By: Robert LambourneTuesday, December 17, 2019In the past two months the Bank for International Settlements, which represents most central banks in the world, has nearly doubled its gold swaps and derivatives position, the bank's October and November statements of account show.The BIS uses gold swaps and other gold derivatives to gain access to gold held by commercial banks. As of November 30 th...Read More
By: Avi Gilburt, ElliottWaveTraderI know that many investors follow correlations as if they were gospel. But, do they really understand what a correlation represents?You see, markets are not linear in nature. While two different markets may be traveling in the same direction for a period of time, unless you understand each chart on its own, how will you ever know when a seeming correlation will...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold bias remains still to the downside. Daily gold chart shows drifting sideways for a very long time:Read More
Gold will break free from $1470-$1490 trading range and form a new range. Silver will break free from $1660-$1750 and form a new range. Copper and crude oil need to trade over current price to be in bullish zone. Trump and his impeachment related news and the US political drama needs to be closely watched. Do not ignore economics. 2019 will go down as the year where voters have given a larger th...Read More
Yesterday we likened the economy to an overswollen tick, obese with blood.Rather than blood, the economy is obese with debt.Like our ludicrously engorged arachnid, the economy cannot much expand. It is impossibly loaded down... and groans under the burden, horribly swaybacked.The economy will continue to wallow - unless it can shake off the weight.But how can it?Today we blow the dust off an ancie...Read More
*This interview was filmed on October 10, 2019Marin Katusa, founder of Katusa Research, explains why he calls negative interest rates a "financially transmitted disease." He reveals how negative interest rate policy (NIRP) affects savings rates and the rest of the global economy. He talks about the potential for further negative rates around the world, as well as the prospects for NIRP in the Unit...Read More
How can the same houses go up far faster than inflation for decades, and that possibly be good for an economy? It only benefits older people who bought earlier, and the affluent who buy the most expensive ones that tend to bubble the most.Continue...Read More
Jordan Roy-Byrne, Founder of The Daily Gold shares his thoughts on the recent M&A in the metals sector as well as the downtrend in the US Dollar. While the dollar has broken short term support it is not in full on breakdown mode just yet. We discuss the importance of the start of 2020 to address if the dollar is in a long-term downtrend.Jordan Roy-Byrne, CMT is a Chartered Market Technician and me...Read More
Danielle DiMartino Booth spent nine years as an advisor to Richard W. Fisher at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. Danielle left the Fed in 2015 to found Money Strong, LLC, an economic consulting firm and launched a weekly economic newsletter She is the author of Fed Up: An Insider's Take on Why the Federal Reserve is Bad for America. DiMartino Booth began her career in New York at Donaldson, Luf...Read More
Companies in the S&P 500 index bought back $176 billion of their own shares in the third quarter, down 13.7% from the third quarter last year, and down 21.1% from the record share-buyback mania in Q4 2018Continue...Read More
Continue...Eric Sprott has more than 40 years of experience in the investment industry. In 1981, he founded Sprott Securities (now called Cormark Securities Inc.), which today is one of Canada's largest independently owned securities firms. In 2001, Eric established Sprott Asset Management Inc. Over the years, Eric has personally been the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including one of I...Read More
The Critical Investor sits down with Joe Grosso, CEO of Golden Arrow Resources, to discuss the company's exploration plans for the new year. 1. IntroductionAt a time when tax loss selling is at its peak, Golden Arrow Resources Corp. (GRG:TSX.V; GARWF:OTCQB; G6A:FSE) seems to have bottomed, and is regrouping after the sale of its interest in the Puna operation. New exploration projects have been a...Read More
Buy the book and film at http://trayvonhoax.comPeter Schiff is an internationally recognized economist specializing in the foreign equity, currency and gold markets. Mr. Schiff made his name as President and Chief Global Strategist of Euro Pacific Capital. He frequently delivers lectures at major economic and investment conferences, and is quoted often in the print media, including the Wall Street...Read More
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The Fed desperately wants prices you pay on goods and services to go up, but why do Fed policy makers believe they could bring inflation rates back down again?Continue...Read More
Michael Oliver comments on his prescient call for a declining dollar and rising commodities.Read More
Stewart Thomson, Graceland Updates 1. The amount of debt in both China and the United States is horrifying and it continues to grow. 2. Debt growth is worshipped by millions of people who think it is a cure rather than a disease. 3. Please click here now. Until the trade war began, the Chinese government was pressuring the country's private sector to reduce...Read More
Stefan Gleason, Money MetalsGold and silver prices remain mired in weeks-long trading ranges. They are essentially moving sideways - for now.Precious metals mining stocks, however, are moving up. The chart of the HUI gold miners index shows an uptrend in place since mid October.The HUI has traded above its 50-day moving average for several days in a row. The 50-day line itself is now also curlin...Read More
Economic news will be the key for now. Hedge funds and others are increasing their allocation to stocks for the first quarter of next year. It remains to be seen if gold ETF and gold investment demand see significant outflows. At current prices, I am against new very short term investment in gold. Silver use any 100-150 fall (if any) to invest. TODAY: It is wait and watch trade for gold, crude o...Read More
The S&P notched another fresh highStocks spent most of the day modestly higher, with the Dow coming to rest on a 31-point gain, and the S&P notching yet another record high as investors continue to coast on optimism over last week's phase one trade deal. Individual names that captured Wall Street's attention today were FAANG stock Netflix (NFLX), which surged on well-received international subscri...Read More