Precious metals news

Veteran analyst Callum Thomas discusses his US Dollar Index (CURRENCY: USD) implied volatility index and its implications as it trades at record lows.

Story stocks, momentum stocks, hyperventilation stocks, consensual hallucination stocks, financial engineering stocks: anything but reality.

Ex-Scotia Capital and Bear Stearns trader, Corey Flaum, is cooperating with an ongoing federal criminal investigations into gold, silver, platinum and palladium futures markets, as is ex-J.P. Morgan trader John Edmonds.

Investors are piling into safe-haven bonds at a record pace, a sign that caution remains despite stocks pushing toward records.

Credit card companies are charging interest rates on credit cards with the widest spread above the Fed funds rate ever. Not only that, these are the highest credit card interest rates ever. But there is no inflation. Right.

Four gold advocates discuss the current action in the gold market, from gold's future potential to the price suppression & market rigging...

Who would loan money to an insolvent pension fund? Oh, that would be you, the taxpayer. In other words, the Government wants you to bail out your own retirement fund... Genius. But it’s going to get far worse...

Poor economic data suggest Governor Kuroda will need more monetary easing. Has the Bank of Japan lost its senses about its decades-long battle against deflation?

As of the end of June, the federal government's total debt stands at $22.023 trillion. The nation's debt is now bigger than its GDP.

Regarding negative-yielding debt, Saperstein says that the global figure has doubled to $13 trillion in the past year. "Negative yields are an aberration. They distort capital allocation and encourage excessive risk-seeking.

As investors await a Federal Reserve rate cut as soon as this month, yield-seekers are finding refuge in U.S. exchange-traded funds.

How dare Venezuela try to counter an "increasingly acute shortage of foreign exchange". What, do they think gold is money or something?

Has the gold/silver ratio started a major reversal? Silver’s outperformance over gold could mean big gains ahead.

We estimate that official figures are understated by a factor of 2.5, so debt is actually $460 trillion, which is 560% of GDP and $215,000 per person.

The European Central Bank on Thursday makes clear it stands ready to cut rates and deliver “highly accommodative” monetary policy in its effort to push...

J.P. Morgan on Thursday trimmed its prior estimate on U.S. economic growth in the second quarter to 1.00% even in the wake of a larger-than-forecast increase in domestic durable goods orders and a shrinkage in trade goods deficit in June.

The market crash will be like a runaway train with no brakes.

Wall Street opened slightly lower on Thursday after a clutch of earnings reports...

Australia’s top central banker flagged low interest rates for an “extended period” on Thursday, driving bond yields to record lows, in a dovish signal that analysts say marks a major shift in the bank’s approach to guiding market expectations.

Gold has pushed much higher in recent weeks, breaking through the $1,40o level and holding. Silver has also rallied and has started to close the gap with the yellow metal. In a recent podcast, Peter Schiff said we are seeing signs that the investment world is starting to catch on. The psychology has shifted and investors are started to realize that the gold bull-run is for real.
A lot of it has to do with the anticipation of more easy money from the Federal Reserve. Fed-speak continues to boost anticipation of an interest rate cut. The only thing dampening expectations is the possibility of higher inflation. Peter said that doesn't matter. Inflation or not, the Fed is cutting rates.