Last week the Senate confirmed Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve Chairman by a vote of 84-13. This is in contrast to the contentious debates and closer votes over Janet Yellen's confirmation in 2014 and Ben Bernanke's confirmation for a second term in 2010. Powell benefited from a perception that the economy's recovery from the 2007-08 meltdown proves that the Fed is a capable manager of monetary...Read More
By BullionStarThe traditional phrase "worth your weight in gold" has been used since Roman times, and is a well-known saying signifying that someone or something is very valuable, helpful, or to be treasured.But taken literally, what 'value' would a person be worth if they were worth their own weight in gold?For a given gold price, the answer not surprisingly depends on the person's weight, so...Read More
Have you ever seen this much gold in one place? In this video Mike Maloney shows the remarkable images coming out of Russia that are evidence of their recent surge in gold reserves. What do they see coming? Is this a subtle challenge to Fort Knox and their ongoing lack of transparency? Michael Maloney is a precious metals investment expert and historian. He is the founder and owner of GoldSilver.c...Read More
By Gary SavageThis video explores the possibility that stocks are currently giving us a brief pull back before the next powerfully rising intermediate cycle begins.https://blog.smartmoneytrackerpremium.com/ Read More
By Rory HallFor the past year the mainstream media has attempted to sale the U.S. citizens that Trump colluded with the Russian's to rig the election and deny hillary her rightful position as President of the United States.Over the past several months we have learned that hillary and her top supporters, including former White House occupant, Hussein Obama, actually may have committed treason and...Read More
By Clint Siegner Those wanting a glimpse into the future of our federal government's finances should have a gander at Illinois. The state recently "resolved" a high-profile battle over its budget. Taxpayers were clubbed with a 32% hike in income taxes in an effort to shore up massive underfunding in public employee pensions, among other deficiencies. But, predictably, it isn't working. Peopl...Read More
"Until the investigation can rule otherwise, Marilou Danley and Douglas Haig have become persons of interest who may have conspired with Stephen Paddock to commit Murder witContinue...Read More
By Frank HolmesTwo big themes last week at Inside ETFs, the Comic-Con of exchange-traded funds attended by more than 2,300 advisors and investors, were innovation and disruption. Like all other industries, the investing world has seen its fair share of disruption in the past quarter-century think indexing, passive investing, the rise of robo-allocation and now blockchain and cryptocurrencies. Th...Read More
- Property crisis in London as over half of 1,900 luxury apartments built 2017 fail to sell- London's still high priced property causes companies to locate offices elsewhere- At current rates, glut of London properties will take three years to sell- Leading London-based estate agents Foxtons' sees 42% drop in earnings, yoy- UK's largest estate agent issues second profit warning in three months-...Read More
Echoing the criticism of too much hype surrounding U.S. shale from the Saudi oil minister last week, a new report finds that shale drilling is still largely not profitable. Not only that, but costs are on the rise and drillers are pursuing “irrational production.”Riyadh-based Al Rajhi Capital dug into the financials of a long list of U.S. shale companies, and found that “despite...Read More
Deutsche Bank and its associate group, UBS, HSBC etc have been fined by the CFTC for gold price manipulation. I am sure silver prices are being manipulated by a group of banks and hedge funds. Silver is undervalued. Long term industrial uses of silver will exceed production. Those who had invested in physical silver have lost all hope that silver prices can rise. Some of the silver investors are...Read More
President Trump will deliver his State of the Union speech tonight. No doubt there will be plenty of "good news" about his first full year in office. But today's Liberty Report will dig a bit deeper. What is the real state of the union? Tune in!Dr. Ron Paul is a physician and former twelve-term congressman from Texas who ran for president in 2008. He is the author of eight books, including the New...Read More
Central banks remain powerful creatures. Will gold escape from their grip?Bank of JapanIt’s a hot period in central banking. On Tuesday, the Bank of Japan kept its monetary policy on hold. Kuroda tried to convince the markets that the BoJ won’t follow the Fed towards an exit from easy monetary policy soon. “We haven’t reached the stage of thinking about how to handle an exi...Read More
The Debt Markets are beginning to flash multiple warnings that "all is not well."High yield credit, also called Junk Bonds, leads stocks and most risk assets to the upside. With that in mind, consider that the High Yield Credit ETF (HYG) has broken its uptrend from the 2016 bottom.This is a MAJOR warning that the "risk on" move of the last few months is stalling out if not preparing for a correcti...Read More
With FEAR that Bitcoin's bear market trend will significantly worsen, Andy Hoffman of CryptoGoldCentral.com speaks of why optimism , community, and strong hands must prevail - as the most impactful innovation of our lifetimes continues to explosively grow, with a market valuation way undervaluing where it is, and where it's going. Ignore the FUD, from both within, and without, the Bitcoin communit...Read More
Technical analyst Jack Chan charts the latest movements in the gold and silver markets. Our proprietary cycle indicator is up.Gold sector is on a long-term buy signal.Long-term signals can last for months and years and are more suitable for investors holding for long term.Gold sector is on a short-term buy signal.Short-term signals can last for days and weeks, and are more suitable for traders.Sp...Read More
The Debt Markets are beginning to flash multiple warnings that "all is not well."High yield credit, also called Junk Bonds, leads stocks and most risk assets to the upside. With that in mind, consider that the High Yield Credit ETF (HYG) has broken its uptrend from the 2016 bottom.This is a MAJOR warning that the "risk on" move of the last few months is stalling out if not preparing for a correcti...Read More
Bank of JapanIt's a hot period in central banking. On Tuesday, the Bank of Japan kept its monetary policy on hold. Kuroda tried to convince the markets that the BoJ won't follow the Fed towards an exit from easy monetary policy soon. "We haven't reached the stage of thinking about how to handle an exit [from monetary easing]", he said. The BoJ Governor also insisted that the bank is fully committe...Read More
Facebook is banning all ads that promote cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin, in an attempt to protect people from advertisements promoted by "financial products and services Continue...Read More