By: Gary ChristensonJohnny Cash sang "Folsom Prison Blues" in 1957. The first verse is:I hear the train a comin'It's rollin' round the bend,And I ain't seen the sunshineSince I don't know when.I'm stuck in Folsom PrisonAnd time keeps draggin' onBut that train keeps a rollin'On down to San Antone.The Federal Reserve operates from The Eccles Building in D.C. Regarding the Fed I suggest changing "F...Read More

Big moves will be there in metals, energies and the US dollar Index only after the outcome of US-China trade talks are known. Till then, the consolidation phase will be there. Focus of the world in on a Chinese slowdown. Long term metal investors are on the sidelines as they expect slower and lower Chinese demand. If the trade talks succeed and all issues comes to an end once and for all, then a...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

Real estate has seen quite a rise during the current cycle. However, our economic world is complicated; everything is \connected. While the stock market has been taking its lumps, what will be the effect on real estate? Danielle believes that it's going to come down as well, for a number of reasons. Obviously the wealth effect brought on by rising stock prices can act in reverse. There's also the...Read More

Alasdair Macleod explains why he believes meltdown was predictable and what you can do to at least in part protect yourself against the carnage that lays ahead.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. Read More

"Continue to keep the bitcoins flowing, and we'll continue to keep the truth flowing." Continue...Read More

"Our southern border is a pipeline for vast quantities of illegal drugs," Donald Trump stated last night while expounding the merits of the "big, beautiful wall" Continue...Read More

Roota's plan all along was to run the monetary printing press for as long as possible soaking up all the benefits of free money until the system could not support it anymore and then CRASH EVERYTHING...we have now ARRIVED at that point!Bix Weir has 30 years' experience in the financial industry with various fortune 500 companies. He is the creator of the "Road to Roota Theory" and his commentary i...Read More

As financial markets begin the year with huge volatile swings and job numbers surprise to the upside, Double Down talks to Mish Shedlock of MishTalk.com about what Continue...Read More

JOB GROWTH SURGES BY 312,000 IN DECEMBER Job creation ended 2018 on a powerful note, with non-farm payrolls surging by 312,000 in December though the unemployment rate rose to 3.9 percent. Continue...Read More

If the U.S. health care system was a country, it would have the fifth largest GDP on the entire planet. At this point only the United States, China, Japan and Germany have aContinue...Read More

"We just moved in December. We should let the economy run for a while, see how it has responded to that,"Continue...Read More

The Bank of China increased it gold holdings last month for the first time since the third quarter of 2016 Continue...Read More

As gold has rallied into the New Year, a break above $1,302 an ounce could be a bullish signal for gold, said Peter Hug, Global Trading Director at Kitco Metals."I'd like to see gold close above $1,302, I think that's an important technical level for me, and I think if it gets to $1,302, I think the $1,320s are definitely in the cards," Hug told Kitco News.Read More

This is the 4th and final article in this series that concludes in a trend forecast for the Silver price 2019. Silver Price Trend Forecast 2018 ReviewGold - Silver RatioSilver Price Trend Analysis 2019Silver Price Trend Forecast Conclusion for 2019The whole of this analysis has first been made available to Patrons who support my work.So for immediate First Access to ALL of my analysis and trend fo...Read More

Forecasts, Commentary & Analysis on the Economy and Precious MetalsCelebrating our 45th year in the gold businessJanuary, 2019_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Gold mine production by countryDivergent paths among the major global producers tell an important taleSources: MetalsFocus and the World Gold Coun...Read More

By: Gary TanashianThe 3 Amigos were a blogger's way of not boring himself to death while fleshing out important macro indicators month after month.Amigo #1 (SPX/Gold ratio) got home and dropped from target. What's more, it has taken back the ratio's equivalent of the entire Trump rally and that is an eventuality we are very open to on nominal SPX as well.The gaps are interesting and among sev...Read More

John Williams & Chris Waltzek Ph.D. - January 8th, 2019. -- CLICK HERE TO LISTEN NOW (Mp3 file) HighlightsThe founder of Shadowstats.com, a leading online alternative economic-resource offers listener's a financial market overview for 2019.John Williams notes the economic mishaps leading up to the Great Recession of 2008 were mostly ignored.The inordinately large global financial-bubble...Read More

By: Gary ChristensonJohnny Cash sang "Folsom Prison Blues" in 1957. The first verse is:I hear the train a comin'It's rollin' round the bend,And I ain't seen the sunshineSince I don't know when.I'm stuck in Folsom PrisonAnd time keeps draggin' onBut that train keeps a rollin'On down to San Antone.The Federal Reserve operates from The Eccles Building in D.C. Regarding the Fed I suggest changing "F...Read More

Big moves will be there in metals, energies and the US dollar Index only after the outcome of US-China trade talks are known. Till then, the consolidation phase will be there. Focus of the world in on a Chinese slowdown. Long term metal investors are on the sidelines as they expect slower and lower Chinese demand. If the trade talks succeed and all issues comes to an end once and for all, then a...Read More