The blue-chip index just logged its longest losing streak in more than a yearThe Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) on Tuesday suffered its fifth straight loss, weighed down by poorly received blue-chip earnings and broad concerns about bond yields. It was the Dow's longest losing streak since March 2017, when the index suffered eight consecutive down days. However, if past is prologue, this recen...Read More

The comments below are an edited and abridged synopsis of an article by Tyler DurdenA year ago, the IMF warned about the soaring level of private sector debt. More than 20% of US corporations were at risk of defaults once interest rates rose, and the combined assets of firms threatened by default (those who earnings do not cover their interest expense) could reach $4 trillion.The IMF has again sou...Read More

 CloseGain/LossGold $1323.10-$8.40Silver$16.56-$0.17XAU82.47-0.97%HUI180.83-0.85%GDM628.27-0.76%JSE Gold1095.11-17.72USD91.20+0.43Euro121.74-0.63Yen91.53-0.60Oil$68.05+$0.3510-Year3.026%+0.034T-Bond141.75-0.78125Dow24083.83+0.25%Nasdaq7003.74-0.05%S&P2639.40+0.18%  The Metals: Gold fell $12.50 to $1319.00 by a little after 8AM EST before it chopped back higher in New York,...Read More

Full Article: Gold Stocks Have Been Quietly BottomingBy: David ErfleBased on the trading levels and decreasing volume in the GDX over the past 18 months, the precious metal miner sector has been drifting listlessly sideways and totally devoid of excitement. Gold stock volatility levels are dropping down to unsustainably low values and periods of low volatility lead to sharp moves. The major miner...Read More

What is Bitcoin? Is it just a payment system, money or investment asset? Nobody knows for sure - it generates enormous definition and classification problems. But it's understandable, as Bitcoin in a new player in town. However, people also cannot agree on what gold really is. Let's solve this problem once and for all. It will enable us later to adopt the right gold investing philosophy. Have y...Read More

For those that follow me regularly, you will know that I have been tracking a set-up for the SPDR Gold Trust ETF (GLD), which I analyze as a proxy for the gold market. I also believe that gold can outperform the general equity market once we confirm a long-term break out has begun, and I still think we can see it in occur in 2018. This week, I will provide an update to GLD. While I have gone on re...Read More

By Ira EpsteinMetals see no relief due to rising Dollar. http://iraepstein.com/ Read More

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. crude rose on Wednesday, shrugging off data showing rising domestic fuel inventories and production, and both U.S. crude and Brent held within sight of three-year highs reached the previous day.Supplier cutbacks, steady demand growth, geopolitical tensions and a favorable structure in the futures market have attracted record investment in oil this year.A rise in U.S. gove...Read More

Intel is scheduled to report earnings after tomorrow's closeSemiconductor giant Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) is slated to report its first-quarter earnings after the close tomorrow. The stock notched a 17-year high of $54.35 on April 18, before pulling back amid a broader chipmaker sell-off, and today is fractionally lower amid reports of a Justice Department probe into possible violations of I...Read More

The comments below are an edited and abridged synopsis of an article by Brian ChappattaThe global bond market's primary benchmark, the 10-year US Treasury yield, is knocking on the door of 3%, a level it hasn't topped in more than four years. That's more than just a nice round number; higher yields make the burden of everything from mortgages to student loans and car payments even heavier. Some ma...Read More

Silver, silver, and silver - that's all there seems to matter to the more short-term oriented investors. But, there's so much more that's going on than just the rally in the white metal that just got invalidated! The dynamics in the precious metals market extend well beyond the above and the signal that's coming from silver - as important as it is for the short run - is just one of many puzzles...Read More

"You don't have to agree with trump but the mob can't make me not love him. We are both dragon energy. He is my brother. I love everyone. I don't agree with everything"Continue...Read More

By Craig HemkeJust last week, it appeared that a general rally in commodities was underway. Gold, silver, the base metals and crude oil were all soaring. But now, less than one week later, prices are falling sharply. And why? Blame the HFTs that trade the digital derivative contracts. They've "seen" the sudden, sharp rally in the US dollar, and they've been quick to dump their metals exposure as...Read More

LONDON (Reuters) - World markets entered 2018 speculating that the most synchronized global economic expansion in a decade was about to overheat but growth has since proved underwhelming.While missile strikes and threats of a global trade war have hogged the headlines, it’s an unexpected loss of economic momentum, particularly in Europe, that has frightened investors who played down politica...Read More

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has recently raised its economic growth forecast for Latin America and the Caribbean while a gradual recovery continues in the region, which was severely affected by the 2014-16 decline in commodity prices.The region's gross domestic product (GDP) is now expected to rise by 2% year-on-year in 2018, against a previous forecast of a 1.9% increase, the IMF said i...Read More

AAL, SAVE, and LUV are on track to report tomorrow morningIt's the thick of earnings season, and while blue chips have been dominating the action recently, airlines are on deck. Looking ahead to tomorrow's calendar, specifically, American Airlines Group Inc (NASDAQ:AAL), Spirit Airlines, Inc. (NYSE:SAVE), and Southwest Airlines Co (NYSE:LUV) are all slated to report first-quarter earnings ahead of...Read More

This article was written for Miles Franklin by Gary Christenson.Quick summary: U.S. debt, spending and deficits are out of control. Thinking otherwise is delusional. The "runaway train" of debt creation will end tragically. Protect your assets from a mathematically assured disaster while you can. Buy and hold silver, gold and platinum.The national debt of western nations plus Japan is a travesty...Read More

Walter E. Williams is the John M. Olin distinguished professor of economics at George Mason University, and a nationally syndicated columnist. To find out more Continue...Read More

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:A member of Congress this week asked the U.S. Treasury Department and Federal Reserve to come clean about government policy toward gold.The congressman, U.S. Rep. Alex X. Mooney, R-West Virginia, sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell raising issues similar to those GATA long has been raising about the U.S. gover...Read More

SHANGHAI, Apr 26 (SMM) – This is a roundup of global macroeconomic news last night and what is expected today.Last nightAs US treasury yields continued their upward movement, the US dollar index hit a three-month high and closed at 91.25 overnight.Base metals performed weakly under pressure. LME and SHFE zinc tumbled over 2% as LME inventories jumped 15.5%. SHFE aluminium and tin inched up b...Read More