Peter KrauthAt its core, gold is two things: wealth preservation and financial insurance.So when the head of the world's biggest hedge fund recommends an allocation of 5% to 10% in gold, investors need to listen.Another respected expert on the price of gold is Ray Dalio, founder and chief investment officer at Bridgewater Associates, the world's largest hedge fund, with some $160 billion under man...Read More
Today we trample sacred ground... trumpet a message of heresy... and offend the wrathful gods.In 2001, academic Hans-Hermann Hoppe scribbled a book bearing the soaring title Democracy: The God That Failed. Hoppe's work is a sharpened spear levelled against that holiest of secular divinities.Hoppe's primary tort against democracy?It wastes. It exhausts its capital. It forever takes the short view....Read More
The buck stops here, said Truman.But Trump says it stops with the next fellow in line. Let it be the next president's toothache.Last year administration bean counters unfurled a worrisome chart before the president…It revealed an approaching "hockey stick"-pattern spike in the national debt - but only after a possible second Trump term had concluded.Came the president's response, according t...Read More
Even more than our education, our habits reflect our lives. Habits are very easy to develop and very hard to break, and once they’re developed, they control our behavior-sometimes in ways that we don’t even recognize. Often these bad habits lead to other bad habits. It’s a vicious cycle.For instance, many people want to be in shape. In fact, we're only a few weeks away from that...Read More
Calgary, Alberta (December 12, 2018) - PRIZE MINING CORPORATION ("Prize" or the "Company") (TSXV:PRZ) (OTCQB:PRZFF) (MQSP:GR:FRANKFURT) is pleased to report results from the Phase I and II diamond drill programs from the Kena Gold Project, located in the highly prospective Kootenay Boundary region near Nelson, British Columbia and provide a corporate update relating to the company's other activi...Read More
December 12, 2018 - Vancouver, BC - ATAC Resources Ltd. (TSX-V:ATC) (“ATAC”) announces that Barrick Gold Corporation (“Barrick”) has terminated its option to acquire an interest in the Orion Project, located within ATAC’s 100% owned Rackla Gold Property, Yukon. “We would like to thank Barrick for its exceptional collaboration and sharing its extensive knowledge...Read More
Link to the Slides and Sources: https://www.itmtrading.com/blog/bear-...I believe that enough risk has now been transferred, to usher in the next financial crisis.Which will most likely be caused by derivative leverage explosions along with evaporating market liquidity. Weekly equity outflow reports and market trading volumes might be telling us that the selling has begun.On December 10, 2018 she...Read More
Jordan Roy-Byrne, Founder of The Daily Gold addresses what Fed policy would actually drive metals higher. As much talk as there is of a pause coming from the Fed after next week's rate hike, a simple pause might not be enough to drive a full on bull market for the metals. We also look at how GDX, GDXJ, and SIL have been moving off the recent lows.Jordan Roy-Byrne, CMT is a Chartered Market Technic...Read More
Peter Schiff is an internationally recognized economist specializing in the foreign equity, currency and gold markets. Mr. Schiff made his name as President and Chief Global Strategist of Euro Pacific Capital. He frequently delivers lectures at major economic and investment conferences, and is quoted often in the print media, including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Barron's, BusinessWee...Read More
Bart Melek, Global Head of Commodity Strategy for TD Securities answers your questions regarding gold, Fed policy and the ongoing drop in crude oil prices.Read More
“Sorry, your card was declined.”What the….!?!?I was at the hospital cafeteria picking up some food for my little man who broke his arm this weekend. And for some reason my card wouldn’t go through. Was I really out of money?The holidays can be stressful trying to make sure you cross everyone off on your shopping list. And then if you throw in some unexpected expenses like a...Read More
"Around this country, especially in communities like Stockton, people are working incredibly hard and falling further and further behind. We have people in our community that Continue...Read More
Andy Schectman of Miles Franklin Precious Metals Investments discusses with Maurice Jackson of Proven and Probable some benefits of holding precious metals in IRAs as well as some other tax advantages of precious metals. Maurice Jackson: Welcome to Proven and Probable. Joining us is Andy Schectman, the president of Miles Franklin Precious Metals Investments. In our previous interview, we addressed...Read More
Gold ducks below the key trend-line support into the close in NY as dollar stays on top. Sino/US trade talks jeopardised by potential antagonism by Trump administration. The yellow metal underperformed on Tuesday, weighed by a second straight session of gains for the U.S. dollar and despite concerns that the US and China are about to clash over preparations in the Trump administration...Read More
A free tool can help traders bank big this earnings season.We are in middle of Earnings season, which means the time to bank some big wins is now.Tech stocks (AAPL, FB and BIDU) just released Earnings few days ago, and you need to position yourself now in order to make maximum profit from it.One company can help any investor do just that.They've developed a tool that predicts volatility based on...Read More
China will reportedly reduce its tariffs on U.S. autos The wild ride continued for stocks, as the Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq all traded on both sides of breakeven throughout the day. Stocks jumped out to a big lead on encouraging China trade news, only to give those gains back later in the day, after President Donald Trump threatened a government shutdown while battling Senate Minority Leader Chuck...Read More
Evidence of a looming financial crisis may be growing, according to Harry Dent.The man who warned of the 2001 tech crash, the 2008 subprime financial disaster and China's recent stock market decline - years before they happened - has issued a new earth-shattering statement:"The Dow is set to embark on a catastrophic plunge...all the way down to 6,000."Harry Dent recently explained: "Nations are...Read More
It's been another wild day on Wall Street, and these three stocks are no exceptionAfter trading higher most of the day, U.S. stocks have turned lower, marking another session of intense volatility. Three names in particular making big moves are online styling platform Stitch Fix Inc (NASDAQ:SFIX), drugmaker Portola Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:PTLA), and regenerative tissue specialist PolarityTE In...Read More
The oil ETF hit a record low earlierThe VanEck Vectors Oil Services ETF (OIH) is failing to capitalize on an up day for oil prices. After bottoming at a record low of $16 earlier, the fund -- whose main holdings include Schlumberger (SLB) and Halliburton (HAL) -- was last seen trading down 2.7% at $16.18, pacing for a fifth straight loss. This follows downwardly revised 2018 and 2019 oil price for...Read More
Learn how to protect savings and maximize returns by investing in precious metals.The U.S. Gold Bureau would like to announce the newest edition of its guide to precious metals, perfect for anyone hoping to safeguard their investments and retirement!And today, they are giving away a free copy of their Investor's Guide to Precious Metals!Their goal is to help regular investors learn the "pro" secr...Read More