By Gary TanashianBelow are the Opening Notes and Bond Market segments from last Sunday's edition of Notes From the Rabbit Hole, NFTRH 530. Jerome Powell was actually more firm than I expected. Atta boy Jay! Aside from my prognostication the more important stuff (IMO) begins at the 4th paragraph. That is where I put on my tin foil hat and tell what I think. It does seem to dovetail with what we s...Read More

As part of Merk's in-house research we regularly evaluate a consistent set of charts covering the economy, equities, fixed income, commodities and currencies. The aim is to keep our eyes open and to look through the noise of the headlines, avoiding the distractions of sensationalized click-bait. In sharing this content, we offer a cross-check to your own thinking and aim to add value to your own...Read More

December as usual. Another Fed hike is behind us. Will we now see a rally in gold in January? Fed Hiked But It Will Monitor Risks Yesterday, the FOMC published the monetary policy statement from its latest meeting that took place on December 18th-19th. In line with the expectations, the US central bank raised the federal funds rate by 25 basis points to the target range of 2.25 to 2.50 percent...Read More

Fed monetary policy inched toward suicide Wednesday with a 25-basis-point rate hike and a feint toward bumping up interest rates two more times next year. Are they trying to make certain that Trump doesn't get re-elected? This interpretation is sounding less farfetched each day as the banksters continue to flout a global economic storm that is gaining strength by the week. It is manifest in the...Read More

Jingle bells have not rung for any investment class towards the close of the year. We all read about heaven and hell on our religious books. In the "Kaalyug" (technological age as per Hindu scriptures), most of the people go to hell as they perform more bad deeds than good deeds. In financial language heaven is profit and hell are investment and trading losses. Most of us go to hell as we incur...Read More

Link to the Slides and Sources: https://www.itmtrading.com/blog/somet...Lynette Zang has held the position of Chief Market Analyst at ITM Trading since 2002. Ms. Zang has been in the markets on some level since 1964. Her mission is to convert financial noise into understandable language. She has been a banker, a stock broker and studied world currencies since 1987. She believes strongly that we ne...Read More

For the past two years, my geopolitical assumption has been that the Trump administration would more or less continue along with the reckless, shortsighted, and disastrous neocon/neoliberal Continue...Read More

The same warmongers of liberal and neoconservative stripes who had no problem with President Obama taking us INTO war in Syria without Congressional approval are now screaming bloody murder because President Trump has decided to take us OUT. Are they acting on principles? Or pure politics?Dr. Ron Paul is a physician and former twelve-term congressman from Texas who ran for president in 2008. He is...Read More

Larry and former Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) discuss Paul's warning of an impending market meltdown, and his take on removing U.S. troops from Syria. Then, Larry and the political panel take on Facebook's privacy policies. Dr. Ron Paul is a physician and former twelve-term congressman from Texas who ran for president in 2008. He is the author of eight books, including the New York Times bestsellers The R...Read More

The global populist movement is accelerating... and in Europe it's taking the form of an explosion of yellow vests! In Zero Hour, I discuss the broad backlash against globalization, with Continue...Read More

For Part 1 of this interview, CLICK HEREMax continues his interview with Dr. Michael Hudson, author of the new book "... and forgive them their debts" about the history of debt forgiveness. They discuss the rise of 'populism' and even 'fascism' in the face of unforgivable debts and look at modern debt forgiveness policy, the most major one being the write-down on Germany's debts after World War II...Read More

Robert Shiller is an American economist, academic, and best-selling author. He currently serves as a Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale University and is a fellow at the Yale School of Management's International Center for Finance. Mr. Shiller has been a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) since 1980, was Vice President of the American Economic Association in...Read More

The Federal Reserve has decided not to come to the rescue this time. All of the economic numbers tell us that the economy is slowing down, and on Wednesday Fed Chair Jerome Continue...Read More

It seems that every time we look at the legal maneuverings that reflect upon President Donald Trump, the allegations of unlawful behavior by him add up. We know that two Continue...Read More

Novo Resources is on to what may be one of the most remarkable gold discoveries in human history. For sure it is the most unusual gold deposit in that it cannot be explored and mined using conventional exploration techniques. Bob Moriarty discusses Novo Resources's latest news release and why the company's shares have massive upside potential from their current $2 price tag.Bob brought 321gold.com...Read More

Gold will likely end the year with its first annual loss in three years, but sentiment for the yellow metal has improved in recentContinue...Read More

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Rudi Fronk and Jim Anthony, co-founders of Seabridge Gold, discuss the markets in the aftermath of the Fed's interest rate decision. On Wednesday, the Fed raised the Fed Funds rate by a quarter point as expected. The FOMC statement was suitably "dovish" by reducing the consensus forward guidance on future rate hikes from three to two. The Fed also signalled that its Quantitative Tightening progra...Read More

Sector expert Michael Ballanger examines the effects of the Federal Reserve Bank interest rate increase and plans for 2019. Federal Reserve Building"Gold is the money of kings. Silver is the money of gentlemen. Barter is the money of peasants. And debt is the money of slaves."Here are a couple of facts one needs to remember when attempting to decipher yesterday's Federal Open Market Committee (F...Read More

December as usual. Another Fed hike is behind us. Will we now see a rally in gold in January?Fed Hiked But It Will Monitor RisksYesterday, the FOMC published the monetary policy statement from its latest meeting that took place on December 18th-19th. In line with the expectations, the US central bank raised the federal funds rate by 25 basis points to the target range of 2.25 to 2.50 percent (it w...Read More