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By Big Al A comment on the President’s National Security Plan, courtesy of Tim HoweTrump’s national security plan: Iran threat is the sneaker issue for 2018 BY ANDREW MALCOLM For years, Iran has been accurately labeled as the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism. Now, quietly with little notice beyond the region, the militant regime […]

By analyst By Valentina Ruiz Leotaud A homeless youth who got a 14-carat gold ring with square-cut diamonds by mistake has returned the jewel to its owner. Trinda Gajek, a nurse working in Nanaimo, British Columbia, had put the ring inside her wallet and lost it when she dumped all the change she had into

In its November report, mortgage security firm Freddie Mac called 2017 the “best year in a decade” for the housing market by a variety of measures. These include low inflation, strong job growth and historically-low mortgage rates. This assessment is very encouraging, not just for homebuyers and builders and the U.S. economy in general, but

By Cory Tax Reform Passes The Senate and Long Term Yields Moving Higher Chris Temple joins me today to shares his thoughts on the tax bill passing the Senate and recent moves in yields around the world. We have discussed the tax bill a lot over the past couple weeks and even though we think

By Cory What Makes Alt-Coins Valuable At All? Jimmy Song joins me this week to discuss some cyrptocurrencies outside of Bitcoin. We address the question that a lot of naysayers for cyrtocurrencies ask, what makes these things valuable at all? I also get Jimmy’s opinion on the fact that Bitcoin still needs to be bought

By Matthew Carr It’s been a year for the record books… The Dow Jones industrial average set 70 new all-time highs. A new record in its own right. And the Nasdaq crossed more than 7,000 for the first time ever. The markets are on track for their best year since 2013. And investors are cheering

By analyst By Valentina Ruiz Leotaud The Chamber of Mines of the Philippines announced that it will adopt the “Towards Sustainable Mining” initiative, a set of directives developed by the Mining Association of Canada. According to the Canadian organization, TSM requires mining companies to annually assess their tailings management, community outreach, safety and health, biodiversity

By Greg Guenthner This post The Great Bitcoin Crash of 2018 appeared first on Daily Reckoning. A bitcoin “flash crash” briefly rattled cryptocurrency traders last night. Bitcoin lost more than $3,500 before quickly recovering. As of early this morning, the digital currency is back above $17,000. Speculators may have gobbled up this brief bitcoin dip.

By analyst By Valentina Ruiz Leotaud Canada’s Torex Gold Resources (TSX: TXG) announced that it has suspended employment contracts for its workforce in Mexico in response to a blockade at its El Limón-Guajes mine, located in the state of Guerrero and one of the richest open-pit gold deposits in the country. “This suspension is the

By analyst By Valentina Ruiz Leotaud Tight global supplies that cannot be quickly increased and strong Chinese demand have risen sulphur prices to about $110 a tonne this quarter, $36 more than what the product cost last quarter, a report by Reuters reveals. But the upward trend is not recent and has created the steepest