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The Dow Industrials approaching 20,000 is all the rage on financial channels. Most commentators seem to be more cheerleaders than news reporters. I wonder if their optimism about higher stock prices is misplaced.
There is a movement underway to convince Republican members of the Electoral College to switch their votes away from Donald Trump to get someone else installed as president. The preferred “other person” that would most please the backers of this movement would be Hillary Clinton. Still, the Trump detractors would be satisfied with just about
Tuesday last week, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi demonetized 86% of the money in circulation, except for special uses. Ostensibly, it was a move to check black money, i.e., counterfeit money, money that was gotten through graft or corruption and money on which taxes had not been paid. In the four trading days following the
The biggest problem with paper money is that it can be created at will; and history shows that whenever paper money is disconnected from gold, it is eventually printed until it is worthless. Sometimes its destruction comes quickly, some over decades. The second biggest problem with paper money is that it can be cancelled by
Friday’s issues of the New York Times and the Financial Times painted glowing pictures for the US jobs market, based on October’s 161,000 jobs added. A quick investigation calls their conclusions into question.
The primary reason for owning gold and silver is the expectation of price inflation. Inflation, of course, comes from money creation at the Fed. However, as what is now often called the World Financial Crisis showed, gold and silver do well in times of financial crises. Here, though, let’s look at a very good indicator
At CMI Gold & Silver Inc. we believe that central bank activity is driving the markets — the metals and the stocks. Expectations of loose money mean higher metals prices (in anticipation of increased rates of inflation) and higher stock prices (in hopes that the stimulus will fillip the economy). As for the latter, there
A little over a year ago, the IMF announced that the renminbi, China’s currency, would be added the IMF’s “basket of currencies” that makes up SDRs (Special Drawing Rights). A loud outcry ensued from many pro-gold analysts that the inclusion would mean the end of the dollar as the world’s reserve currency and would result
Congress’ historic overriding of Obama’s veto of the bill that will allow the families of 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia for its alleged role in the terrorist attacks — intentional or inadvertent — has potentially dangerous ramifications for the US but could result in a really positive effect for the price of gold.
The official federal government debt now stands just a tad over $19.5 trillion. Yet few talk about it, and even fewer are concerned. Off-balance sheet liabilities (commitments that have been made but funds not set aside for) are some where north of $100 trillion dollars. Rarely talked about.
