Stock markets have been on a wild ride this week and jittery investors have been busy buying gold as a form of insurance from the market volatility. Although the yellow metal has not embarked on any type of rip-roaring move higher, it has held it's value and even slightly increased during the market chaos, which is precisely what it's supposed to do during times like these.Highly respected trader...Read More

 CloseGain/LossOn WeekGold $1280.00+$5.10+1.95%Silver$15.37+$0.14+5.13%XAU69.68-1.56%+1.47%HUI158.15-1.93%+1.07%GDM579.60-1.28%+1.55%JSE Gold1367.91+0.51+3.88%USD96.38-0.15-0.67%Euro114.47+0.09+0.74%Yen90.84+0.69+0.91%Oil$45.33+$0.72-0.57%10-Year2.719%-0.058-2.30%Bond145.78125+0.25+0.67%Dow23062.40-0.33%+2.75%Nasdaq6584.52+0.08%+3.97%S&P2485.74-0.12%+2.86%  The Metals: Gold...Read More

Powell noticed some crosscurrents in the path of the US economy. Will it stay on the surface? And is gold a good swimmer?Crosscurrents Cause Fewer HikesWe hope that you enjoyed Christmas. As we promised last week, we will analyze the post-meeting Powell’s press conference today. The Fed Chair remained optimistic about the US economy, which “has continued to perform well.” However...Read More

 CloseGain/LossOn WeekGold $1280.00+$5.10+1.95%Silver$15.37+$0.14+5.13%XAU69.68-1.56%+1.47%HUI158.15-1.93%+1.07%GDM579.60-1.28%+1.55%JSE Gold1367.91+0.51+3.88%USD96.38-0.15-0.67%Euro114.47+0.09+0.74%Yen90.84+0.69+0.91%Oil$45.33+$0.72-0.57%10-Year2.719%-0.058-2.30%Bond145.78125+0.25+0.67%Dow23062.40-0.33%+2.75%Nasdaq6584.52+0.08%+3.97%S&P2485.74-0.12%+2.86%  The Metals: Gold...Read More

 CloseGain/LossOn WeekGold $1280.00+$5.10+1.95%Silver$15.37+$0.14+5.13%XAU69.68-1.56%+1.47%HUI158.15-1.93%+1.07%GDM579.60-1.28%+1.55%JSE Gold1367.91+0.51+3.88%USD96.38-0.15-0.67%Euro114.47+0.09+0.74%Yen90.84+0.69+0.91%Oil$45.33+$0.72-0.57%10-Year2.719%-0.058-2.30%Bond145.78125+0.25+0.67%Dow23062.40-0.33%+2.75%Nasdaq6584.52+0.08%+3.97%S&P2485.74-0.12%+2.86%  The Metals: Gold...Read More

By David Brady, CFALast week, I discussed the Bull and Bear cases for Gold. The stock market sell-off that began on October 3, the associated fall in bond yields, increasing expectations that the Fed would be forced to reverse policy, recent weakness in the dollar, and Gold rising in yuan terms have all contributed to Gold's rally since September 28th. The rise in XAU/CNY, in particular, has fin...Read More

By Gary TanashianIn January of 2018 we noted a cyclical leader (Semiconductor Fab Equipment) in trouble: Semi Canary Still Chirping, But He's Gonna Croak in 2018. We also ran a series of articles featuring the happy-go-lucky 3 Amigos (of the macro) in order to gauge a point when larger herds of investors would become aware of cyclical issues facing the global (including the US) economy. Each Ami...Read More

During the shutdown of the federal government, the Commitments of Traders report will not be published. When the federal government operations return to normal, CFTC will resume publication of the Commitments of Traders report.Read More

By David HaggithPresident Trump wants to blame the Fed Jerome Powell in particular for the stock market's nasty action this fall. If things keep going this badly, you can be sure the Fed chief will want to blame Trump and his treasurer Munchkin for recent tweets that killed Santa Claus and for trade wars and wall wars. Who is right? Who is really killing the stock market?In this round of Tru...Read More

Stock markets are forever cyclical, an endless series of alternating bulls and bears. And after one of the greatest bulls in US history, odds are a young bear is now gathering steam. It is being fueled by record Fed tightening, bubble valuations, trade wars, and mounting political turmoil. Bears are dangerous events driving catastrophic losses for buy-and-hold investors. Different strate...Read More

HighlightsBob Hoye of Institutional Advisors, and the host discuss the worst US stock market plunge in over 100 years, the "Mnuchin Massacre."The Dow Jones Industrials plunged 1600 points last week, falling 650 further on Monday, recording the worst monthly decline its 122 year history. The equities decline could foment a nascent PMs bull market with the potential to launch gold shares into orbi...Read More

There is a disconnection between paper and physical gold prices and the former has to catch up with the latter eventually. Myth or fact? We invite you to read our today's article about demand for gold coins and bars and find out whether it will save the yellow metal. The best stories are about the conflict between good and evil, or light and dark. In the precious metals market, we also have...Read More

She hasn't analyzed silver for a while as the charts have been lifeless. But silver is now making progress, so let's dive into the charts with TraderStef...by TraderStef via CrushTheStreet (connect with TraderStef via Twitter or at TraderStef's website)I have not offered a technical analysis on silver for quite a while because the chart did not show any sign of life. When the gold bull lift-off to...Read More

SD Friday Wrap: We're quietly climbing as silver catches a whiff that 'mass arrests', 'military tribunals', and 'locking her up' just aren't going to happen...Q-Anon has gone silent since December 22nd:Those are Q's last two posts, and the posts are curiously from the same day the very limited federal government shutdown began.One day of will-still-be-paid-in-arrears work was all Q could take?Does...Read More

U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 8 points in pre-opening trade. TransOcean (RIG $6.71) is expected to open higher after receiving a five year drilling contract from Chevron valued at $830 million.Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF $19.28) is expected to open higher after Wedbush raised its target price to $19 from $17.Aphria (APHA $7.57 Cdn) is expected to...Read More

I recently read an article on "Retirement Success: focus on the paycheck, not the savings number." I was intrigued. I didn't know exactly what it meant, so I read it.The article features an actuary named Vernon who is an expert in numbers, and also a retirement educator. I always like to hear what those guys have to say.Vernon's strategy is to not to focus so much on the retirement number, but ins...Read More

The Peter Schiff Show Podcast - Episode 430RATE AND REVIEW this podcast on Facebook.https://www.facebook.com/PeterSchiff/...Published on: Dec 28, 2018 Or Did It? - It looks like the Grinch may not have been able to stop Christmas from coming to Wall Street. It looks like the Santa Claus Rally came just the same. - or did it?The worst Christmas Eve in the history of the stock market was followe...Read More

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