- "Time is running out" - Sir David Attenborough- "Continuation of civilisation is in your hands," Attenborough warns world leaders- Mass extinction is "on the horizon"- Failure to 'join the dots' between environmental risks and significant economic challenges(Editors note: The world faces some very serious ecological challenges due to the pollution, destruction and over consumption of our natur...Read More
Full description and comments at: https://www.peakprosperity.com/podcas...There's mounting evidence that the Age of American Exceptionalism is grinding to an end.Demographically, in the U.S. (as well as many other developed nations), the prospects of the younger generations are substantially less than those of the Baby Boomers. The same is true socioeconomically as well; the wealth gap between the...Read More
Link to Slides and Sources: https://www.itmtrading.com/blog/emerg...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 need t...Read More
Mike Maloney covers all the trouble brewing in the global economy in this 11-minute video - including data he promised to show you last week. The Australian real estate bubble, Putin's warning for the US dollar, and more on the financialization of government. Michael Maloney is a precious metals investment expert and historian. He is the founder and owner of GoldSilver.com, a global leader in gold...Read More
A quick recap of the past couple of months:Stocks plunge.The politicians, bureaucrats and bankers who depend on artificially-elevated financial asset prices start to panic.Continue...Read More
Continue...Max Keiser is an American broadcaster and film-maker. He hosts Keiser Report, a financial program broadcast on RT. He presents a weekly show about finance and markets on London's Resonance FM, and writes for The Huffington Post. Keiser invented "Virtual Specialist Technology," a software system used by the Hollywood Stock Exchange. Prior to inventing this technology, he worked on Wall S...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
Dr. Rand Paul is the junior United States Senator for Kentucky. Elected in 2010, he has proven to be an outspoken champion for constitutional liberties and fiscal responsibility, and a warrior against government overreach. A graduate of Duke University School of Medicine, Rand was a practicing ophthalmologist in Bowling Green, Ky., for 17 years. Rand has been a vocal advocate for term limits, a ba...Read More
"After a series of inexcusable actions, it's clear that there needs to be an immediate change in Broward County and taxpayers should no longer be burdened by paying a salary Continue...Read More
We caught up with our good friend David Morgan today. He's bullish on gold and believes that the annual seasonal rally has begun. Longer term he's especially bullish in light of the supply situation, or peak gold. He believes that recycling of precious metals, especially those contained in smart phones, will become more widespread. Lot's more here.David Morgan is a world-renown precious metals afi...Read More
This Canada-based exploration company makes headway in southeastern Peru as it completes a major milestone and releases more information on its biggest projects.Palamina Corp. (PA:TSX.V; PLMNF:OTC.MKTS), a Canada-based precious metals exploration company, released information about developments that could propel the company forward. According to the company, Palamina is looking for the hard rock s...Read More
As green energy initiatives boost the need for graphite, one company continues to explore for the element in an unlikely place. Graphite is the most common non-metal substance that can conduct electricity with significant heat resistance. It is no surprise that strong demand for graphite is fueled by the new economy: green energy initiatives, including lithium-ion batteries (electric vehicles and...Read More
Sector expert Michael Ballanger explores the latest news regarding this company's Colorado mine asset. As a preface to my remarks, it should be known that Western Uranium & Vanadium Corp. (WUC:CSE; WSTRF:OTCQX) CEO George Glasier was the founder of U.S.-based Energy Fuels Inc. (EFR:TSX; UUUU:NYSE.American), currently the second-largest producer of uranium in the U.S. George departed EF in 2010. A...Read More
President Trump and President Xi Jinping agreed to haltescalation in their trade conflict. At the same time, the Fed officials becamemore cautious about the pace of future interest rate hikes. How will thesoftening of the US trade and monetary policies affect the gold market?Trade Truceand GoldHave you heard about the Christmas truce? It was aseries of unofficial ceasefires across the Western Fron...Read More
To cut and push up prices or not to cut and preserve market share, this is the question that Saudi Arabia is facing ahead of this year’s December OPEC meeting. It seems like just yesterday when OPEC met in 2016 and decided to cut production by 1.8 million barrels daily, including from Russia, to reverse the free fall of oil prices. At the time, it worked because everyone was desperate. Now,...Read More
Three things have tweaked the fundamentals for gold.1) Bitcoin is not attracting the hot cash, unlike 2016.2) Fed's Powell dovish switch, now less expectations for interest rate hikes in 2019. 3) China to import more goods from the USA, hence more US Dollars required.The question now is will this move gold back to resistance before year end? Gann angles look good, cycle looks attractive, now we wa...Read More
Please Note: Most US markets will be closed tomorrow for a national day of mourning. "Meanwhile, futures giant CME Group CME will shut down trading of interest-rate and futures and options products for the day, though electronic trading and trading in energy and metals futures will have a regular session, including those for oil and gold. "We are deeply saddened by the passing of President Geor...Read More
By Craig HemkeCopper is often referred to as "Dr. Copper" for its ability to foreshadow moves in other markets and the global economy in general. Today we coin the term "Mr. Palladium", as this particular metal may be offering its own bit of foreshadowing. And what might that be? Perhaps the end of the entire LBMA/COMEX Digital Derivative and Fractional Reserve Pricing Scheme. You may recall tha...Read More
By Ira EpsteinGold continues to look good as stock indices sink and US Dollar weakens. https://www.iraepstein.com/ Read More
A quick recap of the past couple of months: Stocks plunge.The politicians, bureaucrats and bankers who depend on artificially-elevated financial asset prices start to panic.The Fed announces that maybe it won't have to raise interest rates any more, and the president announces a truce in the trade war with China. The markets bounce, leading some to conclude that the worst is over and it's time t...Read More