please click here now. Double-click to enlarge this important weekly gold chart.2. Note that the two biggest volume bars both occurred as key events in India occurred. It...Read More

The World is $233 Trillion In Debt: It's Time to Rebalance To Gold- Record level global debt level hit $233 trillion in Q3 2017- World's per capita debt now more than $30,000- UK personal debts climbed to the highest level since credit crunch, reaching more than ?200bn- US consumer credit highest jump in 2 years by 8.8% in November to $3.83 trillion- BofE warn UK banks could incur ?30bn of losse...Read More

Since the late '90s, the US has increasingly financed its "growth" with debt.As a result, the amount of debt in the system, relative to GDP, has skyrocketed.The notion that we can "grow our way" out of this is ridiculous. The US Government has brought in RECORD amount of taxes since 2014... and the Government has STILL runs $400+ Billion deficits Every. Single. Year.Put another way, the US Governm...Read More

Full Article: Gold Getting Ready To Make Big MoveBy: Todd "Bubba" HorwitzGold has had a monster rally of almost $90 over the last 19 trading days. What looked like a breakdown turned into a great buying opportunity or a short squeeze. On Thursday, gold looked like it had the final blow-off to the upside on heavy volume, making a high at $1,327.30 in the February futures. Since Thursday, gold has...Read More

By Clint SiegnerGold and silver premiums have been following the demand for physical metal lower in recent months. As investor selling ticked up, popular bullion products poured back into dealer inventories. The result has been some of the lowest premiums we've seen in a decade for items like gold and silver American Eagles.The "premium" is the amount over the market price for gold or silver com...Read More

By Gary SavageJoin me in a look at the long term trends that are currently reversing in gold, silver, dollar, euro and the yen.https://blog.smartmoneytrackerpremium.com/ Read More

TECHNICAL SCOOPCharts and commentary by David ChapmanPhone: 416-523-5454 Email: david@davidchapman.comTwitter: @Davcha12January 8, 2018 "I would say Happy New Year but it's not happy; it's exactly the same as last year except colder." Robert ClarkWelcome to 2018. So far it looks the same as 2017. The President of the United States ended the old year and began the one with a barrage of tweets,...Read More

By Frank HolmesThe price of gold and gold mining stocks were very competitive in 2017. The yellow metal ended the year up a little more than 13 percent its best year since 2010 while gold stocks, as measured by the NYSE Arca Gold Miners Index, gained more than 11 percent. All of this occurred even as large-cap stocks regularly closed at all-time highs and cryptocurrencies invited massive specula...Read More

The World is $233 Trillion In Debt: It's Time to Rebalance To Gold- Record level global debt level hit $233 trillion in Q3 2017- World's per capita debt now more than $30,000- UK personal debts climbed to the highest level since credit crunch, reaching more than ?200bn- US consumer credit highest jump in 2 years by 8.8% in November to $3.83 trillion- BofE warn UK banks could incur ?30bn of losse...Read More

Gold and silver will see a sell off if they fail to break key resistances of $1327 and $1740. Copper needs to trade over $318.40 for the rest of the week to prevent a sell off. Crude oil looks headed for $65.00. Crypto currency volatility (I will not call it a sell off) should be positive for bullion. Chinese demand will zoom in bullion before their New Year next month. Chinese buyers will be us...Read More

Brazilian exports of carbon steel slab and billet increased in 2017, according to the country's foreign trade ministry, MDIC.Exports of carbon steel slab reached 7.3 million tonnes in 2017, up 23.49% from the 5.91 million tonnes exported in 2016, according to the figures released late last week.The US was the largest...Read More

INTL FCStone has merged its London Metal Exchange and precious metals departments, with the new unit headed by Barry Canham, the company said. In an email to the company's global metals team and seen by Metal Bulletin, INTL chief executive officer (CEO) for EMEA and Asia Philip Smith said that the move was made following the decision by Malcolm Leonard to retire after 46 years working in LME metal...Read More

Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mostly lower at the close on Tuesday January 9, with only nickel trading in positive territory. The three-month nickel price climbed $160 per tonne higher while the cash/January-2018 nearby spread moved into a $3 per tonne backwardation. "The LME nickel market has tightened slightly since the start of the year, judging by the contraction in the...Read More

Peter KrauthAfter such a persistent three-week advance, it seems silver is taking a well-deserved break.With this week's slight pullback in mind, I've just released my newest silver price target…That silver price rally was fueled, at least in part, by a retreating U.S. dollar, whose index (the DXY) peaked at 94.10 on Dec. 11 and recently hit a low of 91.85.It was a 2.4% drop in as little as...Read More

High zinc prices could eventually lead to an irreversible dent in consumption of the metal, specifically in the form of zinc alloys in electric vehicles, market participants told Metal Bulletin.Substitution out of zinc is likeliest in the alloys sector, a zinc producer told Metal Bulletin, estimating that up to 3-5% of usage of metal at current levels could be at risk - albeit over a matter of yea...Read More

Comex copper prices weakened Tuesday January 9 morning in the US, although the complex remains well-supported due to positive Chinese and US data released in the past few weeks.Copper for March settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange dipped 0.70 cents or 0.2% to $3.2170 per lb."We remain bullish for copper's fundamentals and the price's action seems to be supporting th...Read More