A look ahead to investing in 2017
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We wish everyone a very happy New Year! We hope 2017 is the best year ever both personally and financially.
In the first hour of this weekend’s show we take a look ahead to 2017 and what could be for the commodity sector and some other opportunities we see developing.
- Segment 1 & 2: Rick Rule shares his outlook for 2017 in terms of metlas, China and what he is doing with his money.
- Segment 3: Richard Postma AKA Doc looks at what his charts are saying for gold and commodities in 2017.
- Segment 4: Chris Temple considers the Carl Icahn appointment as special advisor on regulatory reform and what that means for the shift to more active investing.
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Financial Sense:
http://www.financialsensenewshour.com/broadcast/fsn2016-1231-1.mp3
Hi back at ya from Anaheim CFS.
Cheers.
A very interesting Wild Jim Willie:
http://www.tfmetalsreport.com/podcast/8069/auld-lang-jackass
agree,,,,,I listened to Turd and Willy last night……..
The SGE has taken measures to reduce manipulation:
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-gold-idUSKBN14I031
Current Prices on SGE:
GOLD $1184.43
SILVER $17.87
when will the next Theralase update be aired?
Re: Segment 2:
China may be experiencing an outflow of capital, but I believe Mr. Rule underestimates the intelligence of the Chinese leadership.
China has been acquiring resources at LOW PRICES with this outflow of capital.
They will create a viable Asian economy with their new silk road, which will supplant the US as their export generated wealth will continue to grow, while the US declines.
Re: Segment 3:
Thank you, Doc for all your commentaries.
(Especially, as you seem to reinforce my own views)
I, too, have been slowly moving into energy again, and also rotating some of my mining interests.
I do disagree with your belief that the dollar retains its strength; only the extremely weak Euro and banking problems in Europe will give it the appearance of strength.
+1 – Always good to hear Doc unpack his outlook in the markets.
Gold Miners Are Running Out of Metal: Five Charts Explaining Why
Kevin Crowley – December 21, 2016
Swings in Sentiment/Gold
Trader Scott’s Market Blog – January 1, 2017
http://oneradionetwork.com/archive/trader-scotts-market-blog-swings-sentimentgold-january-1-2017/
Here is a chart featuring a few notable Gold & Silver Jrs that had nice moves over the last week (Dec 23- Dec 30th) from the front to the back side of the holidays.
$DEF $KS $GRR $SGN $GGD $CLZ $MQR $GPY $BBB $BEX
( $IRV and some of the #AussieStocks were not able to be put into stockcharts or bigcharts)
Of course the real fun is going to be working on the 2016 annual charts by sub-sector 🙂
** Anyone have any stocks they think started low and ended higher than their peer companies?
It’s a bit of a limiting metric to only look at the start and end date for a year to categorize companies performance, because really the best gains were Jan 19th through mid August in most companies, and that would have been a great comparison.
Some of the companies that charged higher the strongest in 2016 also crashed lower the hardest….. #ThatsTheWayTheCookieCrumbles in the miners though.
Regardless, it will be interesting to see what companies performed well from Dec 30th to Dec 30th. Stay tuned…..
2016 Annual Performance Chart for the Gold and Silver ETFs and Funds:
$GDX $SGDM $GDXJ $SGDJ $GOEX $USERX $TGLDX $RING $SIL $SILJ
Here is that same group of ETFs and Funds but as an annual performance Bar Chart
(The above line charts show peaks & valleys, but the annual close Bar Chart is also nice)
Here are the 2016 Annual Performance Charts for Gold Miners (Dec 30,2015 – Dec 30, 2016)
1) This first chart shows the annual performance of the Major Gold Producers
$G $ABX $K $NEM $NCMGY $GFI $RRS.L $AU $AEM $SBGL
2) This second chart shows the annual performance of more Major Gold Producers & Streamers
$HMY $AUY $POLY.L $ACA.L $RGLD $FNV $SLW $SAND $OR
http://stockcharts.com/freecharts/perf.php?HMY,AUY,POLY.L,ACA.L,RGLD,FNV,SLW,SAND,OR&p=5&O=011000
3) This third chart shows the annual performance of Mid-Tier Gold Producers
(Mid-Tier Gold companies sorted #Alphabetically ; doing all the stacked rankings was too cumbersome)
$ASR $AGI $AR $AKG $BTO $BAA $CEE $CG $CGG $DGC
4) This fourth chart shows the annual performance of more Mid-Tier Gold Producers:
$DRD $DPM $DNG $ELD $EDV $GCM $GUY $HGM.L $IMG $JAG
5) This fifth chart shows the annual performance of more Mid-Tier Gold Producers:
$KL $KDX $MND $MUX $OGC $ORV $PAF.L $PRU $P $RIC
6) This sixth chart shows the annual performance of more Mid-Tier Gold Producers
$ROG $SMF $TGZ $TXG
http://stockcharts.com/freecharts/perf.php?ROG.V,SMF.TO,TGZ.TO,TXG.TO&p=5&O=011000
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** Unfortunately, I could not get stockcharts to pull up some of the #AussieStocks and other foreign exchanges but here were other #MidTier #Gold #Producers that would have been nice to include:
$BDR.AX $DRM.AX $EVN.AX $KCN.AX $KOZAY $MML.AX $RTSD.F $NST.AX $RMS.AX $RRL.AX $RSG.AX $SAR.AX $SBM.AX $SLR.AX $WGX.AX and $ZHAOF
1) Chart of 10 Small Gold Producers (I’m just going alphabetical sorting with these as well. Hover cursor over the colored lines to see each individual companies performance)
$ALKEF $ANX $ORA $ASO $CAL $CEG $LODE $GG $GGD $GORO
Sorry that was only the 200 day chart.
Here is the Annual chart for those companies:
$ALKEF $ANX $ORA $ASO $CAL $CEG $LODE $GG $GGD $GORO
2) Line Chart of the next 10 Small Gold Producers:
$GQM $GSC $GXS $IO $KNT $MLN $MTO $OMI $PBR $PGD.L
(I included Goldsource mines on this because they produced just under 1,000 oz this year but will be producing moving into 2017, and Inca One gold because they are toll milling gold in Peru so I’m placing them with small producers).
3) Line Chart of the next 10 Small Gold Producers annual performance in 2016:
$PG $RAB $R $SGN $SBI $SHG.L $SMC $TMM $WDO
It would have been nice to include a number of smaller producers that don’t pull up in stockcharts, but I’ll list their tickers below. Many of them are Aussie Stocks, and a number also have OTC listings:
$ABU.AX $AGD.AX $AMI.AX $AYC.AX $BLK.AX $CGN.AX $EXG.AX $HAV.AX $KDR.AX $MOY.AX $RED.AX $RZL $SFR.AX $SAU.AX $TRY.AX $WPG.AX
2016 Annual Performance Chart for the Gold Development Companies with Advanced Deposits. (again, for simplicity the proceeding charts in this subsector will be in Alphabetical order).
1) Line Chart for the first 10 Gold Developers annual performance:
$AGG $AMM $AGC $AGB $AVK $BGM $BSX $BEX $CNL $CGE
2) Line Chart for the next 10 Gold Developers annual performance:
$DNA $ETG $XRC $GSV $GOM $GRR $GQC $HRC $HUM.L $IDM
3) Line Chart for the next 10 Gold Developers annual performance:
$IMII $ICG $ITH $JDL $LGC $LYD $MAE $MXI $MXSG $MAX
4) Line Chart for the next 10 Gold Developers annual performance:
$MQR $MNY $MXL $NUS $NCA $NEE $NG $NVO $ORE $PZG
5) Line Chart for the next 10 Gold Developers annual performance:
$PGLC $PLG $PVG $PGM $RCG $RUP $RPM $SBB $SA $TNX
6) Line Chart for the next 10 Gold Developers annual performance:
$TSN $TMR $VIT $VGZ $WAF
http://stockcharts.com/freecharts/perf.php?TSN.V,TMR.TO,VIT.V,VGZ.TO,WAF.V&p=5&O=011000
Once again, there were development companies that would have been nice to include, but stockcharts couldn’t load them:
$AZM.AX $DCN.AX $GOR.AX $MAI $OGX.AX $PRO $SFEG
I’m not going to post the annual charts for the Gold Explorers or I’ll be at this the rest of my life 🙂
Too many Explorers (I’ve got pages and pages of them), so good luck to all with their drill plays for 2017.
Great Charts, Excelsior. Thanks for taking the time to do that.
It’s always nice to take a glance back at a year in review.
** Here are the 2016 Annual Performance Charts for Silver Stocks:
(These charts show price action from Dec 30th 2015 – Dec 30th 2016. Move cursor over the colored lines to highlight that particular stock)
1) This first composite chart shows 10 of the Major and Mid-Tier Silver Producers for 2016:
$SSO $PAA $FRES.L $TAHO $HOC.L $CDE $HL $FR $EDR $SVM
2) This second composite chart shows 10 of the Small Jr Silver Producers for 2016:
$FVI $IPT $EXN $USA $SCZ $GPR $ASM $MYA $SMT $AXR
(Alexco is on here because they were prior producers & will produce in 2017; and I couldn’t fit them on the development chart as it was too full)
3) This third composite chart shows 10 of the Jr Silver Developers for 2016:
(personally I move companies to Development-stage when they have advanced deposits & advanced permitting in place, prior mines or infrastructure in place, or brownfields development & build-out. Of course, these companies are all still Exploration companies as well.)
$BCM $SBR $BBB $KS $BHS $MSV $AUN $CUG $MAG $GRG
4) This forth composite chart shows 10 of the Jr Silver Explorers for 2016:
$DEF $CLZ $DV $SVB $KTN $MMG $SIL $LVN $SSV $REX
5) This fifth composite chart shows 10 more Jr Silver Explorers for 2016:
$AUU $SVG $FASV $SNG $SDRG $PLA $PSL $SSE $SPD $VML
Excelsior:
You provide this board some of the most valuable and insightful research I have ever seen. It’s better than anything coming from any of my 250 writers.
Should you ever enjoy putting it in a piece and sharing it with more people than just this board, please send it to me. I would be happy to post. It’s brilliant, simply brilliant.
Thanks for the kind words and invitation Bob M. At this point I’m just noodling around on here on the KER and on ceo.ca with investors that I like sharing ideas with.
Happy New Years and much appreciated.
Each picture speaks thousands of words, Thanks, EXcelsior
ditto Bob…….Ex has made a great contribution to the
KER
Thanks guys. Always happy to share ideas.
Wishing everyone a prosperous 2017.
Thanks Excelsior
Great work Excelsior! As usual, you add incredible value to the KER comment board.
Peter Boehringer: Germany’s gold reserves in U.S. were only paper claims
That explains why the Bundesbank and New York Fed could never produce proof of the gold’s existence and why it has been taking the Bundesbank so long to recover its foreign-vaulted gold.
By Peter Boehringer, Founder
German Precious Metals Society
As it often has done before, Germany’s Bundesbank has released news at Christmastime to avoid critical examination and discussion, this time news about its repatriation of the nation’s gold reserves.
The repatriated tonnage volume reported — “approximately 200 tonnes,” bringing the total of gold repatriated to approximately 1,580 tonnes or 47 percent of Germany’s gold reserves — is OK, not spectacular. And this month there was far more important news about Germany’s gold, though it was overlooked.
The important news came December 21 from the major German news agency, DPA-AFX, and most likely was written by the Bundesbank itself for DPA-AFX. The news agency published a German-language news brief that was uncritically republished by most German newspapers and magazines without anyone recognizing its political, economic, and historical sensitivity.
… Dispatch continues below …
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Something came up in the news this week that peoe should be aware of:
thx FranSix
I hadnt seen that.
Metrium was just bought by Canopy, wonder what happens to shareprice, for them or all growers.
What are the rules in Canada regarding growing one’s own?
Just like with the food supply, if you don’t grow it yourself, or get it from a trusted grower, then you really just don’t know. The highest quality will never be mass produced.
Yep, there are companies branding themselves as “pesticide free” and there are number of other nasty chemicals that some growers use. Not all growers care as much about the end user, so just like the “organic” craze in foods, this kind of product positioning will be key in this industry as well.
Excellent show for ending the year guys. Rick Rule is enjoyable to listen to always, but enhanced greatly by his humor and command of the language.
Doc’s ideas on the USD and bonds will likely be correct, again. He has helped my net worth tremendously this year and I’d be better off had I listened more intently! Cory’s subdued skepticism is always welcome and should never be discarded.
Chris always adds a dimension that we novices hadn’t been thinking about and many times ties into the thoughts of the other guests, but with a different twist.
Al, I hope your thoughts on sentiment truly works out for you. My personal belief is that the euphoria shown since the election stands on some weak legs. Attitudes can turn on a dime and by the end of next year, we’ll be engrossed in the blame game again for the problems that will undoubtedly occur. We could very well be in a recession in 9 months or so. I could go on but simply count me out as a believer in Mr. Trumps hype and hubris. Happy New Year to you all and thanks for producing the show!
Can someone tell me how I get to or find the second hour ???
you should be able to see it under KER POLITICS
An interesting expose on Soros….
Rick Rule is incredible – simply take any interview of his for the past 4 years; change the date and wala! The same claptrap & mumbo jumbo simply recycled. Just once I would like one of these gurus to simply say I like precious metals because I am comfortable with it as an investment vehicle AND I have no idea what it will do tomorrow – let alone 1 year from now.
You should have stopped after four words. Rick Rule relies heavily on judgments of valuation. PMs have been cheap for more than 3 years, so his comments during the period have maintained a bullish undertone. He never claims to know what will happen tomorrow, but his long-term outlook is always well-reasoned.
First time I can remember him talking banks. Or ‘banks’ as it were, because he normally elies on euphemisms.
I really havnt bothered spending time on many of these guys, its always the same, buy buy buy.
Even when it was tanking from $50, buy, even better time to buy etc etc
Anyone I found that actually gave a rational opinion were never found at KWN Keiser these mining conventions etc They were on TV, they were not bull or bear but suggesting to wait to buy when it got cheap.
Maybe we are getting cheap.
One thing, after years of “silver will run out” “to the moon” “manipulation” and on and on, ya can kinda tell who is full of it.
Gotta pity anyone just learning of course.
after a number of years…..I would say there is a lot of bs with many of the so called gurus
When they’re talking buying, it’s up to you entirely to determine the entry point. I have never known Mr. Rule to advocate any asset at the top of a market while he offloads.
I never said he did Fran.
I just think he has tied himself to PMs enough he hasnt any choice but to promote.
And why not? hes made enough cash to be able to honustly say there is coin in it.
So have I, and alot of people, but ya ever gonna hear about the criminality?scams? etc? from Mr Rule?
Your only going to hear from Mr Rule what he figures is positive.
The only person I recall making such mentions is Mr Bob.
Can take courage when advertisers are your income.
Maybe I forgot someone?
After obvserving myself on the interim correction in gold mining stock and his calls for a correction, I would say that these calls were correct in hindsight and provided ample warning of a serious correction coming.
The only validation we have that Rick Rule has made any money on PM stocks is by his own word. Does anyone really know what his financial statement portrays? To say he says he made a gazillion dollars – well, that is all part of the facade. Rick and the Sprott boys heavily “invest” in exploration companies and the metals – which have all imploded over the past years – so they may have been worth a gazillion dollars in 2011 – and perhaps now – a few less! Yet, they still forecast the rainbow is just around the next turn. At some point they will be correct, however, YOU may not be solvent enough to be there with them. (Think of that Williams guy – hyperinflation is just around the corner – he forecasts hyperinflation each year since 2008, yet we simply have never ending waves of deflation). The message in gold is deflation – be cautious – gold is shouting deflation.
FranSix is right. Those who pay attention know that Rule has a very good record.
As I stated – Rick is incredible. His interview is chock full of word misuse, which he hopes will give the impression of intelligence. Example: when is an increases in book value an arbitrage? Answer – never. I think Rick went to the same sales seminar as Allan Greenspan. Many thought Greenspan was so very intelligent because they did not understand what he said, but in reality it was simply the mumblings of a senile old man.
Another Interview With Silver Guru Ted Butler
by Jim Cook, Silver Seek:
Butler: The facts surrounding silver have never been more bullish.
Cook: Such as?
Butler: Over the last few years, enormous changes have recast and transformed the silver market. (changes?sounds like the same tune to me)
Cook: Can we have an example?
Butler: In only a few years, JPMorgan has accumulated the largest hoard of silver in the history of the world.
Biggest hoard in human history, and the whole time absolutely everyone got all they wanted, Silver Doc still runs the sale.
Bob is right about the manipulation, if anything silver stackers should be grateful to the manipulators, think how cheap it would be without Morgan hoarding the biggest pile in human history.
Silver investors better pray they dont let it loose.
Gold? 70 year supply above ground now?
The only reasons I can see PMs moving up is psychology or backing a currency.
Might be planned, the popularity of Bitcoin might be telling us faith in paper could be wanning.
Wouldnt it be interesting if they decided to back paper with PMs and nobody cared.
I’m puzzled by the negative comments about Rick Rule. If anyone cares, go back and listen to his remarks under different market conditions. For example, at the 2016 peak for gold miners during summer, he was quite cautious. Regarding gold shouting deflation, I think gold is shouting that people become very delusional during the late stages of a bubble.
+1, Scott
+1 Scott
b – Gold will go up because it is cheap compared to debt – which includes fiat currencies. Currencies will continue to be sacrificed at an increasing rate in an attempt to mitigate counterparty risk. Real interest rates will go consistently negative as a result.
Interview summary …
BIG AL: Do you share my optimism at all?
RICK RULE: I don’t.
2017 Predictions on Trump, Gold, Silver, Housing, Stocks, Bonds & Antarctica-Clif High
Internet data mining expert Clif High says forget about the rumors and predictions of Donald Trump being blocked from taking office. High says Trump will be sworn in as the 45th President and explains, “I don’t have any data that says, hard stop, Trump is assassinated. I don’t have that . . . . I am willing to back my data with real money, an ounce of silver, and I have an ounce of silver, and I would be willing to bet the inauguration part goes through smoothly given the emotional data sets we have now.”
Anyone have any idea what Clive Maund is saying about copper and the USD in his latest article?
If my own prognostications about the market are correct, then the $IRX should be the basis for a ‘top’ in the market.
I am still quite annoyed at not seeing a gap up in volatility ETFs prior to elections in the U.S., but consider the rise of treasury bill rates in the U.S. the same as a yield curve inversion, but spread over global bond markets as if they had become a single political entity.
The only way out is lower rates than thought possible. Another strategy employed by governments will be the avoidance of hyperinflation, by instituting cashless societies, devaluation of currency by universally guaranteed income, and negative rates.
2016: An Unpredictable and Wild Year (Gold & the Markets)
December 30, 2016 – Gary Wagner (VIDEO )
“It’s hard to believe, but the final trading day of 2016 is upon us. 2016 has been chock-full of twists and turns, with a finale that even the best fiction writers could have never imagined….”
Brexit and Trump
http://thegoldforecast.com/video/2016-unpredictable-and-wild-year
Ready for New Year 2017 Massive Rally in Precious Metals and Junior Miners
Jeb Handwerger
http://www.321gold.com/editorials/handwerger/handwerger010117.pdf
Gold: Happy New Year Starts Now
Morris Hubbart – Dec 30, 2016
Super Force Precious Metals Video Analysis
(click on the different blue links for the Technical Analysis Videos)
Major Stock Bear Still Looms
Adam Hamilton – Dec 30, 2016
http://www.321gold.com/editorials/hamilton/hamilton123016.html
always enjoy Hamilton’s writings……….thanks CCF
Excelsior, thanks for the comprehensive performance charts. Almost too many great choices.
Happy New Year to All!
Thanks Steele. Stay tuned for a few more charts on the Small gold producers and Gold Development companies up top as well. I tried to get it done earlier in the day on New Years eve, but then friends, adult beverages, and merrymaking got in the way. 🙂
Timberline Resources experienced a flash crash down to 2 cents early Friday afternoon, before closing the day at 28 cents, with 4x average volume. Have no idea why. Probably HFT elves hard at work.
Battery Storage Poised to Expand Rapidly
Daniel Cusick on January 1, 2017
“Energy storage is also critical to solving the intermittent challenges associated with renewable energy. That’s because batteries can smooth the ebbs and flows associated with wind and solar power by supplementing the grid when those resources are not available.”
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/battery-storage-poised-to-expand-rapidly/
Lithium in 2017: Quacking Ducks, Execution, and Continuation of the Secular Bull
December 30, 2016 – Chris Berry
“In 2016, the ducks quacked loud and continually for lithium, and rightfully so. The price of lithium chemicals rose dramatically and almost all publicly traded lithium juniors rose as well with some well into the triple digits. Other than zinc or iron ore, lithium was a star performer in 2016.
As I said in June, managing risk and profit taking in the face of lithium’s impressive strength and secular bull market seemed to be the prudent strategy. My warning turned out to be accurate as many of the high flyers in the lithium space ran out of steam.”
Here was a good table from that article:
Joe Lowry had some interesting recent tweets recently on Lithium stocks, and he is one of the more informed voices in the space.
Here is a link to Joe’s thoughts on that Chris Berry article above (as they are good buddies), along with the main Lithium stocks and that he likes moving into 2017:
$GXY $GALXF Galaxy Resources $LAC $LACDF Lithium Americas Corp
Here is a link to Joe Lowry’s Twitter feed with that tweet above and many others around investing in the Lithium stocks. There are some good comments in the mix:
https://twitter.com/globallithium?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
Galaxy weighs sale of Argentina lithium stake
The Australian – January 3, 2017 – PAUL GARVEY
2016 Annual Performance Charts for some key Lithium stocks
(that stock charts can actually import).
I would have liked to include some of the Aussie Stocks like the Producers $NMT.AX and $MIN.AX, or the Developers $PLS.AX $AJM.AX $KDR.AX $BGS.AX – but no dice….
$ORL $GALXF $LAC $NMX $PE $DJI $CRE $BCN.L $FL #LIT
Despite the hype, batteries aren’t the cheapest way to store energy on the grid
Cosmos Conversation- Technology – 02 JANUARY 2017
Are batteries the solution for getting more renewable energy into electricity grids and reducing our reliance on fossil fuels?
German Energy Storage Market to Reach $1B by 2021
by Mike Munsell – July 28, 2016
https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/german-energy-storage-market-to-reach-1b-by-2021
UK Capacity Auction Heralds a Big Opportunity for Storage
Jason Deign – December 27, 2016
“Battery storage is part of Britain’s capacity market—and it could soon see its share grow.”
FERC Issues License for Major Montana Energy Project
Dec 27, 2016
“Gordon Butte pumped storage is a robust and rechargeable utility-scaled sized battery that is unique in its capability to firm up variable energy generation.”
http://m.tdworld.com/energy-storage/ferc-issues-license-major-montana-energy-project
Energy Storage Poised for Growth
By Blue & Green Tomorrow – December 27, 2016
“This insight into growth is the outcome of a new report entitled “Energy Storage – towards a commercial model”, authored by energy experts Regen SW, in association with Triodos Bank, Green Hedge Energy and UK law firm TLT. But what are the next steps needed for an emerging energy storage market to lift? The report shows that action is required to align the technology with market and policy signals if we are to realise this potential.”
http://blueandgreentomorrow.com/features/energy-storage-poised-growth/
Massachusetts DOER to Set Energy Storage Targets
12/28/2016 – Andrew Kaplan
http://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/massachusetts-doer-to-set-energy-45319/
Pumped storage – nice. And it can provide ancillary servcies that batteries can’t (frequency response, load shedding, MVars as well as MWs and impoerantly, inertia for the electricity system).
Here’s another idea they’re working on in Japan utilizing spinning flywheels and fuel cells.
Yamanashi vies for energy storage investment
BLOOMBERG
Or how about Ice-based Energy Storage….. Xriva had posted this on CEO and it got my attention:
IMPREL Impements Microgrid Technologies
Energy storage is integral for microgrid projects
“Ice-based energy storage is the low-hanging fruit of the industry,” said Mark MacCracken, CEO of Calmac. “Sun and wind are forms of pure energy that, without being paired with energy storage, are either used or wasted. Luckily, energy storage can easily be integrated into our buildings and power grid.”
http://www.achrnews.com/articles/134077-imprel-impements-microgrid-technologies
Australia boosts infrastructure spending as mining boom pops
Trains, airports and roads to replace coal, iron ore as growth engine
KAORI TAKAHASHI, Nikkei staff writer – January 1, 2017
For investors that may want to investigate some of the Australian companies in more detail, this is a good resource:
Iron ore and coal have been going great guns here in Oz. Western Australia (which is mining focused) seems to still be in the doldrums. Perth, the capitalof WA has 20-30% vacancy rates in the CBD for commercial property. It’s still got a while to turn around.
Hotcopper is a great site
Real estate prices in some Aussie mining towns is down 85-90% from the peak of the mining boom.
Here is a longer term Platinum:Gold ratio chart that shows just how far undervalued the Noble Metal is to the Yellow Metal. Typically Platinum trades at a premium to Gold in the 1.2-1.6 range, so a return to that mean makes sense, and there are not that many companies participating in this space to capitalize on that arbitrage.
http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=%24PLAT%3A%24GOLD&p=D&st=1990-01-01&en=(today)&id=p94318212452
platinum way to cheap…………buy, buy……….try and find platinum coin in the marketplace…….
+1
2016 Annual Performance Charts for #Platinum & #Palladium #Producers:
$SWC $SBGL $LMI.L $AAL.L $IMPUY $ATL $PDL $ELR $AAB $SLP.L
2016 Annual Performance Charts for #Platinum & #Palladium #Development and #Exploration companies:
$IVN $PTM $POM $JLP.L $WG $PGE $WM $NOT $TLO
2016 Annual Performance Charts for some key Uranium Producers and Developers
(couldn’t load $ERA.AX $PEN.AX $TOE.AX $BMN.AX in from stockcharts, $GXU only had partial year)
$CCJ $ARVCF $PALAF $UUUU $URG $DNN $UEC $URRE #URA(this is the ETF) $URPTF
2016 #AnnualPerformanceCharts for some of the key #Uranium #Exploration companies:
$UEX $FCU $NXE $CVV $AL $PLU $AZZ $SYH $UVN $ARY
Hi Skeeta.
http://kingworldnews.com/dr-stephen-leeb-12-31-16/