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 | Mickey Fulp - Mercenary Geologist |
| The Never-Ending Wars of the United States of America |
| A Monday Morning Musing from Mickey the Mercenary Geologist"War is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of the people. Only a small 'inside' group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefiMonday, November 23, 2020 |
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 | Jordan Roy Byrne - The Daily Gold |
| 5 Things I Look for in Exploration Companies |
| Three months ago (April) we covered the reasons we primarily invest in junior exploration companies. We promised to follow up with some criteria we follow in attempting to pick winners. Here are five things we look for when evaluating and selecting junior exploration companies.
Management has a track record and experience.Tuesday, June 30, 2020 |
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| Gold - The Daily Gold |
| 5 Things I Look for in Exploration Companies |
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| Mickey Fulp - Mercenary Geologist |
| The Life Cycle of Money |
| In the aftermath of the global economic crisis of 2008-2009, governments throughout the world have fostered a tenuous recovery predicated on massive increases in money supplies and debasement of currencies. Note however, that monetary debasement is not a recent phenomenon; it is simply the natural life cycle of money.There are six well-defined stages in the life cycle of money. This progression has occurred in every dominant civilizationMonday, May 11, 2020 |
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 | Richard Mills - Ahead of the Herd |
Doggie (Life) Style  |
| Disregard disease – Ebola, Zika and whatever else is cooking out there. Things like - rising sea levels, global shortages of fresh water, simmering religious tensions, the potential for wars over mineral resources and what a higher gold price means. Disregard financial calamity, malfunctioning governments and lying sleazebag politicians leading us down the garden path.
Forget about climate change, somebody else can deal with it. Is it to be inflation, disinflation, deflation or stagflation?Wednesday, April 22, 2020 |
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| Mickey Fulp - Mercenary Geologist |
| Gold, Silver, and the US Dollar: 1792-1971 |
| In today's musing, I review the history of gold, silver, and fiat currency as money in the United States of America. I document how various wars, panics and depressions, Congressional acts, and executive orders have affected the US dollar prices of precious metals and resulting gold-silver ratios.This musing covers the period from 1792 when the United States government first established a national currency backed by gold and silver untilMonday, April 6, 2020 |
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 | Adam Hamilton - Zealllc |
| Gold Miners’ Q4’17 Fundamentals |
| The
gold miners’ stocks remain deeply out of favor, trading at prices
seen when gold was half or even a quarter of current levels. So
many traders assume this small contrarian sector must be really
struggling fundamentally. But nothing could be farther from the
truth! The major gold miners’ recently-released Q4’17 results prove
they are thriving. Their languishing stock prices are the result of
irrational herd sentiment.
Four
times a year publicly-traded coFriday, March 16, 2018 |
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| Jordan Roy Byrne - The Daily Gold |
| Record Low Volatility in Precious Metals and What it Means |
| The past 18 months have been difficult for precious metals investors. If you had known Donald Trump would be elected and the US Dollar would soon begin a nearly 15% decline, you would have expected Gold to blow past its 2016 high. You would have been shocked to see the gold miners and junior gold stocks trading lower. Gold has fared okay but the gold stocks and Silver have lagged. As US equities have continued to power higher, precious metals have struggled to perform while volatility in the spaTuesday, March 13, 2018 |
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 | The Energy Report |
| Analyst Calls Oil EP 'Most Attractive Small-Cap Montney Name in Our Universe' |
| Garett Ursu, an analyst with Cormark Securities, highlighted this energy firm's upcoming well test results and upside potential.
A Feb. 28 Cormark Securities research note indicated that Blackbird Energy Inc. (BBI:TSX.V) is approaching its "final derisking event," which is the release of test results from the northern 3-27-71-7W6 well, before the company transitions to "a high-growth junior," wrote analyst Garett Ursu.
Initial results, due out shortlyMonday, March 12, 2018 |
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| The Energy Report |
| The Smallest Company in the Lowest Cost Oil Play in the US |
| Keith Schaefer of Oil and Gas Investments Bulletin profiles a micro-cap oil company with land in a prime area.
Small oil producers have been shunned by the market, making them extremely cheap now—giving the whole sector lots of leverage for investors.
The one I'm focused on this year is Jericho Oil Corp. (JCO:TSX.V; JROOF:OTC). It's the smallest company I can find in the best play—which right now looks like the STACK play in Oklahoma.
It was the rare mWednesday, March 7, 2018 |
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 | Peter McKenzie-Brown - Language Instinct |
| Barbecues, Booms and Blogs |
| Barbecues, Booms and Blogs
Fifty Years of Public Relations in Calgary
ISBN number: 978-1-55059-363-1
Copy for inside front cover:
Public relations is "the management function which evaluates public attitudes, identifies the policies and procedures of an individual or organization with the public interest, and plans and executes a program of action to earn understanding and acceptance."
Canadian Public Relations Society definition
Title: Barbeques, Booms and BlogsSubSunday, March 4, 2018 |
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 | Michael Ballanger |
| The Rhyme of the Ancient Speculator: Bullish Silver COT |
| Twenty-seven months and two days ago, I was under huge emotional duress due to the dreadful action in the gold market as prices had been under severe manipulative pressure since mid-October. Under the excruciating weight of incessant shenanigans (interventions), the price of gold was in abject freefall, having plunged from $1,189.90 to $1,062.60 or around 10.7% in a mere six weeks. On Friday, December 4, the COT for the week ended December 1, 2015. was reported and as I read the gold portion ofSaturday, March 3, 2018 |
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| Michael Ballanger |
| Stock Market Volatility Attributed to 'Shenanigans' |
| Back in January, I discussed the likelihood that global equity markets were approaching simultaneous tipping points beyond which legions upon legions of GenX-ers and Millennials would be thrown to the wolves by failing to recognize the financial mania engulfing them. I alluded to it being "Time for the Beast to Exhale," and within a few days, my volatility trade (UVXY) exploded to the upside as the "beast," better known as the global stock market ascent, finally exhaled and fell 3,300 Dow JonesFriday, February 23, 2018 |
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| The Energy Report |
| Fund Manager Names Three Small-Caps with Strong Growth Profiles |
| The annual AlphaNorth Capital Conference features small-cap non-resource companies with high growth prospects. AlphaNorth's founder and chief investment officer, Steve Palmer, profiles several companies that he believes have bright prospects.
The Life Sciences Report: Steve, you are a co-organizer of the annual AlphaNorth Capital Conference, which is attended by about 40 small-cap companies and major investors. How do you select the companies you invitThursday, February 22, 2018 |
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| Michael Ballanger |
| Large Speculators and the House of Pain |
| This week's COT report once again confirms that the Large Speculators are arguably the stupidest group of gold traders in existence. To be certain, as criminality is to the Commercials, brainlessness is to the Large Specs. They are constantly long massive positions at major turning points in gold and silver and are consistently on the wrong side of the trade. Pundits love to refer to the Small Speculators as "dumb retail" or the typically green, blindly optimistic newcomer piling into gold futurSunday, February 18, 2018 |
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| Michael Ballanger |
| What the Markets Have in Common with the Film 'Casablanca' |
| As I watched Wednesday's CPI (inflation) number reported by the Commerce Department, I was immediately reminded of that classic scene from legendary WWII flick "Casablanca," where Claude Rains, playing police Captain Renault, shuts down Humphrey Bogart's casino/nightclub with the immortal words, "I shocked—SHOCKED—to find out that gambling is going on in here!" The croupier hands him a wad of bills—"Your winnings, sir"—to which he says, "Oh thank you very much. Now everyone out of here!"
Well,Saturday, February 17, 2018 |
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| Michael Ballanger |
| Groundhog Week |
| In the "I hate to say I-told-you-so" category, it looks like the Punxsutawney Phil came out of his den last week, took one look at the state of the global stock markets, and decided to go back to bed for six years. One short week after I posted "Never Underestimate the Replacement Power of Equities Within a (HYPER) Inflationary Spiral," complete with a chart with five smiling faces of those that would be responsible for "Dow 25,800," we have lost a very quick 2,000 Dow points and 105 for the S&PFriday, February 9, 2018 |
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| Michael Ballanger |
| From the Heart: Own Precious Metals |
| One of the things from which I occasionally enjoy a good chuckle is the insecurity displayed by bloggers or newsletter writers who are constantly in need of positive reinforcement derived by reminding readers of their "incredible market calls." It is always readily-predictable because just before they ask you to buy something (like a subscription), they post a link to emphasize their brilliance with phrases like "as you know" or "back in 2017" providing breathtaking introductions to their most rTuesday, February 6, 2018 |
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 | The Gold Report |
| Geologist Peter Megaw's Golden Touch in His Search for District-Scale Mines |
| High-grade and district-scale are geologist Peter Megaw's mantra. We look into some of the projects he devotes his attention to right now.
Geologist Peter Megaw, one of the co-founders of MAG Silver Corp. (MAG:TSX; MAG:NYSE.MKT), led the geological team that found MAG's Juanicipio project, now a joint venture with Fresnillo Plc (FRES:LSE), in one of the world's largest silver districts. He considers himself an explorationist who is lookMonday, February 5, 2018 |
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| Jordan Roy Byrne - The Daily Gold |
 Why You Must Own Silver in 2018 |
| While Gold is very close to a major breakout (in price) its strength has not filtered down to Silver yet. Gold is 3% away from a major breakout and comfortably above its long-term moving averages. However, Silver is well below its 2016 high and is currently battling its 200-day moving average. But that is okay. Silver typically lags and underperforms Gold until Gold gains momentum or breaks key resistance. A major breakout in Gold this year and its effect on Silver is just one reason why Silver Monday, January 22, 2018 |
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