Since Federal Reserve resources were barely able to prevent complete collapse in 2008, it should be expected that an even larger collapse will overwhelm the Fed's balance sheet.Continue...Read More
Bob Moriarty ArchivesMar 27, 2020We have entered a depression that is going to turn our world upside down. Before it ends the general stock market will be down 85-92%, banks will close and governments fall. People still do not realize the impact of the Coronavirus. It will kill tens of millions of people in the world before it fades away. It will change how we physically interact with each other.T...Read More
Gold COT Report - Futures Large SpeculatorsCommercialTotal LongShortSpreadingLongShortLongShort 317,40535,48950,438154,761456,470522,604542,397 Change from Prior Reporting Period -18,885-1,270-3,626-28,187-54,782-50,698-59,678 Traders 18073785254268172 Small Speculators LongShortOpen Interest 51,32131,528573,925 -8,847133-59,545 non reportable posit...Read More
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:What the heck are those mysterious "exchange for physicals," the mechanisms by which contracts to buy gold on the New York Commodities Exchange are neither fulfilled by delivery on the Comex nor settled for cash there but transported for supposed delivery elsewhere?The mechanism long has been incorporated by the Comex trading system but was described as an "emergency...Read More
Steve St. Angelo, SRSrocco Report There's more evidence finally surfacing in the media of the dire energy predicament the world is now facing. The negative ramifications of peak oil and the falling EROI were going to hit the world economy within the next 2-5 years, but the global contagion has sped up the process considerably. Unfortunately, the world will never return back to the energy co...Read More
Dave Kranzler, Mining Stock JournalThe Government and the Federal Reserve are exploiting the virus crisis to implement another bailout - or attempted bailout of the "Too Big To Fail Banks." The stimulus Bill approved 96-0 by the Senate gives the Fed a $454 billion taxpayer funded "slush fund" for Wall Street bailouts. Just as troubling, the Bill suspends the Freedom Of Information Act for the...Read More
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The Critical Investor takes a look at recent actions taken by this gold explorer. The coronavirus pandemic together with the Saudi Arabia-Russia oil production increase took its toll on the equity markets the last few weeks. The commodity markets in particular got hit too, as main end-user China got hit by a halt in manufacturing plants across the economy. Precious metals like gold rose initially...Read More
Bob Moriarty of 321gold comments on where he believes the economy is heading. Those who never predicted a financial collapse in the first place are now edging closer to the swamp to dip their toes into the water. Now they are suggesting, perhaps we could have a recession."Forget that. You cannot have every supply chain in the world chopped in two and have a recession. A depression was baked into...Read More
On Monday, the Fed introduced QE-infinity. What does it imply for the US economy and the gold market?Fed Drops Bazooka… and Goes Nuclear Instead!On Monday, the Fed pulled out an even larger bazooka than it did previously. Or, forget about the bazooka. The US central bank has gone nuclear! Indeed, the US central bank announced extensive new measures to support the economy. On March 15, the F...Read More
Gold COT Report - Futures Large SpeculatorsCommercialTotal LongShortSpreadingLongShortLongShort 317,40535,48950,438154,761456,470522,604542,397 Change from Prior Reporting Period -18,885-1,270-3,626-28,187-54,782-50,698-59,678 Traders 18073785254268172 Small Speculators LongShortOpen Interest 51,32131,528573,925 -8,847133-59,545 non reportable posit...Read More
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:What the heck are those mysterious "exchange for physicals," the mechanisms by which contracts to buy gold on the New York Commodities Exchange are neither fulfilled by delivery on the Comex nor settled for cash there but transported for supposed delivery elsewhere?The mechanism long has been incorporated by the Comex trading system but was described as an "emergency...Read More
Steve St. Angelo, SRSrocco Report There's more evidence finally surfacing in the media of the dire energy predicament the world is now facing. The negative ramifications of peak oil and the falling EROI were going to hit the world economy within the next 2-5 years, but the global contagion has sped up the process considerably. Unfortunately, the world will never return back to the energy co...Read More
Dave Kranzler, Mining Stock JournalThe Government and the Federal Reserve are exploiting the virus crisis to implement another bailout - or attempted bailout of the "Too Big To Fail Banks." The stimulus Bill approved 96-0 by the Senate gives the Fed a $454 billion taxpayer funded "slush fund" for Wall Street bailouts. Just as troubling, the Bill suspends the Freedom Of Information Act for the...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinRead More
On Monday, the Fed introduced QE-infinity. What does it imply for the US economy and the gold market?Fed Drops Bazooka… and Goes Nuclear Instead!On Monday, the Fed pulled out an even larger bazooka than it did previously. Or, forget about the bazooka. The US central bank has gone nuclear! Indeed, the US central bank announced extensive new measures to support the economy. On March 15, the F...Read More
Keith Weiner, Monetary MetalsHeadline's gone wild today. For example, one public gold company CEO tweeted:"Today, some banks failed to deliver physical in the COMEX bar EFP. As a result, these banks suffered large losses...There remains a big shortage in physical in the COMEX denomination. So, rumors are, the COMEX will announce a force majeure..."Ignoring his sloppy understanding of the market...Read More
There is an old saying in Hindi "Jab tak hai sona roona kaabhi nahi roona". This is means that if you and your family own lots and lots physical gold (sona), they will never face any financial hardship in life. Forget the dash for cash. It is now the dash for physical gold. It is the dash for physical silver. You cannot buy gold. You can buy physical silver. Indians can buy silver July futures....Read More
Stocks shrugged off historically high jobless claimsThe Dow picked up its third straight win today, the first time it has done so since Feb. 6. The blue-chip index once more sprinted across the finish-line today and has now gained over 20% in the last three days. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq both finished comfortably in the black as well,shaking off an ugly weekly jobless claims report while traders an...Read More