What are you not being told about how stock funds are increasing volatility of our already choppy markets, compounding risk upon risk, as baby boomers count on their 401K accounts to be their nest egg to the future?Are the latest market gyrations the "beginning of the end," or are the geopolitical tensions and trade war saber-rattling all part of President Trump's grand plan?John Rubino, founder o...Read More

Jason talks about how more Fed members came out this week and gave speeches or interviews about how they want more inflation (with lower interest rates)Jason Burack is an investor, entrepreneur, financial historian, Austrian School economist, and contrarian. Jason co-founded the startup financial education company Wall St for Main St, LLC, to try to help the people of Main Street by teaching them...Read More

There are two different ways to get rich. One route is to utilize your own cash. The other path is to utilize Other People's Money, or as we call it at Rich Dad, OPM. One (utilizing your own cash) gives little to-humble returns, sets aside a long effort to work out, and requires some financial intelligence. The other (OPM) gives huge to-infinite returns, creates amazing velocity of cash, and requi...Read More

As much as bitcoin can be seen as a form of currency, it still is not a replacement for gold, said Frank Holmes, CEO of U.S. Global Investors.Frank Holmes is the CEO and chief investment officer of U.S. Global Investors, Inc., a boutique investment advisory firm based in San Antonio that manages domestic and offshore funds specializing in the natural resources and emerging markets sectors.Read More

"I'm pleased to announce we've just reached an agreement with Canada and Mexico to sell product without the imposition of major tariffs."Continue...Read More

No sooner had we covered the battle of high frequency traders physically moving infrastructure and microwave towers to Continue...Read More

The reasons for the miss and possible paths forward were outlined in a ROTH Capital Partners report. In a May 9 research note, analyst Jake Sekelsky reported that ROTH Capital Partners reduced its target price on Hecla Mining Co. (HL:NYSE) to $3 per share from $4 after the company suspended operations at its Nevada operations. The stock was trading at around $1.51 per share on May 16.Management...Read More

The major gold miners’stocks are drifting sideways with gold, their early-year momentum sapped by therecent stock-market euphoria.  But theyare more important than ever for prudently diversifying portfolios, a raresector that surges when stock markets weaken. Their just-reported Q1’19 results reveal how gold miners are faring as asector, and their current fundamentals are way...Read More

On Monday, the price of gold has briefly jumped above $1,300. For the next two days, the yellow metal has been holding near that important psychological level, although it failed to rally subsequently. Let’s take a look at the trigger(s) of the upward move. The reaction of the gold market over the following days is pretty telling...China Strikes BackIt has been a hot week! Indeed, just look...Read More

Although most of the precious metals sector has trended lower in recent months, Gold has held up well. It and the other, weaker components of precious metals got a boost on Monday when China retaliated with tariffs of its own. There has been little follow through since. This begs the question, will a trade war lead to a new bull market in precious metals? The short answer is yes if it leads to a d...Read More

Gold COT Report - Futures Large SpeculatorsCommercialTotal LongShortSpreadingLongShortLongShort 226,361101,82578,759159,444296,627464,564477,211 Change from Prior Reporting Period 40,560-8,5655,69917,36658,19063,62555,324 Traders 18565775157267175 Small Speculators LongShortOpen Interest 53,43140,784517,995 4,33112,63267,956 non reportable positions...Read More

The major gold miners' stocks are drifting sideways with gold, their early-year momentum sapped by the recent stock-market euphoria. But they are more important than ever for prudently diversifying portfolios, a rare sector that surges when stock markets weaken. Their just-reported Q1'19 results reveal how gold miners are faring as a sector, and their current fundamentals are way better th...Read More

By: Richard (Rick) Mills, Ahead of the herd "It's the tail that wags the dog" is defined by Urban Dictionary as a way of persuading a large group of people. The phrase is usually employed in a situation wherein a cause that expects to elicit a certain effect, is in fact reversed. The 1997 film 'Wag the Dog' is about a powerful political strategist who tries to get a fictional president on boar...Read More

By: Peter Schiff, Chief Global Strategist of Euro Pacific CapitalGeneral George Custer met his doom charging into a battle he thought he could win, against an opponent he did not understand. Based on his views about the fast-emerging trade war with China, it looks to me that Donald Trump, another blonde with a very high opinion of himself, is charging into an economic version of the Little Bigh...Read More

By: Jordan Roy-ByrneAlthough most of the precious metals sector has trended lower in recent months, Gold has held up well. It and the other, weaker components of precious metals got a boost on Monday when China retaliated with tariffs of its own. There has been little follow through since.This begs the question, will a trade war lead to a new bull market in precious metals?The short answer is y...Read More

Bitcoin is on the move again, a venomous snake in the grass. You might expect to find a reasonable explanation for cryptocurrency's sudden, spectacular rise from the dead. Instead, you get only dim-witted speculation that institutional players are starting to warm to it again. Fidelity, for one, reportedly will be buying and selling bitcoin for institutional customers starting in a few weeks. Wh...Read More

By: Ira EpsteinGold can't get over the 18-week moving average. Concerning..Read More

There is some serious manipulation in gold. Some bank or a cartel of banks have been selling gold futures on every rise from $1330 and also gold huge amounts around $1300. One of the possible reason is to protect options investment. May and November options expiry of every year attract huge investment every year. If this is the case, then gold prices should rise after ten days. Right now the m...Read More

The 5th Mediterranean Gem and Jewellery Conference kicked off today at the Ajax hotel in Limassol, Cyprus, with two Gem Workshops. The morning session had Opal as its topic and this conference's first workshop was presented by Gail Brett Levine of the National Association of Jewelry Appraisers (NAJA) and Travis Lejman, both from the USA. The afternoon session was presented by conference...Read More

The UK-based publication the Retail Gazette said that Harrods has been named the world's best-performing luxury department store. According to research compiled by industry analysts at GlobalData along with architects Sybarite, the 170-year-old retailer owned by the Qatari royal family is the strongest performer by sales per square foot." Harrods raked in sales of 2.1 billion pounds in t...Read More