Daniel R. AmermanA new era began for us all in September and October of 2019, with the introduction of a new element that is likely to become one of the dominant investment market influences in the 2020s.What is shown in the orange area of the graph above is something brand new. When we understand why the Federal Reserve abruptly reversed course, created $280 billion in new money in two months a...Read More

By: David Chapman, Chief Strategist, Enriched Investing Inc. "History is a collection of agreed upon lies." Voltaire, French philosopher, writer, historian, advocate of free speech; 1694-1778 "Experience is helpful, but it is judgement that matters." General Colin Powell, Chairman Joint Chiefs 1989-1993, Secretary of State 2001-2005; b. 1937 "I'm very big on having clarified principles. I don...Read More

Keith Weiner, Monetary MetalsPhysics students study mechanical systems in which pulleys are massless and frictionless. Economics students study monetary systems in which rising prices are everywhere and always caused by rising quantity of currency. There is a similarity between this pair of assumptions. Both are facile. They oversimplify reality, and if one is not careful they can lead to spect...Read More

By Avi Gilburt, ElliottWaveTraderWith the latest news of Louis Bacon's closing down his hedge funds, we are seeing further evidence of the difficulties hedge funds have been having during recent years.But, if you think about the counter-intuitive nature of this trend, it is actually quite interesting. Let me take a step back and walk you through what I am thinking.For those that follow the mar...Read More

By: Ira EpsteinGold being weighed on by the general markets. The 100-d.ma. at $1,400 area, $1,445 Bollinger band support area -- oversold market with supports a bit below. Gold is a whipsaw market..Read More

If gold and silver fall today, they will crash. Inverse correlation between gold and crude oil will be there. I will prefer to call the current softer prices in gold and silver as just a correction and not even a short term bearish trend. Trend on or after second week of December will be the key not just for bullion but for currencies as well. Central banks from Europe have started increasing th...Read More

China's rebar prices moved up on Monday November 25 in both the domestic and export markets following futures gains, but participants were bearish on the market in the coming two months.Eastern China (Shanghai): 4,090-4,120 yuan ($582-586) per tonne, up 20 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Beijing): 3,800-3,840 yuan per tonne, up 20 yuan per tonneHigher rebar futures led to prices rising and...Read More

Tulsi Gabbard is a 2020 Presidential Candidate of the Democratic Party and is currently serving as the U.S. Representative for Hawaii's 2nd congressional district since 2013.Jocko Willink is a decorated retired Navy SEAL officer, author of the book Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win, and co-founder of Echelon Front, where he is a leadership instructor, speaker, and executive coach...Read More

With civil unrest going global, one seasoned analyst suggests that banks, central banks, and governments may be near the end of their rope, and poised to pivot to a survival strategy.John Rubino, founder of DollarCollapse.com and co-author with James Turk of "The Money Bubble - What to Do Before it Pops," returns to Finance & Liberty to lay out his observations on global patterns now coming to a h...Read More

Max talks to Alasdair Macleod of Goldmoney.com about 'plans for global dystopia,' and why and how it is that policy planners are prepping for a post-fiat world.Alasdair Macleod is head of research for GoldMoney. He also runs FinanceAndEconomics.org, a website dedicated to sound money and demystifying finance and economics. He has a background as a stockbroker, banker and economist. Max Keiser is a...Read More

Morgan Stanley Asia former chairman Stephen Roach predicts Washington and Beijing will sign a "phase one" deal - but there will be no "phase two."Stephen S. Roach, former Chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia and the firm's chief economist, is a senior fellow at Yale University's Jackson Institute of Global Affairs and a senior lecturer at Yale's School of Management. He the author, most recently, of Un...Read More

What would happen if China or Russia cut off the United States from key supplies of aluminum or uranium? This scenario is what keeps Michael Fulp, AKA the Mercenary Geologist, up at night. The experienced explorer, analyst, and consultant believes the United States could fall into dependency from other nations unless she rolls back anti-development regulations.Michael S. "Mickey" Fulp is a Certifi...Read More

Last piece of fake good news? China trade deal coming? Not so fast. Phase 1 is the easy part. Bloomberg enters the presidential fray. Is he for real? Deval who? They've lost faith in Biden and they're completely panic-stricken. Neither of these candidates has a prayer. They've jumped in very late and really can't be taken as serious candidates. The idea of a Bernie candidacy has smoked them out. N...Read More

A startling development in the alleged gas attack in Douma, Syria in April, 2018: Whistleblowing inspectors from the OPCW - the UN Agency that investigated the attack - have come forward to Continue...Read More

Talk about a crazy propaganda/surveillance tool.Read More

A lot of dysfunctions within America's economy can be traced back to the Federal Reserve's heavy hand in setting interest rates and tweaking the money supply. Danielle Dimartino Booth, CEO of Quill Intelligence and former advisor to the Dallas Fed, believes the US central bank lost its way in the 1970s when Congress tasked it with ensuring both maximum employment and price stability. Instead, she...Read More

Continue...Stephen S. Roach, former Chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia and the firm's chief economist, is a senior fellow at Yale University's Jackson Institute of Global Affairs and a senior lecturer at Yale's School of Management. He the author, most recently, of Unbalanced: The Codependency of America and China and Stephen Roach on the Next Asia: Opportunities and Challenges for a New Globalizatio...Read More

Peter feels that a slowdown is coming but that there won't be an official recession in 2020, perhaps 2021. The overall equity markets will likely be flat next year because of the Fed's actions in keeping up the markets.There was a lot of physical off-take of gold and silver by North American investors between 2008 and 2011. The price of gold will need to head higher than $1550 to attract retail in...Read More

Turkish steel mills remained quiet in the deep-sea scrap markets on Tuesday November 26 with prices unchanged, according to market sources.Mills booked four deep-sea cargoes last week at steady prices. The bookings from the Baltic Sea region sold at $260 per tonne and $261 per tonne cfr for HMS 1&2 (80:20) throughout the week ended Friday November 22.Mills are still expected to book a few more...Read More

When I am speaking in Australia, New Zealand, and the U.K., all of whom have big real estate bubbles, I always ask: How do you think this is good for your country that it costs so much to Continue...Read More