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Jim Rickards: Trump “Will Probably Win” and Gold “May Rise $100” Overnight The US election is just two weeks away on November 8th, and one of Hillary Clinton's most vocal critics on the business side is finance commentator and monetary expert Jim Rickards. Jim is in Sydney this week, armed with his latest book, hot off the press entitled 'The Road to Ruin – The Global Elites' Secret Plan for the Next Financial Crisis' and gave an interesting television interview to 'The Business' on ABC Australia. Rickards says that Trump “will probably win” and, if he does, stock markets will crash 10% [...]

Gold prices were on the rise for the second week in a row, this time on weak US economic data and demand from India. The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday that the data wasn't as strong as expected and that demand for the yellow metal has gone up as the Diwali and Dhanterasm festivals in India approach. As of 1:23 p.m. EST on Friday, the gold price was $1,274.53 an ounce. According to Reuters, there's an 80 percent chance the Federal Reserves will raise interest rates by December, noting that the markets may have already been impacted by the possibility of an increase. [...]

This short article presents a photo overview of the Ronald Reagan Coin & Chronicles Set with its reverse proof Presidential $1 Coin, bronze medal, and anniversary proof American Silver... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Banknote production in September dipped from a month earlier but the combined value of the notes was higher, data from the agency that prints U.S. currency shows. 720.5 million in $1s, $5s, $10s,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Satyajit Das has written an excellent article in Bloomberg which clearly details the risks facing the global financial and monetary system and how central bankers are out of monetary ammunition and weapons. NOT A BAD PLACE FOR IT. PHOTOGRAPHER: ERWIN WODICKA/ULLSTEIN BILD/GETTY IMAGES VIA BLOOMBERG Excerpt: “No one likes to admit defeat. But global policymakers, who continue to insist that there's more they can do to revive growth and inflation, are starting to sound like Monty Python's Black Knight (click link to see video), the limbless and mortally wounded warrior who threatens to bleed on his victorious opponent. The truth is [...]

NexGen Energy (TSX:NXE) has announced it has received positive preliminary metallurgical results for the Arrow Deposit, located on the company's 100 percent owned Rook I property in the Athabasca Basin. As quoted in the press release: Highlights: • Leaching tests yielded high uranium recoveries exceeding 98%, and were obtained with mild acid conditions (pH 1.1 to 1.5) and modest acid consumption in a short time period (8 hours or less). • The Arrow Deposit composite head sample returned 4.41% U3O8 with very low deleterious metal content of 0.011% arsenic and 0.005% selenium. • Gold and silver assayed 0.8 g/t and [...]

Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert have interviewed Jan Skoyles to discuss how gold is the “Kardashian of Commodities” and “future-proofing your portfolio with gold”. Topics covered are Double Down asks Jan Skoyles, of Goldcore.com, if there is enough gold in the world to hedge against a President Trump U.S. Election – Trump and Clinton most hated Presidential candidates in history Goldman Sachs says that gold is a 'good hedge against politicians' Skoyles says that, in the West, gold is considered 'the Kardashian of commodities,' something not taken seriously as an investment - until the likes of Goldman Sachs says it might [...]

In the October 14 editions of the Greysheet and Bluesheet, we performed a comprehensive review of the Morgan dollar series. Unfortunately, in this market the analysis of current levels reflected negatively as prices are down on a number of issues in this series. This reality is especially obvious in the gem grades of MS65-MS67, and the results at auction have trended downward of late. We also felt compelled to lower prices in grades lower than MS65 as we have seen a number of issues trade either on the bourse floor, eBay, or auction (live and internet) for lower values than [...]

Kootenay Silver (TSXV:KTN) is pleased to announce results from the first 11 holes of the ongoing 3,400 meter drill program on its La Negra silver discovery in Sonora, Mexico currently being conducted and operated by Pan American Silver Corp. (TSX: PAA, NASDAQ: PAAS) (“Pan American”). The current definition drill program on La Negra is part of an option agreement completed in February 2016 between Kootenay and Pan American that provides Kootenay with a series of work and cash commitments and a carried to production interest on La Negra. A series of deeper infill drill holes from the current program have confirmed the [...]

The final Whitman Baltimore Expo of the year gets underway next week, signaling that the end of the year is not far away. It has been an eventful 2016, and we will have a thorough review as we get into the December issues. The Baltimore event is an opportunity for dealers and collectors to gather at a major show before the rush of the holiday season to conduct business and position for the new year. Stacks-Bowers will conduct an auction of U.S. coins and currency over a total of twelve (12) floor and online-only sessions. The coin auction is anchored [...]