U.S. Attorney General William Barr, along with co-conspirators in the UK and Australia, recently wrote a letter to Mark Zuckerberg requesting he not move forward with Continue...Read More
One of the key points that I have been harping on over the last year is simple: The recent tax cuts were destined to go into financial engineering to leverage earnings per shareContinue...Read More
Topics:Why the narrative just failed and what it meansTranslating narrative failure to portfolio positioning: Who wins and who loses?Reconciling Luke's narrative failure thesis with the treasury bid evidenced by low yieldsRead More
"If America does not speak out for human rights in China because of commercial interest, then we lose all moral authority to speak out for human rights anyplace in the world."Continue...Read More
German Chancellor Angela Merkel ignored an EU risk assessment and allows Huawei's 5G technology.Continue...Read More
Continue...Bill Gross is the Portfolio Manager of the Janus Henderson Global Unconstrained Bond and Total Return strategies and a member of the global macro fixed income leadership team. Mr. Gross co-founded PIMCO in 1971 and served as managing director and Chief Investment Officer until joining Janus in 2014. He is the author of numerous articles on the bond market, as well as the book Everything...Read More
A small-cap company in Montana is exploring to find out if its property contains "Platreef-style" PGE mineralization. There is a 30-mile long geologic slice of layered magmatic intrusion cutting through the Beartooth Mountain range in south-central Montana that closely resembles one of the world's most productive mining regions in South Africa. The Stillwater Igneous Complex encases tens of milli...Read More
Yesterday, the Nobel prizes in economics were awarded. Unfortunately, gold has been omitted and got nothing. How unfair! But looking at the Dutch central bank press release, gold would have much higher chances if they were the ones granting the prizes and not the Swedish central bank!2019 Nobel in Economics and GoldYesterday was a big day! At least for all those boring economists and similar bean-...Read More
Preciousmetals moved strongly on Friday, and did so on significant volume. Thereversals we have seen on Thursday got resolved with a heavy thud. Let’s diveinto the many charts and perspectives and explore how well they support theupcoming move across the sector. Let’sstart this week with a bigger update on multiple gold charts. There are so manyreasons due to which gold is likely to de...Read More
At present, there could be a number of positive developments for precious metals.Last Friday, the US Dollar cracked lower and could be at risk of lower levels into year end.Days earlier the Federal Reserve announced new “QE-like” measures just as they told us it was not really QE. In addition, the market is showing a nearly 68% chance of a rate cut later this month. Isn&rsqu...Read More
"Travel," Mahatma Gandhi once said, "is the language of peace."If that's the case and I happen to believe that it is then I'm extremely bullish about the future, especially with respect to U.S.-China relations. The trade war's days may be numbered as both sides of the skirmish reached a partial agreement last Friday, laying the groundwork for Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping to sign a tr...Read More
Clint Siegner, Money MetalsJerome Powell has something in common with Bagdad Bob, Saddam Hussein's infamous press secretary. They're both liars, suggests Money Metals podcast guest Craig Hemke of the TF Metals Report.Telling obvious lies with a straight face is part of Powell's job description. He hopes to maintain order even though anyone who is paying attention knows something extraordinary i...Read More
At present, there could be a number of positive developments for precious metals.Last Friday, the US Dollar cracked lower and could be at risk of lower levels into year end.Days earlier the Federal Reserve announced new "QE-like" measures just as they told us it was not really QE. In addition, the market is showing a nearly 68% chance of a rate cut later this month. Isn't all this bullish for...Read More
Stewart Thomson 1. For silver, all roads probably lead to the $22-$25 area. For gold, all roads likely lead to $1600-$1800. There could be significant bumps in these roads, probably involving time more than price.2. Please click here now. Double-click to enlarge this silver chart.3. Silver looks stronger than gold, but gold is also looking very solid, from b...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold swing lines: lower highs and lower lows. Bollinger support $1478, near swingline..Read More
Oct 17, 2019 Guest(s): Chris Berry China could restrict the supply the rare earth battery metals to retaliate against U.S. tariffs, this according to Chris Berry, president of House Mountain Partners. "Rare earths are somewhat unique in the sense that China effectively owns the entire supply chain. I think that in light of the trade war rhetoric going back and forth, which I don't see any end t...Read More
Oct 17, 2019 Guest(s): Phillip Streible Senior Market Strategist, RJO Futures Macroeconomic data is weak across the board, but more gold prices are still lacking a major tailwind, said Phil Streible, Senior Market Strategist of RJO Futures. "We could quickly see things turn worse, we could see the equity markets break down fast. The macro picture, like I said, is terrible. It'd be interesting to...Read More
Edward Snowden is former CIA officer and whistleblower, and author of Permanent Record. He is president of the board of directors of the Freedom of the Press FoundationContinue...Read More
"Anybody who tries to make the argument that someone in Syria is a danger to our country is really not paying attention."Continue...Read More
One hundred years old is an age most people, including the average American, won't reach yet certain areas in the world are hotspots for centenarians.In 2012, National Geographic and a research team headed by Dan Buettner set out to learn why do people in some parts of the world live so much longer than others?What they discovered were five "Blue Zone" regions, where the people not only lived long...Read More