Jerome Powell, the new Fed Chairman, made his debut last week. It was jarring to see a modest, reasonable, straight-talking person in that spot after 30 years ofContinue...Read More

Defenders and critics of "free trade" and globalization tend to present the issue as either/or: It's inherently good or bad. In the real world, it's not that simple.Continue...Read More

Willem discusses how the Bretton Woods system created our current financial system and how that system is nearing its end. Many countries around the world like China are preparing for a new world monetary system. Precious metals futures markets have a lot of paper manipulation occurring. Both China and the United States have a vested interest in low gold prices. The Chinese like low prices because...Read More

"Right now, the good guys are 70% to 80% in control."There is free information and interviews at DaveJanda.com. If you want to support Operation Freedom, and keep it on the air, go to the upper right hand corner of Dave Janda.com and click the donate button.Read More

Now that the FOMC meeting is behind us, the full reality of another rate hike hit the stock market hard this week, right as trade war concerns flared up. All the major indexes are down sharply for the week, with U.S. Treasuries surging.Stocks have been trading in this no-man's land in between the 50-day and 200-day moving averages, with 60% of stocks in poor shape. The recent sell-off pushes the i...Read More

The inescapable conclusion is that Iran will not negotiate away its nuclear program. Nor will sanctions block its building a broad and deep weapons infrastructure. The inconvenient Continue...Read More

Gold has firmed above $1300 in recent days and is holding comfortably above $1300 for now. We think the market will break to the upside sometime this year. The question is when. Here are 3 things to watch that will tell us if Gold is on the cusp of that break-out soon or later. First, keep your eye on Gold’s close at the end of next week. It’s not only the end of the week and month but...Read More

Rick Rule, President and CEO of Sprott U.S. Holdings Inc. @ PDAC 2018.(c) Florian Munsch, goldgeldwelt.de. Quotes from Rick's talk:"Expectations are so low that getting under the bar is tougher than getting over the bar.""At the same time expectations are low, the orientation is financial performance.""Money is made on the delta between the share price and the value.""The first thing you can do to...Read More

It's been another crazy week, and Eric stops by to talk the latest Fed meeting and the ongoing drop in the stock market. Highlights of the session include Eric's thoughts on:?EUR? The crumbling stock market and the rise in short term interest rates?EUR? Facebook's handling of user data?EUR? What Eric is watching for todayRead More

Written for The Daily Bell by Bill Ottman, Co-Founder of minds.com & Schuyler Brown, Futurist.It's hard to believe the Food Revolution has only been in effect for about ten years. In that time, we've seen drastic changes in the way citizens of the world choose to buy food for their families. What was once considered a pricey preoccupation of the body- and health-conscious has risen to become a...Read More

Written for The Daily Bell by Bill Ottman, Co-Founder of minds.com & Schuyler Brown, Futurist.It's hard to believe the Food Revolution has only been in effect for about ten years. In that time, we've seen drastic changes in the way citizens of the world choose to buy food for their families. What was once considered a pricey preoccupation of the body- and health-conscious has risen to become a...Read More

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Alastair Ford from Mining Capital discusses the Fed's recent rate rise and associated commentary.As fears of a trade war build amidst continuing threatening rhetoric and posturing on tariffs from US President Donald Trump,  investors flock to the safe haven asset of gold.Meanwhile, easing of the Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Act in Zimbabwe is poised to deliver a boon to platinum pr...Read More

Gold and silver picked up on the back of Trump's anti-China tariffs and the Fed hike, while copper remained relatively flat.Read full newsRead More

ZincMini Tips – Mcx Zinc Mini BUY Call 235 given at 208.90. CMP 209.65. Book 0.75 Points per lot here. Not moving as expected…TIPS ID 235 : Tips for ZincMini - Buy Zinc Mini March at CMP 208.90 for TGT 210 - 210.80 with SL below price 207.50AFTER POST CONTENT Read More

CloseGain/LossOn WeekGold $1345.70+$17.40+2.44%Silver$16.53+$0.14+1.22%XAU81.50+2.66%+3.56%HUI176.86+3.01%+3.33%GDM616.94+2.55%+3.08%JSE Gold1131.26+41.30+7.65%USD89.45-0.33-0.84%Euro123.56+0.45+0.56%Yen95.70+0.61+1.46%Oil$65.88+$1.58+5.68%10-Year2.812%-0.009-1.16%Bond145.00+0.25-0.32%Dow23533.20-1.77%-5.67%Nasdaq6992.67-2.43%-6.54%S&P2588.26-2.10%-5.95% The Metals: Gold climbed $21.90 to...Read More

Gold COT Report - FuturesLarge SpeculatorsCommercialTotalLongShortSpreadingLongShortLongShort223,88275,151102,004173,307340,577499,193517,732Change from Prior Reporting Period -10,5498,66819,29111,703-9,83720,44518,122Traders17890965160278205 Small Speculators LongShortOpen Interest 46,30627,767545,499 -1,70861518,737 non reportable positionsChange from the previous repo...Read More

- Market turmoil as trade war concerns deepen and Trump appoints war hawk Bolton- Oil, gold and silver jump as 'Russia China Hawk' Bolton appointed- Oil up 4%, gold up 2.2% and silver up 1.6% this week (see table)- Stocks down sharply - Nikkei down 4.5%, S&P 4.3% & Nasdaq 5.5%- Bolton scares jittery markets already shell-shocked by US' tariffs against China- Currency wars and trade wars tend to...Read More

Gold COT Report - FuturesLarge SpeculatorsCommercialTotalLongShortSpreadingLongShortLongShort223,88275,151102,004173,307340,577499,193517,732Change from Prior Reporting Period -10,5498,66819,29111,703-9,83720,44518,122Traders17890965160278205 Small Speculators LongShortOpen Interest 46,30627,767545,499 -1,70861518,737 non reportable positionsChange from the previous repo...Read More

- Market turmoil as trade war concerns deepen and Trump appoints war hawk Bolton- Oil, gold and silver jump as 'Russia China Hawk' Bolton appointed- Oil up 4%, gold up 2.2% and silver up 1.6% this week (see table)- Stocks down sharply - Nikkei down 4.5%, S&P 4.3% & Nasdaq 5.5%- Bolton scares jittery markets already shell-shocked by US' tariffs against China- Currency wars and trade wars tend to...Read More