Negative rates have not worked for the ECB, Sweden, Japan, or Switzerland. Nonetheless, Fed Chair Janet Yellen is back on that idea today in Congressional testimony. Specifically, Yellen Says Fed Eva...
So what was new yesterday that drove the dollar in the dirt against the new safe haven stars (euro, yen, and gold)? I would have to say Yellen’s feckless performance in front of the cameras during h...
Benn Steil and Emma Smith at the Council on Foreign Relations present an interesting picture of Chinese reserves. They write: The People’s Bank of China has been selling off foreign currency reserv...
A question may go through the minds of some readers as they read many of the articles written by this “precious metals commentator.” That question is one of relevance. Why should readers or invest...
Last year I expressed the concern that the global economy of the future might be excessively influenced by a black box economy – China. But as 2016 has picked up the turmoil that 2015 started, it...
Gann Angles and Cycles guide the market like road signs! Read the Mark Twain quote in the image, are you one of the fooled and still holding your FANG (Facebook (FB),Apple (AAPL), NetFlix (NFLX) and G...
It appears by the total lack of coverage that the utter collapse of Europe’s banking system is entirely irrelevant to the “fortress-like” balance sheets of U.S. banks… but it ...
The question that seems to be on every investor’s mind is “When will the stock market stop falling?” I can’t tell you how many times over the past few weeks I’ve heard market strategists sha...
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