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As silver prices surge, cartel violence and fragmentation are intensifying across Mexico’s primary mining belts in Zacatecas, Durango, and Sinaloa. Kidnappings, extortion, and transport blockades are raising costs and suspending operations at globally significant mines, while new U.S. terror designations increase legal risks for companies operating inside cartel-controlled territory.
UBS Has a 3 Pillared Thesis on Gold miners
UBS argues gold miners are re-engaging within a structural bull cycle built on three pillars: sustained gold demand, materially improved corporate fundamentals, and contained production costs. They see bullion trending toward $5,900 on central bank buying, ETF inflows, and easing real rates. Meanwhile, miners are generating stronger cash flow, reducing leverage, and exercising capital discipline, with margins expanding as input costs remain stable. The main risk remains a sustained pullback in gold itself.
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Data on Deck: PPI
MONDAY, FEB. 23 Factory orders Dec.2.7%
TUESDAY, FEB. 24 S&P Case-Shiller home price index
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 25 Fed President Tom Barkin speaks
THURSDAY, FEB. 26 Initial jobless claims
FRIDAY, FEB. 27 PPI 1
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MONDAY, FEB. 238:00 amFed governor Christopher Waller speaks10:00 amFactory ordersDec.2.7%
TUESDAY, FEB. 248:00 amChicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee speaks9:00 amS&P Case-Shiller home price index (20 cities)Dec.1.4%9:00 amAtlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic speaks9:15 amFed governor Christopher Waller speaks9:30 amFed governor Lisa Cook speaks10:00 amWholesale inventoriesDec.0.2%10:00 amConsumer confidenceFeb.84.5
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 259:35 amRichmond Fed President Tom Barkin speaks
THURSDAY, FEB. 268:30 amInitial jobless claimsFeb. 21
FRIDAY, FEB. 278:30 amProducer price index (delayed report)Jan.0.5%8:30 amCore PPIJan.0.4%8:30 amPPI year over year3.0%8:30 amCore PPI year over year3.5%10:00 amConstruction spending (delayed report)Nov.0.5%10:00 amConstruction spendingDec.NA9:45 amChicago Business Barometer (PMI)Feb.54.0
