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  • Where Can We Get Black Swan Insurance?

    Volatility, expansion, and recession are all regular forces to be dealt with in the stock market. But last Monday, liquidity in the overnight lending market evaporated. Illiquid markets create nebulous pricing issues for a great deal of the banking system’s financial instruments, which can quickly lead to panic, market selloffs, and concerns for bank insolvencies.

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  • Anticipated ECB Policy Easing Pushes Gold Higher!

    During a press conference held today, European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi announced that the interest rate on deposit facilities will be lowered by 10 basis points to -0.5% and further that the central bank is also restarting its monthly bond-purchase program. Specifically, “Net purchases will be restarted under the Governing Councils asset purchase

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  • Gold Wins While Switzerland Leading the Race to the Bottom!

    Once the banking capital of the world, Switzerland now sports a negative .75% interest rate, thereby wrestling the “Race to the Bottom” title away from the perennial leader, Japan. In an effort to counter China’s currency devaluation attempts, America has unwittingly unleashed an interest rate race to the bottom. By weakening the dollar against other

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  • An Economic Slowdown Seems Inevitable

    The 10-year Treasury note wasted no time diving to its lowest level since 2016, following a report today from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) indicating an August contraction in the U.S. manufacturing sector, for the first time since early 2016. After reviewing the report, Ian Lyngen, Head of Rates Research at BMO Capital Markets

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  • Trade War Tribulations Shine a Bright Light on Precious Metals

    President Trump made a bold campaign promise to drastically cut the trade deficit with China and has been on an urgent do-or-die mission since taking office. Unfortunately, the Chinese trade deficit achieved an all-time record last year of nearly $420 billion, trade tariffs have been successfully countered by China, and President Jinping continues to display

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  • Gold Is Running Up And The Stock Market Is Running On Empty!

    Gold surged to a six-year high yesterday, while the stock market struggled all day to nearly recovering from an initial and practically instantaneous six hundred point plunge. The stock market was responding to the increased pressure being exerted by the Trump Administration’s labeling of China as a “currency manipulator” for attempting to mitigate American tariffs,

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  • Investment Addictions Are Climbing the American List!

    America has been the world’s Energizer Bunny since the country was founded in 1776. We have worked harder and longer than most, but we’ve also indulged in every form of addiction there is. From eating disorders to sex addiction, drinking disorders to drug addiction, and leading the way in the new millennium, we’ve found a

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  • Gold Is Going Mainstream!

    Gold is not a word frequently utilized by hedge fund managers and when it is, it typically is in reference to an ETF or mining stock. However, Ray Dalio, the founder and Chief Investment Officer of a very large and successful hedge fund management group called Bridgewater Associates, which manages in excess of $160 billion,

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  • What’s the Average American’s 401(k) Worth?

    Fidelity is America’s largest retirement plan provider, so the following numbers have been gleaned from their reports. For example, as of the first quarter of 2019, American workers between 40 and 49 years old are shown to be contributing 8.5% of their paychecks to their company sponsored 401(k) plans, with an average balance of $102,700.

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  • Business Conditions Are Going From Bad To Worse!

    06/14/2019, Los Angeles / Morgan Stanley just released a report indicating that, “Business conditions are at their worst level since the 2008 financial crisis.” Stanley’s proprietary “Business Conditions Index” is reported to have fallen 32 points last month, making it the “sharpest collapse since the metric was formulated.” The BCI, as well as a separate

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