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by Lance Roberts In yesterday’s post on “Moral Hazard,” we discussed how Fed actions shifted the “risk appetite” of investors through “perceived” insurance against losses. As we head into a potentially contentious election, market “bulls” are “all in” again as hopes remain high that more “stimulus” will soon come. Since the Fed intervened in March, investor sentiment has gotten run back up to extremes despite the economy … Read more
Authored by Cynthia Chung via The Strategic Culture Foundation, “Treason doth never prosper; what is the reason? Why, if it prosper, none dare call it treason.” – Sir John Harrington. As Shakespeare would state in his play Hamlet, “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark,” like a fish that rots from head to tail, so do corrupt … Read more
By Haley Zaremba There’s nothing quite like the feeling of uncertainty and dread right in the moments before a disaster of gargantuan proportions unfolds in front of our eyes. We might be living in that moment now if immediate measures aren’t taken to prevent what is soon to be an oil spill so horrifically devastating … Read more
From Birch Gold Group This week, Your News to Know rounds up the latest stories involving gold and the overall economy. Stories include: The right election bet, Goldman bearish on dollar and bullish on silver, and a return to the gold standard could be the only way out of the crisis. Making the right bet ahead … Read more
by Jan Nieuwenhuijs via The Gold Observer Many years of loose and unconventional monetary policy have severely damaged financial markets and the global economy. Currently, central banks find themselves cornered, as the financial system is drowning in debt and addicted to ever easier money. Gold, however, provides multiple solutions. The other day I sent out a thought-provoking tweet, … Read more
by Chris Vermeulen of The Technical Traders Clusters of Doji shaped candles have, for centuries, illustrated very clear levels of support/resistance in price action. Whenever multiple Doji candles appear in a cluster-like formation, traders should pay attention to these levels as future support/resistance ranges for price action. In the case of the S&P500 E-Mini Futures Daily Chart, we … Read more
by confoundedinterest17 To quote Dean Martin, “Ain’t That A Kick In The Head.” Let ’em have it!“ Net % of Domestic Respondents Tightening Standards on Consumer Credit Card Loans just rose to a level higher than that of the financial crisis. Odd since US home prices are rising through the stratosphere and mortgage rates are at an all-time … Read more
by sundance One would have to be intellectually obtuse to think former President Barack Obama was unaware his Vice-President, Joe Biden, was raking in tens-of-millions from his use of Hunter Biden as family bagman while lobbying foreign governments. With that in mind; and considering all of the downstream consequences from the original selection of Joe Biden as the … Read more
Source. Article pasted below for convenience. Powell: Fed open to private sector collaboration in possible digital dollar Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Monday that the Fed is open to collaborating with the private sector on a possible digital U.S. dollar, but reiterated that the central bank has not committed to actually launching one. “We … Read more
by nickel_dime Help me reconcile two conflicting things. I’m a big fan of Tom Lee (Fundstrat), and he’s often written about millennials influence on equities: “We have asserted that the U.S. is increasingly decoupling from the rest of the world because of building demographic tailwinds,” Lee wrote. “In short, we can thank millennials, who are … Read more
Center State Bank The housing market is one sector of the economy that has kept up the momentum from June though the summer, and September is expected to continue gaining after a bit of a pause in August. Starts are expected to increase 3.1% versus August’s dip of –5.1% Permits are expected to increase 2.3% … Read more
via wallstreetonparade: The United States is experiencing the worst pandemic since 1918. The U.S. economy is experiencing the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s. And the general public is attempting to vote in the most important presidential election of a lifetime with obstacles like fake ballot boxes, 5-hour wait lines, and destroyed … Read more
Stimulus Items Debate pic.twitter.com/7u9v34eYDC — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) October 20, 2020 How are households paying for stuff? pic.twitter.com/byDPdkYVIJ — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) October 20, 2020
https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/1318537774551760900 The ECB unwillingly creates stagnation in its quest for inflation at any cost. Inflating the sovereign bond bubble is a massive transfer of wealth from savers to unproductive debt. Meanwhile, real inflation for consumers, especially the poorest, is much higher than official CPI pic.twitter.com/EsJ9TFIyNT — Daniel Lacalle (@dlacalle_IA) October 20, 2020 FED OWNERSHIP OF … Read more
Wow, look at dividends!👇👇👇 pic.twitter.com/jm0XCxUhM1 — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) October 20, 2020 https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/1318536477874290690 Another aspect of wealth transfer, Art leaving the public https://t.co/oBX3ES0fS1 — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) October 20, 2020
Tell me the last time extreme positive sentiment for anything ended well… pic.twitter.com/fbDq2v79HA — Otavio (Tavi) Costa (@TaviCosta) October 19, 2020 U.S. Short Interest pic.twitter.com/n5VTTYDrks — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) October 20, 2020 MarketWatch: ‘The Dot-Com Bubble on Steroids’ They conclude it's not as bad, but they are wrong, because corp earnings artificially juiced by … Read more
by Michael Snyder While most Americans remain completely fixated on the upcoming presidential election, large earthquakes continue to rattle the Ring of Fire at an alarming rate. On Monday, a magnitude 7.5 quake struck near the little town of Sand Point, Alaska, and it was felt over a very large area. In fact, it is … Read more
by Michael Snyder With just two weeks to go until Election Day in 2016, some national polls showed that Hillary Clinton had a double digit lead over Donald Trump, but those polls turned out to be dead wrong. Will the national polls that show Joe Biden with a huge lead over Trump in 2020 also … Read more
The stock market frenzy leading to a climax in 1929 ended, and the ensuing crash occurred, precisely when investors realized that a recession was about to strike an overheated stock market. This is exactly where we stand now.#StockMarket #recessionhttps://t.co/4jGnmwKuC6 — GnS Economics (@GnSEconomics) October 15, 2020 🇺🇸 Jobless claims jump, hitting highest level since mid-August … Read more
MiningStockEducation.com, Released on 10/19/20 In this interview, professional mining investor David Erfle, the Junior Miner Junky, provides his current commentary on the junior gold sector and how he is managing his personal mining stock portfolio. He explains why he recently sold some gold stocks. And David offers advice to novice gold stock investors just beginning … Read more