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Gold Outperforms Stocks In Q1, 2018 – Gold signs off Q1 2018 with best run since 2011 – Gold price supported by safe haven demand, interest-rate concerns and inflation – Trade wars and concerns over equity market have sent investors towards gold – ETF holdings highest in nearly a decade – Goldman Sachs: 'The dislocation between the gold prices and U.S. rates is here to stay' Gold ended March with it's best performance since 2011. The safe haven asset completed a third-quarterly rise thanks to a weaker dollar, interest-rate concerns, inflation nervousness and geopolitical tensions. Gold's finish for the quarter [...]

BY JOSHUA MCMORROW-HERNANDEZ, EDITOR Jefferson nickels have slipped under the radars of coin dealers and collectors for years, with many proclaiming the current five-cent coin series a “sleeper.” It's one of the few current, long-running series of which a complete collection remains possible to build from circulation with enough patience. This, thanks to many of the semi-keys and even the various 35% silver wartime issues (struck from 1942-45) occasionally floating around from pocket to pocket, purse to purse, or roll to roll with little notice from non collectors and relatively scant attention from even many collectors who mistakenly think there's [...]

While investors continue to turn to precious metals as a safe-haven within the current state of the market, silver has not managed to pick up the type of gains its sister metal, gold, has. While it managed to hit a high of US$17.54 on January 24, it declined more than 3 percent in Q1. Many analysts and insiders believe that despite silver's performance in the first three months of the year, a bull market might be around the corner for the gray metal. With that in mind, here we look at the best junior silver stocks making the most gains [...]

Brexit, Stagflation Pressures UK High Street – UK high street and wider consumer market feeling effects of financial crisis, Brexit and inflation – 350,000 retails jobs expected to disappear between 2016 and 2020 – Centre for Retail Research predicts 9,500 shops to close this year and 10,200 in 2019 – UK is 'worst performing' European market for new car registrations – Moody's – UK's growth outlook is the 'worst in the G20' – Institute of Fiscal Studies – Consumer spending grow just 1.3% in 2018, a seven-year low – Spending growth dropped by 2.6% since 2016 contributing to UK high street [...]

BY PATRICK IAN PEREZ, EDITOR The United States currency market got a major shot in the arm with the March Whitman Baltimore Expo and the associated Stack's Bowers auction. It was the largest sale in terms of prices realized for the firm, netting just under $10.5 million. While it will surprise exactly no one that the first part of the Joel Anderson Collection provided a large chunk of that total, the overall sale was strong. The Anderson notes brought home over $7.9 million for 64 notes for an average of more than $123,000. A remarkable 44 of the 64 notes [...]

Gold, silver and platinum futures ended higher on Monday, the first trading day of the new week, month and quarter. Gold for June delivery rose $19.60, or 1.5%, to settle at $1,346.90 an ounce on... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The New England Patriots suffered a tough loss against the Philadelphia Eagles during the National Football League's Super Bowl in Super Bowl LII, played in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on February 4, 2018. As New England Patriots player Rob Gronkowski was playing in the big game, his Foxborough, Massachusetts, home – which he shared with three other people – was robbed.   Among the losses reported were two proof Morgan silver dollars belonging to one of Gronkowski's housemates; the Morgan dollars have been identified on a Coin Community discussion thread as 1879 and 1896 proof dollars certified by Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS). [...]

The silver price was under pressure in the first quarter of the year. While it managed to hit a high of US$17.54 per ounce on January 24, it declined 3.76 percent in Q1 to end at US$16.20. As investors watch interest rate hikes, political uncertainty and a depressed dollar, they are slowly turning their direction towards the gray metal as a safe-haven asset. Despite silver's slow start to the year, analysts and industry experts believe that the silver price could increase later this year. With that in mind, it's interesting to look at which silver stocks performed the best in the first [...]

The Whitman Baltimore Expo bourse floor was hot with hundreds of dealers and thousands of attendees even as a nor'easter brought much of the Boston-Washington corridor to a freezing halt. The spring show, spanning March 22-25, was anchored by a multi-session Stack's Bowers sale with thousands of tantalizing lots crossing the block at the Baltimore Convention Center. Among the early offerings from the Baltimore sale as this issue of Bluesheet was going to press included selections from the Brian Dobbins and A.J. Vanderbilt Collections, with the former featuring some 800 lots of fascinating tokens and medals and the latter offering [...]

While New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski was busy playing in Super Bowl LII on Feb. 5, suspects were busy burglarizing his home, which he shared with three other individuals. The suspects... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]