By Dave KranzlerOne of the proprietors of StockBoardAsset.com tweeted about two weeks ago wondering when the stock market was going to start pricing in a slow-down in the economy. To that I responded by pointing out that the DJ Home Construction index is starting to price in a housing market crash. Residential construction + all economic activity connected to selling and financing existing homes...Read More
By Frank HolmesAs the stock market bull potentially nears the end of its run and we head into the last two months of 2018, many investors are making adjustments to their portfolios. Over the course of my travels and in conversations with other industry experts, I'm constantly reminded the importance of: 1) understanding the difference between investing and speculating, and 2) understanding ris...Read More
Gold has once again fallen into a rut, dropping moderately for three consecutive days. This has occurred with the December contract having failed by $8 to achieve a $1254.10 rally target I'd flagged. The futures have since made a tentative bottom 0.60 above the $1212.80 correction target where I'd suggested bottom-fishing. We narrowly missed catching the $5.40 rally that ensued, but will it ge...Read More
In our latest video update, we consider the performance of markets in a volatile October. Stock markets globally fell sharply while gold acted as a hedge in all currencies, rising 1.7% in dollars, 4.4% in euro terms and 4.2% in sterling terms.Stocks Fall Sharply in OctoberThe S&P 500 is just short of a 10% decline from its record September high and remains on pace for the worst month since 2009....Read More
CloseGain/LossGold $1233.20+$16.30Silver$14.74+$0.46XAU67.19+4.52%HUI149.73+4.84%GDM544.52+3.60%JSE Gold1139.52-24.28USD96.27-0.74Euro114.11+0.86Yen88.87+0.25Oil$63.69-$1.6210-Year3.139%-0.008T-Bond138.50+0.375Dow25380.74+1.06%Nasdaq7434.06+1.75%S&P2740.37+1.06% The Metals: Gold climbed steadily higher throughout most of world trade and ended near its midafternoon New Yor...Read More
Last week, while on the campaign trail stumping for Republicans prior to the midterm elections on Nov 6, Trump touted a new tax cut plan for the middle class to the tune of 10 percent.According to the top Republican lawmaker on tax policy in the U.S. House of Representatives, Kevin Brady of Texas, the plan will be revealed in the coming weeks: "President Trump believes American families deserve to...Read More
There’s no question Donald Trump is the richest President in the history of the United States.At a staggering estimated net worth of over $5.5 billion dollars, he’s richer than every previous U.S. president... combined!And while it’s public knowledge he made his fortune in real estate...Few people know exactlyhow he did it.Especially the mainstream media... (They’re clueles...Read More
Nov 02, 2018 Guest(s): Marin Katusa Chairman, Katusa Research Silver could fall much lower, but this is not due to a shortage of silver, said Marin Katusa, chairman of Katusa Research. Producers have yet to see a "fracking" moment in the precious metals space, and there are plenty of players in the market innovating to worry about a shortage in silver. "There's all these new emerging markets tha...Read More
Nov 02, 2018 Guest(s): Keith Neumeyer CEO, First Majestic Based on supply and demand fundamentals, there is currently a deficit in the silver market, said Keith Neumeyer, CEO of First Majestic Silver. "First Majestic is a member of the Silver Institute, and the Silver Institute does publish annual numbers, and these annual numbers show that the miners, globally, have produced 800 million ounces...Read More
So far, the 21st Century has seen one B.S. bubble after another.Even worse, these bubbles have inflated beyond any recognizable or manageable form. They've morphed into monsters, seemingly with minds and wills of their own.Continue...Read More
Jason Burack of Wall St for Main St welcomes back gold hedge fund manager and upcoming author Dan Oliver of Myrmikan Capital, LLC http://myrmikan.com/ for an interview about financial history, the current global macro environment post 2008 Lehman Brothers, gold and gold mining.Dan says that not only has nothing been learned from the 2008 financial crisis but that worse mistakes have been made by c...Read More
During these downtrends for metals the bulls are constantly calling bottoms and looking at data that they interoperate as signifying a bottom. Unfortunately usually these calls are wrong however there are a few consistent moves that happen at a bottom. Jordan Roy-Byrne shares what he is watching for to tell him the bottom is in for the overall metals complex.Jordan Roy-Byrne, CMT is a Chartered Ma...Read More
"When you look at our financial performance in recent years, take the last three years for example, the number of units sold during any quarter has not been necessarily Continue...Read More
Trump is an "economic lunatic and he's playing with fire at the top of an aging expansion."David Stockman is a former Republican congressman from Michigan and was President Reagan's budget director from 1981 to 1985. After leaving the White House, Stockman became a managing director at Salomon Brothers, and he later founded a private equity fund. David is the founder of David Stockman's Contra Cor...Read More
Harry Dent examines how President Trump is breaking down the system, providing the seeds for revolution, and what this means for the long-term...Harry Dent is a Fortune 100 consultant, new venture investor, noted speaker, bestselling author, and the founder and senior editor at Dent Research, where he dedicates himself to identifying and studying demographic, technological, and geopolitical trends...Read More
The current silver bottoming process is similar to that of 2001 to 2003. Continue...Read More
Where the gold is going is certainly no secret. Whilst the West has not got a clue of the strategic significance of physical gold, the East's accumulation of the Continue...Read More
(by Reuters from BOSTON, LBMA)The price of gold is expected to rise to $1,532 an ounce by October next year, delegates to the London Bullion Market Association's (LBMA) annual gathering predicted on Tuesday.Gold in USD (10 Years)A poll of delegates at the LBMA conference in Boston also predicted higher prices in a year's time for silver, platinum and palladium.Spot gold has had a difficult few m...Read More
Gold’s correction from above $1,240/oz continued on Wednesday amid a stronger US dollar and higher Treasury yields. Price fell below key support levels, weakening further the technical outlook. The yellow metal is about to post the third slide in-a-row, losing again $10. The price opened above $1,220 and bottomed during the American session at $1,211. Then bounced to the upside...Read More
Market sentiment continues to oscillate in regard to U.S. equities as traders continue to witness large price swings in both directions. Gone are the days when a 100- or 200-point gain or decline in the Dow Jones Industrial Average would be considered a sizable move. It seems there is a new normal. That normal is characterized by swings in the Dow in excess of 500 points or more in terms of the da...Read More