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  • Protect Yourself From Fraudulent Gold Bars

    Refining and banking executives reported back in August, that laundered, smuggled, or otherwise illegal gold has been finding its way into the vaults of world banks, in the form of gold bars with the fraudulently stamped logos from all four of Switzerland’s leading gold refineries. Some of the largest domestic discoveries occurred in the vaults

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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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  • 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 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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  • There is a Black Hole at the Center of Our Economy!

    05/30/2019, Los Angeles The S&P 500 double-topped in September of 2018 and by December it had dropped more than 20%. Last month, the S&P double-topped again and since then it’s been one step forward and two steps back, so no one should be the least bit surprised if it’s down at least 20% before the

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  • $1.2 Trillion Trade War Sell-Off May Just Be the Beginning!

    Since May 3rd, the S&P 500 has lost $1.2 trillion. At its low on Monday, the DJIA was down 700 points, or about 2.7%. The S&P was down similarly. But the NASDAQ lost more than 3.5% due to the greater concentration of companies in industries that are most affected by the current trade discord with

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  • The Economy is not Fine, It’s Financed!

    Following a conversation with Steve Eisman, the Neuberg Berman Group money manager who famously predicted the collapse of subprime mortgages in advance of the 2008 financial crisis, Bloomberg is reporting on his new and equally disturbing concern, that the U.S. corporate debt market will suffer “massive losses” if the U.S. economy falls into recession. The

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