By: Larry LaBorde To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. Ecclesiastes 3:1 Last month Bill Bonner wrote an interesting article about trading the Dow/gold ratio. He recommended selling the Dow and buying gold when the ratio was above 15 (the Dow is too high compared to gold) and selling gold and buying the Dow when the ration was below 5 (the Dow...Read More

By John MauldinThis Is NutsFrom Pyramid to RectangleRedefining RetirementDemographic Problems and OpportunitiesPuerto Rico, Cleveland, and Boca RatonIn an increasingly divided world, we all share one great desire: self-preservation. Not just humans, either. The survival instinct exists in almost every living thing. Humans simply have greater ability to do something about it.In fact, we have been...Read More

By Keith WeinerWhat is inflation?Any layman can tell you and nearly everyone uses it this way in informal speech that inflation is rising prices. Some will say "due to devaluation of the money."Economists will say, no it's not rising prices per se. That is everywhere and always the effect. The cause, the inflation as such, is an increase in the quantity of money. Which is the same thing as sayin...Read More

By Gary TanashianThe Fed blinked. This was not news to Macro Tourist Kevin Muir or readers of Biiwii.com, which is very pleased to publish his work.Fed Finally BlinksAmid a weakening global economy, gathering signs of weakening in the US economy and a dump in inflation expectations, Jerome Powell implied that the Fed may be going on hold for a while after a December rate hike.This graph from SG...Read More

By Avi GilburtFor those literary enthusiasts amongst us, you would recognize the title as the line supposedly penned by Mark Twain when it was inquired of him while in London regarding a published obituary written in the United States. However, more accurately, his response to the reporter's inquiry was "The report of my death was an exaggeration." But, I digress.When Mr. Powell reported that...Read More

Back in 2017, when some countries were handing power to populists promising variations of "drain the swamp," France went for continuity with Emmanuel Macron, a young, moderate-sounding technocrat from the world of finance who promised to modernize the country without threatening the elites, the welfare state or the bureaucracy. Fast forward a couple of years and Paris is in flames, literally. Fr...Read More

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Dec. 03, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via NEWMEDIAWIRE - Gold Resource Corporation (NYSE American: GORO) (the "Company") today announced the continued expansion of the Arista Mine's Switchback vein system with intercepts including 16.95 meters of 6.21 grams per tonne (g/t) gold, 80 g/t silver and 4.50% zinc. These new results extend the strike length by approximately 100 m...Read More

By Greg Hunter's USAWatchdog.comThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) previously deemed Deutsche Bank as the most systemically dangerous bank in the world.Professor of Economics and Law, William Black, knows why and contends:"Deutsche Bank (DB) poses as what is called a 'National Champion' bank and the largest bank by far in Germany, but it's actually the largest criminal enterprise in Ge...Read More

Just when you thought it was safe to go outside, there's major rioting in Paris and other European cities. Is this a case of they're mad as hell and not gonna take it any more or have we reached a tipping point. Elections seem to produce the most unlikely of candidates who say many things but do the same old stuff once they arrive in office. What's an Austrian Economist to do? And what about Trump...Read More

Gregory Mannarino started his financial career working for the securities and trading arm of the now defunct Bear Stearns before the dot-com bubble. He is an active trader of the capital markets and has published several books pertaining to finance, global economics, and equity trading; His most recent book is titled Ultimate Guide To Money and The Markets (free ebook). Gregory currently hosts a b...Read More

The G20 summit in Argentina has concluded. Are we better off? Will the temporary pause on new US/China tariffs hold? Anything positive from the brief Trump/Putin meet and greet? Missed opportunities? We break it all down in today's Liberty Report.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 N...Read More

Major US stock markets were up again with DJIA up 0.7%, S&P 0.4, NASDAQ down 0.8% and Russell 2000 off 2.5% both off last month's record levels. Emerging markets were down again 0.6%. TSX down 1.2% and TSX-V down 2.2% due to week gold prices. Bitcoin the always volatile digital currency was off 7% last month. Gold was down another 0.7% and Silver was up 1.1% but broke $14 during the month. Pt up 3...Read More

The austerity measures of the EU are having a profound impact in Europe. In Paris of December 1st, 2018 (right on time with our volatility models for December) there Continue...Read More

After a week of insisting that a meeting with Putin on the sidelines of the G20 meeting in Argentina was going to happen, President Trump at the last minute sent out a Tweet explaining that due to a Russia/Ukraine dispute in the Sea of Azov he would no longer be willing to meet his Russian counterpart.According to Trump, the meeting had to be cancelled because the Russians seized three Ukrainian n...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

 CloseGain/LossGold $1230.80+$9.10Silver$14.37+$0.20XAU65.84+2.14%HUI148.35+2.29%GDM540.63+1.67%JSE Gold1104.90+6.09USD97.01-0.18Euro133.48+0.28Yen88.07-0.14Oil$52.95+$2.0210-Year2.984%-0.018T-Bond141.3125+0.15625Dow25826.43+1.13%Nasdaq7441.51+1.51%S&P2790.37+1.09%  The Metals: Gold gained $13.10 to $1234.80 by late morning in New York before it drifted back lower into the...Read More

JPMorgan Chase and a number of otherbullion banks are in a whole lot of trouble. Evidence detailing years ofrigging markets and swindling clients is piling up. Deutsche Bank pleaded guilty two yearsago and forked over hundreds of thousands of documents. John Edmonds, a formerJPMorgan trader, entered his own guilty plea last month and turned state’sevidence.The carefully cultivated system ofc...Read More

Bottledwater is now the most consumed drink sold in a plastic bottle in the UnitedStates. The fact that North Americans don’t think twice about paying up to $5for a bottle of H2O has allowed Nestle Waters - the largest bottled watercompany in the world - to sell $7.4 billion worth in 2016, and that was just forwater, one of dozens of products from chocolate to baby food marketed by theSwiss...Read More

Novemberwas the worst month for oil bulls since July 2016. Over the past few weeks, theprice of black gold has dived deeply, sometimes dropping even under the barrierof $50. What impact did this price action have on the long-, medium- andshort-term picture of the commodity?Let's starttoday’s alert with the long-term chart (chartscourtesy of http://stockcharts.com). Looking atthe above chat,...Read More

 CloseGain/LossGold $1230.80+$9.10Silver$14.37+$0.20XAU65.84+2.14%HUI148.35+2.29%GDM540.63+1.67%JSE Gold1104.90+6.09USD97.01-0.18Euro133.48+0.28Yen88.07-0.14Oil$52.95+$2.0210-Year2.984%-0.018T-Bond141.3125+0.15625Dow25826.43+1.13%Nasdaq7441.51+1.51%S&P2790.37+1.09%  The Metals: Gold gained $13.10 to $1234.80 by late morning in New York before it drifted back lower into the...Read More