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By Matthew Carr Every year, a friend of mine posts on Facebook about how much he hates Black Friday and the ugly consumerism of the season. So he offers to give $100 to 10 different charities. All you need to do is suggest one, and he’ll choose the ones he wants to donate to. I […]

By Rob Otman Micron (Nasdaq: MU) is a $56 billion company today. Investors that bought shares one year ago are sitting on a 139.77% total return. That’s above the S&P 500’s return of 21.75%. Micron stock is beating the market, and it reports earnings soon. But does that make it a good buy today? To

By Jordan Roy-Byrne CMT, MFTA The 7-page flash update has been published, emailed to subscribers and posted to the website. In this update we cover the short-term technicals of the precious metals sector as well as a few stocks. One company we hold and recently recommended as a buy, reported strong drill results and the

By Jayant Bhandari Known for Being Terrible For the past few decades, Japan has been known for its stagnant economy, falling stock market, and most importantly its terrible demographics. A chart of Japan’s much-bewailed demographic horror-show. Most people consider a declining population to be a bad thing due to the implications for assorted state-run pay-as-you-go

By analyst By Valentina Ruiz Leotaud Researchers with the Centre for Mine Site Restoration, an initiative at Curtin University near Perth, Western Australia, released a report where they state that more time is needed to allow for adequate mine site restoration practices. “After a mining operation ceases, there is often less than ten years given

By Jordan Roy-Byrne CMT, MFTA Too many technical analysts dismiss fundamentals. True, technicals usually lead fundamentals but understanding the fundamental drivers (when it comes to Gold) can give you an edge. Gold and gold stocks have remained below their 2016 peaks even in the face of a very weak US Dollar because the fundamentals are

By David Morgan The ongoing debate in the industry is whether or not there is a surplus or a deficit of silver supply. However, to silver expert David Morgan of The Morgan Report, there hasn’t been a deficit in at least a decade. “In the past, we were in a deficit, from 1990 to 2006.

click to enlarge Chinese automakers are moving fast to meet the demand. Volvo Cars, owned outright by Hangzhou, China-based Geely Auto, has already stated it will cease production of fossil fuel-powered vehicles by 2020. On top of that, the company is currently building electric versions of London’s iconic taxis, and Uber is rumored to buy

By Jeb Gold miners have kept in line with gold bullion and stocks so far this year. Copper, zinc and palladium have outperformed both stocks and gold. However, silver and silver stocks have lagged behind but I believe they could not only play catch up but they could far surpass the gains of these other

By Cory A Focus on Base Metals Today Doc and I focus on base metals in general with some comments on copper, nickel and the CRB index. Base metals have performed well this year but we assess what 2018 might hold. We also discuss the factors that are driving the moves higher. Download audio file