Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul: Currency Wars author and adviser to the U.S. Department of Defense, Jim Rickards, said the most likely endgame to the currency war between the U.S. dollar, Read more…
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David Zeiler: With two GOP presidential candidates saying they’d add legendary Wall Street pundit Jim Grant to their administrations, bringing back the gold standard clearly has moved up on the Republican agenda. Read more…
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Bryan Rich: Last Friday, in reviewing the charts, directionally it looked like a tough call. My view was, expect some swings (volatility). Read more…
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Chris Vermeulen: Friday morning traders and market participants awaited the key January employment report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The reaction to the supposedly wonderful report was a surge in the S&P 500 E-Mini futures contracts as well as several other key equity index futures. Read more…
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Toby Connor: Friday’s big rally on the better than expected employment report has now generated the kind of euphoria that often creates intermediate degree tops. This coming week will be the 18th Read more…
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JR Crooks: I wrote this in Money and Markets on January 14 regarding my outlook for the euro: Read more…
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Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul: CNN reports that 13 states seek approval to issue money in preparation for a U.S. dollar collapse. Read more…
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Jeff Nielson: With the precious metals sector having been in the grip of another bankster-induced “silly season”, I was very unsure about how the market would “react” to the latest shenanigans of B.S. Read more…
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Kevin Kerr: No matter where you live or travel — America, Europe, Asia, South America, China, etc. — you use fiat currency, at least in one form or another. Read more…
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Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul: Last years call by Goldmoney’s James Turk for gold to reach record highs during the seasonally slow summer months seemed, frankly, off the wall. But, not only was he nearly alone in the call (James Sinclair agreed with Turk), he was right. See BER article, On Gold: Read more…
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The Daily Capitalist: Last August, I mentioned in a post (I forget which one) that when gold (NYSEArca:GLD) hit $1900, I was a seller. In late September, I suggested that municipal bonds were better buys than gold, and indeed muni yields have collapsed. Meanwhile, gold has churned for Read more…
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Martin Hutchinson: Forget about lost decades. Forecasts that we’ll be turning Japanese couldn’t be further from the truth. Here’s why. It’s simple, really. Deflation is not in the interest of anybody in power, so it’s very unlikely to happen. Read more…
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Jack Crooks: The problems facing Japan (NYSEArca:EWJ) have been building up for some time. And I don’t believe the coming negative impact on its currency can be delayed much longer. Read more…
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Keith Weiner: After the near-collapse of the financial system in 2008, a growing number of people have come to realize that our monetary disease is terminal. It is that group to whom I address this paper. I sincerely hope that this group includes leaders in business, finance, and government. Read more…
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Toby Connor: I figured out early in my career that arguing with the market more often than not ends up costing one money. If you are one of those people who are unable to change your mind, this Read more…
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