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We are far from gold being in the mainstream...
The US is finally playing catch-up with anti-counterfeiting technology. That, a double-header interview, and more in this week's Metals & Markets...
In a world that cannot survive without incessant deficit spending, money printing and negative interest rates, there is clearly something very rotten...
Trade wars, geopolitical tensions and slowing economic indicators...
The U.S. government & it's monopoly money-printer known as The Federal Reserve have painted themselves into a bankruptcy corner. Not only are more and more foreign nations rejecting America's aggressive and militant foreign policy, but they're also ripping themselves away from the The Fed's dollar.
    How to Prepare as the Fed Scorches the Earth
Oct 25, 2019 - 12:17:15 PDT
The Fed, in effect, is turning financial markets into a giant tinderbox. Just one spark – in the form of a blowup in leveraged loans, a run on a foreign bank, or any number of geopolitical pressure points, among other knowns
These rates were made for dropping. — The New York Federal Reserve will purchase T-bills twice next week. Besides bills, it will buy the 3-4.5 year and 4.5-7 year cou…
    This Is What Worries Me: Charles Hugh Smith
Oct 25, 2019 - 12:10:15 PDT
I'm worried, because I sense the long-wave/cycle disintegrative phase is gathering momentum. Though the timing and outcome are unknown, these phases end badly when people lose their ability to learn new ideas, experiment, cooperate and adapt.
The U.S. Treasury on Friday said that the federal deficit for fiscal 2019 was $984 billion, a 26% increase from 2018 but still short of the $1 trillion mark.
What's behind the ever-increasing need for emergency repos? A couple of correspondents have an eye on shadow banking.
    These CLOs Lie in Wait for the Powder Keg to Blow
Oct 25, 2019 - 10:11:49 PDT
Ask fund managers about their worst nightmare, and almost surely it’s some variation of being a “forced seller” in a weak market. Investors get panicky, rush to pull their money out and managers have no choice but to offload securities at fire-sale prices to raise cash.One of the
A growing percentage of Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc.’s subprime auto loans are turning out to be clunkers soon after the cars are driven off the lot.Some loans made last year are souring at the fastest rate since 2008, with more consumers than usual defaulting within the first
The timing of Shiller's ominous warning comes at a scary time. This is the month of the 90th anniversary of Black Monday. That day on Oct. 28, 1929, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 13%.
A steeper decline in global economic growth still more likely than a synchronized recovery, even as multiple central banks dole out rounds of monetary easing...
    Fun on Friday: Romance Scam!
October 25, 2019
Fun on Friday is supposed to be, well, fun. But I also like to offer useful advice. So this week, I have a tip for you. If your boyfriend or girlfriend wants you to send them a bunch of money in order to help them sell gold, don't do it. It's a scam.
Seriously. Just don't. Don't send people you've never met money.
    The Federal Reserve Is in Stealth Intervention Mode
Oct 25, 2019 - 08:09:06 PDT
What the central bank passes off as ‘funding issues’ could more accurately be described as liquidity injections to keep interest rates low, argues Sven Henrich.
This is despite a slew of bad reports as noted in Manufacturing Alarm Bells Ring on Unexpected Weakness.
    UMich Sentiment Disappoints
Oct 25, 2019 - 08:00:19 PDT
As UMich notes, the focus of consumers has been on income and job growth, while largely ignoring other news.
The bank added that it would temporarily halt purchases between Dec 19 and Jan 1 in anticipation of significantly lower market liquidity towards the end of the year.
Four global banks and five big fund managers called on international regulators on Thursday to require for-profit derivatives clearinghouses to put up more of their own capital to protect against cascading losses that could rock the world financial system.