“Hoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised by anything in between.” Maya Angelou, from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings An engineer is trained through university and in the workforce to apply failure modes and...
Marin Katusa
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May 1, 2020
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Way back in January, I showed you that the price of gold had beaten the S&P 500 Index over a number of different time periods, including the month, quarter, year… and even the century (so far!). Last week it was brought to my attention recently—in a tweet b...
Frank Holmes
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September 16, 2019
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Gold’s safe haven status was tested this week, as Iran countered the assassination of its top military commander with missile strikes against two Iraqi bases housing US troops. On Tuesday night Tehran fired over a dozen missiles at the Al-Asad airbase and E...
Richard (Rick) Mills
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January 10, 2020
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The race for vaccines against Covid-19 is fierce. Every day there are new water level reports - from setbacks to breakthroughs, everything is there. The Tübingen-based Company CureVac ( NASDAQ: CVAC ) recently started its phase study IIa in Peru and Panama. Around 700 people...
Nico Popp
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October 16, 2020
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In 2010 the US Department of Energy’s Critical Materials Strategy included lithium as one of 14 elements expected to play a vital role in America’s clean energy economy. Lithium is also among 23 critical metals President Trump has deemed ...
Richard (Rick) Mills
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October 18, 2019
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The long-anticipated US Federal Reserve decision last Wednesday to notch interest rates downward was, like most of these over-hyped meetings, anti-climactic. Since the central bank in June hinted that a rate cut was in the offing, North American stock markets have trended ...
Richard (Rick) Mills
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August 7, 2019
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In the first quarter of 2019, global debt hit $246.5 trillion. Encouraged by lower interest rates, governments went on a borrowing binge as they ramped up spending, adding $3 trillion to world debt in Q1 alone. It reverses a trend that started in the beginning of 2018, of ...
Richard (Rick) Mills
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October 21, 2019
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The Europeans want their gold back. Amid global trade uncertainty, a pall hanging over the European Union due to continued economic weakness , the exit of Great Britain still a real possibility, and dark, nationalist undercurrents swirling, several of the 28-strong EU mem...
Richard (Rick) Mills
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December 16, 2019
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In our last article ( A Minsky Moment is coming for gold ) we presented the “Minsky Moment”, referring to a point in time when a period of bullish speculation leads to a spectacular market crash. Named after economist Hyman Minsky, the theory centers...
Richard (Rick) Mills
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February 24, 2020
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Blue Sky Uranium Raises C$0.87M and Continues Exploration of Ivana Deposit; Newly Elected Argentine President Perceived as Positive for Mining The Critical Investor looks into the uranium explorer's work in Argentina and the political situation in the country with the ...
Streetwise Reports
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November 12, 2019
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