The stock market is rallying and precious metals are correcting sharply today. The prevailing trade is risk-on once again. The main driver is news that the U.S. and China said they would hold talks in Washington during early October, reigniting hopes for an eventual trade truce. But anyone paying attention knows how this works. With [...]
The recent round of tariffs on Chinese imports will hit the Chinese economy hard. The repercussions of this will not be favorable for anyone.Volatility has skyrocketed amidst the backdrop of increasing geopolitical tensions worldwide.The march toward US invasions of Iran and Venezuela signals a potential surge in geopolitical risks in 2019. The Impact of Tariffs [...]
In the midterm elections that took place on Tuesday, November 6th, 2018, Democrats took control of the House of Representatives while Republicans expanded their majority in the Senate. While this outcome was to be expected, the financial impact of the midterm elections has been less clear. Stocks initially rallied following the election only to sink on [...]
Mike Maloney is back with two more installments of his popular video series, Hidden Secrets of Money. In episode 9 of Hidden Secrets of Money, Mike Maloney draws eerie parallels to the misguided leaders and monetary policies that doomed civilizations from Ancient Rome to modern-day America. Can President Trump save America? Will the Federal Reserve [...]
The global selloff has erased $5 trillion from stock and bond markets in October alone! October is a historically bad month for stocks. Many of the most dramatic crashes have begun during this month. The global market crash of 2018 seems to be in line with this trend and the crash is indeed global. This [...]
There’s no better store of value and hedge against financial uncertainty than physical gold, silver, platinum, and palladium. Readers of GoldStockBull probably don’t need to be convinced of this. This month has seen some notable developments in gold and silver news. COMEX Gold recently set a record for its ratio of paper contracts to physical [...]
In his most recent book, The Road to Ruin: The Global Elites’ Secret Plan for the Next Financial Crisis, former CIA analyst Jim Rickards notes that some of the biggest financial bodies in the world have been warning of excessive risk in financial markets since 2014. Through a series of published papers, press releases, and [...]
For the first time in ten years, the Fed has recently begun reducing its balance sheet. It has also been raising interest rates. This is a complete turnaround from nearly a decade’s worth of printing money (also known as quantitative easing or QE) and enacting Zero Interest Rate Policy (ZIRP) to boost the economy. The [...]
The United States and China are entrenched in an escalating trade war with tit-for-tat tariffs reaching towards $300 billion annually ($150b on each side). Some believe there is no doubt that the United States would win a trade war. Perhaps this is true, but we have to ask as what expense? China's Nuclear Option in [...]
Geopolitical tensions have lit a fire under gold and silver prices. A confluence of factors has finally pushed gold and silver above key technical resistance levels. Gold hit a 5-month high, rising over $20 (1.5%) to $1,275. It is the highest print for gold since the election of Trump. Silver also rocketed higher, climbing more than 40 [...]
