Perhaps the best tool for anticipating major shifts in the financial system is the ratio between Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS): and the Long-term Treasuries ETF (TLT).In its simplest form, when this ratio rallies, the financial system is anticipating IN-flation. When this ratio falls, the financial system is anticipating DE-flation.Below is a 10 year chart for this ratio. And as y...Read More
"While cash levels are up slightly sequentially to approximately $150 billion, cash as a percentage of total client assets remained at historic lows at 12.7%, down Continue...Read More
For those that follow me regularly, you will know that I have been tracking a set up for the VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX), which I analyze as a proxy for the metals market. I believe that the GDX can outperform the general equity market once we confirm a long term break out has begun, and I think we can see it in occur in early 2018.Since I have been on vacation for the last two weeks, and...Read More
Graceland Updates By Stewart Thomson 1. The good news for gold keeps flowing, with institutions around the world stepping up to the buy window ever-more frequently. 2. They are clearly embracing gold as a key portfolio holding for the long term. The bottom line: institutional respect for gold as a portfolio diversifier has never been stronger than it is right now.3. On that...Read More
Global Warming - Climate Change - Global CoolingHuman beings do affect climate and weather. But is their impact important? Consider this article about global cooling.Stepping Back From The Controversy"Warming" can be taxed. "Cooling" can't be taxed as easily. Which story will government support?Global cooling was the big concern fifty years ago.Many climate changes have occurred in the past millio...Read More
Full Article: There Is Still Value In Gold As A Portfolio Diversifier - Sprott Asset ManagementBy: Neils Christensen(Kitco News) - There is still lots of value in the gold market as prices hold near a four-month high, according to the manager of the third largest gold-backed investment firm in North America.John Ciampaglia, CEO of Sprott Asset Management (SAM), said in an interview with Kitco Ne...Read More
President Trump's move Monday to slap tariffs on imports of solar panels and washing machines imported from China risks bringing back talks of a trade warContinue...Read More
By Gary ChristensonCONCLUSIONSThe Russians did not cause global warming or a dozen other problems, but the accusations make good distractions.Blaming and taxing global warming are helpful to the financial and political elite.Gold and silver bullion and cash are less controllable by the elite, so they are discouraged.I encourage you to buy more silver! GLOBAL WARMING - CLIMATE CHANGE - GLOBAL COO...Read More
"All of this is pure garbage. Is Intel really planning on making this sh*t architectural?" he asked. "Has anybody talked to them and told them they are f*cking insane? Please, any Intel engineers here - talk to your managers."]Continue...Read More
By Mike MaloneyOver the last year, we've seen a strong trend develop at GoldSilver.com: more and more crypto investors are diversifying into precious metals by buying physical gold and silver with Bitcoin. In his latest video, Mike Maloney explains why he feels this is happening, and why it is a good thing. Read More
By Jeff ClarkThere were some curious developments in the gold sector last year, most of which have flown under the radar of mainstream press reports. And the more they ignore what's happening, the greater the surprise to the upside will be. It could indeed be very exciting for those of us that are overweight precious metals and have stayed the course.While stocks and cryptos dominated last year'...Read More
Gold Newsletter editor Brien Lundin says juniors with large, identified gold and silver resources will be the first to react to the rally in metals prices.Read More
By Frank HolmesLast week the U.S. Global Investors office was visited by a living legend in the junior mining industry, billionaire founder and executive chairman of Ivanhoe Mines, Robert Friedland. In case you don't know, back in the mid-1970s, Robert was caretaker of an apple orchard south of Portland that one of his buddies from Reed College would often visit. That buddy's name was Steve Jobs...Read More
- U.S. Senate pass a temporary spending plan through Feb. 8 to end shutdown- Markets shrug off both government shutdown and re-opening- Markets, government and media ignoring worsening US debt position- Gold responding positively to U.S. dysfunction, rising US Treasury yields & weaker dollar- U.S. government national debt is $20.6 trillion and increasing rapidly- 'Bonds, like men, are in a bea...Read More
Trade war and protectionism across the world should be bullish for gold, silver and other safe havens. US President Donald Trump slapped tariffs on imported solar panels and washing machines, his first major trade move. Chinese solar companies will be the looser. India had also imposed anti-dumping duty on Chinese solar panels. Every nation is following a "protectionism policy" under the garb of...Read More
Listen to this podcast on our site by clicking here or subscribe on iTunes here.With WTI crude oil now trading above $60 a barrel, some are predicting we'll hit as high as $80 in 2018. Financial Sense Newshour recently spoke with Robert Rapier at R-Squared Energy to discuss his outlook for oil this year, why he thinks the current rally will continue but have a hard time going much higher than...Read More
Jan 24, 2018 Guest(s): Frank Holmes CEO, U.S. Global Investors Gold may have more than another $100 to rise, said Frank Holmes, CEO of U.S. Global Investors."Rates can rise," Holmes told Kitco News on the sidelines of the Vancouver Resource Investment Conference, "I really think that the CPI numbers are understated because of the factors they use for their model." Holmes said that using the mode...Read More
"The higher price of oil is going to really harm some weak players out there. The chain reaction always starts with somebody not being able to pay their debt back."Christopher Martenson is a former American biochemical scientist. Currently he is a writer and trend forecaster interested in macro trends regarding the economy, energy composition and environment. He is the founder of PeakProsperity.co...Read More
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"More New Yorkers have died from opioid overdoses than car crashes and homicides combined in recent years. Big Pharma helped to fuel this epidemic by deceptively peddling Continue...Read More