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By Cory Recapping the Fed minutes and the COT report for silver The Fed minutes had a couple interesting highlights that included a discussion on unwinding the balance sheet as well as a comment on stock valuations. The minutes did move stocks in the way you would think (down) but only for a short time. […]

By Cory Factors keeping the markets levitated There are always a number of reasons to sell the markets but there are a few examples that explain how the markets are staying levitated. Doc and I discuss how increasing margin, ETF inflows, and the fact that the last quarter was the quietest for the Dow all

By Investment U Research Team Eight years ago, the global financial crisis changed the way we think about debt. It shook public faith in the big banks—some of which didn’t survive the meltdown. And in the process, it made room for the rise of marketplace lending. This financial innovation consists of online exchanges where ordinary

By Greg Guenthner This post FED SHOCKER: “News Noise” Crushes Stocks… appeared first on Daily Reckoning. It was another quiet day in the markets. That’s when all hell broke loose… The major averages were humming along yesterday. The Nasdaq Composite even notched a new all-time high. But everything started to fall apart just after 2

By Zach Scheidt This post ObamaCare Vs TrumpCare – Here Are the Winners appeared first on Daily Reckoning. My research team and I just crunched all of the numbers… And we’re finally ready to weigh in with OUR TAKE on the ObamaCare vs TrumpCare debate. We’ve left no stone unturned. And today we’ll show you

By analyst By Cecilia Jamasmie Canada’s Erdene Resource Development (TSX:ERD), the company that literally struck gold earlier this year after finding its new Mongolia-based gold project was richer than previously thought, expects to move Bayan Khundii towards its maiden resource estimate by 2018. The firm, one of the very few miners to never have encountered

By analyst By Cecilia Jamasmie Canada’s Barrick Gold’s (TSX, NYSE:ABX), the world’s No.1 producer of the precious metal by value, has confirmed it’s selling a 50% stake in its Veladero mine in Argentina to Shandong Gold Group in a transaction worth $960 million. As part of the deal, which makes the two firm strategic partners,

By analyst By Cecilia Jamasmie Occupational health and safety violations are a widespread issue in the informal mining sector, which sees artisanal miners and surrounding communities regularly exposed to hazards, including mine cave-ins and the spread of diseases such as malaria. (Image by Fairphone | Flickr Commons) The risk of human rights tainted tungsten, tin,

By analyst By Frik Els China’s Shandong Gold Mining is said to be “advanced talks” to buy 50% of Barrick Gold’ Veladero gold mine in Argentina after Zijin Mining, another Shanghai-listed mining firm apparently walked away from a deal. Reuters reports that the mine which last year produced 544,000 ounces of gold and is considered

By Brian Maher This post Trump Faces Down China appeared first on Daily Reckoning. It’s going to be a “very difficult” meeting. It isn’t every day that an American president so bracingly expresses his misgivings about meeting with a foreign head of state. But it’s not every day that a Donald Trump is the American