"I think the brand is tarnished. It cannot capitalize on the opportunities being presented to it."Continue...Read More
Eighty percent of the daily volume in U.S. equities is being driven by algo trading hedge funds, accordin to a fund manager who spoke to CNBC on Wednesday.Continue...Read More
2019 will see the start of a new bull cycle for gold and push the metal up to $1,500 an ounce, said E.B. Tucker, director of Metalla Royalty & Streaming. "To make big money in this market, you have to see the cycles. Nothing changes. We've had three big cycles in gold since 2000 and we're about to have another one," Tucker told Kitco News. Tucker said that the next cycle peak could reach $1,900 an...Read More
WE SUGGEST THAT YOU READ THIS ARTICLE THOROUGHLY AS WE WILL SOON COMMENCE A STRONG BULL MARKET IN MANY GOLD STOCKS AND EXPLORATION STOCKS...... Profits are vital to any business. With that in mind, we want to point out that there has been a dramatic change in the profitability of the brokerage industry.True "market makers" (or specialists) are a thing of the past and this has a tremendous impact...Read More
By Jp CortezThe Great Recession, coupled with the "Ron Paul Revolution," prompted a renaissance of the sound money movement in the United States.As Germany, Russia, and China -- to name a few -- continue to increase their gold holdings, the hegemonic power of Federal Reserve Notes (referred to today as the dollar) is slowly slipping away.Simultaneously, whispers once relegated to fringe corners...Read More
Miles Franklin sponsored this article by Gary Christenson. The opinions are his.Official US national debt exceeds $21 trillion. National debt increases over $3 billion per day.Another day older and $3 billion deeper in debt!The U.S. government pays the interest by issuing new debt. But that new debt increases total debt and (eventually) drives up interest rates, which requires more borrowing to...Read More
By Gary Tanashian"The Harbinger of Doom"? Of course we (well, the media) are talking about the yield curve AKA Amigo #3 of our 3 happy-go-lucky riders of the macro. I have annoyed you repeatedly with this imagery in order to show that three important macro factors needed to finish riding before situation turns decidedly negative.Amigo 1: SPX (or stocks in general)/Gold RatioAmigo 2: 30 Year Trea...Read More
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:In his November 16 edition, our old friend Jay Taylor, publisher of Jay Taylor's Gold, Energy, and Tech Stocks newsletter --https://www.miningstocks.com/-- wrote extensively about gold market manipulation and credited GATA for proving it. Taylor went on to present a chart of morning and afternoon gold price fixes from the London Bullion Market Association showing tha...Read More
By Frank HolmesOne of the most reliable indicators of an economic slowdown just flashed a warning sign this week. On Monday, the yield curve between the five-year Treasury yield and three-year Treasury yield inverted, or turned negative, for the first time since 2007. What this means is the shorter-maturity bond now pays more than the longer-maturity bond, suggesting investors believe the govern...Read More
By Craig HemkeCopper is often referred to as "Dr. Copper" for its ability to foreshadow moves in other markets and the global economy in general. Today we coin the term "Mr. Palladium", as this particular metal may be offering its own bit of foreshadowing. And what might that be? Perhaps the end of the entire LBMA/COMEX Digital Derivative and Fractional Reserve Pricing Scheme. You may recall tha...Read More
We'll be trusting Santa rallies a tad less as a result of Tuesday's take-no-prisoners selloff. Mainly, it'll be a matter of keeping the word "DISTRIBUTION!!!" well in mind every time shares take even a few mincing steps higher. That goes for AAPL as well, my one-size-fits-all bellwether. The stock had switched on the charm Monday, all but shouting "Buy me!" from the rooftop as the session ended....Read More
- Gold's "setup" is "similar to natural gas before its big rally"- Gold is gaining favour over stocks, bitcoin and cryptos- Metals may be primary beneficiaries of imminent greenback peak- Silver "appears ready for a potential longer-term recovery"- GoldCore editors note: Natural gas is 56% higher year to dateby Bloomberg Intelligence (appeared first on the Bloomberg Terminal)Metals should be pr...Read More
Full Article: This Holiday Season, Make It Silver and GoldBy: Frank HolmesYesterday evening marked the beginning of Hanukkah. The Jewish festival of lights commemorates the reclamation of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem from the Syrian-Greeks in the second century BCE. According to accounts, after Judah and his forces liberated the temple, he found only one jar of oil, good for a single day's lighti...Read More
It was around this time last year that we saw Bitcoin climb to an all-time high around $20,000 per coin and saw gains in the 1000% range.The growth during this time sparked a crypto-rage that triggered consumer interest in both buying and trading. I did radio shows with experts, I wrote articles around this topic, and I even invested in cryptocurrency.But as we all know, what goes up, must come do...Read More
Remember when you were a kid and someone gave you cash for your birthday or some other holiday?There was nothing better than that feeling of having extra money that you could spend on anything you wanted.My go-to was always Nike basketball shoes. Somehow I believed with the newest shoes, I’d be able to jump just a bit higher and score a few more points for my team.Today, the largest American...Read More
Dec 06, 2018 Guest(s): Edward Egilinsky Managing Director, Head of Alternative Investments, Direxion Copper has the best potential of all the metals to outperform in 2019 based on fundamentals, said Edward Egilinsky, managing director of Alternative Investments at Direxion. "I think it would be copper on the standpoint of a deal with China, and also Chinese stimulus within their economy to boost...Read More
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David Stockman, who served as director of the Office of Management and Budget under Ronald Reagan, shares reflections and anecdotes about the late George H.W. Bush. We then discuss how the Fed, rather than trade deals, has been harming America. (And also: why I won our gentlemen's bet....). David Stockman is a former Republican congressman from Michigan and was President Reagan's budget director f...Read More
Update 2: Things are escalating fast, with the Chinese embassy in Canada said China has complained to the U.S. and Canada and asked them to "rectify wrongdoings" and free Huawei Continue...Read More
Start off every day with a smile, said W.C. Fields - "and get it over with."Thus we force a grin to start today's reckoning, here expressed verbally:The stock market did not lose one solitary point today.Our duty to Mr. Fields now discharged in full, we proceed with a scowl…The exchanges were closed today in honor of the nation's late 41st president, George Herbert Walker Bush.Hence no losse...Read More