The VIX may not be sending an all-clear sign for the markets, according to Jeffrey Gundlach.The markets are at an “important crossroads,” Gundlach, the billionaire bond manager who is chief executive officer of DoubleLine Capital, said in the Twitter message late Friday. But he also asked, is the “genie back in the bottle? I’m skeptical.”The Cboe Volatility Index...Read More
Bitcoin and gold prices seen converging as interest rates riseRegulators say cryptocurrency rules could draw on gold tradePhotographer: Luke MacGregor/BloombergBitcoin should be regulated similar to gold -- which benefits from simpler compliance rules than stocks or bonds -- according to Austria’s biggest broker of the digital token.While cryptocurrency transactions in the European Union ab...Read More
If you're getting the sense that stocks always go up, that's because they've been doing so for a really, really long time. From CNBC today: On the bull market’s ninth birthday, here’s how it stacks up against history?EUR?The Dow has quadrupled during the bull market, which turned 9 on Friday.?EUR?This is the biggest and longest bull market for the Dow post-WWII, according to Leuthold G...Read More
CloseGain/LossGold $1323.70+$0.20Silver$16.55-$0.03XAU79.67+0.98%HUI174.41+0.86%GDM607.04+0.60%JSE Gold1105.94-20.68USD89.88-0.25Euro123.42+0.34Yen94.06+0.37Oil$61.36-$0.6810-Year2.867%-0.030T-Bond144.75+0.59375Dow25178.61-0.62%Nasdaq7588.32+0.36%S&P2783.02-0.13% The Metals: Gold fell $9.10 to $1314.40 at about 8AM EST, but it then rallied back higher throughout most of t...Read More
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, March 12, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gold Resource Corporation (NYSE American: GORO) (the "Company") today announced the purchase of the County Line gold property located in Mineral and Nye Counties, Nevada from Nevada Select Royalty Inc. ("Nevada Select"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ely Gold Royalties Inc. (TSX-V: ELY, OTC: ELYGF). Gold Resource Corporation is a gold...Read More
Martin Armstrong is still bullish on the stock market. Europe is still in trouble. Draghi isn't abandoning QE so quickly. He's trapped and so is the Euro. There's a big bet against the Euro taking place as witnessed by the German Bund spreads. There's a huge crisis in the offing. And it's worldwide, the US and Europe and elsewhere. They need a minimum return of 8% and there's few opportunities to...Read More
U.S. Secret Service Also Frustrated with U.S. Mint's "Lack of Supporting Action" Washington, DC (March 12, 2018) - Congressmen Alex Mooney (R-WV) criticized the United States Mint for its "disappointing and concerning" lack of awareness or action on the growing problem of high-quality counterfeits of U.S. precious-metals coins entering the country from China and elsewhere.In a letter dated March...Read More
Jim, Evan and Phil discuss the latest happenings in the Middle Kingdom and around the globe.1:17 The People's Republic of Debt3:17 Zombie bond market for zombie companies7:10 ECB scorns tariffs, buys bonds13:09 The perils of social mediaJames "Jim" Grant is an American writer and publisher and the founder of Grant's Interest Rate Observer, a twice-monthly journal of the financial markets. He is th...Read More
By Frank HolmesStrengths? The best performing metal this week was silver, up 0.43 percent as hedge funds cut their bearish outlook. After mostly bearish opinions last week, gold traders are leaning more bullish this week on the yellow metal's performance. BullionVault's Gold Investor Index rose last month to 54.1, up from 52.7 the prior month, when it was at the lowest level sinc...Read More
The bull market is turning 9 years old. Had we known we would have baked a cake. It is now the longest running bull market in history! What could possibly go wrong. The tree will surely grow to the sky. And as if that wasn't enough, corporate debt levels are surging. But don't worry, this time is really different because it's not being held by big banks, ETF's and pension funds will be left holdin...Read More
David Stockman on "Fast Money Halftime Report" (CNBC, March 12, 2018)David Stockman is a former Republican congressman from Michigan and was President Reagan's budget director from 1981 to 1985. After leaving the White House, Stockman became a managing director at Salomon Brothers, and he later founded a private equity fund. David is the founder of David Stockman's Contra Corner, and he is the aut...Read More
By Keith WeinerThink back to the halcyon days of the dot com boom. This was a time after Greenspan declared "irrational exuberance". Long Term Capital Management collapsed in 1998, and Greenspan decided to risk propelling exuberance to a level beyond irrational. Super-duper-irrational exuberance?Anyway, Greenspan cut interest rates a few times in late 1998. Technology companies were able to rais...Read More
TOPICS IN THIS INTERVIEW:01:25 Jim Willie's predictions for 201810:35 Death blow of the US Dollar15:00 What happens to Gold and Silver26:05 The transition and adjustment of world reserve currencies33:05 Gold suppression and rise in the Swiss currency36:05 Is Bitcoin a solution to the economic problems?Jim Willie is a statistical analyst in marketing research and retail forecasting. He holds a PhD...Read More
Listen to the Podcast Audio: Click HereMike Gleason: It is my privilege now to welcome in Gerald Celente, publisher of the renowned Trends Journal. Mr. Celente is perhaps the most well-known trends forecaster in the world and it's always great to have him on with us.Mr. Celente, thanks again for the time today and welcome back.Gerald Celente: Oh, it's always great being on. Thank you.Mike Gl...Read More
By John MauldinLabor 2030Surplus WorkersWealth Tax ComingHome Again, Home Again, Jiggity-JigWe've just wrapped the Strategic Investment Conference, which in many ways is the best week of my year. Seeing so many old friends, making new ones, and having countless fascinating conversations is my idea of heaven.On the other hand, this particular heaven is also exhausting. I've been running at full p...Read More
Recently Brittany Pettibone and Martin Sellner were detained when attempting enter the United Kingdom and held for an extended period of time as they awaited deportation. Sellner had been invited to give a speech by UKIP youth wing Young Independence and Pettibone had plans of interviewing Tommy Robinson - but both were prohibited from entering the country. Read More
By Avi GilburtDo you think we will ever see a week of market moves associated with news events for which you will not shake your head?Week after week I think analysts say something so stupid that I just want to scream. As I have pointed out so many times over the years, I keep hoping that some form of sanity will grip pundits one day. I keep hoping that they may wake up and recognize the error o...Read More
CloseGain/LossGold $1323.70+$0.20Silver$16.55-$0.03XAU79.67+0.98%HUI174.41+0.86%GDM607.04+0.60%JSE Gold1105.94-20.68USD89.88-0.25Euro123.42+0.34Yen94.06+0.37Oil$61.36-$0.6810-Year2.867%-0.030T-Bond144.75+0.59375Dow25178.61-0.62%Nasdaq7588.32+0.36%S&P2783.02-0.13% The Metals: Gold fell $9.10 to $1314.40 at about 8AM EST, but it then rallied back higher throughout most of t...Read More
Inthe free analysis that we posted lastMonday,we warned that Friday’s session was likely to be volatile and tricky. Thisseems to have indeed been the case for silver. The white metal declined earlyin the day only to rally almost 40 cents from the initial low. In our previousalert, we discussed the possibility of silver topping at about $16.65 and thislevel was reached. Is silver about to tak...Read More