The Most Important News (via Dollar Collapse), Released on 6/15/22In my entire lifetime, I have never seen America's farmers this alarmed about what is ahead. Yet, many people seem to believe we will be immune to the coming shortages because we live in the Continue... Michael Snyder: More major disasters hit US food production. Are you prepared for what comes next? added by Herman James on 06/17/2...Read More
Gold Fix, Released on 6/17/22Odds are high that gold won't fall during a stock market crash, and in fact, it will likely rise instead. Silver might depend on whether it's in a bull market.Continue... How Do Gold and Silver Really Fare in Stock Crashes? added by Herman James on 06/17/2022View all posts by Herman James ?+'Read More
Kitco, Released on 6/17/22"As the Fed's white paper on this topic notes, a U.S. CBDC could also potentially help maintain the dollar's international standing."Continue... Fed's Powell: The digital dollar is coming! added by Herman James on 06/17/2022View all posts by Herman James ?+'Read More
Expert Michael Ballanger reviews this week's market updates from Wednesday's FOMC meeting to his outlook on Getchell Gold Corp.,which he maintains is a "pound-the-table Buy."Firstly, if Wednesday's FOMC meeting featuring Chairman Jerome (I have tools!) Powell did nothing else, it did accentuate just how incompetent they are. Powell stood in front of the cameras and told the world that the American...Read More
Emerita Resources Corp. has an ambitious goal of completing 70,000 meters using six rigs at their Spanish project, and recent electromagnetic surveys indicate even greater potential than originally thought.Emerita Resources Corp. (EMO:TSX.V; EMOTF:OTCMKTS; LLJ:FSE) plans an extensive drill program at its Romanera project this year as part of its shift away from concentrating on Infanta, reported R...Read More
As predicted, gold stocks aregradually declining. Their situation is unlikely to improve - the Fed isalready planning another interest rate hike.After yesterday’s huge slide in the PMs(GDXJ declined by over 8%!) and a sizable increase in our short positions injunior miners, gold and silver are moving back and forth, gathering strengthfor the next move. Or waiting for the next trigger.They ar...Read More
Gold investment demandshould be soaring with serious inflation raging, catapulting gold wayhigher. Yet recently it has greatlylagged fast-rising general price levels, confounding contrarian investors. But history argues this anomaly won’t last,that eventually big inflation will spur gold. Today’s terrible inflation super-spike fueled by extreme Fed moneyprinting is the...Read More
Buoyed by tight world supply and higher demand, Light crude oil prices are expected to reach the first resistance level of $124.50 over the next few weeks. WTI prices are being driven by several factors. First, the summer driving season in the US, and second by the relaxation of China's Covid curbs (Chart 1). On the supply side, the EIA has said that US Strategic Petroleum Reserve dropped by a rec...Read More
What are the new fundamentals for crude oil to look at this week?Could Asian demand be slowed down by Saudi Arabia raising its prices? Crude oil prices soared earlier this weekafter Saudi Arabia said on Sunday it would raise crude oil prices for mostregions except the United States. Just days after opening the floodgates alittle wider (as announced lastweek following an OPEC+ meeting), Saudi Arabi...Read More
The low in gold was in at $1675, and COT data is extremely bullish in silver...by David Brady via Sprott MoneyThe Fed raised rates by 0.75% yesterday to 1.50% and plans to continue raising rates to at least 2.5% in the next few months. Quantitative Tightening, or QT, is continuing at its announced pace also. While the Fed's move was hawkish to say the least, this was all expected, and the markets...Read More
What's the likely price revaluation?by Samuel Briggs via KinesisIn this week's Live from the Vault, Andrew Maguire takes a closer look at the newly determined BRICS currency basket, assessing the likely price revaluation of its top three commodities: gold, silver and oil.With current geopolitical escalation impacting the physical gold market, the precious metal expert explains the possible repercu...Read More
World events are driving a volatile andpotentially pivotal environment ahead for investors.Huge swings in financial markets are likely still to come.Direction, magnitude, and timing aredifficult to predict. But precious metals bulls are eying massive upsidepotential for gold and silver as war and inflation stoke safe-haven buying.What follows are four major macro scenariosthat could impact metals...Read More
Commoditiesare on fire.Theprice of oil has soared 43% since the start of the year.Palladium—ametal most often used in catalytic converters—has increased 28% over the sameperiod, while wheat has spiked 39%...Theseare major moves. But I see commodity prices headed even higher this year.Specifically,a huge opportunity is setting up in one of the most overlooked corners of thecommodity mar...Read More
In response to Russia’s war on Ukraine, the U.S. and G-7 countries have launched a currency war against the Kremlin. Sanctions imposed on the Russian central bank have effectively blacklisted the country from the U.S. dollar-dominated global financial system.Now the Biden administration is attempting to prevent Russia from using gold as an alternative medium of exchange.Last week, the Treasu...Read More
Imagine all the people… living life inthe Metaverse. Once we immerse ourselves in the digital sphere, gold may go outof fashion. Or maybe not?Do you already have your avatar? If not,maybe you should consider creating one, as the Metaverse is coming! What is the Metaverse? It is a digital,three-dimensional world where people are represented by avatars, a network of3D virtual worlds focused o...Read More
FREE March 28 - April 1.Hi,You may already know that the CRB Commodities Index is up 200% since the April 2020 low.Even if you haven’t been following the broad Index, you've no doubt felt the effects of rising commodity prices in your wallet.But there is a silver-lining flip side: Over the past 2 years, commodities have also offered massive opportunities. And they're not done. That's why on...Read More
Crude oil continues to decline due tolowered demand, and the petrodollar seems threatened, losing interest. What isthe best strategy to take now? Oil prices kept falling this week, drivenby potential progress in Ukraine-Russia talks and a potential slowdown in theGiant Panda’s (China) economic growth due to epidemic lockdowns in some regionswhere a surge of Omicron was observed.As I men...Read More
In retrospect, nothing much has changed since I published my original article $100 Silver Has Come And Gone in October 2019.The price is higher than it was at the time the article was written, and that is certainly positive. However, the net change since then does not alter the fundamental arguments stated in the original article. Let’s review the salient points now. SILVER PRICE HISTORY &...Read More
CopperThe global copper supply crisis is getting deeper with each passing day.Even disregarding the military crisis in Europe and the piling sanctions against Russia that have rocked the commodity markets, copper has always been in a tough spot simply because of its fast-rising demand and the critical role in the modern economy.More than 20 million tonnes of the metal are being consumed each year...Read More
“2022: The Golden Year” activates……as gold and the miners hit our short-term upside targets this week.In August of 2020 we noted the danger signals for gold based on sentiment excess coming out of the acute pandemic fear phase. We also noted the need for a multi-year bullish Cup to build a proper handle after that excess. A Cup’s handle is actually a downward trendi...Read More