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April 7, 2024

Fixing FDR’s Biggest Blunder: From Gold Standard to Fiat Folly and Back

By Jp Cortez – Mises Institute More than ninety years ago today, April […]
April 5, 2024

Graphite’s war-fighting capabilities – Richard Mills

2024.04.04 The energy transition and digitalization have made critical minerals top of mind […]
April 5, 2024

Gold’s Defiance Of Real Yields Can’t Last Unless Trouble Brewing

BY TYLER DURDEN – Zero Hedge Gold’s surge to record highs is extraordinary […]
April 5, 2024

Bitcoin vs. Gold: The Debate Continues

By Douglas French – Mises Institute “People who are getting out of the […]
April 5, 2024

Gold-Stock Upside Targets

By Adam Hamilton, CPA The gold miners’ stocks are building steam, enjoying mounting […]
April 5, 2024

Copper miners glimpse the future they’ve long seen coming

From Mining.com For much of the past decade, there’s been a widely accepted […]
April 4, 2024

China Confronts the Middle-Income Trap

By NOURIEL ROUBINI – Project Syndicate While China obviously needs to boost private-sector […]
April 4, 2024

Copper price jumps to new 14-month high on supply risks, demand hopes

From Mining.com Copper rallied to the highest in 14 months as investors flock […]
April 4, 2024

Is US Oil Production Surging?

From Goehring & Rozencwajg The biggest mystery in oil markets surrounds the apparent […]
April 3, 2024

A junior copper stock on the cusp of world-class discoveries

By Trevor Abes – Stockhouse.com Sitting at an irrational 93.45 per cent loss […]
April 3, 2024

Underperforming precious metal and copper stocks poised to correct – Richard Mills

2024.03.29 Spot gold gained 13% in 2023 and so far this year, is […]
April 2, 2024

Apple and Tesla: Dreadful Two Instead of Magnificent Seven

By Felix Richter – Statista Despite the fact that Wall Street’s hopes for […]
April 2, 2024

The World’s Biggest Oil Producers in 2023

By Bruno Venditti – Elements Despite efforts to decarbonize the global economy, oil […]
April 2, 2024

The looming threat from Antarctica

From The Economist The arctic and Antarctic are, fittingly, polar opposites. The first […]
April 2, 2024

US Shale Drillers Seek to Power Oil Patch With Small Nuclear Reactors

By Will Wade and Mitchell Ferman – Bloomberg US oil companies including Diamondback Energy Inc. are considering small […]
April 1, 2024

Residents stroll riverbed in Prince George amid drought

From CBC News Water in the Fraser River where it meets with the […]
April 1, 2024

Copper export ban could cost Indonesia $2bn in lost revenue

From Mining.com Copper miner Freeport Indonesia has warned the Indonesian government that banning […]
April 1, 2024

Dwindling U.S. Stockpiles of Minerals for Military Use Should Be a Cause for Concern

By Jim Constantopoulos – Real Clear Energy It seems implausible that now, with China […]
April 1, 2024

The U.S. Military and NATO Face Serious Risks of Mineral Shortages

By Gregory Wischer – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace The importance of these […]
March 30, 2024

Five copper plays amid supply-driven price surge – Richard Mills

2024.03.27 For the first two weeks of March, copper rallied 4.1%, hitting its […]
March 30, 2024

Why gold? Why silver? – Richard Mills

2024.03.23 Gold hit a record-high $2,200 an ounce Thursday, on expectations of interest […]
March 30, 2024

“Goldilocks” Is Gonna Get It

By JAMES RICKARDS – Daily Reckoning Markets and the Fed both assume that current […]
March 30, 2024

America’s Sports Betting Boom

By Felix Richter – Statista Five years after the Supreme Court struck down […]
March 30, 2024

Ionic Adsorption Clay Deposits Potential to Supply REE for the EV Industry

From eResearch Rare Earth Elements (REE) play a crucial role in the ongoing […]
March 30, 2024

Our Drunken Sailors Went Partying Again: Consumer Spending on Services, even Adjusted for Inflation, is Red-Hot

By Wolf Richter –  WOLF STREET Consumers are in absolutely no mood to slow down. […]
March 30, 2024

Visualizing the Major Product Exported by Each U.S. State

By NeoMam Studios – Visual Capitalist The U.S. is the second biggest exporter […]
March 30, 2024

Over 20% of the World’s Oil Refining Capacity Is at Risk of Closure

By Charles Kennedy – OilPrice.com More than 20% of the total global refining capacity […]
March 29, 2024

Universal Capitulation and No Margin of Safety

By John P. Hussman, Ph.D. – Hussmand Funds Based on the valuation measures […]
March 29, 2024

Commodities will rally when the Fed cuts rates, Invesco says

From Mining.com Commodities usually rally when central banks cut interest rates, bolstering the […]
March 29, 2024

Unstoppable Drivers Will Reveal Best Kept Investment Secret

By Egon von Greyerz – Von Greyerz Gold Has anyone ever heard a Western […]
March 29, 2024

How Much Does the U.S. Depend on Russian Uranium?

By Bruno Venditti – Visual Capitalist The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed […]
March 28, 2024

Biden’s oil boom

By Prinz Magtulis, Nichola Groom, Jarrett Renshaw and Moira Warburton – Reuters The counter-intuitive fossil fuel boom under […]
March 28, 2024

Funds stampede into copper as price breaks higher

From Mining.com Fund managers have rushed to buy copper after the price broke […]
March 28, 2024

Gold Stocks’ Spring Rally ‘24

By Adam Hamilton With gold forging deeper into record territory, interest in gold […]
March 28, 2024

American Sinophobia

By STEPHEN S. ROACH – Project Syndicate As America’s Sinophobia has become increasingly […]
March 27, 2024

Excellent Graphics: How drones are changing warfare

By Mariano Zafra, Max Hunder, Anurag Rao and Sudev Kiyada – Reuters Soldiers have learned to fear the ominous […]
March 27, 2024

Buy gold or gold miners? You don’t have to dig deep to hit paydirt

By Mark Hulbert – Market Watch Gold bullion — physical gold GC00 — has […]
March 27, 2024

Further Ruminations on Saudi Arabia’s Oil Reserves

From Goehring & Rozencwajg In an unexpected move, Aramco, the Saudi national oil […]
March 25, 2024

The West’s Nuclear Power Revival Could Be Slower Than Hoped

By Tsvetana Paraskova  – OilPrice.com Western nations may be getting ahead of themselves in […]
March 24, 2024

CNN Is Wrong. Deflation Is a Good Thing

By Soham Patil – Mises Wire A recent video by CNN states that […]
March 24, 2024

Where Water Stress Will Be Highest by 2050

By Martin Armstrong – Statista Water is not only the basis of life for […]
March 24, 2024

The Indian Giant Has Arrived

By Mohamed A. El-Erian and Michael Spence – Project Syndicate India’s systemic importance has become […]
March 24, 2024

Consumer sentiment no longer an accurate predictor

By Dorothy Gambrell and Laura Bliss – Bloomberg The way Americans feel about the economy is […]
March 23, 2024

Graphite One to build graphite anode manufacturing plant in Ohio, on site previously used to stockpile critical minerals – Richard Mills

2024.03.22 Graphite One (TSXV:GPH, OTCQX:GPHOF) plans to invest $435 million to build a […]
March 23, 2024

Energy insecurity will prevail, despite energy transition – Richard Mills

2024.03.21 Until recently economists tended to treat energy inflation and food inflation as […]
March 23, 2024

Fed Projections Suggest Three Rate Cuts in 2024

By Felix Richter – Statista As expected, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) […]
March 22, 2024

The Money Supply Fell for the Fifteenth Month in a Row

By Ryan McMaken – Mises Wire Money-supply growth has now been negative for […]
March 22, 2024

The plastic industry knowingly pushed recycling myth for decades, new report finds

By Ali Rogin PBS News The world produces an average of 430 million […]
March 22, 2024

China Doubles Down on Green Tech and the Energy Transition

By Stuart P.M. Mackintosh – Project Syndicate Amid an onslaught of grim climate […]
March 22, 2024

Checking In on Silver Prices

From Sprott Money So far, the month of March has been quite interesting […]
March 21, 2024

The U.S. May Have Just Scored A Win Against China.

By Alexander C. Kaufman and Chris D’Angelo – Huffpost Seven months after Beijing put […]
March 21, 2024

Goehring and Rozencwajg – Natural Resources Market Overview

From Goehring and Rozencwajg Commodities were mixed during the fourth quarter. The Goldman […]
March 21, 2024

How China, Russia and Iran are forging closer ties

From The Economist For much of history, Russia, Iran and China were less […]
March 20, 2024

China copper nudges 3-year high as supply cuts bite – Richard Mills

2024.03.16 A tightening copper market is raising prices and shining a spotlight on […]
March 20, 2024

The Big fat lies told by Big Oil, Big Plastic – Richard Mills

2024.03.15 While there is disagreement over its causes, the reality of global warming […]
March 20, 2024

MAX – Speaking again with our country manager Marvin Mosquera Palacios from a recent site visit at AM District, Cesar

March 20, 2024

Why the Plastic Problem Needs a Legally Binding Global Treaty

By Akshat Rathi – Bloomberg If all goes right, there will be a legally […]
March 20, 2024

Stealth Skyborg Valkyrie Warrior

By Air Marshal Anil Chopra – The Eurasian Times 20 Times Cheaper Than […]
March 19, 2024

What Makes Us Human? How Ancient Thinkers Saw the Human-Animal Divide

By Julia Kindt – Ancient Origins What makes us human? What (if anything) […]
March 19, 2024

Climate Change Speeds Up as Major Indicators Blow Off the Charts, WMO Warns

By Laura Millan – Bloomberg All the major indicators of climate change smashed historic […]
March 18, 2024

A Big Defeat for Big Tech

By JOSEPH E. STIGLITZ – Project Syndicate Last year, US President Joe Biden’s […]
March 18, 2024

Haiti’s Proud Boys

By SLAVOJ ŽIŽEK – Project Syndicate The way things are going in Haiti, […]
March 18, 2024

Tax tsunami may destroy Canadian resource exploration financing, PearTree warns

From Mining.com “The new AMT rules are said to target fewer than 25,000 […]
March 17, 2024

70 Percent or More of F-35s May Not Be Combat Capable

By Mike Fredenburg – The Epoch Times There is another metric that is more […]
March 17, 2024

Short-Term Treasury Market Walks Away from Rate-Cut Mania, Inflation Has Upper Hand

By Wolf Richter –  WOLF STREET From mid-October through the end of January, the 6-month […]
March 16, 2024

What the PPI is Telling us: Disinflation in “Core Goods,” a Hefty Counterweight to Hot Services Inflation, May be Over

By Wolf Richter – World Street The Producer Price Index (PPI) for final […]
March 16, 2024

America’s economy has escaped a hard landing

From The Economist Which cartoon character does the American economy most resemble? The consensus […]
March 16, 2024

This Brain Cancer Breakthrough Should Excite You

By Lisa Jarvis – Bloomberg Seeing tumors start to melt away within a […]
March 15, 2024

Plastic pollution: a scourge with far-reaching consequences – Richard Mills

2024.03.14 Every day most of us contribute, several times, to the global plastic […]
March 15, 2024

The Misery Index Shows Bidenomics is Failing

By Daniel Lacalle – Mises Wire The government tries to blame inflation on […]
March 15, 2024

Precious metal ratios and recessions

From Goldmoney Gold is primarily used as money. Its main price drivers are […]
March 15, 2024

China to Invest in Canada Mining Despite Crackdown, Envoy Says

By Jacob Lorinc and Brian Platt – Bloomberg China’s ambassador says the country will continue to […]
March 14, 2024

Visualizing All of the U.S. Currency in Circulation

By Marcus Lu – Visual Capitalist Have you ever wondered how much U.S. […]
March 14, 2024

Trump launched CIA covert influence operation against China

By Joel Schectman and Christopher Bing – Reuters Two years into office, President Donald Trump authorized […]
March 14, 2024

Copper price soars to 7-month high on China’s plans to cut output

From Mining.com Copper prices soared on Wednesday to their highest in seven months […]
March 13, 2024

Our dystopian future is already here – Richard Mills

2024.03.09 Global heat records keep getting smashed, as a combination of global warming […]
March 13, 2024

Beneath the Skin of CPI Inflation, February: Inflation Saga far from Over, Core CPI & Core Services in Ominous 6-Month Trend

By Wolf Richter –  WOLF STREET The “core services” CPI (services minus energy services) is crucial. […]
March 13, 2024

Gold extends loss as US inflation data reinforces Fed caution

From Mining.com “The February CPI came in hotter than expected,” said Bart Melek, […]
March 13, 2024

Congress is a fixer upper

By Moira Warburton – Reuters Congress is not spending enough time in Washington to […]
March 13, 2024

Inflation Progress Stalls as Housing Costs Continue to Rise

By Felix Richter – Statista Inflation in the U.S. edged up slightly in February, […]
March 12, 2024

China’s copper smelters to discuss production cut as fees slump

From Mining.com The fees that companies receive to turn concentrate into refined metal, […]
March 11, 2024

What Dollarization Says About Returning to the Gold Standard

From SCHIFFGOLD Everyone’s heard of Javier Milei, the new president of Argentina, called by […]
March 11, 2024

China’s outbound investment reshaping the global economy

By WILLIAM PESEK – Asia Times “China’s ODI has risen substantially since the turn […]
March 10, 2024

Is the World Close to Collapse? Ask the Bronze Age People

By Andreas Kluth – Bloomberg Did people in the late Bronze Age know their […]
March 10, 2024

Scientists Discover Toxic Microplastics in Every Human Placenta Tested in Study

By Naveen Athrappully – The Epoch Times Harmful microplastics have been found in human […]
March 10, 2024

Slow US Inflation Retreat Is Set to Bolster Fed Patience on Rate Cuts

By Vince Golle and Craig Stirling – Bloomberg Inflation in the US probably abated only gradually […]
March 8, 2024

Fed’s next rate move might not align with popular consensus – Richard Mills

2024.03.07 The Fed’s preferred measure of inflation is core PCE, which stands for […]
March 8, 2024

Fed gets another reason not to rush on rate cuts

By Ann Saphir and Howard Schneider – Reuters Federal Reserve policymakers weighing when to start interest-rate […]
March 8, 2024

Ritual Mercury Abuse

From Ancient Origins Getting high off toxic insolvents and chemicals to induce mind-altering […]
March 8, 2024

Do Oscar Winners Also Rule the Box Office?

By Florian Zandt – Statista As our chart based on data from Box Office […]
March 8, 2024

Solzhenitsyn’s Line Between Good and Evil Matters

By Barry Brownstein – AIER Recently, Jonathan Mayo compiled new details of the […]
March 8, 2024
Stock market

Big US Stocks’ Q4’23 Fundamentals

By Adam Hamilton, CPA The big US stocks dominating markets and investors’ portfolios […]
March 8, 2024

Global Debt Levels Are a Ticking Time Bomb

By Daniel Lacalle – Mises Wire The relentless increase in global debt is an […]
March 6, 2024

Dolly Varden Silver (and Gold) Corp. – Richard Mills

2024.03.06 Gold continues to maintain strength, staying above $2,000 in January and February […]
March 5, 2024

Indonesia and China killed the nickel market – Richard Mills

2024.03.02 The mantra? Our fossil-fueled based transportation system needs to be 100% electrified, […]
March 5, 2024

Mapped: Inflation Projections by Country, in 2024

By Dorothy Neufeld – Visual Capitalist Global economic prospects hang on a delicate […]
March 5, 2024

US Natural Gas Production, Exports of Natural Gas via LNG and Pipelines, All Soar to New Records in 2023, Price Collapses

By Wolf Richter – Wolf Street The US became the largest LNG exporter in […]
March 5, 2024

Central Bank Digital Currencies Are Dangerous and Unnecessary

By Daniel Lacalle – Mises Wire The main central banks have been deliberating […]
March 5, 2024

A millennial is building America’s first nickel-cobalt refinery

From The Economist Back home the 28-year-old single mother reckoned that getting into […]
March 4, 2024

Gold market sees new record closing price, but the major test is next week

By Neils Christensen – Kitco “With positioning in gold and silver running neutral & […]