Agriculture is always a solid choice to invest. Peoplealways need to eat no matter the current economic outlook. This is why manypeople consider agricultural investments to be recession proof. The good newsis that you don’t actually have to own a farm to invest in them. Here is a lookat how to invest in farms, all without having to actually own one. 1. Farm REITs Investing in a farmin...Read More
CloseGain/LossOn WeekGold $1199.10-$1.10-0.54%Silver$14.51-$0.05-2.03%XAU66.24%4-0.2-2.13%HUI143.23-0.29%-2.44%GDM517.50-0.67%-1.98%JSE Gold996.21+24.51+4.74%USD95.09+0.44-0.04%Euro116.06-0.69-0.15%Yen90.09-0.09+0.07%Oil$69.80-$0.45+1.57%10-Year2.862%-0.003+1.74%Bond144.71875-0.25-0.77%Dow25964.82-0.09%+0.68%Nasdaq8109.54+0.26%+2.06%S&P2901.52+0.01%+0.93% The Metals: Gold...Read More
Gold COT Report - FuturesLarge SpeculatorsCommercialTotalLongShortSpreadingLongShortLongShort207,370210,43360,824165,581173,843433,775445,100Change from Prior Reporting Period -6,130-11,7772,018-9485,629-5,060-4,130Traders181100935642280195 Small Speculators (C) GoldSeek.com LongShortOpen Interest 45,50834,183479,283 613-317-4,447 non reportable positionsChange from t...Read More
By David Brady, CFAMoney Managers ("Funds") continue to cut longs and add shorts, while Gold remains oversold technically and overbearish from a sentiment perspective. This has been the situation since May, and yet Gold continued to fall. I see this as a massive build-up of fuel for the coming rally. China controls the dollar price of Gold via USD/CNY and XAU/CNY to a lesser extent which is the...Read More
By Frank HolmesFor years, Adam Sharp has helped accredited and retail investors get in on the ground floor of some of the most promising early stage investment opportunities. These include not just venture capital but also equity crowdfunding and cryptocurrencies, which he added last year to his two research offerings, First Stage Investor and Crypto Asset Strategies.I recently had the pleasure...Read More
By Gary TanashianThe 'Gold as Inflation Hedge' CanardOn the one hand you have the sons of Harvey & Erb, who called gold to $800/oz. and caused a stir in the gold "community". Per Campbell Harvey in this video with Kitco's Daniella (dig the flowing golden locks of hair)..."Gold is just too volatile" to be an effective inflation hedge.Well yes sir, you are right. Gold does not track inflation in a...Read More
This week, as investors and economists fixate on record highs set by major stock market indices, they have ignored much more significant developments that emerged from the Federal Reserve's annual meeting in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell delivered a speech that somehow was almost universally interpreted as a reiteration of his commitment to continue to raise rates throughout...Read More
By Jordan Roy-Byrne CMT, MFTA After a vicious selloff precious metals have stabilized. Its not a surprise given the breadth and sentiment extremes we noted and had predicted earlier. Although recent gains have met some resistance, the immediate path of least resistance should be higher. Let's take a look at the key support and resistance levels for the metals and the miners. Gold has retreate...Read More
By Keith WeinerLife is good. They could not have imagined what we have, back in the dark ages.So I have never understood why people prep for a return to the dark ages. The only thing I can think of is that they don't really picture what life is like. 14 hours a day of back-breaking labor to eke out a subsistence living. Subject to the risks of rain, sun, and insects.Prepping makes no sense to me...Read More
CloseGain/LossOn WeekGold $1199.10-$1.10-0.54%Silver$14.51-$0.05-2.03%XAU66.24%4-0.2-2.13%HUI143.23-0.29%-2.44%GDM517.50-0.67%-1.98%JSE Gold996.21+24.51+4.74%USD95.09+0.44-0.04%Euro116.06-0.69-0.15%Yen90.09-0.09+0.07%Oil$69.80-$0.45+1.57%10-Year2.862%-0.003+1.74%Bond144.71875-0.25-0.77%Dow25964.82-0.09%+0.68%Nasdaq8109.54+0.26%+2.06%S&P2901.52+0.01%+0.93% The Metals: Gold...Read More
News, Market Updates, Charts and Videos You May Have MissedHere is our weekly digest of the important news, market updates, charts and videos we covered this week.As emerging market currencies around the world collapse in value and gold reaches new record highs in these fiat currencies, we felt it important to look at the terrible situation in Venezuela and consider whether this will be the fate...Read More
Full Article: Sentiments measures bottoming on GoldBy: Olivier CrottazThere are several sentiment(s) indicators and these one's are very often calling for movements in advance especially when sentiments are at extreme levels.For example, when more than 85% of the contributors are bullish on an underlying like the USD, the currency fall during the following periodFull Article: Sentiments measures...Read More
In his most recent book, The Road to Ruin: The Global Elites' Secret Plan for the Next Financial Crisis, former CIA analyst Jim Rickards notes that some of the biggest financial bodies in the world have been warning of excessive risk in financial markets since 2014.Through a series of published papers, press releases, and public statements, institutions like the IMF and BIS have been subtly tellin...Read More
The following is a summary of our interview with Kathy Fettke, CEO and Founder of RealWealth Network, which can be listened to on our site here or on iTunes here.Hotter areas of the US real estate market, particularly on the high end, are experiencing a slowdown. With the Fed raising interest rates, affordability becoming an increasing problem, and recent tax changes, the big q...Read More
PRIVATE BLOG – We are Doing a Series of Updates on Gold, Share Markets & Currencies for the August Close because of its importancePrivate blog posts are exclusively available to Socrates subscribers. To sign-up for Socrates or to learn more, please visit Ask-Socrates.com.https://ask-socrates.com/Read More
This is the fourth issue in a series I'm doing on what I call Rich Dad Scams, scams that we've identified that the rich perpetrate on the poor and middle class to keep them poor.One of the most challenging things about these scams is how ingrained they are. If you weren't lucky enough to have a rich dad to teach you about them like I did, these scams probably make up your ideas and attitudes towar...Read More
When I was in high school, the only thing I really cared about was basketball.I wasn’t very good at first, but I was EXTREMELY competitive.Of course, like most freshmen, I had to spend my time on the bench watching the upperclassmen take all the glory. I worked my butt off, but each game I got stuck sitting on the sidelines because I just wasn’t good enough yet.Sitting on the sidelines...Read More
Portfolio manager and technical analyst John Newell of Fieldhouse Capital Management profiles an explorer whose recent drill results may be revealing the highest-grade porphyry in the Yukon. Sponsored ContentRead How This Risk Taking Combat Pilot Become a Successful Investor. Get the Book Now In this article, we will take a brief look at the Yukon, the prolific Tintina Gold Belt and drill down to...Read More
Click Here to Listen to the InterviewA perceived acceleration toward the end of US dollar hegemony has been a hot topic here at TFMR this week. Thus, we thought it should be the primary topic for our holiday weekend Jim Willie discussion, too. There's no easy way to summarize this conversation with bullet points. Instead, just notice that we began the call by discussing de-dollarization and then j...Read More
A land grab in Zimbabwe led to capital and human flight followed by hyperinflation. South Africa is on a similar path.Continue...Read More