Precious metals news

Business-loan growth fell to its lowest levels since the aftermath of the financial crisis in the final weeks of 2017, a puzzling development that could weigh on bank earnings later this month.

Look at the YoY growth in the all-transactions index from FHFA for US house prices compared to the St Louis Fed Financial Stress Index. When the financial stress index is low (less than zero), we see BIG home price…

SD Midweek: The rally continues into the New Year, and now gold & silver are fighting resistance in this first week of 2018. Here's the details...

— and there could be more pain ahead. Manhattan real estate sales and prices took a fall in the fourth quarter, and they're likely to slide even further.

You Can't "Normalize" Markets that Depend on Extreme Monetary Stimulus. Central banks are now trapped.

Trading is expected to start Jan. 18. Multiple rounds of testing have been carried out & all listing requirements met.

The European Central Bank is heading for a two-year leadership overhaul that peaks with the selection of a successor to President Mario Draghi, and it will be politics as much as ability that determines who get the jobs.

The biggest regulatory change in Europe in 10 years got off to a comparatively smooth start as the chairman of the European Securities and Markets Authority said he’s seen no teething problems.

Wilshire Consulting predicts 6.25% return on US Equities over a decade. Hussman and GMO predict negative returns.

"After years of pain and suffering, a sustainable rally is in the works..."

Harvey says the initial standings for silver are impressive. Here's the details...

All of Jack's indicators are up this week, including his own proprietary indicator. Here's the details...

Could 2018 be a breakout year? Well, it depends on where you're looking.
2107 was certainly a great year for the stock market. A record year in fact with the Dow busting through several milestones. The Dow Jones was up every month in 2017. Naturally, analysts and mainstream media pundits were giddy as they looked back on the year last week.
Meanwhile, gold was up over 12% and closed above $1,300 for the first time in five years. What did the pundits have to say about that? Well, according to CNBC, gold has "lost its luster."
In his last podcast of 2017, Peter Schiff said that is pretty absurd.

Gold imports into India surged in 2017 as demand rebounded.
According to GFMS, imports of the yellow metal into India increased 67% as jewelers replenished inventory and retail demand rebounded.

Investors have started betting big on silver amid hopes of a sharp upswing in its prices in the calendar 2018. Despite immense of potential for an increase following improvement in industrial commodities' prices, silver remained an underperformer in

Investors in bitcoin & other cryptocurrencies will come back to gold once cryptocurrency mania dies down, according to Agnico Eagle Mines CEO Sean Boyd.

Financial stress has been negative since June 18, 2010. I expect 2018 will not be so complacent.

Subjects covered: Gold as a Reserve Asset • Gold/Oil Ratio • Bypassing the US Dollar • Dollar shortage caused by oil price • Deficits starting to matter

Financially speaking, 2018 will be a precarious year of more bubbles inflated by cheap money, followed by a leakage that will begin with the bond or debt markets.

I don’t have a decent way to illustrate this, but I think it is fair to say short USD is a consensus trade going into the new year.