Rules help guide us through uncertainty.Miles Franklin sponsored this article by Gary Christenson. The opinions expressed are his regarding the rules for traveling our economic path.THOSE WHO MAKE THE RULES:For perspective on Washington D.C. and Wall Street, we listen to wisdom and wit from Bill Bonner:"We look at the passing parade in Washington through a cynical lens...No situation is so hopel...Read More
By David HaggithBefore Trump was even inaugurated, I said he was clearly draining the swamp directly into the White House. That was obvious as soon as he nominated a Goldman-Sachs roster to fill all the financial cabinet positions. Some wishfully said he was playing 4-D chess by keeping his enemies close. I called baloney. He was simply being Sached. One of those from the Goldman roster was Stev...Read More
By Gary TanashianBelow are the Opening Notes and Bond Market segments from last Sunday's edition of Notes From the Rabbit Hole, NFTRH 530. Jerome Powell was actually more firm than I expected. Atta boy Jay! Aside from my prognostication the more important stuff (IMO) begins at the 4th paragraph. That is where I put on my tin foil hat and tell what I think. It does seem to dovetail with what we s...Read More
As part of Merk's in-house research we regularly evaluate a consistent set of charts covering the economy, equities, fixed income, commodities and currencies. The aim is to keep our eyes open and to look through the noise of the headlines, avoiding the distractions of sensationalized click-bait. In sharing this content, we offer a cross-check to your own thinking and aim to add value to your own...Read More
December as usual. Another Fed hike is behind us. Will we now see a rally in gold in January? Fed Hiked But It Will Monitor Risks Yesterday, the FOMC published the monetary policy statement from its latest meeting that took place on December 18th-19th. In line with the expectations, the US central bank raised the federal funds rate by 25 basis points to the target range of 2.25 to 2.50 percent...Read More
Fed monetary policy inched toward suicide Wednesday with a 25-basis-point rate hike and a feint toward bumping up interest rates two more times next year. Are they trying to make certain that Trump doesn't get re-elected? This interpretation is sounding less farfetched each day as the banksters continue to flout a global economic storm that is gaining strength by the week. It is manifest in the...Read More
Jingle bells have not rung for any investment class towards the close of the year. We all read about heaven and hell on our religious books. In the "Kaalyug" (technological age as per Hindu scriptures), most of the people go to hell as they perform more bad deeds than good deeds. In financial language heaven is profit and hell are investment and trading losses. Most of us go to hell as we incur...Read More
China's rebar prices strengthened on Thursday December 20 following gains in the billet and futures markets.Domestic Eastern China (Shanghai): 3,800-3,830 yuan ($551-555) per tonne, up 10-20 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Beijing): 3,600-3,630 yuan per tonne, up 20-30 yuan per tonneImproved demand for billet sent the price of the semi-finished product in Tangshan upward during the day.Rebar futures...Read More
Link to the Slides and Sources: https://www.itmtrading.com/blog/somet...Lynette Zang has held the position of Chief Market Analyst at ITM Trading since 2002. Ms. Zang has been in the markets on some level since 1964. Her mission is to convert financial noise into understandable language. She has been a banker, a stock broker and studied world currencies since 1987. She believes strongly that we ne...Read More
Jordan Roy-Byrne, Founder of The Daily Gold looks past the Fed meeting and first address the selloff in the US markets. We look back on how past bear markets have started and what we expect in terms of a lower high in the first half of 2019. Also the fact that gold has been moving up with the US dollar has us thinking 2019 could continue this trend.Jordan Roy-Byrne, CMT is a Chartered Market Techn...Read More
01:10 Government officials are not serving the people, here's the facts!09:20 Is President Trump brilliant or out of his depth?22:10 The dark consequences of questioning the Federal Reserve and Trump's defiance34:00 How to find operation freedom and deeper revelations Read More
Peter Schiff is an internationally recognized economist specializing in the foreign equity, currency and gold markets. Mr. Schiff made his name as President and Chief Global Strategist of Euro Pacific Capital. He frequently delivers lectures at major economic and investment conferences, and is quoted often in the print media, including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Barron's, BusinessWee...Read More
For the past two years, my geopolitical assumption has been that the Trump administration would more or less continue along with the reckless, shortsighted, and disastrous neocon/neoliberal Continue...Read More
The same warmongers of liberal and neoconservative stripes who had no problem with President Obama taking us INTO war in Syria without Congressional approval are now screaming bloody murder because President Trump has decided to take us OUT. Are they acting on principles? Or pure politics?Dr. Ron Paul is a physician and former twelve-term congressman from Texas who ran for president in 2008. He is...Read More
Larry and former Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) discuss Paul's warning of an impending market meltdown, and his take on removing U.S. troops from Syria. Then, Larry and the political panel take on Facebook's privacy policies. 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 York Times bestsellers The R...Read More
The global populist movement is accelerating... and in Europe it's taking the form of an explosion of yellow vests! In Zero Hour, I discuss the broad backlash against globalization, with Continue...Read More
For Part 1 of this interview, CLICK HEREMax continues his interview with Dr. Michael Hudson, author of the new book "... and forgive them their debts" about the history of debt forgiveness. They discuss the rise of 'populism' and even 'fascism' in the face of unforgivable debts and look at modern debt forgiveness policy, the most major one being the write-down on Germany's debts after World War II...Read More
Revised standards for rebar in China have failed to lend continued support to vanadium prices in the country since their introduction in November, primarily due to enforcement of the standards not being as stringent as previously expected, market sources told Fastmarkets.The new rebar policy, effective November 1, 2018, requires Chinese steel mills to eliminate the original 335 megapascals (MPa)-t...Read More
Robert Shiller is an American economist, academic, and best-selling author. He currently serves as a Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale University and is a fellow at the Yale School of Management's International Center for Finance. Mr. Shiller has been a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) since 1980, was Vice President of the American Economic Association in...Read More
Dr. Rand Paul is the junior United States Senator for Kentucky. Elected in 2010, he has proven to be an outspoken champion for constitutional liberties and fiscal responsibility, and a warrior against government overreach. A graduate of Duke University School of Medicine, Rand was a practicing ophthalmologist in Bowling Green, Ky., for 17 years. Rand has been a vocal advocate for term limits, a ba...Read More