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The US economy is struggling with rising unemployment, inflation, and declining purchasing power, fueling discontent among Americans. A critical choice looms: continue on the current path or shift to pro-growth policies.
Gold closed the week at $2,430 (down $12 since last week) and silver at $27.45 (down $1.09). Last week’s bad jobs news cascaded with a Japanese economic crisis resulting in a selloff across global markets. At one point the S&P dropped over 200 points and the Dow plummeted more than 1,000 points. We discuss this […]
While the topic of conservation has grown in prominence over the past few decades, it sometimes takes forms that would not be commonly thought of as “conservation.” The British Government has melded a desire for conservation with the love of mammon, using recent scientific breakthroughs. Gold will be lost at a much slower rate, as […]
There’s been a “dangerous escalation” in the Middle East conflict, according to U.S. officials, who are left bandaging the wounded after a rocket detonated inside an Iraqi airbase.
With Monday’s global market sell-off triggered by a panic in Japan, investors logged into their stock trading platforms to buy (or sell) the dip through institutions like Charles Schwab, Fidelity, TD Ameritrade, Vanguard, E-Trade, and Wells Fargo to buy the dip. But whether these retail traders were planning on panic selling or scooping up discounted […]
Americans are already struggling to feed their families and pay their bills, but having predicted every US recession since 1960, the flattening bond yield curve is speaking loud and clear that an “official” downturn is nearly inevitable. With bond prices on the rise as the Fed looks increasingly likely to cut rates in September, the […]
In an era of global uncertainty and volatile energy markets, the United States stands at a crossroads. Our nation’s energy policy has long been a patchwork of regulations, subsidies, and political compromises that have stifled innovation and hindered our path to true energy independence. It’s time for a bold new approach: unleashing the power of […]
The analysis below covers the Employment picture released on the first Friday of every month. While most of the attention goes to the headline number, it can be helpful to look at the details, revisions, and other reports to get a better gauge of what is really going on.
Earlier this year, we discussed the likelihood of the yen carry trade unwinding under the BoJ’s decision to end decades of zero-interest rate policy, or ZIRP. That unwinding now appears to be entering full swing.
Gold closed the week at $2,442 (up $56 since last week) and silver at $28.54 (up $0.64). Terrible jobs numbers this week struck fear in the markets and in the Fed. As recession warnings flash, precious metals are up. Could they go even higher soon?
