Republicans want to control, not end, the Fed … The Republicans' latest plan to rein in the Federal Reserve is, to damn it with the faintest of faint praise, their smartest yet. But it's still nowhere near convincing. It might be hard to believe, but Republicans weren't always so suspicious of the Fed's efforts to revive the economy. As Paul Krugman points out, you only have...Read More
Federal government moves to reduce sentences of 46,000 drug offenders … The U.S. Sentencing Commission voted Friday to slash the sentences of 46,000 inmates serving time for drug offenses, the latest move by federal officials to ease decades-old policies that have clogged the nation's prisons. If the decision is not blocked by Congress, nearly half of federal prisoners incarcerated for d...Read More
Republicans want to control, not end, the Fed … The Republicans' latest plan to rein in the Federal Reserve is, to damn it with the faintest of faint praise, their smartest yet. But it's still nowhere near convincing. It might be hard to believe, but Republicans weren't always so suspicious of the Fed's efforts to revive the economy. As Paul Krugman points out, you only have...Read More
Federal government moves to reduce sentences of 46,000 drug offenders … The U.S. Sentencing Commission voted Friday to slash the sentences of 46,000 inmates serving time for drug offenses, the latest move by federal officials to ease decades-old policies that have clogged the nation's prisons. If the decision is not blocked by Congress, nearly half of federal prisoners incarcerated for d...Read More
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Author John Rubino discusses the bursting of the financial bubble by the pandemic and how long governments and central banks can continue to extend the life of the economy with bailouts, deficits, money printing, and negative interest rates. He also gives his take on the US dollar, digital national currencies, the coming monetary reset, precious metals, the potential for civil unrest, and how indi...Read More
Dr. Ron Paul is a physician and former twelve-term congressman from Texas who ran for president in 2008. He is the author of eight books, including the New York Times bestsellers The Revolution: A Manifesto and End The Fed. An unwavering defender of the US Constitution, Paul has been an advocate of sound money, personal liberty, free markets, and international peace throughout his political career...Read More
Most of us expected equity markets to retest the March lows, but markets have defied that rationale. Markets are drawing support from extraordinary injections of liquidity from the Central Bank but the markets were overvalued prior to the outbreak of the pandemic, so correction from higher levels has been seen. In the USA, equity markets have gone up sharply, bond yields have moved to unprecedente...Read More
Gold and silver prices' upwards trajectory looks promising as long as central banks around the world continue to provide accommodative monetary policy; gold is headed to new all-time highs while silver has 30% more room to grow within a year, according to Todd Horwitz of BubbaTrading.com."Silver also looks great. I would expect silver to make a run at $25 before it's all over," he said. "$25 silve...Read More
0:00 Introduction1:02 Significance of Sprott Inc.'s recent NYSE listing?3:01 Will Sprott Lending be as profitable in a bull market as it was in the bear market?5:16 Discount rate used when analyzing development projects?7:51 When should a junior gold miner list on one of the large NY exchanges?12:31 Discussing quality management teams14:58 Trading Gold Stock Promotions Can Be Extraordinarily Profi...Read More
1. Markets reverse sharply lower yesterday afternoon after California Governor Newsom closed indoor businesses. This news sent the markets tumbling late in the session yesterday. Remember, the state of California is the 5th largest economy in the world. This type of thing happens every options expiration. 2. Bank earnings are starting to be reported. Earlier today, JPM, WFC and C all reported earn...Read More
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Gregory Mannarino started his career working for the securities and trading arm of the now defunct Bear Stearns before the dot-com bubble. After realizing that working on Wall Street was not like the movies, he moved on to get a medical degree and practiced medicine as a Physician Assistant. He also served in the United States Naval Reserve Medical Service Corps, having attained the rank of Lieute...Read More
Continue...Mohamed El-Erian is the Chief Economic Adviser of Allianz, a multinational financial services company. He is the former CEO and co-Chief Investment Officer of PIMCO, a global investment firm and one of the world's largest bond funds in the world. Dr. El-Erian also served as a member of the faculty of Harvard Business School. Before joining PIMCO, Dr. El-Erian was a managing director at...Read More
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How gold behaves now and over the next several weeks will determine its trajectory for at least the next 18 months.Continue...Read More
Wells Fargo Bank announced bad earnings for Q2 2020: Wells Fargo loses $2.4 billion in 2Q, first loss since 2008 https://finance.yahoo.com/news/wells-...However, Wells Fargo's new CEO tried to spin things saying that things will improve in the quarters to come. Wells Fargo Hits Rock Bottom. Can It Get Worse? https://www.yahoo.com/news/wells-farg...New Christopher Whalen article: Banks: Value Tease...Read More
With special guest Peter Warburton, founder and director of U.K.-based consultancy Economic Perspectives Ltd.James "Jim" Grant is an American writer and publisher and the founder of Grant's Interest Rate Observer, a twice-monthly journal of the financial markets. He is the author , most recently, of The Forgotten Depression: 1921: The Crash That Cured Itself. Grant's television appearances include...Read More
According to one expert, we are already in a depression which will last five years, and we are opening up to a very different world that will not recover from its economic, social, and psychological wounds for a generation.James Rickards, former Wall Street insider, lawyer, speaker, gold speculator, media commentator, and author of "Aftermath: Seven Secrets of Wealth Preservation in the Coming Cha...Read More