McClellan Financial Publications, IncPosted Nov 12, 2020Nov 5, 2020A peak in global average temperatures in 2015-16 is foretelling a bottom for long-term bond yields.But to understand that point, I need to explain this week’s chart.It shows an inverted plot of Moody’s Aaa corporate bond yield, with proxy data for the years before Moody’s began that series in 1919.Also in that cha...Read More
McClellan Financial Publications, IncPosted Nov 19, 2020Nov 13, 2020There is more information in the plot of a McClellan Price Oscillator than just up or down, high or low. Looking at its structures can give us additional information about the strength of a trend.This week’s chart looks at the AMEX Gold Miners Index, GDM.It is showing us things right now which make for a good opportunity for...Read More
The secret to surviving the next few years is keeping your wealth in real money, not in the U.S. dollar. Buy things that hold their value and are exchangeable all over the world. Commodities such as gold and silver have a world market that transcends national borders, politics, religions, and race. The good news is that you still have time to protect yourself. And the smart money already is. The s...Read More
Bitcoin is soaring again, as it just neared $19,000-doubling where it ended in 2019. It can be argued that no other asset has delivered such strong returns in one of the worst financial markets in history. But Robert Kiyosaki encourages everyone to have Bitcoin AND gold and silver. The reason is these assets are insurance against a dying dollar. In this update video, Robert explains this tweet: "B...Read More
When you look at the news today, it's easy to see all of the assets are in a bubble, and it's only a matter of time until this bubble pops. While it's tough to predict the future, one thing is for certain: The U.S. dollar will continue to go down in value, and savers will be losers. With people all over the world piling debt upon debt and spending like fools because we've been in a bull market, be...Read More
Alasdair Macleod explains how the dollar's trip toward the dustbin of history is likely to proceed and what we should be looking for to tell us it's happening.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
During the summer, there were approximately 23 million Americans without jobs. To put that into perspective, in the double-dip recession in 1982, we had 2.7 million. The early 1990 recessions, 2 million; the dot-com bust, 1.9 million; the great recession, 2.6 million. This is 10 times higher than any other unemployment rate that the US has ever seen. The lockdowns, jobless rate, and the inability...Read More
There's nothing any of us can do to affect national monetary policy or stop the major unraveling trends already set in motion, but we can do our best to step outside harm's way Continue...Read More
McClellan Financial Publications, IncPosted Jul 15, 2020Jul 10, 2020The stock market rally went into pause mode in June, or at least that is the case as measured by the SP500’s behavior.But traders are still piling into the tech stocks which dominate the Nasdaq 100 Index.The operative logic is to chase what is working, for as long as it is working.And that logic is working at the moment.The...Read More
The most alarming interview you'll listen to in 2020!Would you ever imagine that the American people are funding the cannibalism of our own industries? Thanks to something called dollar swap lines-which grants unlimited lines of credit to 15 central banks around the world-this is exactly what's happening in the shadow banking system.In this episode, you'll learn:1. What are dollar swap lines, and...Read More
Alasdair Macleod explains why he believes the dollar's days are numbered not only as the world's reserve currency but even as a useful domestic currency.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
The coronavirus pandemic is driving a major crisis in the commercial real estate industry. Two sources are CLO, a type of collateralized debt obligation, which is often corporate loans with low credit ratings or loans taken out by private equity firms to conduct leveraged buyouts. And CMBS, Collateralized Loan Obligations, which are backed by commercial mortgages rather than residential real estat...Read More
One might think that growing up with the last name Trump means you've been handed everything your whole life or things have been easy for you, but that couldn't be further from the truth.Eric Trump joins the Rich Dad Radio show to discuss what life is like as the son of the 45th President of the United States and how his parents raised him and his siblings to work hard and understand the value of...Read More
McClellan Financial Publications, IncPosted Aug 5, 2020Jul 31, 2020Farmers in the U.S. were excited this week about the news of China agreeing to buy 1.9 million tons of corn. That news has not yet given a lift to corn futures prices, but this week’s chart says that a major multi-month uptrend is coming.The movements of gold prices tend to show up again about 15 months later in grain prices....Read More
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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
"Recent governments have paid lip service to capitalism while implementing socialism by stealth using the concept of the 'mixed economy' or the 'third way'. Governments have excessively interfered in the free marketContinue...Read More
McClellan Financial Publications, IncPosted Mar 24, 2021Mar 19, 2021Congress and the White House seem intent upon spending a lot more of our money.In the past 12 months ending in February 2021, the federal government has spent $2 for every $1 it took in.That has boosted the deficit up to an amount never seen before, neither in nominal terms nor as a percentage of GDP.Spending money that the govern...Read More