By: Richard (Rick) Mills, Ahead of the herd "Whoever has an army has power." - Mao Zedong In March Italy broke ranks with its EU partners in joining China's Belt and Road Initiative, known also as One Belt, One Road or the New Silk Road. Students of history know the original "Silk Road" refers to the ancient network of trading routes between China and Europe, which served as both a conduit fo...Read More

By: Gary ChristensonI'll show you real money. It looks like this: Those circulating dollar bills, euros, pounds, and yen are DEBTS (notes) issued by central banks to extract wealth from citizens and the economy, dilute the purchasing power of the currency, and nourish the banking cartel.From Graham Summers:"The problem of course is once it has done this [created the 'everything bubble'], the F...Read More

By: IRA EPSTEINGold at an important point, $1,300 resistance - gold at an important juncture:Read More

Google was down a hellacious 112 points, or 9%, at Tuesday's low, but the plunge did little damage to the bullish look of the weekly chart:The fact that this occurred after the stock had pushed above last July's record high makes the selloff merely corrective rather than impulsive. It was attributable to a dour earnings report which suggested Google is losing ground in advertising to Amazon and...Read More

RAPAPORT... It's not often that a jewel sells for almost double itspre-auction estimate, but that happened this week with a rare Kashmir sapphireat Bonhams. The 17.43-carat stone fetched GBP 723,062 ($944,713), or close to$54,000 per carat, beating its high valuation of GBP 400,000 ($521,440). The cushion-shaped, vivid-blue stone dates to the late 19thor early 20th century, and was formerly o...Read More

RAPAPORT... Jewelers of America (JA) has announced the winners of its 29thannual CASE Awards for jewelry design, recognizing retail members whose piecesfeature creativity, artistry, style and excellence. A panel of judges chose the honorees from a group of 54applicants, evaluating entries' overall design, marketability, practicalityand wearability of the design, and manufacturing quality. "Th...Read More

RAPAPORT... Taking a break from the self-adulation typical of awards ceremonies, the Couture show has invited exhibitors to showcase the worst piece of jewelry they've ever designed. The WTF?! Awards will see applicants describe their designs with the opening sentence, "So what I was thinking was..."They have until May 15 to submit their designs, and the Couture community will vote on the win...Read More

RAPAPORT... Mejuri, a luxury-jewelry brand that sells directly to consumers online, has raised $23 million from investors as it looks to expand its operations.The Canada-based company will use the funds to open more physical stores, develop the business internationally, and invest in branding and customer experience, it said. The startup operates primarily as ane-commerce site, but also...Read More

How to monitor and manage your Tailings Storage FacilitySPONSOREDisometrixWhite Gold Corp a force in Yukon as exploration drive reaps dividendsSPONSOREDwhite gold corpQuality emerges at Galan's blue-chip lithium addressSPONSOREDgalan lithiumAltech ticks boxes on path to production SPONSOREDaltech chemicals"Today's PEA demonstrates the La Mina VMS project is a high-return, capital efficient and...Read More

Altech ticks boxes on path to production SPONSOREDaltech chemicalsJCAP sent letters to the British Columbia Securities Commission and the US Securities and Exchange Commission alleging serious issues concerning misleading claims about the proposed project.Read More

Altech ticks boxes on path to production SPONSOREDaltech chemicalsUnder the terms of the earn-in agreement, Kennecott can acquire a 55% stake in the property by spending US$5 million on exploration within five years, including a minimum $1 million in the first year.Read More

U.S. equity indices moved higher this morning. S&P 500 futures advanced 9 points in pre-opening trade.Traders are waiting for news from the FOMC meeting to be released at 2:00 PM EDT. The Federal Reserve is expected to maintain the Fed Fund rate at 2.50%.Index futures were virtually unchanged following release of the ADP Private Employment Report released at 8:15 AM EDT. Consensus was an incre...Read More

Think about the last five years...Can you recall an unexpected event that led to financial stress? Maybe a health crisis, layoff, leaky roof, or unexpected car repair.You're not alone. Approximately two-thirds of U.S. households experience an unexpected event that negatively impacts their financial wellbeing, according to Pew research.So it's no wonder the most common cause of money stress is the...Read More

Researchers from three states currently grappling with water contaminated with poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are joining forces to tackle one of the biggest remaining questions facing communities who have found the toxic chemicals used in firefighting foam, nonstick cookware and water-repellent clothing lurking in their water supply. When PFASs contaminate a drinking water source,...Read More

One of the missions of the Colorado Geological Survey (CGS) is to better understand the various geological risks that the citizens of the state face. While not seen as a seismically active region by most people, Colorado does have its share of historical earthquakes and faults. The state has over 90 mapped fault traces that are considered potentially hazardous. One of these faults, the Cheraw faul...Read More

Another year, another doubling of resources: since launching a drill campaign on the Cascabel project in northern Ecuador in 2013, SolGold (TSX: SOLG; LON: SOLG) has steadily converted hints of copper-gold mineralization at surface into 2.1 billion indicated tonnes grading 0.41% copper and 0.29 gram gold per tonne, or 0.60% copper equivalent (at a 0.2% copper-equivalent cut-off), plus 900 million...Read More

Eskay Creek in British Columbia's Golden Triangle was at one time the world's highest-grade gold mine before Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) finally shut it down in 2008 due to low gold prices. The underground mine produced 3.3 million oz. gold and 160 million oz. silver at average grades of 45 grams gold per tonne and 2,224 grams silver over its 14-year mine life.Now Skeena Resources (TSXV: S...Read More

One of the largest gold mining companies in the world has taken a shine to Chakana Copper (TSXV: PERU; US-OTC: CHKKF) and its Soledad project in Peru. Gold Fields (NYSE: GFI) is spending $8 million to buy 15.69 million Chakana shares at 51 ? per share for a 16.14% stake in the junior.The proceeds will be used to advance exploration and development of the Soledad copper-gold-silver project, 260 km...Read More

How to monitor and manage your Tailings Storage FacilitySPONSOREDisometrixWhite Gold Corp a force in Yukon as exploration drive reaps dividendsSPONSOREDwhite gold corpQuality emerges at Galan's blue-chip lithium addressSPONSOREDgalan lithiumAltech ticks boxes on path to production SPONSOREDaltech chemicalsI think I may have mentioned previously that I was late coming to Game of Thrones.Read More

The Peter Schiff Show Podcast - Episode 463Recorded May 1, 2019Market Looking for Validation of Expectations - Today was the conclusion of the FOMC meeting in which the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged, and that is exactly what the market was expecting. Nobody expected the Fed to hike, and nobody expected the Fed to cut. But apparently, a lot of people expected the Fed to be more do...Read More