* Bitcoin at 18-month high* Analysts point to safe-haven bids, Libra enthusiasm * Biggest cryptocurrency up more 260% since January * Bitcoin's CME futures spur buying activity (Adds analyst comments, new bitcoin high, updates prices, addsNEW YORK to dateline)By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss and OLGA COTAGANEW YORK/LONDON, June 26 (Reuters) - Bitcoin jumped to an18-month high on Wednesday, as investors...Read More
A signal that's been extremely bullish for stocks is sounding, tooIt's looking like the S&P 500 Index (SPX) could have the best June in more than 60 years. The rally has propelled the index to an all-time high after pulling back more than 6% from the last all-time high at the end of April. This week, as I often do, I'll relate the current environment to past instances, and see how the market perfo...Read More
* GRAPHIC-2019 asset returns:* First copper resistance at $6,070/T (Adds comment, closing prices)By Pratima DesaiLONDON, June 26 (Reuters) - Copper prices hit five-weekhighs on Wednesday after U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchinsaid a U.S.-China trade deal was 90% complete, but gains werecapped by concern about demand in top consumer China. Benchmark copper on the London Metal Exchange closeddow...Read More
(Adds comments, background)By David Milliken and Andy BruceLONDON, June 26 (Reuters) - Bank of England Governor MarkCarney said the BoE would only cut its economic forecasts toreflect the risk of a no-deal Brexit if Britain's next primeminister makes leaving the European Union without a transitionagreement his preferred policy."In the event that the policy of the government were toswitch, the...Read More
Here Are 3 Hot Things to Know About Stocks Right Now Stocks fell Tuesday as Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said he and his colleagues on the central bank were "grappling" over whether to lower interest rates. Allergan (AGN - Get Report) shares surged after the company agreed to a takeover from biopharmaceutical company AbbVie (ABBV - Get Report) . AbbVie is Real Money's Stock...Read More
Gold prices climbed to a fresh six-year high Monday, while the U.S. dollar extended declines and some European government bonds hit new all-time lows, as investors retreated into risk-free assets ahead of this weekend's G20 Summit in Japan and simmering military tensions in the Gulf Region. Spot gold prices hit $1,438.63 per ounce in overnight trading, the highest since May 2013, before par...Read More
- Stewart Thomson 1. To view what may be the most important chart in the history of markets, please click here now. Double-click to enlarge. Gold is breaking out of a massive inverse H&S bull continuation pattern, and that pattern itself may be the head of an even more massive pattern that targets the $3000 price area.2. Please click here now. Double-click to enlarge this...Read More
- Richard (Rick) Mills North American stock markets continued to rise on Friday, as more investors took the opportunity to jump into equities on the back of a clear signal from the US Federal Reserve that interest rates are likely heading down. The S&P 500 hit a new record on Thursday, finishing 249 points higher, or 0.9%, to 2,954. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) concluded on Wedne...Read More
- Gary ChristensonEvery 30 - 40 years the world goes crazy, takes a deep dive into a shallow pond, dances with the devil, and resets gold internationally.In 1913:A corrupt congress created the Federal Reserve and reset gold's status. Paper currency units (bad money) eventually drove gold (good money) out of the financial system. Add WWI, the IRS, and League of Nations.In 1944 - 1949:The Bretto...Read More
- Dave KranzlerShort of a raid orchestrated by the central planners to fasten tighter the cap on gold (which remains a real possibility given the historical record), the yellow metal shouldn't encounter much price resistance until above $1,500/oz. - Adam Taggart, Peak ProsperityI agree with the statement above from Adam Taggart but an aggressive price attack by the banks who operate the Com...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold technical price update - GDX showing weakness, a key reversal:Read More
By Avi GilburtIf you have followed us since December 2018, then you know we were expecting a major bottom in the cryptocurrency market, and expecting 2019 to be very bullish. In February we wrote an article suggesting an imminent wave two bottom, which proved correct, holding support by $10 on some exchanges.We suggested then that a third wave would commence, thrusting Bitcoin prices much higher...Read More
Bitcoin's impressive rise from the dead has hit 11,467 today, exactly two-tenths of a percentage point from the 11492 target I sent out to Rick's Picks subscribers a few weeks ago. There is further potential to 19,850 if certain conditions are met. Let me show you what to look for.Read More
- Stefan GleasonThe War on Cash isn't a conspiracy theory. It's an open agenda. It's being driven by an alignment of interests among bankers, central bankers, politicians, and Silicon Valley moguls who stand to benefit from an all-digital economy.Last week, Facebook - in partnership with major banks, payment processors, and e-commerce companies - launched a digital currency called Libra. Unlik...Read More
Jordan Roy-Byrne, Founder of The Daily Gold joins me to share his thoughts on what a bullish correction for gold would look like. With everyone saying gold is overbought and a correction is due the fact is that in bull markets price can continue to run and corrections are typically short term events. We discuss a lower level that would still be bullish for gold and just how important Friday's clos...Read More
Dan Fuss, vice chairman of Loomis, Sayles & Company and fixed income investor extraordinaire, calls in to discuss the state of markets in 2019. @LoomisSayles www.loomissayles.com1:36 A rate-hike shock collar8:12 Negative rates and the nature of safety17:07 The 1984 bear market retest: Symmetry?22:44 The "flow of funds phenomenon"27:00 Dan's positioningJames "Jim" Grant is an American writer and pu...Read More
John Rubino, DollarCollapse.com and co-author of The Money Bubble, talks about the trade and currency wars, what this could lead to and how it affects the price of gold.John Rubino is the founder and manager of the popular financial website DollarCollapse.com. Mr. Rubino is the co-author, with GoldMoney's James Turk, of The Money Bubble and The Collapse of the Dollar and How to Profit from It. He...Read More
Rob Kirby is a financial commentator and former broker who worked on an institutional trading desk for most of the 1980s and right up until 1996. He also worked for 11 years at Prebon Yamane, an international inter-dealer broker of foreign exchange and interest rate products. He spent an additional year at another money/bond broker called Freedom Bond Brokers, then spent two years at Garban Inc.,...Read More
The New York Times has publicly acknowledged that it sends some of its stories to the US government for approval from "national security officials" before publication.Continue...Read More
Not so long ago, Europe seemed to have its financial house more-or-less in order. German government spending was actually falling. Industries that had been nationalized Continue...Read More