Global Silver Mining Industry Productivity Falls To The Lowest In History
After the Primary Silver Mining Industry enjoyed a brief increase in productivity over the past two years, it fell to the lowest ever in 2016. The reason the average yield of the global silver mining industry increased in 2014 was due to the addition of Tahoe Resources high-grade Escobal Silver Mine. Tahoe’s Escobal Silver Mine’s […]
Surplus Or Stimulus
René Magritte Le Cri du Coeur 1960 Austerity is over, proclaimed the IMF this week. And no doubt attributed that to the ‘successful’ period of ‘five years of belt-tightening’ a.k.a. ‘gradual fiscal consolidation’ it has, along with its econo-religious ilk, imposed on many of the world’s people. Only, it’s not true of course. Austerity is not over. […]
Silver’s… Comeback And Other Important Signals
The most prominent action in the precious metals market that we saw last week, took place in silver – the white metal closed the week below the important long-term support/resistance line, thus invalidating the previous breakout. However, there’s more to the precious metals market than just the action in silver. In today’s free gold analysis, we […]
Ready, Set, Splat
As I write, the French stock market (the CAC 40), is doing a grand jeté (up 4.5 percent!) in celebration of Emmanuel Macron’s assumed slaying of the dragon Le Pen. But that was just the first round under the interesting French election system. Consider that two other candidates who were eliminated, Monsieurs Fillon and Mélenchon, got nearly […]
Is Pain Ahead For Healthcare ETFs After Weak JNJ Q1?
The hot healthcare sector has made a nice comeback this year on cheap valuation, robust earnings results, encouraging industry trends, and a slew of positive actions taken by the President despite the collapse of the healthcare bill. This is especially true as popular funds – Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV), Vanguard Health Care ETF (VHT – Free […]
EC The Most Precious Thing Is Patient Cash
Hundreds of billions in private equity and hedge fund money has been raised, and is bursting to be deployed in the market. Companies like Apple (Nasdaq:AAPL) with multiple billions of liquidity feel the need to find a home for it – in Apple’s case, possibly buying Disney (NYSE:DIS). Yet interest rates are too low, the […]
Analyst Upgrades Steel Stocks On Signs Of Rebounding Demand
Macquarie upgraded several U.S. steel producers, saying that demand for steel should improve, while the recent downturn in the stocks has created a buying opportunity. The firm upgraded AK Steel (AKS) and Steel Dynamics (STLD) to Outperform from Neutral, and it raised its rating on Nucor (NUE) and U.S. Steel (X) to Neutral from Underperform. […]
Is Higher Education Worth The Cost?
(Video length 00:05:37) In this video, I’ll look at whether higher education is worth the cost. Tuition in the United States is soaring. Look at this chart from the American Enterprise Institute using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics: [Chart shown at 0:16.] Naturally, student debt is soaring as well. The February 2017 Quarterly […]
Ebay Is Top Strong Buy Upgrade
For today’s edition of our upgrade list, we used our website’s advanced screening functions to search for UPGRADES to BUY or STRONG BUY with complete forecast and valuation data. They are presented by one-month forecast return. Bank of China (BACHY) is our top-rated upgrade this week and it is a STRONG BUY. Opiant Pharmaceuticals (OPNT) […]
One Bank Asks: “Who Will Burst This Bubble?”
Well damn. Just when everyone was excited about the prospect of Emmanuel Macron making it to the second round of the French elections where, according to the pollsters who regained a bit of legitimacy on Sunday evening, he’ll swiftly put down the populist uprising spearheaded by Marine Le Pen, SocGen’s Andrew Lapthorne decided to rain on the […]
