January 19, 2015 By Craig Stephen HONG KONG (MarketWatch) — The surprise move by Switzerland to scrap its currency ceiling against the euro last week is a reminder there can be unexpected collateral damage from central banks waging currency wars. As markets digest last week’s turmoil, expect focus to turn to other fault lines on the global currency map. Here China stands out, as like the[...]
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Richard Russell Warns Great Forces Now Overpowering Central Banks – Expect Gold-Backed Currencies
After a wild week of trading that saw chaos erupt in Europe and the price of gold and silver soar, the Godfather of newsletter writers, 90-year old Richard Russell, warned that great deflationary forces are now overpowering central banks and the world is going to see gold-backed currencies once again. Richard Russell: “The great deflationary forces that are overpowering central banks[...]
The Fix is In: Why Gold Price Manipulation is Now a Global Effort – Rickards Commentary with Video
By James Rickards A lot of people think about gold as a percentage of total reserves. So countries have reserves. What percentage of your reserves consist of gold? For example, a lot of people are surprised to learn that the United States has 70 percent of its reserves in gold. China has about 1 percent of its reserves in gold. So people look at that and think that’s the imbalance. But[...]
Inside the December Retail Report: “Disappointing” Isn’t the Half of It
by David Stockman Today’s 0.9% decline in December retail sales apparently came as a shock to bubblevision’s talking heads. After all, we have had this giant “oil tax cut”, and, besides, the US economy has “decoupled” from the stormy waters abroad and is finally on its way to “escape velocity”. The Wall Street touts and Keynesian economic doctors have been saying that for months [...]
Swiss Abandon Peg to Euro – The Euro is Dead – Long Live the Swissy – Armstrong
January 15, 2015 The Swiss franc has risen by almost 30pc against the euro after the central bank shocked global markets by abandoning its long-standing peg to the euro imposed in 2011. The Swiss had no choice. They have been buying Euro at alarming amounts as smart money bet the Swiss would be far better at the end of the day than a Euro. As long as the Swiss was pegged to the Euro, the Swiss[...]
Russell – Buy Gold And Silver While It’s Still Available As China To Back Yuan With Gold
January 15, 2015 With enormous volatility in global markets and crude oil rallying almost $3, today the Godfather of newsletter writers, 90-year old Richard Russell, covers everything from China moving to back the yuan with gold to a huge surprise for global stock markets. Russell also urges readers to buy physical gold and silver while they are still available. Richard Russell: “In almost[...]
Gold And Silver Markets Now Set For Spectacular Surge
With gold trading near $1,240 and silver above $17, it now appears both of these markets are setting up for massive moves to the upside. Included in the piece below is a key illustration as well as an important first target for the upside advance in the price of gold. Below is top Citi analyst Tom Fitzpatrick's key chart showing the breakout in gold along with his commentary which includes an[...]
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[...]
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[...]