As it has done with cobalt , graphite and rare earths , China appears to be locking up the nickel market. Nickel’s top producer, Indonesia, in early September decided to accelerate a scheduled ban on ore export shipments, from 2022 to January 1, 2020. The...
Richard (Rick) Mills
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November 6, 2019
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Precious metals expert Michael Ballanger discusses geopolitical events and movements in the precious metals markets. Hallelujah! It was only a week ago that I was opining that there was nothing ominous in the technical picture for gold and silver that...
Streetwise Reports
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June 5, 2019
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It’s important to understand Gold’s fundamentals as it will help us confirm a new bull market. To this point, Gold’s rallies have failed to make higher highs and higher lows because, although there has been improvement in fun...
Jordan Roy-Byrne, CMT
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March 12, 2019
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The U.S. manufacturing sector contracted for the fifth straight month in December, with the monthly reading from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) hitting its weakest point in more than 10 years. The purchasing manager’s index (PMI) fell to 47.2,...
Frank Holmes
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January 8, 2020
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The historical action of the precious metals sector over the past few weeks has continued. The strong recovery in GDX, GDXJ, and Silver has potentially invalidated the technical breakdown that occurred during the crash. It appears to be a failed breakdown. Furthermor...
Jordan Roy-Byrne, CMT
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March 30, 2020
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Markets reacted on Tuesday, Jan. 17, to a fresh bonanza find in one of Canada’s newest gold districts. Canadian exploration firm Westhaven Gold Corp. ( TSXV:WHN ) started the year strong with the release of assay results from their 2022 drill program at ...
Research
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January 19, 2023
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(Oasis Cannabis Dispensary. Las Vegas, NV. Image via CLS Holdings.) Nevada’s cannabis industry is booming. Deemed an essential service in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, companies operating in this marketplace have seen impressive growth this ye...
Stockhouse Editorial
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September 17, 2020
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As I was watching the pompom news channel (CNBC), they went into full damage control over Thursday's massacre, and I thought to myself, "What markets or media bullet points do 'the boys' need to control today in order to avoid a weekly sell signal and ensuing panic?" In...
Streetwise Reports
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June 16, 2020
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In 2015, a 16-year-old student from Jiangsu, China, tried to board a train. She couldn’t even purchase a ticket. The student, Zhong Pei, tried enrolling in classes at her university. But she was not allowed to do that either. Zhong had committed a serious ...
Marin Katusa
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March 1, 2019
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Here is what I wrote at 7:00 a.m. Friday morning with the S&P futures called down 10 points: "There are certain times in one's trading career when despite all of the planets appearing to be aligned in one's favor, a large asteroid comes along and spoils the symmetry and...
Streetwise Reports
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March 25, 2019
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