By Avi GilburtWhile so many were getting so bullish of the metals market over the last few months, my work was telling me that we were not likely going to be seeing a major break out just yet. So, I have been waiting patiently for a good set up for another long trade.But, during my wait, I have seen extremes in sentiment again. At the highs, the extremes were quite bullish. And, now, the fear is...Read More
By: Dave KranzlerThe stock market has been rising relentlessly since Christmas, riding on a crest of increasingly bearish economic reports. Maybe the hedge fund algos are anticipating that the Fed will soon start cutting rates. Data indicates foreigners and retail investors are pulling cash from U.S. stocks. This for me implies that the market is being pushed higher by hedge fund computer algos...Read More
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Full Article: Four Rules for Investing in Junior StocksBy: Marin KatusaIt's no secret that to be a successful investor or speculator, you have to govern yourself according to a set of rules.And I can't find any better core rule than the famous Buffett quote above. It's one that is the cornerstone of my investing career.Full Article: Four Rules for Investing in Junior StocksBy: Marin KatusaDiscla...Read More
Happy tax season!Or should I call it spam season?Maybe you’ve noticed the number of spam phone calls have picked up recently.Well... I’m here to tell you that the uptick is directly related to tax season.That’s because fake IRS calls are one of the easiest (and most lucrative) scams out there.If you’re unfamiliar, IRS scams usually involve fraudsters posing as agents callin...Read More
Living healthy isn’t always cheap. Everything from gym memberships or personal trainers to buying organic produce comes at a cost. When you’re living on a fixed income as you plan for retirement, you don’t want to be spending a lot of money on what could be considered luxuries. If you’re not maintaining a healthy lifestyle, you might be limiting your enjoyment of those all-...Read More
For more than a decade, investors have pumped cash into index funds and other passive investment vehicles, much to the dismay of active managers.The dollar amounts involved are staggering.As a result, the share prices of publicly traded active asset managers have struggled.But what we all need to remember is that the popularity of passive and active investments is very cyclical. And this cycle is...Read More
Apr 05, 2019 A potential correction in the equities market, coupled with rising U.S. debt levels, will play in gold's favor, said Jay Taylor of J. Taylor's Gold, Energy & Tech Stocks. "I think we need to get through $1,350, $1,360 [an ounce], and then the first major target that I see, and I'm not sure of the timing, I think we're looking at $1,700," Taylor told Kitco News on the sidelines of...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
Very clear warning signs are now flashing that the U.S. economy could be heading for trouble and that the longest expansion in recent memory may soon end. But as usual, financial media Continue...Read More
Then there's the sinkhole of $1.5 trillion in MBS and $617 billion in Treasuries that mature in over 10 years.Continue...Read More
Money manager Adrian Day looks at recent results from several royalty companies in his portfolio, as well as recent developments in the ongoing Goldcorp saga, and provides updates on a couple of favorite exploration companies. Goldcorp Inc. (G:TSX; GG:NYSE, US$11.52) looks set to be acquired by Newmont, but not without continuing controversy, particularly over chairman Ian Telfer's egregious "ret...Read More
The stock market ebbs and flows with shifting financial conditions... as the tide ebbs and flows with the moon's shifting humors.We are informed - reliably - that financial conditions in late 2018 were the tightest in 2 1/2 years.The results?Scott Barlow, market strategist for Canada's Globe and Mail:If I could only pick one chart to highlight the main drivers of market volatility over the past...Read More
I've been writing on deflation since the early-1990s, when I had the topic all to myself and was regarded as a voice on the lunatic fringe. Continue...Read More
"However imperfect a gold standard may be, it remains the best among all alternatives. The empirical data for both the classic gold standard, which I Continue...Read More
In March, the World Gold Council released the newest edition of its Investment Update. What can we learn from the publication? Let’s examine the most recent history of Fed tightening and loosening with respect to its effect on gold prices.Is Fed’s Dovish Turn Positive for Gold?The WGC has recently published the new Investment Update about the effects of monetary policy on gold. The mai...Read More
While so many were getting so bullish of the metals market over the last few months, my work was telling me that we were not likely going to be seeing a major break out just yet. So, I have been waiting patiently for a good set up for another long trade.But, during my wait, I have seen extremes in sentiment again. At the highs, the extremes were quite bullish. And, now, the fear is starting to cre...Read More
Sector expert Michael Ballanger discusses the pitfalls of market reversals and forecasting. As I reach end-of-week, end-of-month book-squaring, where all of my urgent e-mails and all of my myopic missives and all of my topical tweets are summarized in once terse and quite concise "Monthly P&L," I am astounded at the most recent example of how masterfully the Gold Cartel works in suckering inve...Read More
I’ve received tons of emails from readers like you with questions about retirement.There’s just no way I could respond to them all.And while many people don’t like getting so many emails, I do.Why?Because it means that there are existing or future retirees out there who can use my experience to live a more fulfilling retirement.That’s the reason I became a retirement coach...Read More
LONDON, 4 April 2019 - Private-investor sentiment towards gold last month hit its highest since September says leading monthly UK personal finance magazine Money Observer today, citing BullionVault's Gold Investor Index.The index, "which measures sentiment based on trading among [BullionVault's] 75,000 international and UK users, last month rose by 2.3 points to 54.5, its highest level in six mont...Read More