We’re a few hours away from the conclusion of a two-day Fed meeting. Better than expected retail sales last week (the retail sector currently accounts for two-thirds of the GDP in the U.S.) might’ve turned the Fed hawkish. We’ll find out when Chairman Powell steps up to the mic. Talk of tapering its $120 billion-a-month […]
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Forum Energy Metals (FMC.V) drills wholly-owned Love Lake project in mining-friendly Saskatchewan
I’m looking to shake things up a bit here at Highballer. I’ve been thinking long and hard and I’ve decided to cover certain highly speculative companies in the pre-discovery phase of their cycles, and those following up on new discoveries with aggressive drill campaigns. The goal is to deliver a more dynamic, broad-ranging read (I […]
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Forum (FMC.V), Prime (PRYM.V), Skeena (SKE.T), Harfang (HAR.V), and the Disconnect…
In a recent Equity Guru piece, I presented the disconnect—the divergence—that exists between gold stocks and the underlying metal via a chart comparing GLD (the SPDR Gold Shares ETF) to the GDXJ (the Global Junior Gold Miners Index). I suppose you can blame this price weakness on the summer doldrums—the volume has dried up in […]
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Forum Energy Metals (FMC.V) tags high grade Cu at Janice Lake Project in mining-friendly Saskatchewan
Despite Copper taking it on the chin in recent sessions… … the shares of Forum Energy Metals (FMC.V) having been holding up well, and on fairly decent volume. It’s not always the case, especially in these highly volatile markets… but when a Cu exploreco demonstrates price strength while the underlying commodity is getting thumped on… […]
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Forum (FMC.V) announces initial results from Janice Lake, Harfang (HAR.V) confirms kilometric-scale gold structure at Serpent Project, Prime (PRYM.V) delivers MORE bonanza grades at Los Reyes Project
After smashing through all-time highs, Copper—the malleable, red-orange metal with superior thermal and electrical conductivity properties—is currently consolidating its gains after that historic breakout. If you believe we’re in the early innings of a new supercycle in commodities—a structural bull market that will stick for years—Copper will lead the push higher as the rush to […]
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Gold breaks out, Copper tags all-time highs plus Forum (FMC.V), HighGold (HIGH.V), Prime (PRYM.V), Banyan (BYN.V), Skeena (SKE.T), White Gold (WGO.V)
Having bookended the month of March with a Double Bottom and smashing through stubborn resistance at $1800 last week (a hard-fought 10-week high), Gold is holding on to its gains, settling in above that critical $1,800 line. The next stop for the precious metal is the 200 SMA at roughly $1856. Once that level falls, […]
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Inflation, Gold, Copper, Bitcoin – Part 2 – also Cartier (ECR.V), Highgold (HIGH.V), Kuya (KUYA.C), Pure Gold (PGM.V), Skeena (SKE.T), Minnova (MCI.V), and Forum (FMC.V)
After testing the $1800 level earlier this week, gold backed off, rounding out the week essentially flat. But the setup here looks compelling. Since a double bottom that bookended the month of March (chart below), the metal is grinding out a series of higher lows- higher highs. Having tested and broken out above the 50 […]
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Inflation, Gold, Copper – Forum (FMC.V), Defense (DEFN.V) and Prime (PRYM.V) – Part 1
Recent trade in gold is showing some real conviction having taken out key resistance at $1750, a level that has held prices in check for the past month and a half. After forming a Double Bottom at key support in mid to late March, the low may be in for what some call “eight agonizing […]
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An early spring Highballer update – Defense (DEFN.V), Cartier (ECR.V), Forum (FMC.V), HighGold (HIGH.V), Kuya (KUYA.C) and Pure Gold (PGM.V)
The junior exploration arena has sprung back to life in recent sessions. Two companies on the Highballer shortlist tagged significant highs in recent sessions. Forum Energy Metals (FMC.V)… Prime Mining Corp (PRYM.V)… This episode of Highballer will bring many of the companies on our shortlist up-to-date. Defense Metals (DEFN.V) Yesterday, on March 23rd, Defense dropped an […]
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Gold, Bonds, and companies on our list making headlines – Pure Gold (PGM.V), Defense (DEFN.V), HighGold (HIGH.V), Cartier (ECR.V), Banyan (BYN.V), Forum (FMC.V), and Prime (PRYM.V)
Gold was dealt What For last week, taking out major support, trading at levels not seen in over eight months. The culprit of this recent carnage was a major sell-off in bonds pushing the yield on the US 10-year note to 1.5% (yields were a mere 0.5% only six months back). Though current yields represent […]