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David Stockman issues one of the most thought-provoking newsletters I’ve read in years. He combines his experience in the Reagan administration as Budget Director with his more than 30 years in the investment world, much of it with some of the best-known firms on Wall Street, to present views rarely found elsewhere. Stockman has constantly
Gold bugs know the dire circumstances of the federal government’s financial condition, but now mainstream columnists and talking heads are throwing out statistics that should cause even the most devoted stock investors to consider buying gold or silver:
Rather than endure another government shutdown, in the early hours of February 9, GOP and Dem Swamp Creatures joined hands and laid on the American people a budget-busting two-year agreement that will add $400 billion to the national debt. The deficit is now locked in at $1.2 trillion or 6% of GDP for fiscal year 2019. The
Anthony Ward, famed London commodities trader, closed shop after nearly forty years of trading. His reason: he couldn’t keep up with computer trading. According to Reuters, Ward blamed the rise of computer-driven funds and high-frequency trading. Other well-known commodities investors also threw in the towel. They are now looking for opportunities where machines can’t make
I noted the correlation between gold ETFs buying or selling gold and the price of gold In my January 10, 2018 post ETFs, central banks buy gold in 2017; sign of higher prices?. The correlation is eerie. Now, Adam Hamilton, a longtime prolific contributor to Gold-Eagle.com, has written a valuable article, Radical Gold Underinvestment, about
