The Calandra Report

Gold, Bitcoin, Mining Stocks: Bell Tolls

THREE TAKES: London banker Simon Catt’s Short-Call on Bitcoin vs. Gold; Jim Anthony on mining stocks’ splendid start to 2025; and my own ‘reciprocal’ view. TCRs, Bitcoin ($97k) and the U.S. dollar (109.2 DXY) are feeding their fan bases this new year of 2025.   So too are gold ($2,668 USD futures) and precious metals. The mining stocks also kicked it in for the

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Orbital Waste | Gold’s Swoon, Recovery

​Outer space​ might be safer than investment markets this week​. ​I’m dizzy. How about you? The decline of gold, silver, most metals, and along with them (until the week’s close and a vibrant recovery), ​tremendous fluctuations in Fortune 1000 equities and bond prices​, and an ever-strong USD, are taking their toll on all of us. The recovery Friday

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Africa Gold, Copper, Platinum | Tapes Via NOIC

As Miners Get Whipped, Ghana ‘Shoot’ Bears Promise The New Orleans Tapes: Fresh From Brien Lundin — below and here. The cute banner below got a lot of guffaws from the crowd. TCRs,  Xtra-Gold Resources XTG XTGRF: the longstanding (since 2008) exploration team at Ghana’s Kibi Gold Belt has fresh drill core from what could be (emphasize could be) a

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New Orleans Gold Show’s 50th Year

Precious metals drop 3%: geopolitical and inflation nerves ease. [Recovering $10 — futures contract. Tuesday update] Brien Lundin just now: “Looks like games being played again on futures exchanges, with a battle royale amongst hedge funds vs. bullion banks at month end, with supposed peace in the Middle East as a fulcrum.” More below.** TCRs:

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Gold Fails With Big ‘F’ As Cryptos Ascend

Also: Watching Paint Dry   Crypto currrencies, led by Bitcoin (Dogecoin and others) and supporting ETFs, are breaking away as gold, hammered by relentless dollar strength, drops toward $2,600 an ounce.   Most blue-chip stocks worldwide are also rising in the wake of last week’s Republican election victories in the United States. Ten-year U.S. Treasury interest rates and their corresponding prices are flat. Oil futures are losing

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