Our ‘Chart of the Week’ looks at the massive increase in margin debt. Gold continues to try and find a bottom here. The clues are all...
Is the U.S. Rome? We ponder the question as we look at the long term loss of purchasing power of the U.S. dollar vs. the long...
Gold bull and bear markets is the theme of our opening piece this week. And what does all this money being pushed into the financial system...
Global economies are in a funk. Since at least the 1980’s recoveries following each recession have been increasingly weaker. If there is improvement it comes in...
Gold, Bitcoin. Are they the same? Bitcoin has been soaring. Gold not so much. The Scoop looks at the Bitcoin phenomenon. Is it the new gold...
Our Chart of the Week looks at surging copper prices and how that impacts gold, silver and even platinum. Platinum has also been surging. Commodities are...
The trading frenzy continues, and stock markets once again soar to new all-time highs. When will the craziness end? Euphoria reigns. Trading volumes soared. Valuations are...
It was the week of Reddit, WallStreetBets, and GameStop. Retail traders taking down hedge funds. It was the story of the week and hard to ignore...
We begin the Biden era and the stock market shot once again to new all-time highs. We look at some of the challenges the incoming administration...
Another historic week in the U.S. but markets and the economy continue to rattle on. We are seeing some divergences in the indicators suggesting that volatility...