Fresh worries about the global economy and a surprisingly dovish turn by the Federal Reserve have rattled Wall Street, but it’s nothing that a week or two of...
This chart shows the total sum of negative yielding debt has increased by more than 50% since September
Has anyone noticed that the Federal Reserve is solvent again? Unlikely, as few realized that it was technically insolvent. At the Sept. 30 reporting date, cumulative unrealized losses in the system’s open market account
Growing populist movements have already frayed ties between nations. And a new guard of untested leaders is taking over.
Transitioning into the 2Q, significant downside dangers are developing.
The world will consume 4,370 tonnes of gold this year, the most since 2015 and up slightly from 4,364 tonnes in 2018, consultancy Metals Focus said.
Last week we reported that the yield curve on US Treasurys had inverted after the yield on the 10-year fell below the yield on 3-year bonds for the first time since 2007 – the cusp of the Great Recession. This has historically been an early-warning sign signaling a recession.Now we have some more bad news for bond markets - this time on a global scale. The amount of government debt with negative yields has vaulted back above the $10 trillion mark and now makes up a full one-fifth of the global bond market.
“It’s getting very difficult to put money to work,” said Sydney-based Pelosi. “We need to preserve capital here now, we need to be taking insurance where we can.
The valid insight behind "modern monetary theory" – that governments and central banks together can always create nominal demand – was explained by Milton Friedman in 1948. But it is vital also to understand that excessive monetary finance is hugely harmful, and it is dangerous to view it as a costless way to solve long-term challenges.
Governments don’t tax away dollars to stare at them lovingly. The dollars taken from us signal growing government control.
More than 41,000 people have lost their jobs in the retail industry so far this year — a 92 percent spike in layoffs since the same time last year, according to a new report.
The federal government spent $1,822,712,000,000 in the first five months of fiscal 2019, the most it has spent in the first five months of any fiscal year since 2009
Gold & silver are different because they allow people to "opt-out" of the system. Saving in gold & silver reduces systemic risk. Rick Rule explains...
"It is only a matter of time now, and that time is in months, not years."
Many factors are helping the monetary metal gradually overcome the price suppression engineered by certain governments & central banks. Peter explains...
Silver expert David Morgan tells Silver Doctors he expects $1400 gold in 2019. Above that level, there's not much resistance until $1600...
Since the equity markets peaked near the end of Q3 of last year, more than $5 trillion in debt globally has been pushed to negative yields as of Monday.
Metals & Markets: Might want to brush-up on those duck-n-cover skills. The shockwave from this truthbomb's absolutely brutal...
YTD Performance12/31/20183/28/2019Change% ChangeGold1282.512929.50.741%DX96.0697.261.21.249%S&P2505283432913.134%JYN109.63110.811.181.076%Euro1.14661.1218-0.0248-2.163%US 10-year bond yield2.6862.41-0.276-10.276%Oil (WTI)45.4560.2314.7832.519%
Gold Today March 29, 2019