(e)Mail call. - MarketWatch photo illustration/iStockphoto Dear Charlie, I read your latest piece about BlackRock BLK backing gold GC00 and bitcoin BTCUSD, and Jeffrey Gundlach recommending gold. You make me laugh, which is why I follow your columns, but I still have serious issues with this thesis. You keep pushing bitcoin as some kind of salvation, but it crashes 75% regularly. How is that better portfolio management than just owning the S&P 500 SPX? The U.S. stock market has delivered 10% annually an ...

As of 2025, I've got over 10 years of researching companies. In total, throughout my investing life, I estimate that I researched (in depth) well over 1000 companies, from commodities like oil, natural gas, gold and copper to tech like Google or Nokia and many emerging market stocks, which I believe could help me provide useful content for readers. After writing my own blog for about 3 years, I decided to switch to a value investing-focused YouTube channel, where I researched hundreds of different companies ...

Ernest HoffmanErnest Hoffman is a Crypto and Market Reporter for Kitco News. He has over 15 years of experience as a writer, editor, broadcaster and producer for media, educational and cultural organizations. Ernest began working in market news in 2007, establishing the broadcast division of CEP News in Montreal, Canada, where he developed the fastest web-based audio news service in the world and produced economic news videos in partnership with MSN and the TMX. He has a Bachelor's degree Specialization in ...

The RFP process will evaluate processing suitability for the portion of Perpetua's 148-million-pound antimony reserve designated for commercial purposes and is separate from the work currently underway between Perpetua and the U.S. Army to secure the domestic supply chain of mil-spec antimony trisulfide through the Defense Ordinance Technology Consortium ("DOTC") for which the Company has been awarded up to $22.4 million under an Ordnance Technology Initiative Agreement. "America needs a secure and robust s ...

“I learned how to diversify my bets so that I could dramatically reduce my risk without reducing my returns,” he said. “Following those principles took me to the biggest hedge fund in the world, the most successful and so on.”For investors, Dalio’s outlook is sobering: mounting debt, widening political divides and a high-stakes rivalry with China. But he also offered a simple way to guard against those risks — the very principle that helped him build the world’s largest hedge fund.His message seems to have ...

U.S. stocks traded lower midway through trading, with the Nasdaq Composite falling more than 1% on Thursday.The Dow traded down 0.64% to 45,824.16 while the NASDAQ fell 1.19% to 22,229.54. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 1% to 6,571.28.Check This Out: This General Motors Analyst Turns Bullish; Here Are Top 5 Upgrades For WednesdayLeading and Lagging SectorsEnergy shares jumped by 0.5% on Thursday.In trading on Thursday, health care stocks fell by 1.4%.Top HeadlineAccenture (NYSE: ACN) posted better-than-ex ...

Ernest HoffmanErnest Hoffman is a Crypto and Market Reporter for Kitco News. He has over 15 years of experience as a writer, editor, broadcaster and producer for media, educational and cultural organizations. Ernest began working in market news in 2007, establishing the broadcast division of CEP News in Montreal, Canada, where he developed the fastest web-based audio news service in the world and produced economic news videos in partnership with MSN and the TMX. He has a Bachelor's degree Specialization in ...

VANCOUVER, Canada, Sept. 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oroco Resource Corp. (TSXV:OCO; OTCQB: ORRCF), (TSX-V: OCO; OTCQB:ORRCF) ("Oroco" or "the Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Faysal Rodriguez to its Board of Directors. Mr. Rodriguez is a seasoned mining executive who currently serves as Senior Vice President, Mexico at Torex Gold Resources Inc.  He brings over 25 years of mining industry experience to Oroco, with a career that spans multiple countries and major mining companies. In ...

Record-setting gold is having its best year since the 1970s. Returns have ramped up in recent weeks as the Fed has started a new rate-cutting cycle. A new catalyst entered the fray on Tuesday, with China reportedly interested in being a gold custodian. In case you've missed it, there's been a bit of a gold rush going on. The price of the precious metal is on a seemingly unstoppable ascent to record after record, including its latest on Tuesday. There's interest from the Wall Street elite, such as ...

BHP Group Ltd (QBE Insurance Group Ltd (BHP share price in focusThe ASX:BHP ) share price has jumped 1.0% since the start of 2025. The ASX:QBE ) share price is tracking 28.6% off its 52-week lows.BHP Group (formerly known as BHP Billiton) is a diversified natural resources company founded in 1885 that produces commodities for energy use and manufacturing.BHP’s core business lines are mineral exploration and production. BHP’s assets, operations and interests are separated into three focus areas: copper and r ...