I have always secretly wanted to work at aprecious metals bullion dealer. I love gold. And silver and platinum. I lovethem philosophically, and I also just like shiny rocks.But if you think about it,trading metals is a really weird business.Say you are bullish on silver and want tospeculate on it, thinking it will appreciate in price. You can buy the ETF,yes, or you can buy silver miners, but...Read More
Gold COT Report - Futures Large SpeculatorsCommercialTotal LongShortSpreadingLongShortLongShort 311,88160,63156,198175,785463,624543,864580,453 Change from Prior Reporting Period 2,346-3,4037,764010,43110,11014,792 Traders 22064915963316189 Small Speculators LongShortOpen Interest 72,99536,406616,859 4,84916714,959 non reportable positionsChange fro...Read More
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:Today the European Central Bank announced the expiration without replacement of the latest central bank gold agreement. The ECB's announcement is appended.What does it mean?The announcement attributes the decision to let the agreement expire to the gold market's having become "mature," but how did the gold market suddenly "mature" when, upon the signing of the first...Read More
Daniel R. Amerman If there is a recession in the next one to two years, there is also likely to be another bear market for stocks. Based on their experience over their lifetimes, many investors are expecting a "normal" bear market in that event, perhaps in the 20% to 25% range in terms of losses.However, we are not in normal times, and we have seen a fundamental change in stock valuations over...Read More
After claiming to be the greatest at just about everything, Donald Trump has finally found an area where he can stake a credible claim. By negotiating a disastrous budget deal with Democrats, the President could become the greatest creator of government debt in the history of the country. While Trump is selling the two-year deal as a major victory because it increases military spending and remov...Read More
Gary ChristensonIndividuals dream about winning the lottery, stock market profits, reducing debt, earning more income, attractive sex partners, and tasty food. But our dreams can turn into nightmares filled with inflation ghosts and monsters.The derivative monster is a destroyer. Deutsche Bank stock closed at $6.76 on June 7, 2019, down from over $100 in 2007. A repeat of 2007 is possible. Price...Read More
By: Avi GilburtLast weekend, the important point of note was that silver had basically run out of room. It had a series of 1's and 2's set up for it to "melt up," but it had to do so rather soon. Well, this past week, I would say that silver finally followed through and it took it directly to the level at which I noted on the chart was our next major resistance level. In fact, we were almost...Read More
I don't remember exactly how old I was, but it was either late single digits or early doubles.I was looking through the local newspaper and saw a big, bold ad. Or maybe my parents showed it to me... I can't remember that part either.What I do remember is what the ad said, and how exciting it was to me at the time: Topps, the famous baseball card and candy company, was looking for taste testers. Mo...Read More
Peter 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 Journal, New York Times, Barron's, BusinessWee...Read More
Lynette Zang has held the position of Chief Market Analyst at ITM Trading since 2002. Ms. Zang has been in the markets on some level since 1964. Her mission is to convert financial noise into understandable language. She has been a banker, a stock broker and studied world currencies since 1987. She believes strongly that we need to be as independent as possible and at the same time, we need to com...Read More
Erik and Dr. Warburton discuss the factors that affect long term outlook for inflation, the history of inflation targeting and inflation controls and Dr. Warburton's "Blowing Up the Box."Read More
David Morgan is a world-renown precious metals aficionado. He is the creator of TheMorganReport.com, a monthly report that covers economic news, overall financial health of the global economy, currency problems and the key reasons for investing in precious metals. A dynamic, much-in-demand speaker all over the globe, David's educational mission also makes him a prolific author, having penned Get t...Read More
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LONDON, 26 July 2019 - UK personal finance site YourMoney today reports results from a recent survey of BullionVault users. The 10th such semi-annual survey, this summer's poll finds that gold investors as a group now see the metal rising a further 20% from here by year's end. Read the full story on YourMoney here:Investors predict gold to rise 20 per cent before the end of the year Read More
* Download MP3RecapIn Part II of the discussion with the founder of Corona Capital Management John Scurci, continues with his perspective on the financial markets. This is not a time for financial complacency notes, amid mountains of national debt on a global basis and central banking intervention on an epic scale. The scope and scale of the impending financial deluge will be incomparable...Read More
Add to stock market bulls' wall of worry a drop in West Coast home prices for the first time in seven years. This is part of a larger trend that saw U.S. home sales down 2.2% compared to a year ago. That's the 16th straight month of annual sales declines, even as mortgage rates have fallen since last October from 4.95% to 3.75%. Some observers profess to be mystified, since the economy appears t...Read More