SD Midweek Update: We could have seen the end of the pullback. The case is compelling. Here's the details...
Any reduction in Chinese purchases would come just as the U.S. prepares to boost its supply of debt.
This year may be anything but staid for the oil market as Citigroup Inc. predicts wildcards including war, Middle East tensions, Trump & Kim Jong Un driving crude toward $80 a barrel.
The billionaire bond manager is also dubious of the long-term value of bitcoin.
"Our idea was a small bullish triangle has been eliminated, but the trading since the 1327.20 high to the current low of 1314.10 is corrective..."
Stewart says that $1320 has acted as resistance for four years now, but the more it's tested, the weaker that resistance becomes. Here's an update...
Global gold-backed ETFs increased their holdings by 197.5 tons in 2017, an increase of 8.4% in global assets under management, according to the World Gold Council.Globally, gold-backed ETFs collectively held 2,363 tons of gold at the end of 2017, valued at $98.1 billion.
When the housing bubble popped in 2007, the Federal Reserve went to work to reinflate the bubble. It quickly pushed interest rates to zero, and in December 2008, the Fed launched the first of three rounds of quantitative easing. The virtual money printing lasted for five years.So, what did we ultimately get for the billions of dollars created by these Federal Reserve programs? As Ron Paul explains in a special episode of the Liberty Report, more numerous and bigger bubbles, and another crisis waiting to happen.
Consider the exploding star of Social Security, one of the largest & most important pension programs in the world.
All bets are off regarding conventional forecasts of the economic and financial future because central bankers have gone bonkers ever since the 2008 financial crisis.
The record, reached in November, shows a more confident consumer but raises concerns.
In this video, Charles Hugh Smith and Gordon T Long discuss why 2018 is going to be the "Time For A Change".
Bix says a cryptocurrency token-based barter system will get us from the coming collapse to the new crypto-centric monetary system. Here's more...
Gold’s outperformed most major assets since the U.S Federal Reserve last month raised interest rates — even bitcoin.
With today's spike in Treasury yields, perhaps triggered by BoJ's taper, Bond guru Bill Gross has called the end of the 25-year bond bull market...
Real GDP growth is above 3%, unemployment rate is near 4%, & other economic indicators are flashing green. Yet, I have an unpeaceful, uneasy feeling. Chapter 11 (bankruptcy) filings are rising and are back to Great Recession levels. Another indicator, commercial and industrial lending from commercial banks, is approaching a flat stall. Even real estate…
Jim says the hyperinflation and shortages will get so bad that we could see roaming bands of armed looters in search of food right here in the USA...
Since the late ‘90s, the US has increasingly financed its “growth” with debt. As a result, the amount of debt in the system, relative to GDP, has skyrocketed. The notion that we can “grow our way” out of this is ridiculous. The US Government has brought in RECORD amount of taxes since 2014… and the
The investment case for gold suddenly becomes very attractive.
Rising interest rates and end of QE pose major risks to asset markets, warns bank's chief economist.