Dave KranzlerThe biggest bill of sale sold to the public after the great financial crisis was that the legislation enacted forced the banks to maintain a higher level of integrity in their business dealings. But nothing could be further from the truth. The various pieces of legislation enacted after the 2008 de facto banking system collapse ultimately made it easier for the TBTF banks to move th...Read More
Clint SiegnerA huge spike in demand for physical precious metals has decimated available dealer inventories. The vast majority of gold and silver coins, rounds, and bars are either out of stock or come with extended shipping delays.Premiums are spiking higher. Dealers have raised bid premiums - the amount offered above the spot metal price - dramatically along with ask premiums.The market...Read More
The pros who confidently bought the dips for more than a decade are now quietly selling the rallies. During the bull market, accumulating stocks on weakness was a no-brainer, as easy a ticket to big profits as investors will ever enjoy. But the bear market has ended this rare opportunity. Instead, the Masters of the Universe have been unloading as much stock as they can into every rally. This ta...Read More
By Avi Gilburt, ElliottWaveTrader.netSo, how many of you followed reckless bulls into this mess?I know many of you took me to task for missing some of the rally in the SPX. But, as I had been trying to warn you, the IWM and the EEM, as well as a host of other charts, were warning me that something was just not right about the move in the SPX. Then, when I publicly posted that I was shortin...Read More
There are two things which we all need to focus w.r.t to corona virus:Positive: China could be corona "virus free" in the next two weeks to four weeks. This will be very bullish for crude oil demand and industrial metal demand.Negative: One needs to closely watch the corona virus spreads in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Indonesia. These are world's most densely populated zone with inadequate m...Read More
Economic data shows that the coronavirus crisis will be severe. To soften the blow, Trump announced his support plans for the economy. Will the stimulus package help? And when will gold finally rise?COVID-19 Hits the US EconomyThe global epidemic of COVID-19 has already hit the US economy. We start to see evidence how bad this crisis might be. First, retail sales dropped 0.5 percent in February. T...Read More
Economic data shows that the coronavirus crisis will be severe. To soften the blow, Trump announced his support plans for the economy. Will the stimulus package help? And when will gold finally rise?COVID-19 Hits the US EconomyThe global epidemic of COVID-19 has already hit the US economy. We start to see evidence how bad this crisis might be. First, retail sales dropped 0.5 percent in February. T...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinEverything changed on February 19th. It was China's problem before then, the market didn't care, why care about gold?Then the switched flipped and things changed. Gold remains in an uptrend, the monthly chart showing strong support around $1,458 and below at $1,400 area with resistance around $1635Read More
Gary Savagehttps://blog.smartmoneytrackerpremium.com/Read More
(Adds details on futures, progress on relief package, newquote)By April JoynerNEW YORK, March 22 (Reuters) - Wall Street analysts andinvestment managers expect another rough week for U.S. marketsdue to coronavirus fears, with a wild open for futures on Sundayevening as lawmakers battled over an economic aid package inWashington.Stock-market futures fell sharply and Treasury-bond futuresrose, signa...Read More
Chris MarcheseChief Mining Analyst, GoldSeek & SilverSeekWeek Ended March-21, 2020$AUY $PAAS $SILV $SVM $NEE.V $NGD $MUX $KL $GUY.TO $GCM.TO $EXK $ELY.V $GOLD $ALO $AGI Alamos Gold: Announced it will repurchase, from a third party, an existing 3% NSR royalty on its Island Gold project for cash consideration of C$75m (US$54m). The royalty is within four patented claims that compromise the m...Read More
Richard (Rick) Mills, Ahead of the herdMarch-17-2020Stock markets rebounded on Tuesday, after the White House announced further measures to help Americans and companies hurt by the coronavirus pandemic.The Trump Administration is reportedly considering sending checks to Americans so they have cash to spend during the outbreak.The Dow, S&P 500 and the Nasdaq finishing about 6% higher was a welcom...Read More
David StockmanThe nerve of it is a wonder to behold. The US airline industry has spent a decade shoving itself into harm's way by strip-mining their balance sheets to fund share buybacks and goose top executive stock options.For crying out loud - the reckless irresponsibility of it is mind-boggling. That's because for decades upon decades this has been a highly cyclical industry - vulnerable to...Read More
David HaggithAs the carnage continues with stocks now ignoring anything the Fed throws at them and the Fed has pretty well thrown everything it has used in the past and is now moving into bailout mode where is the US stock market crash likely to stop falling? So far, it's been limit-down all the way. Before posing "The Fed is Dead" later today, I wanted to rush this out because I can get it...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinEverything changed on February 19th. It was China's problem before then, the market didn't care, why care about gold?Then the switched flipped and things changed. Gold remains in an uptrend, the monthly chart showing strong support around $1,458 and below at $1,400 area with resistance around $1635Read More
It's HappeningGoing to WarWe Are Facing a Depression, Not a RecessionWhat Will It Take?How Things Are Going to Change and What We Should DoWe Can Do ThisPersonal ThoughtsIn the film version of Tolkien's Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, there's a three-minute scene you should watch or re-watch. It is relevant to our situation today. Gondor needed to light the beacons for aid.Click here for...Read More
In this interview Peter Schiff and I discuss all the hot topics for 2020, the global pandemic and how it will affect the economy, the future of the US dollar (Peter not only gives his predictions but explains how we'll get there), and why producing is the key to getting out of the 2020 recession/depression. You've all heard the Peter Schiff Show podcast but today we go deeper into the nuance of Pe...Read More
David Morgan is a world-renown precious metals aficionado. He is the creator of TheMorganReport.com, a monthly report that covers economic news, overall financial health of the global economy, currency problems and the key reasons for investing in precious metals. A dynamic, much-in-demand speaker all over the globe, David's educational mission also makes him a prolific author, having penned Get t...Read More
In a sweeping power grab, the Department of Justice has asked Congress for the ability to go directly to chief judges in order to detain people indefinitely without trial during emergencies.Continue...Read More