The apocalyptic fires that hit California last month have left observers scratching their heads and wondering how destruction on that scale could be possible - and how much it will cost in the future if the causes aren't addressed immediately. This morning's Wall Street Journal concludes that 1) the problems aren't being addressed and 2) this failure is going to cost a fortune that no government...Read More
By Steve St. AngeloOver the past week, the gold and silver prices have held up rather well compared to the overall markets. While precious metals investors still fear that a huge sell-off in the gold and silver prices will take place during the next market crash, it seems that the metals continue to be very resilient during large market corrections.Now, I am not saying that the metals prices c...Read More
November saw a continuation of significant trading in gold swaps by the Bank for International Settlements. After falling in August and September, the BIS' purchases of gold via gold swaps soared in October, falling back by around 64 tonnes in November. The BIS publishes a monthly statement of account that provides enough information to estimate the bank's level of trading in gold swaps and othe...Read More
By Gary SavageListen to what gold is saying. It's not deflation that we have to worry about. We're about to enter a multi year period of rising inflation. Seriously did you think years of QE weren't going to have consequences at some point?For a long time I've maintained several key macro views.Gold started a new bull market in late 2015.The dollar started a secular bear market in early 2017.Sto...Read More
One of the major drags on the market, besides trade wars, has been uncertainty about whether the Fed will raise rates this month. Despite the verbal bravado of Federal Reserve Chairman, Jerome Powell, over how strong the U.S. economy is, he doesn't live in a vacuum.Powell's borne the brunt of President Trump's recent accusations that the Fed's hikes are what's hurting the stock market and threaten...Read More
Rick Rule shares with us on SBTV his valuable observations of investing the contrarian way and investor psychology needed to survive a bear market. We find out how Rick views physical gold and other resources that are on his radar at this moment.Discussed in this interview:01:11 Investing the contrarian way.04:43 Investor's psychology in a bear market.08:11 A bear market is a sale.10:10 Ascent of...Read More
The effects of tax cuts are wearing off heading into 2019 and earnings are showing signs of weakening according to Ed Clissold of Ned Davis ResearchContinue...Read More
In order to protect himself from the military/security complex, President Trump has abandoned his intention of normalizing relations with Russia. Just as the neoconservative Continue...Read More
Indonesia's government prohibits blasphemy, which is defined as "the act or offense of speaking sacrilegiously about God or sacred things".Continue...Read More
Trading options is often scary... but it doesn't have to be!It's the biggest mistake options traders make... and it's the reason why 9 people out of 10 quit options...Most options traders fall for the same trap - they "buy" an option and end up losing money on 90% of their trades.Of course, any options player knows that losing trades are part of the game. But it doesn't mean losing has to be the n...Read More
Getting "funded" means traders can take risks without putting their own money on the line.It is possible to build a large portfolio and never lose money from a trade ever again.Need proof?Here's how it works... Every day, "regular" traders turn into professional part-time "funded traders" using a unique trading program.All it takes is undergoing training, and learning the materials.Then someone li...Read More
Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, the University of Gothenburg,the University of Jyv??skyl??, and Stanford University have found a way to make the surface of a gold object melt at room temperature.The discovery came as a fluke after the scientists started analyzing the yellow metal to its most intrinsic and smallest components.First, they placed a small piece of gold in an electr...Read More
Here Are 3 Hot Things to Know About Stocks Right Now The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell sharply Friday following a U.S. jobs report that was weaker than expected. Stocks were poised for their third weekly loss in four weeks.Oil prices jumped Friday after OPEC member states and their allies agreed to cut production for at least six months.Broadcom Inc. (AVGO) rose 0.58% Friday after the c...Read More
Adam HamiltonArchivesDec 07, 2018 The recent stock-market selloff is persisting, fueling mounting worries among investors. The intensifying volatility and lack of a quick rebound higher is strangling euphoric sentiment, spawning self-reinforcing selling pressure. Scoffed at a few months ago, the notions that a young bear market is underway and a recession looms are gaining traction. The great bene...Read More
The Federal Reserve's new data-focused stance on rate hikes will be face it first key test Friday as the Labor Department publishes its November jobs report that is likely to indicate slowing employment growth but potentially faster wage increases, adding to the broader uncertainty surrounding growth in the world's biggest economy. Analysts estimate that U.S. employers created 200,000 new jobs l...Read More
The Friday Market Minute Global stocks are mixed, with Europe bouncing from two-year lows and Asia grinding higher, but U.S. equity futures stuck in the red ahead of Friday's November employment report.Economist expect U.S. employers added 200,000 new jobs last month, with wages rising by an annual 3.1%.Fed Chair Jerome Powell says U.S. labor market remains strong, putting the new "data dependen...Read More
Bob Moriarty ArchivesDec 8, 2018Regular readers of 321gold are well aware that I am a contrarian. As Rick Rule likes to repeat, if you aren’t a contrarian, you are a victim. On January 26th of this year, using nothing more than theDSIinformation, I predicted that12 commodities would be making a turn. There was no magic to it; I just used information available to anyone at all. If they had ac...Read More
Dr. Marc Faber was born in Zurich, Switzerland and obtained a PhD in Economics at the University of Zurich. Between 1970 and 1978, Dr. Faber worked for White Weld & Company Limited in New York, Zurich and Hong Kong. From 1978 to February 1990, he was the Managing Director of Drexel Burnham Lambert (HK) Ltd. In 1990, he set up his own business, Marc Faber Limited which acts as an investment advisor...Read More
Yesterday, in the first part of our discussion, Doug Casey told us why this megatrend needs to be on your radar today. Below, we pick up where we left off and talk about what thisContinue...Read More
The CFO of the Clinton Foundation, thinking he was "meeting an old professional acquaintance," admitted to investigators that the charity had widespread problems Continue...Read More