Gold prices hit a new all-time high on Thursday, and there’s still room for it to surge as several countries are on a gold-buying spree. Prices could rise to $2,300 per ounce in the second half of 2024, especially against the backdrop of expectations that the U.S. Strong physical demand for gold is also fueled by its appeal as a safe-haven asset and investors looking to diversify amid[...]
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Longtime Preachers of “Don’t Fight The Fed” Now Fighting The Fed
April 13, 2022 Wall Street strategist have historically preached the old adage "don't fight the Fed." In a nutshell, this advice conveys that investors should simply position their portfolios to benefit from the direction the Federal Reserve is steering the economy via its policy decisions. The wholehearted embrace of this advice was especially true over the past couple of decades whereby[...]
Q1 Results and Where Mainstream Advisors and Media Fail the Average Investor
April 5, 2022 Most investors like to believe they are solely focused on achieving the best returns. Further, they believe they strive to employ the best ideas to build their optimal portfolio. They also like to think that either their financial advisor or they themselves are making decisions on facts and supporting data to achieve their financial goals, if said goals are to achieve the[...]
Take a Look at What They Buried in This Obscure Report
April 21, 2015 Cancun, Mexico Imagine having a net worth of $57 billion. That sounds like a lot. And for the few folks out there like Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, and Vladimir Putin who have racked up such a prodigious amount, it is a lot. But not if you’re the US Federal Reserve. Just like how individual people can calculate their ‘net worth’ by adding up all of their assets (cash,[...]
WHERE DO PRECIOUS METALS GO FROM HERE?
I urge you to consider my arguments for investing in gold and silver, and the miners that extract it. I am holding on to my post 2008 forecast for gold reaching $3-5k per ounce by 2017 (and silver reaching $100) because the world’s largest governments continue their plunge into default, and cannot afford to let interest rates normalize if they don’t want to be forced into a[...]
“Belief That European QE Will Work Is Far-Fetched,” Bill White Warns This Will “End Very Badly”
As the title of Hinde Capital's latest note ascribes, we are on "The Road to Nowhere," and this excellent discussion with former BIS Economic Adviser (and teller-of-the-truth) William White explains it all.. "I'm not sure [European QE] is going to do anything - certainly, nothing that's good. The fundamental problem here, as I see it anyway, is that the European banking system is still broken... [...]
Investors Still Aren’t Fully Awake to this Dollar Nightmare Yet – MarketWatch
By Shawn Langlois We are back on “patient” watch this week, with the Fed’s potential market-rattling precursor to a rate hike due midweek. Our call of the day predicts that, for now, “patient” will remain in the script and the Fed won’t be rocking the boat on interest rates (more on that below). Market behavior says: “I’m not so sure.” Volatility has been on the rise, and[...]
What Will Happen to You When the Dollar Collapses?
by Jeff Thomas Historically, when a nation’s debt exceeds its ability to repay even the interest, it can be assumed that the currency will collapse. Typically, governments exacerbate the situation by printing large amounts of currency notes in an effort to inflate the problem away, or at least postpone it. The greater the level of debt, the more dramatic the inflation must be to counter it.[...]
Suspicions About the Federal Reserve Spill Out in House Hearing
By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: March 2, 2015 Fed Chairman Janet Yellen fielded questions last Wednesday before a combative House Financial Services Committee. Tempers flared, fingers stabbed the air, arms waved wildly as House reps expressed pent up frustrations with how the Federal Reserve is handling the economy. At times, Yellen answered curtly and at one point rolled her eyes at[...]
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[...]