In this week's video update, Chris discusses the volatility of markets and the role Central Banks have played in creating massive financial bubbles throughout the world. Read the latest articles at Peak Prosperity: https://www.peakprosperity.com/Christopher Martenson is a former American biochemical scientist. Currently he is a writer and trend forecaster interested in macro trends regarding the e...Read More
The elite rulers of our country can't seem to get enough endless wars. They seem to thrive upon them. So many political and military leaders want Afghanistan to continue forever, with no end game or goal in site. Same with our involvement in Syria. But President Trump has had enough. He's brining the troops back home and letting the chips fall where they may. No more nation building and endless qu...Read More
Wolf Richter is the founder of Wolf Street Corp and the publisher of WolfStreet.com. Wolf has over twenty years of C-level operations experience, including turnarounds and a VC-funded startup. He has a BA, MA, and MBA (UT at Austin). In his prior life, he worked in Texas and Oklahoma, including a decade as General Manager and COO of a large Ford dealership and its subsidiaries. Read More
Host of the popular radio show "Operation Freedom" Dr. Dave Janda warns about the massive debt problems the world is facing and the coming economic reset. Dr. Janda says Trump is correct when he says, "The real problem is the Fed and not China." Janda says the Deep State "rigged the economy to implode" with massive amounts of debt. Dr. Janda says, "Trump has been buying time" to put the American p...Read More
"This is the first time we're going to be using it at a large-scale event," he said. "It's just going to give us an additional view of the crowd."Continue...Read More
The past couple of years have been brutal for precious metals mining stocks. Gold and silver went down a little while the miners went down a lot - four times as much to be exact.Continue...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
*This interview was recorded on 12/24/18Peter Boockvar is the Chief Investment Officer of Bleakley Financial Group and Editor of The Boock Report newsletter https://boockreport.com/.Read More
The very fabric of America is under attack-our freedoms, our democracy, and our constitutional rights have become contested terrain. The Epoch Times, a media committed to truthful, responsible Continue...Read More
President Vladimir Putin says Russia is ready for dialogue on a "wide-ranging agenda" with the United States, according to a statment made by the Kremlin over the weekend.Continue...Read More
"Although some members of the Taliban may be weary of fighting and ready to lay down their weapons, they will only rejoin society if they believe their safety and the safety of Continue...Read More
Although yours truly has yet to completely jump on the bull bandwagon (which has revved up recently), I cannot ignore Continue...Read More
A BMO Capital Markets report discussed the ways this global firm might use the new funds. In a Dec. 21 research note, BMO Capital Markets analyst Edward Sterck reported that Rio Tinto Plc (RIO:NYSE; RIO:ASX; RIO:LSE; RTPPF:OTCPK) closed on the sale of its 40% interest in Grasberg for $3.5 billion through a series of transactions with the Indonesian government and Freeport McMoRan, and that the sa...Read More
Cyclical Assets vs. GoldIn January of 2018 we noted a cyclical leader (Semiconductor Fab Equipment) in trouble: Semi Canary Still Chirping, But He’s Gonna Croak in 2018. We also ran a series of articles featuring the happy-go-lucky 3 Amigos (of the macro) in order to gauge a point when larger herds of investors would become aware of cyclical issues facing the global (including the US) econom...Read More
This year has seen a lot of volatility in the financial markets, Bitcoin, precious metals and other commodities. Frank Holmes, CEO and CIO of U.S. Global Investors, takes a look back on the lessons he has learned, and also looks ahead to what 2019 may bring.The Gold Report: Frank, thanks for joining us today. Let's start with what lessons you've learned from the markets in the past year. Frank Hol...Read More
Turkey produced 3.10 million tonnes of crude steel in November 2018, a 2.1% decrease compared with November 2017, according to the Turkish Steel Producers Association (T???oeD).In January-November 2018, crude steel production in the country was 34,429,000 tonnes, a 0.51% year-on-year rise compared with 34,256,000 tonnes produced in January-November 2017, T???oeD said last week.The country produced...Read More
Brazil's apparent steel consumption increased by 6.90% year on year in November, to 1.70 million tonnes, mostly due to an improved performance in the flat steel sector, according to the national steel association A??o Brasil.Apparent consumption of flat steel products grew by 11.70% in the same comparison, to 1.10 million tonnes, while long steel use declined by 0.80% year-on-year, to 606,000 tonn...Read More
Fastmarkets MB hosted the 22nd Middle East Iron & Steel conference in Dubai last week. Here are five things we learned...1 High-grade iron ore derivative will be an important tool for Middle East DRI industry A world-first 65% iron ore derivative launched by the Singapore Exchange in early December was hailed as an important hedging tool for the Middle East direct-reduced ironmaking (DRI) industry...Read More
Featured GuestsBob Hoye & David MorganHappy Holidays - Merry Xmas & Happy New Year!Show HighlightsPart II of the discussion with the head of The Morgan Report includes an update on gold. The PMs sector remains at bargain levels, a relative value to virtually every competing asset class and core of every solid investment portfolio. Gold aficionados may be enjoy a sea-change in market sentiment in...Read More
By Jordan Roy-Byrne CMT, MFTA Although yours truly has yet to completely jump on the bull bandwagon (which has revved up recently), I cannot ignore the positive fundamental and technical developments for precious metals. On the fundamental side, the market is essentially pricing in no hikes for 2019 and the start of rate cuts in 2020. For Gold, that is a huge improvement from just a few months...Read More