By Keith WeinerThe Baby Boom generation may be the first generation to leave less to their children than they inherited. Or to leave nothing at all. We hear lots often from Baby Boomers about the propensities of their children's generation. The millennials don't have good jobs, don't save, don't buy houses in the same proportions as their parents, etc.We have no doubt that attitudes have changed...Read More
By Frank HolmesStrengthsThe best performing metal this week was palladium, up 3.88 percent on very tight physical markets. Dutch bank ABN Amro noted that palladium has overshot and may slide back 20 percent to $1,000. Gold traders and analysts are the most bullish they've been in at least three years on the yellow metal this week, according to Bloomberg's weekly survey. Walter Pehowich, executiv...Read More
TECHNICAL SCOOPCharts and commentary by David ChapmanPhone: 416-523-5454 Email: david@davidchapman.comdchapman@enrichedinvesting.comTwitter: @Davcha12December 10, 2018"If I owe a million dollars, I am lost. But if I owe $50 billion the bankers are lost" Celso Ming (Brazilian journalist, 1942-) "The principles of successful stock speculation are based on the supposition that people will contin...Read More
Index futures were groping for a bottom Sunday night, extending Friday's losses by about a 35% on light volume. DaBoyz will have a chance to exhaust sellers at somewhat lower levels, since the Mini-Dow and the Mini S&P were within easy distance of Hidden Pivot supports that lie, respectively, at 24094 and 2599.25. If neither holds, we'll shift our attention to market bellwether AAPL, which could...Read More
Apart from a 2-week period around the middle of the year, my Gold True Fundamentals Model (GTFM) has been bearish since mid-January 2018. There have been fluctuations along the way, but at no time since mid-January have the true fundamentals* been sustainably-supportive of the gold price. However, significant shifts occurred over the past fortnight and for the first time in quite a while the fun...Read More
CloseGain/LossOn WeekGold$1248.40+$10.10+2.19%Silver$14.63+$0.25+3.25%XAU67.94+2.40%+5.40%HUI153.93+2.58%+6.13%GDM560.05+2.34%+5.32%JSE Gold1201.13-0.09+9.31%USD96.60-0.14-0.61%Euro114.10+0.24+0.80%Yen88.80+0.01+0.67%Oil$52.61+$1.12+3.30%10-Year2.856%-0.031-4.86%Bond143.90625+0.34375+2.27%Dow24388.95-2.24%-4.50%Nasdaq6969.25-3.05%-4.93%S&P2633.08-2.33%-4.60%Weekly Performance (Source: GoldSeek...Read More
It's been 10 years since the Crash of 2008-09. And we have learned absolutely nothing. A look at the rioting in France proves this point. There are many aspects to it, but failing economic policies, higher prices, out of control immigration have all contributed to the inferno. Will Marine LaPen be the next lead of France? Let's find out what the bookies are saying. We also answer your questions so...Read More
Topics:- Global themes for 2019- Merk outlook for the economy and investing- How to position your portfolioAxel Merk is the Founder, President, Portfolio Manager, and CIO at Merk Investments LLC. He is an expert on qualitative research and macroeconomic trends. Mr. Merk is also an expert on macro trends, hard money, international investing, and on building sustainable wealth, and he is a pioneer i...Read More
The Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau is planning to dramatically increase taxes on carbon emissions to combat climate change...he plans to set a national price on carbon emissions of $7.5 a ton rising to $37.50 by 2022! Similar tax hikes have caused massive upheaval in France where protesters are putting on yellow vests in solidarity and they're hitting the streets. In this video Dan Dicks...Read More
Manila Chan talks to investigative journalist, Ben Swann, about Facebook's purge on independent media. Read More
First, let's explain exactly what a "Fed Put" is. A Fed put is defined as The confidence of Wall Street that the Fed will lower interest rates and print money to support the Continue...Read More
As I have warned, the next two years are going to be an outright political siege warfare. Far more damage will be done to the United States and the world economy in this desperate Continue...Read More
Billionaire investor Paul Tudor Jones discusses monetary policy at the Federal Reserve and what the commodities markets says about the economy.Read More
President Trump is expected to announce plans this week for a significant boost in military spending next fiscal year, backtracking on previous statements he made saying he wanted to cut theContinue...Read More
Andy Schectman the President of Miles Franklin Precious Metals Investments sits down with Maurice Jackson of Proven and Probable to discuss the strategic advantages available to precious metals investors regarding tax loss selling, and the value proposition of owning precious metals IRA, which is redeemable in cash and or physical precious metals. 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 addresse...Read More
Whisky is for Drinking; Water is for Fighting OverThe problemof severe water stress in the United States - and elsewhere - is serious andgetting worse. Water stress is what happens when the demand for water exceedsthe amount available, or when poor quality restricts its use. It most commonlyoccurs in areas where available water supplies have been over-exploited, oftendue to agriculture or urban de...Read More
CloseGain/LossGold $1244.30-$4.10Silver$14.52-$0.11XAU67.40-0.79%HUI154.01+0.05%GDM560.44+0.02%JSE Gold1249.20+48.07USD97.21+0.61Euro113.57-0.53Yen88.34-0.46Oil$51.00-$1.6110-Year2.854%-0.002T-Bond144.0625+0.15625Dow24423.26+0.14%Nasdaq7020.52+0.74%S&P2637.72+0.18% The Metals: Gold saw slight gains in Asia before it fell back to $1243.50 by a little after 8AM EST and then...Read More
As we are watching the US and global markets rotate dramatically lower over the past few days, we have been advising our members that we believe this rotation is an over-reaction to economic impetuses and trade issues – not a massive downside price break. Overall, some of our longer-term technical indicators are currently bearish, as one would think technical indicators would react to...Read More