BNC#7: Peter Major – Macro maestro on gold price trends; mining industry evolution; and US earnings risks

Peter Major, Director of Mining at Modern Corporate Solutions, captivated the audience at the seventh BizNews Conference (BNC#7) with a whirlwind tale of his career sparked by Chris Barnard's 1967 heart transplant and ignited by South Africa's gold rush. From navigating inflation and gold price slumps to outsmarting market cycles at Harmony Goldmine and Alan Gray, Major shared an insider's view of the mining industry's highs and lows. With wit and wisdom, he dissected global fund flows, championed South Africa's undervalued market, and warned of the US's risky earnings bubble—proving why he's a macro maestro in a volatile world..In a lively Q&A with Bronwyn Nielsen following his keynote at the seventh BizNews Conference (BNC#7), Peter Major tackled gold's soaring prices, his shorting misadventures, and savvy diversification into a British Columbia logging camp, Canyon Silver, and Idaho's Lone Pine Gold mine. With candid insights, he weighed South Africa's undervalued market against the S&P 500, dissected mining stock risks from Mali to Merafi, and mused on political wildcards like Trump and Xi. Major's top-down wisdom and humor shone as he navigated audience questions on everything from copper bids to platinum prospects..Sign up for your early morning brew of the BizNews Insider to keep you up to speed with the content that matters. The newsletter will land in your inbox at 5:30am weekdays. Register here..Support South Africa's bastion of independent journalism, offering balanced insights on investments, business, and the political economy, by joining BizNews Premium. Register here..If you prefer WhatsApp for updates, sign up to the BizNews channel here..Watch here.Listen here.Read also:.BNC#7: uMngeni Mayor Chris Pappas – Lessons in good governance, leadership and service deliveryBNC#7: Piet Viljoen and Kokkie Kooyman – Lessons from Warren Buffet and Charlie Munger, The Oracles of OmahaBNC#7: Moeletsi Mbeki – Reject nationalism, scrap "parasitic" BEE, cut bloated public service in half to rescue SA from ANC-dug "hole"

BNC#7: Peter Major – Macro maestro on gold price trends; mining industry evolution; and US earnings risks

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