According to John we are in uncharted territory so far as the stock markets' valuations are concerned anyway. We've seen financial assets and real estate go way, way up. Now we are starting to see prices going up in energy and perhaps the rest of the commodity sector. This will invariably lead to higher consumer prices. And perhaps most importantly, interest rates are going up. We thought the yiel...Read More
Listen to the Podcast Audio: Click Here Mike Gleason: It is my privilege now to welcome in Gordon Chang, author, television pundit, and columnist at the Daily Beast. Gordon is a frequent guest on Fox News, CNBC, and CNN, among others, and is one of the foremost experts on Asian economics and geopolitics, having written books on the subject and it's great to have him back on with us.Gordon, it's...Read More
"The rally was more of a dead-cat bounce and a test of the lows is in order. We are watching the $1,328 level on a weekly basis. Until gold closes above that level, we will trade it from the short side. We are long-term bullish, short-term bearish." Frank Holmes is the CEO and chief investment officer of U.S. Global Investors, Inc., a boutique investment advisory firm based in San Antonio that man...Read More
By Keith WeinerShort-term interest rates have been relentlessly rising since the second half of 2015. For example, 3-month LIBOR was 0.28% in July of that year. It is now 1.7%. This is just a result of the Fed centrally planning our economy, managing our interest rate for us.Long-term rates have not moved. The 10-year Treasury yield in July 2015 was 2.5%. It is now ... 2.5%.The direct result of...Read More
Jim Willie is a statistical analyst in marketing research and retail forecasting. He holds a PhD in Statistics, and his career has stretched over 25 years. He aspires to thrive in the financial editor world, unencumbered by the limitations of economic credentials. Jim operates a free website called Golden Jackass.Read More
By Graham Summers The market is now officially in the largest bubble relative to the economy in history. Warren Buffett once famously stated that his favorite means of valuing stock was the stock market capitalization to GDP ratio. This was the very metric he used when he decided to avoid investing during the Tech Bubble. Bill King of The King Report notes that based on this metric, stocks ar...Read More
In a recent newsletter John Mauldin wrote: "It is monetary policy madness to raise rates and undertake quantitative tightening at the same time." However, this is exactly what the Fed plans to do in 2018. Has the Fed gone mad?If mad is defined as diverging in an irrational way from normal practice then the answer to the above question is no. The Fed is following the same rule book it has always...Read More
By JP Koninghttps://www.bullionstar.com/People who live in developed nations have grown used to inflation of around 2% a year over the last few decades. Why do prices generally rise by that amount? What drives the purchasing power of money in these countries? Why can't prices stay constant year-over-year rather than increasing?To help answer some of these questions, let's go far back in time. We...Read More
Source: Michael J. Ballanger for Streetwise Reports 01/05/2018 Precious metals expert Michael Ballanger likes what he sees for gold in 2018's first week of trading. -->While the moniker for this missive is "Gold and Gold Miners," I just sit back in absolute AWE as the global equity investors (otherwise known as "Stock jockeys") have decided that "cash is TRASH!" and despite a massive "miss"...Read More
"Employees who expressed views deviating from the majority view at Google on political subjects raised in the workplace and relevant to Google's employmentContinue...Read More
- Gold currently undervalued- Since 2000, the gold price has beaten the S&P 500 Index- A 'a once-in-a-decade opportunity' as gold-to-S&P 500 ratio is at its lowest point in 10 years.- Reached 'peak gold' as exploration budgets continue to tighten- $80 trillion sits in global equities, a 'ticking time bomb'- Gold remains an appealing diversifier in the current environment of high valuations and...Read More
Russiagate originated in a conspiracy between the military/security complex, the Clinton-controlled Democratic National Committee, and the Continue...Read More
Continue...Egon von Greyerz is founder and Managing Partner of Matterhorn Asset Management AG & GoldSwitzerland. Since the 1990s Egon von Greyerz has been actively involved with financial investment activities including mergers and acquisitions and asset allocation consultancy for private family funds. This led to the creation of Matterhorn Asset Management, an asset management company based on we...Read More
The other shoe to drop? The next big move? Up or down?Gold’s reign as the “next big thing” ended seven years ago. Too many people don’t want to admit that, but its true. Those who are ‘bullish’ on gold cannot let go.Their behavior is typical of those who have missed the boat. And they don’t want to admit it, or believe it. And their problem is compounded b...Read More
The market is now officially in the largest bubble relative to the economy in history.Warren Buffett once famously stated that his favorite means of valuing stocks was the stock market capitalization to GDP ratio. This was the very metric he used when he decided to avoid investing during the Tech Bubble.Bill King of The King Report notes that based on this metric, stocks are now valued at 144.15%...Read More
The market is now officially in the largest bubble relative to the economy in history.Warren Buffett once famously stated that his favorite means of valuing stocks was the stock market capitalization to GDP ratio. This was the very metric he used when he decided to avoid investing during the Tech Bubble.Bill King of The King Report notes that based on this metric, stocks are now valued at 144.15%...Read More
Gold is up nine of the last 12 Januaries with an average gain of over 4%, and the trend has continued in 2018 with gold reaching an intraday high of $1,327 so far this year. From December 19 of last year, gold rose 10 trading days in a row. Is this another rally destined to disappoint investors or the resumption of the gold bull market?To make a reliable bullish case, gold must first break decisiv...Read More
The market is now officially in the largest bubble relative to the economy in history.Warren Buffett once famously stated that his favorite means of valuing stocks was the stock market capitalization to GDP ratio. This was the very metric he used when he decided to avoid investing during the Tech Bubble.Bill King of The King Report notes that based on this metric, stocks are now valued at 144.15%...Read More
The price of gold and gold mining stocks were very competitive in 2017. The yellow metal ended the year up a little more than 13 percent-its best year since 2010-while gold stocks, as measured by the NYSE Arca Gold Miners Index, gained more than 11 percent. All of this occurred even as large-cap stocks regularly closed at all-time highs and cryptocurrencies invited massive speculation.We can thank...Read More
CloseGain/LossGold $1320.00-$0.50Silver$17.12-$0.08XAU86.29-1.26%HUI194.89-1.64%GDM656.05-0.87%JSE Gold1319.12-3.59USD92.34+0.37Euro119.67-0.75Yen88.47+0.04Oil$61.73+$0.2910-Year2.479%+0.002T-Bond151.8125UNCHDow25283.00-0.05%Nasdaq7157.39+0.29%S&P2747.71+0.17% The Metals: Gold fell $5.70 to $1314.80 in Asia before it bounced back to $1321.00 in London and then drifted back lower in morning...Read More