By Ed Steer06 January 2018 -- SaturdayYESTERDAY in GOLD, SILVER, PLATINUM and PALLADIUMThe gold price spent all of Far East trading and most of London trading drifting quietly lower. There was a jump up at on the jobs report at 8:30 a.m. in New York, but that was dealt with in the usual manner. It got sold lower from there -- and the low tick of the day, such was it was, came minutes after 9...Read More
By Steve St. AngeloThe U.S. gold market suffered a net deficit this year compared to a small surplus in 2016. This was quite interesting because U.S. physical gold demand will be down considerably this year. In 2016, total U.S. gold demand was 212 metric tons versus an estimated 150 metric tons this year. The majority of the decline in U.S. gold demand is from the physical bar and coin sec...Read More
Isn't what most people think it is By Chris MartensonSo... in the past week, I've been asked for advice on Bitcoin by my brother-in-law, my local realtor, and close friends from as far away as Texas.None of them cared to learn what it actually is. Or how it works. They just wanted to understand why suddenly so many folks they know are trying to buy Bitcoin hand over fist. And, of course, should...Read More
By John MauldinHunt: Chaotic SystemGavekal TrifectaKotok: A Permanent Shift UpwardKrugman: Return to NormalcyRosenberg: Pretty Late in the GameWien: Speculation Reaches an ExtremeJet-Lagged in Hong Kong, Sarasota, and BostonGreetings from Hong Kong, where the locals are preparing to welcome the new year on February 16. While 2018 is the Year of the Dog on the traditional Chinese calendar, on the...Read More
From https://thedailycoin.org/Fraser Murrell delves into the history of the Gold Standard and how a modern day version could be put in place.Author: Dr Fraser Murrell, Melbourne AustraliaFirst Posted: Thursday , 20 Nov 2014In the 1600s, Sir Isaac Newton presided over a (bi-metal) Gold and Silver Standard, with the flaw being the fix of silver to gold. In the 1900s, John Maynard Keynes "revolutio...Read More
By Gary SavageThis video details gold and miners likely path over the next couple of months and explains how the flawed psychology of traders ensure this path.https://blog.smartmoneytrackerpremium.com/ Read More
The headline in this Thursday’s Financial Timesreads: “Commodities prices hit highest point since 2014”. The FT articlebegins: “The Bloomberg Commodity Spot Index,which tracks price of 22 raw materials, has hit its highest level since 2014when the oil market price crash started.”A small problem mightbe that the Bloomberg Commodity Spot Index does not include Energy or...Read More
Natural gas is the dog that got its day in the New Year trading at $175/MMBtu spot in New York. Less than a month ago, Gas Exporting Countries Forum expected lower natural gas prices “over the next two decades” mostly due to a surge in supplies from unconventional sources.With the sever winter storm hitting much of North America, temperatures have been tumbling since the start of the N...Read More
Since bottoming on Dec. 12, gold has had an impressive run higher, closing up on 13 out of the past 14 trading days. Or at least that's true for gold prices measured in dollars. But gold prices measured in euros have had a much more tepid response, and have not even made a higher high yet. It is not a bad rally in the euro price of gold, but it is not confirming the higher high in the dollar...Read More
A new year and a new look for the above Gold Scoreboard, incorporating both our conservative and aggressive forecast highs for 2018. Also at right, we've added that which we've oft referred to as "gold's most important graphic": the millennium-to-date track of the U.S. money supply ("M2") vs. the clearly lagging price of gold. Quite a bit of catching up to do, what?A long way to go, to be sure, bu...Read More
The US gold market suffered a net deficit this year compared to a small surplus in 2016. This was quite interesting because U.S. physical gold demand will be down considerably this year. In 2016, total U.S. gold demand was 212 metric tons versus an estimated 150 metric tons this year. The majority of the decline in U.S. gold demand is from the physical bar and coin sector that is down 56% in...Read More
From https://thedailycoin.org/Fraser Murrell delves into the history of the Gold Standard and how a modern day version could be put in place.Author: Dr Fraser Murrell, Melbourne AustraliaFirst Posted: Thursday , 20 Nov 2014In the 1600s, Sir Isaac Newton presided over a (bi-metal) Gold and Silver Standard, with the flaw being the fix of silver to gold. In the 1900s, John Maynard Keynes "revolutio...Read More
By Gary SavageThis video details gold and miners likely path over the next couple of months and explains how the flawed psychology of traders ensure this path.https://blog.smartmoneytrackerpremium.com/ Read More
"Inflation is going to be the theme of 2018. How do we know this is going to be the case? Let's look at what happened to the dollar last year. The dollar got melted down last year, and this trajectory has been going on for decades. It's just getting progressively worse, and it's going to continue this year."Gregory Mannarino started his financial career working for the securities and trading arm o...Read More
DUBAI, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Here are some factors that may affect Middle East stock markets on Sunday. Reuters has not verified the press reports and does not vouch for their accuracy. INTERNATIONAL/REGIONAL* GLOBAL MARKETS-World stocks up; U.S. Treasury yields rise despite jobs report * MIDEAST STOCKS-Gulf rises on oil, global trend; First Abu Dhabi surges * Oil retreats on U.S. output rise after h...Read More
* Kuroda meeting expectations on reflating growth - Abe* Abe says undecided on next BOJ governor* Adds will do utmost to declare end to deflation* Govt, BOJ must fulfill responsibilities on deflation (Adds quotes, details of comments)By Leika KiharaTOKYO, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday called on central bank governor Haruhiko Kuroda to keep up efforts to reflate the...Read More
TOKYO, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Sunday he wants Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda to keep up efforts to reflate the economy, but added he was undecided on whether to reappoint Kuroda for another five-year term."Governor Kuroda has met my expectations with job availability at a 43-year high," Abe said in a programme by public broadcaster NHK."...Read More
BERLIN, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Volkswagen group sales probably rose to around 10.7 million cars last year and kept the German behemoth ahead of Toyota as the world's largest automaker, Bild am Sonntag reported, citing in-house VW estimates.Higher delivery figures across the group, which includes premium brands Audi and Porsche, helped drive revenue above 220 billion euros ($264.62 billion) for the firs...Read More
PHILADELPHIA, Jan 6 (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve should only as a last resort adjust interest rates to deal with financial instabilities thought to imperil the U.S. economy, and instead rely primarily on regulations and supervision, a top Fed official said on Saturday."While my preference (is) to start with the macroprudential tools that can be implemented more promptly, the limits on thes...Read More
The U.S. trade deficit in November reachedthe highest level in almost six years as an increase in importsexceeded a gain in shipments overseas, Commerce Department datashowed Friday.Highlights of Trade Balance (November)Gap grew 3.2% to $50.5b (est. $49.9b deficit) from a revised $48.9b in the prior month (prev. $48.7b)Imports rose 2.5% to a record $250.7b on more inbound shipments of consumer goo...Read More