After what seems like a decade in the shadow of tech stocks and cryptocurrencies, gold and silver are rocking again. Which of course leaves everyone
For at least the past decade the behavior of the people who trade gold futures contracts – and thereby determine the metal’s price – has
That didn’t take long at all. Just a few weeks after the Commitment of Traders (COT) Reports for gold and silver turned positive – setting
Just a quick, happy update on the gold/silver COT reports. See last week’s post for a little more background. Speculators are running scared in the
The stars — in the form of smart and dumb money futures contract positions — have once again lined up favorably for precious metals. Here
The global financial system’s ever-increasing leverage pretty much guarantees another crisis in coming years — unless it’s pre-empted by new weapons that can, in theory,
The past century has been an orgy of experimentation. We tried fascism, which initially looked good to some before (literally) crashing and burning. We tried
Some lives were changed recently: Gold Treasure Found Inside A British Piano (Mercury News) — British officials say they’ve been unable to trace the rightful
Inflation is back, thanks to the past few years’ exuberant borrowing and currency creation. Meanwhile, populist politicians are gaining traction in Europe, threatening both the
When the history of these times is written, former Fed Chair Alan Greenspan will be one of the major villains, but also one of the
For what seems like decades, people have been warning that the next time some over-leveraged corner of the financial system implodes, bank and brokerage accounts
Jay Taylor’s Gold Energy & Tech Stocks Newsletter has unearthed some huge winners lately. Here’s an excerpt from his weekly update that concludes with three
One of life’s hardest-to-learn but most necessary lessons is that things usually take a lot longer to work out than you’d like them to. That’s
ECB Chairman Mario Draghi’s announcement of bigger and better QE this morning should have surprised no one. The fact is that the eurozone is coming
A week ago it looked like the US government was destined to end up firmly – maybe even more firmly — in the hands of
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