StrengthsThe best performing metal this week was palladium, up 3.63 percent as hedge funds boosted the net-long position to the most bullish in five weeks, CFTC data showed for early January. Gold traders and analysts remain bullish on the yellow metal for the 13th straight week, even as gold fell on a stronger dollar and weaker demand from Asia during Lunar New Year, according to the weekly Blo...Read More

By: Keith Weiner, Monetary MetalsLast week, in part I of this essay, we discussed why a central planner cannot know the right interest rate. Central planner's macroeconomic aggregate measures like GDP are blind to the problem of capital consumption, including especially capital consumption caused by the central plan itself. GDP has an intrinsic bias towards consumption, and makes no distincti...Read More

The rally that powered stocks to record January gains went flat last week, but for a bullish reason: sustainability. DaBoyz are in no rush to foster the illusion that new record highs are possible. Accordingly, they have adopted a go-slow approach that the news media and investors can literally buy into. Keep in mind that if the Masters of the Universe are very successful in keeping this decepti...Read More

Much like the soldier during the Vietnam War who notably quipped - We had to kill the village to save it, Paul Krugman probably believes that we need to kill the economy before it can be saved. He should be thrilled with the Trump Admin's debt on steroids policy. After all Krugman was always saying the answer to what ails the economy is debt and more debt. Predictably Krugman is calling for a rece...Read More

Axel Merk is the Founder, President, Portfolio Manager, and CIO at Merk Investments LLC. He is an expert on qualitative research and macroeconomic trends. Mr. Merk is also an expert on macro trends, hard money, international investing, and on building sustainable wealth, and he is a pioneer in the use of strategic currency investing to seek diversification. He is a speaker and author on topics ran...Read More

The State of the Union isn't as great as some would have you believe. Interest payments have hit $400 billion per year. Trump taking ownership of the economy is a mistake because it could come tumbling down at any time. Daniel believes the Dems are too self-interested in their own power and have given up any semblance of caring for the people. Identity politics and slash and burn is what they're a...Read More

President Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Monday launching the American Artificial Intelligence (AI) initiative which outlines "bold, decisive actions to ensure that AI continues to be fueled by American ingenuity, reflects American values and is applied for the benefit of the American people." But is this initiative good the nation or for individuals around the world?Read More

Jason talks about the Fed debating if balance sheet should be a regular tool.Read More

It's official, they're voting with their feet! Upon passage of the new tax law, FSN foresaw a human exodus from high tax to low tax states. The left wants you to believe thatContinue...Read More

The crisis brewing here is monumental and it will tear the European Union apart at the seams. There is this crisis that because the Euro was NEVER designed properlyContinue...Read More

Last week's bipartisan Senate vote to rebuke President Trump for his decision to remove troops from Syria and Afghanistan unfortunately tells us a lot about what is wrong with Washington, DC. While the two parties loudly bicker about minor issues, when it comes to matters like endless wars overseas they enthusiastically join together. With few exceptions, Republicans and Democrats lined up to admo...Read More

Gold stocks have to do more to confirm they are in a new bull market.Sure, they've surged above key moving average resistance and breadth has improved.Continue...Read More

Denis discusses the last bull market, a lot of money was spent in exploration, but few discoveries were found. Peak gold is, therefore, becoming an issue. As an industry, the ounces that have been mined are on the decline. Companies are amalgamating to obtain additional discovery potential. The smart money in the mining industry is still waiting on the sidelines.Time Stamp References:1:20 - Peak g...Read More

Company is working in district that has 250 years of silver and gold production. Goldplay Exploration Ltd. (GPLY:TSX.V; GLYXF:OTCQB), a Canada-based company that has been focused on exploring its properties in Mexico, has released its maiden resource estimate at its flagship San Marcial project in the Rosario Mining District in Sinaloa. "The maiden resource was completed by an independent qualifi...Read More

Welcome to this week’s Market Wrap Podcast, I’m Mike Gleason.Coming up Larry Parks of the Foundation of the Advancement of Monetary Education joins me for an eye-opening discussion on our nation’s growing monetary problems and what you can do to help in the vital cause of bringing gold back into the nation’s consciousness. Larry also talks about the massive dangers our nati...Read More

Forecasts, Commentary & Analysis on the Economy and Precious MetalsCelebrating our 46th year in the gold business"Who on earth, or in global finance, will buy this looming mountain of Treasuries?""Investment in gold now is insurance. It's not for short-term gain, but for long-term protection. I view gold as the primary global currency. It is the only currency, along with silver, that does not re...Read More

StrengthsThe best performing metal this week was palladium, up 3.63 percent as hedge funds boosted the net-long position to the most bullish in five weeks, CFTC data showed for early January. Gold traders and analysts remain bullish on the yellow metal for the 13th straight week, even as gold fell on a stronger dollar and weaker demand from Asia during Lunar New Year, according to the weekly Blo...Read More

By: David HaggithAs happened with the first housing market crash that began in 2007 but didn't become widely recognized until mid-2008, the present housing crisis began exploding one story at a time last summer, and this blog was perhaps the first to state that summer's change was the turning point from decades of ascent into a collapse in housing sales and prices. I said the same thing back in...Read More

By: Keith Weiner, Monetary MetalsLast week, in part I of this essay, we discussed why a central planner cannot know the right interest rate. Central planner's macroeconomic aggregate measures like GDP are blind to the problem of capital consumption, including especially capital consumption caused by the central plan itself. GDP has an intrinsic bias towards consumption, and makes no distincti...Read More

The rally that powered stocks to record January gains went flat last week, but for a bullish reason: sustainability. DaBoyz are in no rush to foster the illusion that new record highs are possible. Accordingly, they have adopted a go-slow approach that the news media and investors can literally buy into. Keep in mind that if the Masters of the Universe are very successful in keeping this decepti...Read More