Gold ticks up as U.S. pending home sales surge in May
06/30/2021 7:05 AMGold attempted to recover some of its early-morning losses as the U.S. pending home sales surprised on the upside in May. The U.S. pending home sales were up 8% in May, rebounding after April’s 4.4% drop, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) said on Wednesday....
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The Lumber Bubble Is Bursting
06/30/2021 6:50 AMLumber prices have skyrocketed in the past 12 months, causing the average price of both new and existing single-family homes to increase. Until now. That bubble appears to have burst, finally. Mandated lockdowns caused lumber sawmills to halt production while at the...
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Canadian Senator Spouts Communist Party Talking Points
06/30/2021 6:06 AMAs we come to Canada Day we might want to notice China's Communist Party's infiltration in business, academia, our top research lab and now the Canadian...
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Who are the Dividend Aristocrats in 2021?
06/29/2021 9:40 AMLegendary investor George Soros once said, “Good investing should be boring”. But an increase in volatile themes today suggests this maxim has gone ignored by at least some market participants. From a high level, we can view investments on a spectrum. Volatile assets...
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Why Lithium Prices Could Soon Return To Record Highs
06/29/2021 9:18 AMLithium producers are adding new production capacity to meet booming demand for the critical metal as the world pushes for greener energy. Suppliers of the key mineral have turned quite optimistic this year that global demand for lithium will soar in the coming...
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It’s About Time We Talked About This
06/29/2021 6:19 AMWho does it help that our schools don't put more emphasis on basic entrepreneurial, financial and economic skills and understanding - because we know who it...
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Big Fat Idea – Buy the Dip in Commodities
06/28/2021 2:10 PMScott Koyich of Brisco Capital joins Mike to share how he is playing the short term pull back in commodities, with stock recommendations in oil, copper and...
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The Economics of Dollar Stores
06/28/2021 9:50 AMOver the past decade dollar stores have flourished. Today 34,000 of them pepper the American landscape. That's more locations than CVS (10k), Walgreens (9k), Walmart (4.7k) and Target (1.9k) combined. Click here to read full...
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During COVID-19, most Americans got richer – especially the rich
06/28/2021 9:34 AMHouseholds added $13.5 trillion in wealth - the biggest increase in three decades. The coronavirus pandemic plunged Americans into recession. Instead of emerging poorer, many came out ahead. U.S. households added $13.5 trillion in wealth last year, according to the...
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Britain bans Binance’s UK ops in latest cryptocurrency crackdown
06/28/2021 9:24 AM(Reuters) - Britain's financial regulator has said Binance, one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, cannot conduct any regulated activity and issued a warning to consumers about the platform, which is coming under growing scrutiny globally. In a notice...
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