Continue...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
A new year is upon us.It is time to ring out the old, as Tennyson counseled - and ring in the new.So today we retrieve our crystal ball from mothballed storage... and gaze for previews of 2019.Is this finally the year of the bear? Or will the bulls roar back to life?Are we months away from recession? Years away? Or days away?The shocking answers anon.But before we chart the way ahead, let us first...Read More
Link to the Slides and Sources: https://www.itmtrading.com/blog/401k-...Question 1. Lots of Viewers: What is your opinion on withdrawing all funds from a 401k to position into other assets?Question 2. Woody G: How do you see the reset affecting brokerage accounts? Will these disappear down a dark hole or will the market survive intact?Question 3. Rajat S: Could you please explain the difference be...Read More
There's a few "sneaky" tricks Wall Street doesn't want made public.While pretending to be pillars of investing intelligence and integrity...The richest, most influential billionaires on Wall Street are secretly manipulating the market - and they don't care who gets hurt in the process.It's nothing personal...They have multi-million dollar bonuses to collect and high-rise condos to buy their mistre...Read More
The NDX just underwent its annual rebalance, with six companies removed from the list and six companies addedThe Nasdaq-100 Index (NDX) is made up of the largest non-financial companies. The index recently underwent its annual rebalancing, adding six companies and removing six. The tables below show the six additions and removals, along with their 2018 return and analyst "buy" percentages from Zac...Read More
Don't miss this "hidden" trendline for the long-term Treasury trackerSimultaneous with bond yields cooling dramatically from the highs that rattled investor sentiment earlier in the fourth quarter, the iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) has staged a comeback from its Nov. 2 four-year closing low of $112 (at which point the exchange-traded fund was down 11.7% on a year-to-date basis)....Read More
A little post-Christmas love from Santa Claus to end 2018 won't be enough to turn the tide for an ugly December and a brutal 2018 that cut across a broad swath of Wall Street, ranging from stocks to commodities. Indeed, while investors had spent much of the long-running bull market in stocks arguing that "there was no alternative" to equities, the past year saw investors lament that there was "now...Read More
McClellan Financial Publications, IncPosted Dec 31, 2018December 27, 2018The big bounce day on Dec. 26, 2018 saw NYSE Up Volume of more than 10x the amount of Down Volume, distinguishing it as a “10-1 Up Volume Day”.These are pretty special days, because they do not come along very often.They are also special because the interpretation of what one of them means depends on the context i...Read More
Please Note: US markets are closed tomorrow for New Year's Day. CloseGain/LossGold $1282.20+$2.20Silver$15.47+$0.10XAU70.66+1.41%HUI160.58+1.54%GDM588.56+1.55%JSE Gold1375.75+7.84USD96.14-0.24Euro114.59+0.12Yen91.23+0.39Oil$45.41+$0.0810-Year2.683%-0.036T-Bond146.125+0.59375Dow23327.46+1.15%Nasdaq6635.28+0.77%S&P2506.85+0.85% The Metals: Gold gained $4.10 to $1284.10 in London before it d...Read More
In this video, Dave Rubin and Jordan Peterson focus on four issues:(1) our departure from Patreon (as of Jan 15, 2019);(2) plans to create an alternative creator-funding platform, with multiple payment options, and with protection for free speech foremost and center as a guiding principle;(3) the exceptional danger posed by the increasing willingness of payment processors such as MasterCard, Visa...Read More
"The Pentagon Papers were stolen property, weren't they? They were stolen from the Pentagon and given to the New York Times and the Washington Post...Nobody went to jail at the Continue...Read More
Top silver expert David Morgan comments on the worst year for stocks since 2008. He sees a shift coming away from equities and into precious metals. He sees 2019 being positive for gold and silver and sees even more momentum entering metals in 2020.Morgan thinks the Fed will not have much room to cut interest rates if the economy enters a recession. However, they could use quantitative easing. But...Read More
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Watch Silver, folks. This quiet shiny metal is starting a move that could be very foretelling of global market concerns and risks. Early on December 26, 2018, Silver broke through recent resistance, to the upside, with a relatively large 2.8%+ upside move. Why is this so important to traders? Because Silver is the “sleeper metal” that is typically the last to react to global economic c...Read More
Although yours truly has yet to completely jump on the bull bandwagon (which has revved up recently), I cannot ignore the positive fundamental and technical developments for precious metals.On the fundamental side, the market is essentially pricing in no hikes for 2019 and the start of rate cuts in 2020. For Gold, that is a huge improvement from just a few months ago. In regards to the technicals,...Read More
I don't really believe in palm readers and crystal balls and tarot cards, but I respond to the need for them. - Stephan JenkinsI skate cautiously on the thin ice of making predictions and realize its a fool's errand. But people love to read them and I usually get a few correct along the way.Here are my 10 predictions for 2019:1) Stocks bounce in early 2019, but continue to slide lower throughout t...Read More
Around this time of year, it’s a good idea to stop and look back, taking stock of all the incredible and difficult things that happened over the last 365 days.The Internet is full of “Top 2018” lists that span the best books, movies, music, celebrity moments etc. to allow you to reflect on the past year.This week, I’m looking forward to the top trends and predictions for 20...Read More
Much about 2019 is uncertain. But a few things are pretty much guaranteed, including the following:Government debt will rise at an accelerating rateLike a life-long dieter who finally gives up and decides to eat himself to death, the US is now Continue...Read More
Justin's note: Yesterday, Doug Casey, Rick Rule, and Nick Giambruno showed us the massive potential of gold-backed cryptos. If you missed it, catch up here.Continue...Read More
"Chinese people don't attack other Chinese people. We are willing to use the greatest sincerity and expend the greatest hard work to strive for the prospect Continue...Read More