By Michael Noonan Got gold? Got silver? If not, you may not survive very well under the current and future regime[s] established in this country. Does price matter? Sure, everyone wants to buy reasonably near the lows, and there are many of us who paid substantially higher prices than currently exist. However, if there is no intent to sell but only hold as a form of wealth protection and/or a[...]
Month: January 2015
The Market Gage – Crude Lower This Morning & Gold as a Deflation Hedge
January 12, 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. Following Friday’s strong close, our market resumed trading yesterday with a probe higher, but volume was light with the highs of $1,231.30 gold and $16.69 silver being short lived. In early U.S. trading, all [...]
Ditching the Dollar – Natural Act for a Dying Empire
By Jeff Thomas One of the symptoms of a declining empire is that it becomes less and less productive and therefore less relevant to other countries. Any empire, whilst in its prime, will have a strong currency. As its productive relevance declines, so will its currency. Invariably, its leaders attempt to keep the currency strong, in spite of the decline in national relevance. Rather than[...]
US Stocks Most Overvalued Relative To Rest Of The World In History
Today's chart of the day comes courtesy of Reuters Jamie McGeever, and it shows that based on a BofA analysis, US stocks have never in history been more expensive relative to the rest of the world, surpassing both the dot com bubble and the housing bubble. Add this to what we wrote over the weekend in "A Permabull Throws In The Towel: "Stocks Are Massively Overvalued", Key Multiples Are[...]
Oil above $100? Never again, says Saudi Prince Alwaleed
Maintaining production is ‘prudent, smart and shrewd’ By William Watts NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — A well-known Saudi prince is making a big call on oil, saying that the $100-a-barrel threshold will never be topped again. “If supply stays where it is, and demand remains weak, you better believe [the price of oil] is gonna go down more. But if some supply is taken off the market, and[...]
Labor Participation Rate Drops To Fresh 38 Year Low; Record 92.9 Million Americans Not In Labor Force
Another month, another attempt by the BLS to mask the collapse in the US labor force with a goalseeked seasonally-adjusted surge in waiter, bartender and other low-paying jobs. Case in point: after a modest rebound by 0.1% in November, the labor participation rate just slid once more, dropping to 62.7%, or the lowest print since December 1977. This happened because the number of Americans not in[...]
2015 – Year Of Catastrophic Bank Collapses, QE On A Grand Scale & Skyrocketing Gold
Today one of the greats in the business warned King World News that 2015 will be a year of catastrophic bank collapses, QE on a grand scale, and skyrocketing gold. He also said that the big money is now dumping their stocks ahead of the coming madness. Greyerz: “Eric, we live in a crazy world and it will only get worse. Sadly, events in France remind us of that. There will not[...]
The Dollar, On a ‘Hurricane Path of Destruction,’ is Set to Fall – MarketWatch
By Michael Brush The U.S. dollar, at its highest level in nine years, is about to fall off its perch. The decline will catch most investors by surprise and create sudden reversals in oil, coal and emerging market stocks. You can profit from this if you act now and buy those sectors — and bet against dollar. Continue reading at MarketWatch[...]
Oil’s Pricing Mystery Has Been Solved – Chris Mayer
It’s a new year, but it’s still the same market with the same people in it and the same worries. And the big story is still the collapse of oil prices. As I write, oil just slipped to a new 5½-year low. Why? Below I’ll reveal some things you probably don’t know about oil pricing — an explanation from the only guy who seems to get this: Warren Mosler, a former banker and ace hedge[...]
Asian Disenchantment with Western Gold Market Manipulation
The forthcoming launch of a gold kilobar contract by the CME group in Hong Kong is an element in Asian attempts to wrest control of gold benchmark pricing from the West. by Lawrence Williams A phrase at the end of a Reuters report on the forthcoming launch by CME Group of a gold futures contract in Hong Kong caught my eye. In commenting on the implementation of several gold futures trading[...]