"Just one wind turbine company is talking about magnet production of 15,000 tonnes a year. To put that into perspective, that amount is about 50% of the total neodymium-iron-boron magnet production outside of China. Do I lose sleep about the issue? You bet I do." (hardassetsinvestor.com)
submitted ago by hardassetsinvestor to energy
How to "insure" against downside risk in gold miners (hardassetsinvestor.com)
submitted ago by hardassetsinvestor to Gold
"The price of gold has soared to a new all-time high. Silver has rallied to its best level in 30 years. Even economically sensitive copper is sitting at the highest levels in five months. But they may not be the best investment in the world of metals as we head into the fourth quarter." (hardassetsinvestor.com)
submitted ago by hardassetsinvestor to investing
"Conservatively, I think in the next few years that certainly $2,000 an ounce is very likely... I'm not suggesting that gold is necessarily going to go to $6,000 or $7,000 or $8,000, but I'm just trying to demonstrate that gold at $2,000 or $3,000 a few years from now is not a crazy idea." (hardassetsinvestor.com)
submitted ago by hardassetsinvestor to Economics
"After hitting a record near $1,227, gold sold off hard, falling nearly $150 in just three weeks. The consolidation range into which gold then became bound ultimately evolved into an inverse head-and-shoulders pattern—a bullish reversal formation." (hardassetsinvestor.com)
submitted ago by hardassetsinvestor to Economics
Dr. Medlock of the James Baker Institute gives some perspective about offshore drilling, including its role in our energy balance, why shale oil can't replace it just yet and what would happen to the economy if 1.5 million barrels a day vanished overnight. (hardassetsinvestor.com)
submitted ago by hardassetsinvestor to energy
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