Does a mystery that is 3,500 years old hold the key to what is going to happen to global financial markets in 2015? Could it be possible that the timing of major financial crashes is not just a matter of coincidence? In previous articles on my website, I have discussed some of the major economic and financial cycle theories and their proponents. For example, in an article entitled “If Economic[...]
Month: January 2015
When A Soaring Dollar “Reflects Loss Of Investor Confidence And Is Potentially Devastating”
For all those following the relentless rise in the USD and assuming this is a great thing for global markets, here is a must read take from SocGen's Kit Juckes. * * * GOOD DOLLAR, BAD DOLLAR The ECB is buying more bonds than expected, and from longer maturities. ECB President Mario Draghi was almost scornful of concerns about the lack of burden-sharing in the event of losses. Equities rallied, [...]
“Buy The Dip” In Gold; BofA-Merrill Lynch Says EURUSD Bounces Should Be Sold
"Gold is consolidating before its larger bull trend resumes," notes BofAML's MacNeil Curry looking for a move to $1345 and beyond. But it is today's modest bounce in EURUSD that they believe should be sold, and "seen as temporary and corrective of the larger bear trend." Via BofAML, €/$ is correcting. Bounces should be sold. €/$ is correcting higher. However, this bounce should be seen[...]
The Market Gage – Greece Dominates Headlines
January 26, 2015 “The Market Gage” features insights into the precious metals market from Roy Friedman. Roy has over 30 years of in-depth experience in all facets of precious metals. The news of out of Greece was somewhat expected as the Syriza Party won a decisive victory although they fell two seats short of winning a majority. As they look to form alliances within the government[...]
Will Gold Be Part Of A New International Monetary System? – Koos Jansen
Anyone who has been paying attention to the global economy the past years can agree with me our central bankers have conducted miserable monetary policy and have taken the insufficient measures to fight crises. All major economies have embarked in printing unprecedented quantities of money, but the only thing they bought was time. Quantitative easing on such a scale is like kicking the can[...]
Stock Traders Flock to Gold – Monumental Market Turn
By Adam Hamilton Gold surged this week on massive buying from stock investors and speculators. This critical group of traders and their vast pools of capital utterly abandoned gold in the past couple years. So to see them start to flock back is a watershed event, heralding a major reversal in gold’s fortunes. And with their gold exposure remaining near extreme lows, they have vast buying left[...]
Almost 1,000 Tonnes of Silver Withdrawn From SLV Since December 1, 2014
by Ed Steer Yesterday In Gold & Silver The gold price rallied in early Far East trading on their Wednesday morning before getting capped in heavy volume around 2:30 p.m. Hong Kong time. It got sold down about six bucks from there, but once the noon London silver fix was in, the price rallied anew as the dollar index began to roll over in earnest. Then someone hit the “sell precious[...]
Fighting the Business Cycle – Longest War in History: Martin Armstrong
by Martin Armstrong The one war that never ends is how people constantly try to fight the trend. The ECB will buy bad government debt they created instead of doing what was necessary from the start – consolidate all state debt. That would have enabled the Euro to be a viable currency creating a reserve base that does not exist today. Instead, leaving each country with its own debt that was[...]
Richard Russell – Gold Bull Spits In Fed’s Face By Breaking Out During Worldwide Depression!
In the aftermath of last week's historic Swiss move, today the Godfather of newsletter writers, 90-year old Richard Russell, proclaimed that the gold bull has just spit in the Fed's face by breaking out of its massive base, even as the worldwide depression continues to grind on. Richard Russell: “The world depression has settled down on mankind. In the meantime every nation is struggling to[...]
A Perfect Storm: Brace Yourself for an Epic Economic Meltdown
By James Rickards Over the coming months, I believe we could see an economic meltdown at least six times the size of the 2007 subprime mortgage meltdown. Circumstances lead me to believe it could play out like the meltdown I experienced in 1998 after Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM) failed. This time, however, there will be several crucial differences that will leave investors and[...]