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 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 are now valued at 144.15% o...Read More

This video discussion between Charles Hugh Smith and Gordon T Long is Part I of a three part series. The first part examines why 2018 is going to be the "Time For A Change". Thought there are many reasons the video focuses on four primary pillars with the aid of 26 supporting slides. http://gordontlong.com/ Read More

Full Article: Best of the Year: Top 5 Frank Talk Posts of 2017By: Frank HolmesAs we begin a New Year, I want to share with you the five most popular Frank Talk posts of 2017. One common theme you'll see in these posts is they all center on the topic of gold. Although we specialize in educating investors about gold and managing gold funds, it's worth noting that our gold posts garnered more intere...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

Strengths ?The best performing metal this week was platinum, up 4.3 percent as speculators cut their net bearish platinum positions. After being bullish for the previous three weeks, gold traders and analysts are neutral this week, according to a Bloomberg survey. However, the number of new investors for BullionVault hit the highest level since November 2016, according to the online gold vaulting...Read More

China's ferro-chrome market weakened over the past week amid a lull in activity after domestic mills wrapped up their latest round of purchasing negotiations, while ore prices were supported by tight supply and firm demand from smelters. Domestic Chinese ferro-chrome prices slide as purchasing wave ends South African and Turkish ore markets gain on tight supply European high carbon ferro-chrome pr...Read More

Time is more important than price. That's what we - investors - are often made to believe regarding the future price movement. And rightfully so. The price could reach a bottom several dollars ahead of the predicted price target or it could break through it, leaving investors wondering, if there was a breakdown and thus they should expect to see another big downswing shortly. With time, things a...Read More

Short-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 this is to compre...Read More

Source: Jack Chan for Streetwise Reports 01/08/2018 Technical analyst Jack Chan charts the latest movements in the gold and silver markets, noting a falling dollar is supportive for metal prices. -->Our proprietary cycle indicator is up.Gold sector is on a long-term buy signal.Long-term signals can last for months and years and are more suitable for investors holding for long term.Gold sect...Read More

Seaborne manganese ore prices held steady over the past week, while alloy prices weakened in China in anticipation of smelter restarts. Manganese ore prices gain a few cents week on week Chinese alloy prices weaken as market awaits Ningxia restarts Silico-manganese prices rise in India on rupee and steel sector strength European alloy prices rise on tighter prompt availability US silico-manganese...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 u...Read More

By Frank HolmesStrengths? The best performing metal this week was platinum, up 4.3 percent as speculators cut their net bearish platinum positions. After being bullish for the previous three weeks, gold traders and analysts are neutral this week, according to a Bloomberg survey. However, the number of new investors for BullionVault hit the highest level since November 2016, accor...Read More

Current Position of the MarketSPX: Long-term trend - The bull market is continuing with a top expected in the low 3000s.Intermediate-trend - A short-intermediate term top is re-forming at a higher level!.Analysis of the short-term trend is done on a daily basis with the help of hourly charts. It is an important adjunct to the analysis of daily and weekly charts which discusses the course of longer...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

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

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

Light automotive production in Mexico hit an annual record high in 2017, at 3.77 million units, the country's automobile association, Amia, said on Monday January 8.This represented an increase of 8.90% from 2016's output of 3.46 million vehicles.This positive result was mostly due to demand from export markets, according to the group.Exports of Mexican light auto...Read More