Gold & silver stocks have just moved visibly higher as the stock market has taken a dive. Was it a bluff, or the sign of a bottom? Here's some insight...
Risk off sentiment continued overnight, with fears that the US and China would be unable to resolve disputes over a proposed trade agreement before new tariffs threatened by Trump will be implemented this Friday.
This has to end badly because the distortions have to be reconciled. It was once okay to have recessions and corrections in the stock market when the stock market was not the economy, but asset prices have become the economy.
In our opinion, this recent talk about lower inflation is a sad case of the Fed manufacturing a story to justify easier monetary policy.
Recent spending patterns combined with credit-card losses reveal some disturbing trends.
"If we reduced interest rates by 100 basis points, I think the economy would soar and so would inflation & so would the dollar fall accordingly.”
Stock market volatility and persistently low interest rates are raising questions about how state and local pensions can manage through market turmoil, aging populations and rising fixed costs for retiree health-care.
“This is a struggle for hegemony in the 21st century... The stock market is going to wake up to this reality. The currency wars and trade wars are set to get worse.”
The other side of the coin is that these debt slaves now owe $4 trillion that they must pay interest and principal on for all times to come. And inflation won’t help them because rising inflation will cause these rates to rise.
In the first two credit-tightening cycles of the last 27 years, the US central bank hiked its base interest rate 108% from August 1992 to May 2000 (3 to 6.5), and 425% from June 2003 to June 2006 (…
Michael says the rigging is getting more blatant and in-your-face at every turn, however, this can only be interpreted as gold bottoming. Here's why...
Policy makers have fallen far short of 2 percent growth for years despite trillions of euros of stimulus.
Emerging market central banks have become some of the largest buyers in the gold market as they look to diversify their reserves away from the dollar.
There has been significant volatility in US stock markets so far this week. The Dow was down over 470 points Monday morning. Dip-buyers saved the day and the Dow ended up only down 66 points. But then the bottom fell out on Tuesday, with the Dow plunging 473 points.Tweets by President Trump threatening more tariffs and raising questions about whether China and the US can work out a trade deal sparked this market volatility and the ensuing sell-off.In his latest podcast, Peter Schiff raises an interesting question: was this by design?
Fed official said on Wednesday should begin targeting explicit levels for longer-term interest rates as a way to add more stimulus to the economy.
While a blowup in credit card debt - which has eclipsed mortgage debt and auto-loan debt - isn't an immediate danger, if signs of economic stress re-emerge, banks' decision...
This year is shaping up to be the biggest by far for defaults in China’s $13 trillion bond market, highlighting the widening fallout from the government’s campaign to rein in leverage.
As growth worries and trade war jitters threaten to spoil any rebound for emerging markets in 2019, property markets are shaping up as a critical element to monitor for further signs of gloom.
Jewelers and dealers in India reported brisk gold sales on Akshaya Tritiya, despite the holiday falling on a workday and extreme heat in some regions of the country.Akshay Tritiya ranks as one of the four most important days for Hindus. The word Akshay roughly translates to “the never diminishing." The day is believed to bring good luck and success. It is also considered one of the most auspicious occasions to buy precious metals, including gold.
Debt collectors could soon be making a comeback. Consumer advocates are calling the CFPB’s proposals ‘harassment.’