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The Energy Report: The uranium spot price balloon has lost air again and is back down in the mid-$30/pound (mid-$30/lb) range. It was stalled there for months last year. What pushed the spot price up in the first place? Why is it falling now? Rob Chang: The uranium spot market is generally pretty thin, and […]
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Editors Note: If Mike Swanson is correct that we maybe entering a bear market then investors might want to consider how they could use stock warrants to accomplish more gains. Consider, selling the warrants sold, or buying the warrants and then shorting the common shares, or develop your own hedging strategies. You can get the
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The Gold Report: Rick Rule talks a lot about how much money can be made investing in things people hate, or at least don’t like very much. Throughout the first quarter of this year, natural resources as a whole seemed to be in that category. How do you create a successful investing strategy out of
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The Energy Report: Jonathan, what is the condition of the lithium space today? Jonathan Lee: The lithium space today is an oligopoly; there are only four major mines owned by four companies. Over the past three years, the space has actually consolidated with the largest mine, Greenbushes, owned by two companies through a joint venture
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The Gold Report: Have you ever witnessed such a sustained period where the U.S. Federal Reserve and/or the European Central Bank have had so much sway over market direction? Is it sustainable? Raj Ray: What we are seeing right now is a throwback to the Fed’s original goal of preservation of financial stability. Central bankers
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The Next Gold Bull Market Starts Before October By Jeff Clark I’m going out on a limb: I think the next bull phase in the gold market gets underway before October. Why? China. But not due to runaway demand… At an International Monetary Fund (IMF) forum last month, China’s central bank governor, Zhou Xiaochuan, made
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The Energy Report: John, how has the renewable space changed in the last five years? John McIlveen: Cost. The cost of standardized technologies for wind and solar have fallen by at least a half in five years, to just below $2 million per rated megawatt ($2M/rated MW), versus the same cost for a coal plant.
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The Gold Report: The U.S. Federal Reserve has downgraded its forecasts for both economic growth and inflation. That being the case, why would it raise interest rates? Chris Mancini: There’s a certain contingent in the Fed that believes that its zero interest monetary policy might result in adverse consequences going forward. This contingent is dead
The Mining Report: John, what are the global issues you are watching that could have an impact on commodities, particularly gold? John Kaiser: There is a risk that the economic growth slowdown already underway can deteriorate further, precipitating major general market declines and causing demand for raw materials to flag. This would worsen the current
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The Energy Report: John, oil and gas prices have rallied a bit recently. Have we established a bottom? John Ragozzino: Yes. In our recently published Global Energy Research “Commodity Price Revisions” report, we are calling for a meaningful V-shaped recovery beginning in the back half of 2015 and into 2016. This is not significantly different