Full Article: Gold takes center-stage in dollar scareBy: Michael J. KosaresMuch is made of the direct inverse correlation between gold and the dollar, but acknowledging that relationship does not really get us anywhere. The bigger question is whether or not the dollar will continue to track lower as it has over the past 18 months or will it suddenly reverse course and head higher.In the end, the...Read More
By Avi Gilburt"Stocks are going down because the economy is too good?"How many times did you hear something like that quote over the last two weeks on television? And, it was accompanied by the barrage of reports proclaiming the demise of the bull market which began in 2009. But, if you are a thinking person, clearly you had to have been scratching your head.Oh, and let's not forget about how ri...Read More
If you're looking for signs of inflation the CPI will never show it.Why?Because CPI is constructed on purpose to understate inflation.The Fed knows the CPI is garbage, which is why it (the Fed) has multiple other inflation measures. And by the way, ALL of them show inflation is already OVER 3%.The NY Fed's Underlying inflation gauge or UIG hit 3% in January, while the Cleveland Fed's "Sticky Infla...Read More
HighlightsHappy Valentine's Day USA listeners! Peter Grandich makes a new offer to everyone.On the heels of news that nearly 1000 trapped gold miners were rescued from an underground labyrinth, Peter Grandich of Peter Grandich and Company and Pete Speaks returns.Our guest notes he is a "Real gold bull... haven't been this bullish on gold in 34 years." Expect a new record gold price to unfold in...Read More
"Customers should not purchase virtual currencies, digital coins, or tokens based on social media tips or sudden price spikes," the CFTC said Thursday. "Thoroughly researchContinue...Read More
By Dave KranzlerThe current "debt ceiling" has been suspended until March 2019. The current amount of Treasury debt outstanding is $20.681 trillion. It has been estimated that the amount of Treasury outstanding by March 2019 will be as high as $22 trillion. U.S. Government has, for all intents and purposes, operated without a constraint on debt issuance since 2013:Beginning in 2013, Congress has...Read More
The iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond exchange-traded fund (LQD) was struck by a record $921 million outflowContinue...Read More
By Gary SavageThere is limited upside potential in the precious metals markets in the short term. The stock markets have begun a new intermediate and yearly cycle and offer considerable upside potential. https://blog.smartmoneytrackerpremium.com/ Read More
Research Director at GoldCore, Mark O'Byrne talks to IG TV's Victoria Scholar about the outlook for the gold price.In this interview, Mark O'Byrne, research director at Goldcore, says the fact that the gold price did not spike during last week's equity sell-off was to be expected.He said even at the height of the global financial crisis, amid the collapse in the Wall Street behemoth Lehman Broth...Read More
A weakening dollar is boosting gold, but real interest rates are still not where they need to be for gold to see a long term riseContinue...Read More
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QUESTION: A friend of mine attended your WEC. He said he asked you at the cocktail party why gold was so cheap in South America. You said the drug cartels control the illegal gold mining in Columbia and that is now three times the size of the cocaine market. Did you really say that?PNANSWER: Yes I did. During the mid-'80s, Pablo Escobar and the Medell?-n Cartel controlled 90% of the multibillion-d...Read More
Jason Burack of Wall St for Main St interviewed returning guest, hedge fund manager, former successful software entrepreneur & Co-host of the Macro Voices podcast https://www.macrovoices.com/ for high net worth investors and financial professionals, Erik Townsend. In this interview, Jason asks Erik if central banks have a viable exit strategy to remove liquidity? Erik thinks they will try but no o...Read More
*This interview was recorded on January 19, 2018Rick Rule, President and CEO of Sprott US Holdings Inc., discusses the natural resource outlook and the investing opportunities for the New Year. Rick says commodities are "ripe for a sustained bull market that yields big investment returns."Rick Rule, founder and chairman of Sprott Global Resource Investments Ltd., began his career in the securities...Read More
Continue...Dr. Rand Paul is the junior United States Senator for Kentucky. Elected in 2010, he has proven to be an outspoken champion for constitutional liberties and fiscal responsibility, and a warrior against government overreach. A graduate of Duke University School of Medicine, Rand was a practicing ophthalmologist in Bowling Green, Ky., for 17 years. Rand has been a vocal advocate for term l...Read More
"There is absolutely no statutory provision that authorizes limited disclosure of otherwise classified information to anyone, including 'trusted reporters,' Continue...Read More
"If you've got the power to raise prices without losing business to a competitor, you've got a very good business." Continue...Read More
It was a strange day. Inflation surged yesterday. But gold dropped initially, only to Continue...Read More
Adem Tumerkan February 15, 2018 Category: Research Hey guys,I was up all night reading the most boring papers - the Federal spending bill and the National Debt. I love finance - but that stuff is just a bore.Yet it's necessary. . .Two months ago, President Trump pushed through his aggressive Tax Cuts. And conservative estimates show an increase of $1.45 trillion to the US National Debt over the...Read More
(Kitco News) - From here on out, gold prices will be on a downward trajectory until they hit $1,100 in Q4 of 2018, OCBC Bank said in its 2018 Commodities Outlook.“The yellow metal should continue to fade lower into the year as interest rates gradually rise amid a positive global growth backdrop. We keep our outlook at $1,100/oz at year-end,” OCBC’s economist Barnabas Gan wrote in...Read More