Category: Gold
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Everything is up: Eat, drink, be merry… for tomorrow we die
When the history books are written on this passage of our lives, under pandemic lockdown and with once-in-three-generations levels of unemployment, they’ll note that in order to save us from economic collapse, the government printed trillions of dollars and just fired it all into the markets out of a bazooka, only to establish a decades-long…
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![Tocvan (TOC.C) pushing its Pilar Gold-Silver Project aggressively along the curve]()
Tocvan (TOC.C) pushing its Pilar Gold-Silver Project aggressively along the curve
Tocvan Ventures (TOC.C) is a relatively new entry onto the junior exploration stage having IPO’d early last year. In conducting my due diligence on the company, it immediately became apparent that a tight cap structure is a core value with this crew. The company currently has 17.7 million shares outstanding and a modest market cap…
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Deflation is here! Is that a bad thing?
Today, the U.S. Labor Department reported a general decline in underlying prices during April, 2020 – causing financial pundits to freak out about the possibility of further deflation. Deflation – at first glance – appears to be a good thing. Stuff gets cheaper – great! However, deflation spooks stock markets because it is a sign…
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![Companies on the Highballer shortlist in the news – Defense (DEFN.V), HighGold (HIGH.V), and Skeena (SKE.V)]()
Companies on the Highballer shortlist in the news – Defense (DEFN.V), HighGold (HIGH.V), and Skeena (SKE.V)
Even though virus-related shutdowns have hindered the pace of mineral exploration in recent weeks—some regions more than others—progress is still being made on multiple fronts. Creating shareholder value is the primary objective of the companies we follow here at Highballerstocks… virus be damned. Three of the companies on our shortlist dropped headlines last week. Two…
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![Senior Royalty and Streaming companies screaming higher – Metalla (MTA.V) and soon to debut Nomad (GV.V)]()
Senior Royalty and Streaming companies screaming higher – Metalla (MTA.V) and soon to debut Nomad (GV.V)
Streaming and royalty companies are a fascinating lot. While gold and the Senior Producers have put on quite a show over the past few months, the royalty and streaming Co’s—those higher up on the food chain in particular—have been screaming higher as if the metal had just launched a successful assault on all time highs.…
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Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A.NYSE): Warren Buffett is my hero but he got this detail wrong
“Nothing can basically stop America,” stated Buffett at Saturday’s virtual shareholder meeting. “The American miracle, the American magic has always prevailed and it will do so again.” Buffett’s opinion (about the resiliency of the U.S. economy) has been right for six decades. Why wouldn’t it continue to be right?
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![The Fed can’t print gold (it can’t print silver either) – Pure Gold (PGM.V)]()
The Fed can’t print gold (it can’t print silver either) – Pure Gold (PGM.V)
There’s rarely been a dull day in the gold (and silver) arena since the calendar turned over to 2020. The madcap volatility we’ve witnessed over the past few months has likely challenged the convictions of even the most hardcore of gold bugs. There’s no shortage of opinions regarding where we go from here. For example,…
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Nexus Gold (NXS.V) – finally – actually – miraculously – lifts on news, up 50%
At Equity.Guru, we’ve been tight with Nexus Gold (NXS.V) boss Alex Klenman for years. he’s been through it with Nexus, from former CEOs selling off his stock in secret, filing their insde trading docs a year late, to stock promoters demanding money and then, upon being refused, crashing the stock, to dark pool shenanigans and…
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Falcon Gold (FG.V), up 60% on new properties, drills turning, and the novel tactic of ‘doing work’
Karim Rayani is a deal guy from way back, a non-stop money raiser, deal maker, handshaker and groover/shaker. If you needed a guy to invest in a biotech deal, Karim would go find him. If you needed some dough to kickstart a palladium mine, Karim will have a guy who knows a guy. And if…
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![Money rain, fighting the Fed, and precious metals]()
Money rain, fighting the Fed, and precious metals
Some might be wondering, is this it for the precious metals? Gold has had a phenomenal run. It’s looking kinda expensive right now. And it’s taken a hit in recent sessions. Is it time to bail? No one can say for sure how things will play out in these uncharted waters. No one can say…
