StrengthsThe best performing metal this week was gold, up 1.11 percent. Gold traders were bullish on the outlook for a 12th straight week and the most bullish in five weeks, according to the weekly Bloomberg survey. The yellow metal is up more than 2 percent for the year and is set for a fourth monthly gain. This comes as the dollar is down for a third month. Gold saw a boost in particular on We...Read More
By: Steve St. Angelo, SRSrocco Report Get ready for a new era of precious metals investor. That's correct. Up until now, the primary buyer of gold and silver have been the older generation, 40-65+, but that will all change when the next financial crisis hits. The Millennials, or those in the 23-38 age group, have participated less in the stock market than previous generations. And, rig...Read More
HUI, the Gold Bugs Index, is close to triggering its first buy signal on the weekly chart in more than two years. The first proved to be a dud, and it sent this popular trading vehicle into a ratcheting downtrend that would have driven most bulls to the edge of despair. As a result, skepticism toward the current rally undoubtedly is high. But traders should be prepared for a pleasant surpr...Read More
The Fed didn't just fold on Wednesday, it crumpled, capitulated. A long time ago we had figured out that when push came to shove, this is what it would do. However, we thought that it would take a market crash to force it to change course, in order that it could use that as solid justification for a U-turn, instead of which it only took a crashlet, or the start of a crash.The Fed's "Prime Direct...Read More
By: Jordan Roy-Byrne CMT, MFTAFirst we need to define what a breakout actually is. Its when the price breaks a pattern or a range and a new trend is therefore established.Today, people are all too quick to refer to almost every move higher as a breakout. Just google "Gold Breakout" and you'll see what I mean.Sure, closing above $1300 was a breakout for Gold. But that's hardly significant. If and...Read More
Have we reached "peak Trump"? Is there no way out of the swamp? Former Reagan Administration senior official David Stockman joins today's Liberty Report to discuss his upcoming book, Peak Trump: The Undrainable Swamp And The Fantasy Of MAGA.Dr. Ron Paul is a physician and former twelve-term congressman from Texas who ran for president in 2008. He is the author of eight books, including the New Yo...Read More
The latest on the global warming front is a UN report on the "emissions gap" that admits the Paris Accord would never work. The UN has admitted that the Continue...Read More
Hard as it is to believe, airline travel recently became even more unpleasant. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees being required to work without pay for the duration of the government shutdown resulted in many TSA workers calling in sick. The outbreak of "shutdown flu" among TSA employees forced some large airports to restrict the number of places mandatory TSA screenings were...Read More
The key insight of the Austrian School of Economics (maybe the key insight of ALL economics) is that the amount you borrow matters, but so does the use to which you put the money.Continue...Read More
Luke Gromen believes that the much ballyhooed celebration over the end of the US-China trade war is extremely premature. To Luke, it's a case of an immovable object getting hit by an unstoppable force. For the US to prosper and start making things again, it will have to give up the dollar's reserve currency status. For China to move forward, it will have to give up its predatory IP policy and othe...Read More
It was an exciting January with stock markets vigorously bouncing back, metals performing well with gold breaking 1300 and silver topping 16.Palladium continued its major bull move. A bit of a bounce back in WTI and Brent. Henry Hub kept falling. Bitcoin lost another 7.3%. Rates on the 10 year Treasury declined. While the VIX dropped, volatility in most markets is on the rise. Just wait till next...Read More
The trade war between the United States and China is proving to be a disaster for American farmers: the ones who grow and supply our food. Continue...Read More
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"The telecommunications industry has suppressed damaging evidence about its technology since at least 1927."Continue...Read More
Lorne Whitmore, acting Vice President of Sales for Royal Canadian Mint answers questions regarding how RCM combats counterfeiting and why responsible sourcing is important.Read More
The explorer/developer chose a clean solution to fulfill the power needs of its mine and plant. Lion One Metals Ltd. (LIO:TSX.V; LOMLF:OTCQX) partnered with meeco to build and install a hybrid solar-diesel power plant for its Tuvatu gold project on Fiji, it announced in a news release.The Switzerland-based renewable energy provider will construct the facility on 4.1 hectares of available land abo...Read More
We are not always correct in our calls about the market. Professional researchers and analysts must understand that attempting to accurately predict the future outcome of any commodity, stock, index or ETF is impossible to be 100% accurate. Yet, we are pleased that our proprietary price modeling and analysis tools continue to provide us with very clear triggers and alert us to price mo...Read More
First we need to define what a breakout actually is. Its when the price breaks a pattern or a range and a new trend is therefore established. Today, people are all too quick to refer to almost every move higher as a breakout. Just google “Gold Breakout” and you’ll see what I mean. Sure, closing above $1300 was a breakout for Gold. But that’s hardly significant. If and when...Read More
By: Keith Weiner, Monetary MetalsOn January 6, we wrote the Surest Way to Overthrow Capitalism. We said:"In a future article, we will expand on why these two statements are true principles: (1) there is no way a central planner could set the right rate, even if he knew and (2) only a free market can know the right rate."Today's article is part I that promised article.Let's consider how to know...Read More
TECHNICAL SCOOPCharts and commentary by David ChapmanChief Strategist, Enriched Investing Inc.Phone: 416-523-5454 Email: david@davidchapman.comdchapman@enrichedinvesting.com "The usual bull market successfully weathers a number of tests until it is considered invulnerable, whereupon it is ripe for a bust." George Soros, financier, philanthropist, political activist, author, philosopher, b. 1...Read More