Gold has big year in 2020 and outlook for this year robust. Learn about monetary expansion and gold future prices.Read More
The gold futures price reached US$1,767/ounce this week before retreating, which was the second time it has surpassed US$1,760 in the past two months, marking some of gold's highest levels in several years.Read More
Full Article: Best of the Year: Top 5 Frank Talk Posts of 2017By: Frank HolmesAs we begin a New Year, I want to share with you the five most popular Frank Talk posts of 2017. One common theme you'll see in these posts is they all center on the topic of gold. Although we specialize in educating investors about gold and managing gold funds, it's worth noting that our gold posts garnered more intere...Read More
The market is now officially in the largest bubble relative to the economy in history.Warren Buffett once famously stated that his favorite means of valuing stocks was the stock market capitalization to GDP ratio. This was the very metric he used when he decided to avoid investing during the Tech Bubble.Bill King of The King Report notes that based on this metric, stocks are now valued at 144.15%...Read More
Strengths ?The best performing metal this week was platinum, up 4.3 percent as speculators cut their net bearish platinum positions. After being bullish for the previous three weeks, gold traders and analysts are neutral this week, according to a Bloomberg survey. However, the number of new investors for BullionVault hit the highest level since November 2016, according to the online gold vaulting...Read More
China's ferro-chrome market weakened over the past week amid a lull in activity after domestic mills wrapped up their latest round of purchasing negotiations, while ore prices were supported by tight supply and firm demand from smelters. Domestic Chinese ferro-chrome prices slide as purchasing wave ends South African and Turkish ore markets gain on tight supply European high carbon ferro-chrome pr...Read More
Time is more important than price. That's what we - investors - are often made to believe regarding the future price movement. And rightfully so. The price could reach a bottom several dollars ahead of the predicted price target or it could break through it, leaving investors wondering, if there was a breakdown and thus they should expect to see another big downswing shortly. With time, things a...Read More
(Updates prices throughout)By Bruno FederowskiSAO PAULO, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Brazilian stocks edged higher to mark a record close on Monday, underpinned by optimism over the nation's fiscal outlook as well as a strong flow of international investment.The benchmark Bovespa stock index continued its climb following a seven-day string of gains. The rally in Brazilian stocks has been supported by invest...Read More
Short-term interest rates have been relentlessly rising since the second half of 2015. For example, 3-month LIBOR was 0.28% in July of that year. It is now 1.7%. This is just a result of the Fed centrally planning our economy, managing our interest rate for us.Long-term rates have not moved. The 10-year Treasury yield in July 2015 was 2.5%. It is now ... 2.5%.The direct result of this is to compre...Read More
Source: Jack Chan for Streetwise Reports 01/08/2018 Technical analyst Jack Chan charts the latest movements in the gold and silver markets, noting a falling dollar is supportive for metal prices. -->Our proprietary cycle indicator is up.Gold sector is on a long-term buy signal.Long-term signals can last for months and years and are more suitable for investors holding for long term.Gold sect...Read More
Seaborne manganese ore prices held steady over the past week, while alloy prices weakened in China in anticipation of smelter restarts. Manganese ore prices gain a few cents week on week Chinese alloy prices weaken as market awaits Ningxia restarts Silico-manganese prices rise in India on rupee and steel sector strength European alloy prices rise on tighter prompt availability US silico-manganese...Read More
- Gold currently undervalued- Since 2000, the gold price has beaten the S&P 500 Index- A 'a once-in-a-decade opportunity' as gold-to-S&P 500 ratio is at its lowest point in 10 years.- Reached 'peak gold' as exploration budgets continue to tighten- $80 trillion sits in global equities, a 'ticking time bomb'- Gold remains an appealing diversifier in the current environment of high valuations and u...Read More
By Frank HolmesStrengths? The best performing metal this week was platinum, up 4.3 percent as speculators cut their net bearish platinum positions. After being bullish for the previous three weeks, gold traders and analysts are neutral this week, according to a Bloomberg survey. However, the number of new investors for BullionVault hit the highest level since November 2016, accor...Read More
(Adds Rosengren's comments on inflation framework option)By Jason LangeWASHINGTON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve should consider changing its inflation target to allow for an acceptable range of inflation rates, Boston Federal Reserve President Eric Rosengren said on Monday.Currently, the Fed aims for U.S. consumer prices to rise 2 percent a year but the central bank has rarely met that t...Read More
Current Position of the MarketSPX: Long-term trend - The bull market is continuing with a top expected in the low 3000s.Intermediate-trend - A short-intermediate term top is re-forming at a higher level!.Analysis of the short-term trend is done on a daily basis with the help of hourly charts. It is an important adjunct to the analysis of daily and weekly charts which discusses the course of longer...Read More
Listen to the Podcast Audio: Click Here Mike Gleason: It is my privilege now to welcome in Gordon Chang, author, television pundit, and columnist at the Daily Beast. Gordon is a frequent guest on Fox News, CNBC, and CNN, among others, and is one of the foremost experts on Asian economics and geopolitics, having written books on the subject and it's great to have him back on with us.Gordon, it's...Read More
Jan 9 (Reuters) - Stock MarketsNet ChngStock MarketsNet ChngS&P/ASX 200** 6130.4 8.10NZX 50**8,431.83 6.35DJIA**25,282.93-12.94NIKKEI**23,714.53208.20Nasdaq**7,157.38620.828FTSE**7,696.51 -27.71S&P 500** 2,747.71 4.56Hang Seng** 30,899.5384.89SPI 200 Fut 6089.0 8 STI** 3,512.18 22.73SSEC**3,410.0005 18.25 KOSPI** 2513.2815.76-----------------------------------------------------------------...Read More
By Keith WeinerShort-term interest rates have been relentlessly rising since the second half of 2015. For example, 3-month LIBOR was 0.28% in July of that year. It is now 1.7%. This is just a result of the Fed centrally planning our economy, managing our interest rate for us.Long-term rates have not moved. The 10-year Treasury yield in July 2015 was 2.5%. It is now ... 2.5%.The direct result of...Read More
By Graham Summers The market is now officially in the largest bubble relative to the economy in history. Warren Buffett once famously stated that his favorite means of valuing stock was the stock market capitalization to GDP ratio. This was the very metric he used when he decided to avoid investing during the Tech Bubble. Bill King of The King Report notes that based on this metric, stocks ar...Read More
(Adds details throughout and updates prices to close)* TSX closes down 31.79 points, or 0.19 percent, at 16,317.65* Materials group falls 0.7 percent* Seven of the TSX's 10 main groups end lower TORONTO, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index retreated on Monday as shares of some materials and financial services companies weighed, offset by gains for marijuana producers.* The Toronto Stock...Read More
In a recent newsletter John Mauldin wrote: "It is monetary policy madness to raise rates and undertake quantitative tightening at the same time." However, this is exactly what the Fed plans to do in 2018. Has the Fed gone mad?If mad is defined as diverging in an irrational way from normal practice then the answer to the above question is no. The Fed is following the same rule book it has always...Read More
By JP Koninghttps://www.bullionstar.com/People who live in developed nations have grown used to inflation of around 2% a year over the last few decades. Why do prices generally rise by that amount? What drives the purchasing power of money in these countries? Why can't prices stay constant year-over-year rather than increasing?To help answer some of these questions, let's go far back in time. We...Read More