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 beneficiary of this ominous st...Read More
By Marin KatusaI've been a professional speculator in the resource industry for almost two decades now.One year ago, I wrote a cautionary article on the cryptocurrency sector. I got more hate mail in my inbox that week than I had for any other article, "You're a moron", "This is the future" "You're crazy" etc...At the January 2018 VRIC, which is cohosted by Katusa Research and Cambridge House, I...Read More
There are two ways of looking at the intersection of debt and population. One way says that if debt is rising population should also rise to allow future workers to pay for the retirement of today's. More people thus make debt easier to manage. The other point of view is that debt and population soaring simultaneously creates a negative feedback loop that eventually destroys a culture. Today's L...Read More
Trade wars and lax fiscal policy are negative for the US dollar and positive for gold. Myth or fact? We invite you to read our today's article about the effects of Trump's actions on the greenback and find out whether weak dollar will save gold. Let's look at the chart below. As one can see, the greenback has been in a bull market since February 2018. Yup, the chart does not lie. The US Congre...Read More
The Dow Industrials reversed 700 points yesterday, turning a morning disaster into an afternoon wilding spree that has the potential to end the week on a bullish note. The rally was purely technical, beginning as it did a millimeter beneath an important low recorded on November 23 that had served as a 'structural' support. As is the case so much of the time, the downtrend had to penetrate the su...Read More
- As Brexit looms, the Central Bank of Ireland has refused to discuss the location and value of Irish gold reserves- No date given for removal of "commercially sensitive" gold reserves from Bank of England vaults- Bank of England vaults in London believed to hold almost EUR200 million of Irish gold- Ireland's financial system & economy is hugely exposed to a Brexit downturnvia Irish Independen...Read More
CloseGain/LossOn WeekGold $1248.40+$10.10+2.19%Silver$14.63+$0.25+3.25%XAU67.94+2.40%+5.40%HUI153.93+2.58%+6.13%GDM560.05+2.34%+5.32%JSE Gold1201.13-0.09+9.31%USD96.60-0.14-0.61%Euro114.10+0.24+0.80%Yen88.80+0.01+0.67%Oil$52.61+$1.12+3.30%10-Year2.856%-0.031-4.86%Bond143.90625+0.34375+2.27%Dow24388.95-2.24%-4.50%Nasdaq6969.25-3.05%-4.93%S&P2633.08-2.33%-4.60% The Metals: ...Read More
How do bitcoin futures affect the price of bitcoin?This is a question worth examining. When looking at recent market trends through this lens, some interesting details emerge.The current crypto bear market began shortly after CBOE and CME futures launched in December of 2017 and right around the time that Bitmex volume started ramping up. Have future markets been a catalyst for the recent crypto...Read More
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In a few months, my new book, FAKE: Fake Money, Fake Teachers, Fake Assets, is set to be released. To be honest, I'm still writing it. My publisher isn't happy with me right now, but it's something we've gone through with every book I've written. In the end, I meet the deadline and she can finally get some sleep.When I wrote Rich Dad Poor Dad in 1997, it was to sell the board game that Kim and I c...Read More
Click Here to Listen to the Interview - *the interview begins at 7:32Craig explains why we all need to pay attention to the white-hot palladium market right now and discusses the massive physical supply shortages there that have a chance to actually break the trading exchanges. He also suggests 2019 is poised to be the best year for gold and silver in nearly a decade.Click Here to Listen to the I...Read More
Peter Schiff is an internationally recognized economist specializing in the foreign equity, currency and gold markets. Mr. Schiff made his name as President and Chief Global Strategist of Euro Pacific Capital. He frequently delivers lectures at major economic and investment conferences, and is quoted often in the print media, including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Barron's, BusinessWee...Read More
Harley Schlanger does what he does best: sift through the corporate MSM bullsh*t and tell you what's really going on in the world.Harley Schlanger's work can be found at LaRouchePAC.com.Read More
Continue...Robert Shiller is an American economist, academic, and best-selling author. He currently serves as a Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale University and is a fellow at the Yale School of Management's International Center for Finance. Mr. Shiller has been a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) since 1980, was Vice President of the American Economic Ass...Read More
Greg takes us back in time to his beginning days in the 1980s COMEX NYMEX futures contract trading pits and back to today.Greg and the host discuss current ongoings with the US dollar, the euro, crude oil prices, growing Federal and consumer debt levels, especially in relation to the recent inversion of shorter term US bonds vs longer duration IOUs. We also hear his up and potential downsides for...Read More
"I am one of the most censored and most lied-about people in the world. Even my fans sometimes believe things about me that aren't true, because journalists lie more about me than perhaps Continue...Read More
I've been a professional speculator in the resource industry for almost two decades now. One year ago, I wrote a cautionary article on the cryptocurrency sector.Continue...Read More
Steve Forbes is an American publishing executive who was twice a candidate for the nomination of the Republican Party for president. He is the editor-in-chief of business magazine Forbes magazine as well as president and chief executive officer of its parent company, Forbes, Inc. Mr. Forbes' latest book is Money: How the Destruction of the Dollar Threatens the Global Economy - and What We Can Do A...Read More
We begin today where we ended yesterday - confused - and dizzied.Down some 400 points from yesterday's start, the Dow Jones sank nearly 800 points by afternoon.The stock market had been routed by renewed gunfire in the trade war.Upon American "request," Canadian police arrested the CFO of China's largest telecommunications company at Vancouver airport.Chinese officials denounced the arrest in thun...Read More
Maritime Resources (TSXV: MAE) announced it has just started a drill program on the Whisker gold project in Newfoundland and Labrador, Atlantic Canada.In detail, the project is located some 10 kilometres from the Hammerdown gold deposit, which sits within Maritime's 100%-owned Green Bay property and is expected to produce 180,000 ounces of gold over a 5-year life.According to the Vancouver-based c...Read More