The US sparked an international incident when they ordered the arrest of Meng Wangzhou, CFO of Chinese telecom giant Huawei. By most indications, Huawei is being punished for selling communications equipment to Iran. Former US congressman Dr. Ron Paul (R-Texas) tells Rick Sanchez about the consequences of Meng's arrest and problems in US foreign policy vis-? -vis Iran. Dr. Ron Paul is a physician...Read More

The electric vehicle (EV) revolution is underway. EVs aren't like traditional vehicles. They run on electricity instead of gasoline or diesel. Not long ago, just a few hundred Continue...Read More

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 Globalization.Read More

Fox News host Tucker Carlson explains why Trump has failed to deliver on several of his key campaign promises. Continue...Read More

What is really amazing is how governments just fail to comprehend that revolution is instigated by corruption and taxes. Nevertheless, they just can't help themselves. They have to keep Continue...Read More

In recent days we've seen the beginnings of an inversion in the yield curve. The 2-year yield and Continue...Read More

The Central Bank of Ireland has refused to discuss the location and value of Irish gold reservesContinue...Read More

Trade wars and lax fiscal policy are negative for the US dollar and positive for gold. Myth or fact? We invite you to read our today’s article about the effects of Trump’s actions on the greenback and find out whether weak dollar will save gold. Let’s look at the chart below. As one can see, the greenback has been in a bull market since February 2018. Yup, the chart does not lie....Read More

 CloseGain/LossOn WeekGold $1248.40+$10.10+2.19%Silver$14.63+$0.25+3.25%XAU67.94+2.40%+5.40%HUI153.93+2.58%+6.13%GDM560.05+2.34%+5.32%JSE Gold1201.13-0.09+9.31%USD96.60-0.14-0.61%Euro114.10+0.24+0.80%Yen88.80+0.01+0.67%Oil$52.61+$1.12+3.30%10-Year2.856%-0.031-4.86%Bond143.90625+0.34375+2.27%Dow24388.95-2.24%-4.50%Nasdaq6969.25-3.05%-4.93%S&P2633.08-2.33%-4.60%  The Metals: ...Read More

Dear Reader,Trading commodities is tough business: It's hard enough to spot a good setup, harder still to time pulling the trigger.Our friends at Elliott Wave International understand this reality -- so, they've put together a free resource for you: They call it, "4 Commodities Ripe for Opportunity -- NOW." Inside, you'll see setups in 4 popular commodity markets -- each with big potential.I think...Read More

The price of palladiumjust exceeded the price of gold for the first time in 16 years. That’s an epiceven. But what does it really mean? And why should gold, silver, and miningstock investors care about the small palladium market?In short, because thisdevelopment can tell us something about the future performance of the PM sectorin general. The last time the goldto palladium ratio was tradin...Read More

I don’t blame you.The yields on energy masterlimited partnerships (MLPs) are very tempting.If you’re not sure what these are,energy MLPs are companies that own the pipelines that transport oil and naturalgas around the US.And they often pay huge dividendyields. The top five oil MLPs have an average dividend yield of 5.3%. That’smore than twice the S&...Read More

 CloseGain/LossOn WeekGold $1248.40+$10.10+2.19%Silver$14.63+$0.25+3.25%XAU67.94+2.40%+5.40%HUI153.93+2.58%+6.13%GDM560.05+2.34%+5.32%JSE Gold1201.13-0.09+9.31%USD96.60-0.14-0.61%Euro114.10+0.24+0.80%Yen88.80+0.01+0.67%Oil$52.61+$1.12+3.30%10-Year2.856%-0.031-4.86%Bond143.90625+0.34375+2.27%Dow24388.95-2.24%-4.50%Nasdaq6969.25-3.05%-4.93%S&P2633.08-2.33%-4.60%  The Metals: ...Read More

By Gary TanashianThe macro has moved through a time of moderately rising inflationary concerns when economies were cycling up, many commodities were firm and risk was 'on'. Contrary to the views of inflation-oriented gold bugs, that was not the time to buy gold stocks.As I have belabored again and again, the right time is when the inflation view is on the outs, gold is rising vs. stock markets,...Read More

By David Brady, CFAUntil the arrest of Huawei's CFO in Canada at the request of the U.S., I was becoming more neutral to bullish on Gold. The G20 meeting was a complete waste of time in that nothing really changed. There was no agreement on the substantive issues, and certainly not in writing. However, the Chinese followed up the meeting by confirming the 90-day deadline to meet commitments they...Read More

By Jordan Roy-Byrne CMT, MFTA In recent days we've seen the beginnings of an inversion in the yield curve. The 2-year yield and the 5-year yield have inverted but not yet the the 2-year yield and the 10-year yield, the curve that is watched most. However, "2s and 10s" as bond traders would say appear headed for an inversion very soon. We know that an inversion of the yield curve precedes a r...Read More

The recent stock-market selloff is persisting, fueling mounting worries among investors. The intensifying volatility and lack of a quick rebound higher is strangling euphoric sentiment, spawning self-reinforcing selling pressure. Scoffed at a few months ago, the notions that a young bear market is underway and a recession looms are gaining traction. The great beneficiary of this ominous st...Read More

By Marin KatusaI've been a professional speculator in the resource industry for almost two decades now.One year ago, I wrote a cautionary article on the cryptocurrency sector. I got more hate mail in my inbox that week than I had for any other article, "You're a moron", "This is the future" "You're crazy" etc...At the January 2018 VRIC, which is cohosted by Katusa Research and Cambridge House, I...Read More

There are two ways of looking at the intersection of debt and population. One way says that if debt is rising population should also rise to allow future workers to pay for the retirement of today's. More people thus make debt easier to manage. The other point of view is that debt and population soaring simultaneously creates a negative feedback loop that eventually destroys a culture. Today's L...Read More

Trade wars and lax fiscal policy are negative for the US dollar and positive for gold. Myth or fact? We invite you to read our today's article about the effects of Trump's actions on the greenback and find out whether weak dollar will save gold. Let's look at the chart below. As one can see, the greenback has been in a bull market since February 2018. Yup, the chart does not lie. The US Congre...Read More