I think we will look back at late 2019 as the beginning. This period will be rough but survivable if we prepare now. In fact, it will bring lots of exciting opportunities.Continue...Read More
Slides and Links: https://www.itmtrading.com/blog/stock...Question 1. John S: Don't you think it's possible that once inflation takes off, that our government under pressure from financial institutions would pass legislation to peg things like consumer debt and mortgages to an inflation index. There by negating your strategy to pay off debt with inflated dollars?Question 2. Rey M: Can you give us...Read More
US Defense Secretary Mark Esper says the U.S. will take "preemptive action" to "protect US forces" if he receives intel of attacks by Iran in the future.Continue...Read More
This near-universal belief in the omnipotent Fed raises an interesting question: how much actual control does the Fed have on the U.S. stock market? Continue...Read More
In recent days, the gold stocks have taken a big step towards a significant breakout, which appears almost certain in 2020. Continue...Read More
There is a case for silver if either the economy performs well or poorly in 2020, said Peter Hug, global trading director of Kitco Metals."I still believe silver, relative to gold, is going to outperform next year and I am bullish silver," Hug told Kitco News. Peter Hug has been involved in precious metals since 1974. He began gaining first-hand investment industry experience at Deak-Perera. He se...Read More
The Pentagon has confirmed that Soleimani was killed at the direction of President Trump in what it termed a "defensive action" as per the following statementContinue...Read More
Louise discusses her interest in technical analysis and the signs that we remain in an uptrend within the stock markets. She cautions that the markets are gradually getting less attractive each year since we have been in a bull market since 2009. We remain in a consolidation period for gold, and this is a good sign of an emerging bull market. Lastly, she outlines some of the changes that have occu...Read More
I suggest three simple actions. Diversify politically and geographically. Buy lots of gold and silver. Have a nice piece of productive land in a reasonably secure jurisdiction.Continue...Read More
Everything is coming up roses for Donald Trump, impeachment is a major non-event. Yet there are still things that can bring him down. A stock market collapse, a credit collapse or a geo-political event that kills the economy. Junk bonds are now booming, a late cycle event that is a portent of things to come. Another even more important development in the credit market is the total prostitution of...Read More
Investing at a profit is actually simple. The mob is always wrong. Always wrong. Figure out what the mob is thinking and do the opposite.Continue...Read More
Luxury assets of the ultra-wealthy, if that were expensive wine, fancy diamonds, and rare antique cars all had a down year as the stock market ramped to new highs, reported The Wall Street Journal.Continue...Read More
*This interview was recorded a week before Christmas 2019SBTV enlisted the help of Craig Hemke, publisher of the popular TFMetalsReport.com, to explain the basics of the oft-mentioned Commitment of Traders report (COT report) and how gold and silver investors can use it meaningfully.Discussed in this interview:01:43 Overview of Commitment of Traders report05:15 Focus on the legacy report of the CO...Read More
On December 29, an armed gunman entered the West Freeway Church of Christ in Texas and shot two members of the congregation. Within six seconds, a third member of the Continue...Read More
The past decade was undoubtedly shaped by the policy adopted by the global central banking cartel to flood the world with massive amounts of liquidity (over $15 trillion) to "rescue" markets following the Great Financial Crisis.Continue...Read More
Bitcoin is trading higher as expected, after a decisive break out of a base channel that also acted as a support after a retest earlier this week. We can see a nice and sharp move up, currently into 52k-53k area where the bitcoin may slow down as former high can represent a strong resistance. So, be aware of some slow down before uptrend may resume, ideally after the fourth wave. Support on nay se...Read More
This article has been deprecated due to an external error The newest Fed’s statement and dot-plot indicated a much more hawkish tone among the FOMC members than the markets expected, and gold dropped. On Wednesday (June 16, 2021), the FOMC has published its newest statement on monetary policy . The statement was barely changed. The main alteration is that the Fed has ceased saying that &ldqu...Read More
Alasdair Macleod talks about the impact on gold from a collapse of global banks and how Central Banks are preparing for a monetary reset that could adversely impact liberty.Alasdair Macleod is head of research for GoldMoney. He also runs FinanceAndEconomics.org, a website dedicated to sound money and demystifying finance and economics. He has a background as a stockbroker, banker and economist. Read More
McClellan Financial Publications, IncPosted Sep 23, 2020Sep 18, 2020The total Fed holdings of Treasury debt and mortgage backed securities (MBS) held by the Fed are now up to $6.4 trillion, and up by $68.8 billion this week for the weekly data reported on Sep. 16. All of that money-printing is adding to the total money supply, and it has assuredly helped to lift stock prices up out of the February...Read More
Alasdair Macleod with a background as a stockbroker, banker and economist explains that we are in an inflationary economy and why its happening is a bad thing.Alasdair Macleod is head of research for GoldMoney. He also runs FinanceAndEconomics.org, a website dedicated to sound money and demystifying finance and economics. He has a background as a stockbroker, banker and economist. Read More