December 29, 2023 | Is it Time to Get Into Gold Again?

One of the worst years ever for bankers as 60,000 jobs cut

December 29, 2023 | Will Canada See a Real Estate Bust in 2024?

What would a Universal Income do to inflation and housing?

December 28, 2023 | Bonds are Pricing Storm Clouds That Equities are Ignoring

Bonds are betting that falling inflation and rising unemployment will prompt policymakers to cut interest rates next year aggressively. After selling off in 2021 and 2022, the world’s bond market has rebounded sharply into year-end. The Bloomberg Global Aggregate Total Return Index (shown below) has risen nearly 10% over November and December, its best two-month run in […]

December 28, 2023 | States to Deem Silver and Gold Legal Tender

Several US states are considering legislation to reclassify gold and silver as money rather than commodities. Bills filed in Oklahoma and Missouri aim to eliminate state capital gains taxes on the sale of gold and silver, and to treat these metals as currency. Other states like Arkansas and Utah are also considering introducing similar legislation. […]

December 28, 2023 | New Excitement in the Bond Market

Gold more interesting than Gold shares.  Receive 50% Off VR Trader Newsletters! Enter Promo Code 2022HALFOFF.

December 28, 2023 | Stock Markets Setting Up for a Major Correction?

Do you really own what you think you own?

December 27, 2023 | TMobile Provides Government Access to Your Texts

(Click on above image for clear resolution) TMobile now has the authority to read your personal text messages. The mobile provider quietly updated their terms of conditions to monitor SHAFT (sex, hate, alcohol, firearms, and tobacco). The list of questionable categories may now be monitored by the Cellular Telephone Industries Association (CITA) as we move […]

December 26, 2023 | The Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in America, December 2023 Update

Today’s S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index for “October” is a three-month moving average of home prices whose sales were entered into public records in August, September, and October. That’s the time frame here. It uses the “sales-pairs method,” comparing the sales price of the same house over time, thereby eliminating the issues associated with median prices […]

December 25, 2023 | Revolution v Civil War

  A revolution cannot be used interchangeably with “civil war.” For you see, a civil war occurs when the people are divided and fight one another; a revolution occurs when the people join forces and overthrow the government. As indicated in the Oxford dictionary: Revolution – a forcible overthrow of a government or social order, […]

December 24, 2023 | Celebrating Christmas in Unmerry Times

[The following was written by my good friend James Trabulse.  A devout Catholic, Jim regularly attends a Latin mass. He is also a gifted trader who brings rigorous science and outside-the-box thinking to nearly everything he does, including playing golf, staying healthy, cooking savory dinners and training Olympic-caliber athletes. RA ] Merry Christmas, and may the Lord’s blessings […]

December 23, 2023 | Trading Desk Notes For December 23, 2023

DJIA and NAZ hit All-Time Highs after closing higher for eight consecutive weeks Who would have thought, back in October, with stock market sentiment crushed under the weight of “higher for longer” and the 10-year Treasury yielding more than 5% (a 16-year high) that eight weeks later, the venerable DJIA would have rallied over 5,300 points […]

December 23, 2023 | This Week in Money

• Ross Clark:  Stock Markets, Santa Claus Rally, Gold, Oil, USD, Canadian Dollar
• Victor Adair: (9:38) Dow, Gold, Currencies, Bonds, Economy
• Mark Leibovit: (35:37) Stock Markets, Geo-Cosmic Events, USD, Oil.  Receive 50% Off VR Trader Newsletters! Enter Promo Code 2022HALFOFF.

December 22, 2023 | Get Ready for Excitement and Surprises in 2024

The year 2024 will be full of surprises and uncertainty. A possible recession, the direction for the stock market, the housing bubble in Canada and changes in interest rates and inflation are all on the agenda for investors as we enter a new year. What are some of the most likely surprises? A surprise cannot […]

December 22, 2023 | Gold Juniors Should Expect a Better New Year

China bans some Rare Earth technology exports

December 21, 2023 | Canadian Resources Should Pick Up in 2024

Trudeau playing Russian roulette with Canadian energy sector

December 21, 2023 | 2024 Will Be Everything AI, Especially in Defense

Will the New Year see a bounce back for Gold Juniors?

December 20, 2023 | The GOP Backs Trump – Kennedy Warns of Civil War

Finally, the Republicans have come together as a party to condemn the absolute tyranny of current administration. The leading GOP candidates have put their criticisms aside to express their absolute disgust at the Colorado’s Supreme Court’s ruling to remove Trump from the ballot. No candidate was more outspoken in his disgust than Vivek Ramaswamy who […]

December 20, 2023 | Going Down

Over the past three years, the growing physical shortage in silver (more demand than supply) has resulted in a dramatic reduction in recorded world inventories. Each week, I highlight the shrinkage in the two largest stockpiles of recorded silver inventories, the COMEX warehouses and in SLV, the largest silver ETF. Together, these two stockpiles represent […]

December 20, 2023 | Here Come the New Listings of Existing Homes, Prices Drop Further, Demand Remains at Collapsed Levels

The national median price of existing single-family houses, condos, and co-ops whose sales closed in November dropped to $387,600, down by 6.3% from the peak in June 2022, according to data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) today. 2023 is the first year since the Housing Bust when the seasonal high in June was below […]

December 19, 2023 | China Offers Warning on Euphoric Asset Prices Elsewhere

China’s economy is struggling through a multi-year downturn in the property market, a slump in manufacturing activity and falling exports. Other countries and markets should take note. A triple whammy of falling real estate and stock prices amid credit defaults has hurt household net worth and consumer confidence. See, China’s real estate meltdown is battering the […]

December 18, 2023 | Brighteon Covers “The Great Taking”

Readers have been asking me to check out and comment on David Webb’s The Great Taking. It’s on the to-do list. But in the meantime, other people have started covering it. Brighteon’s Mike Adams just posted a video that uses Webb’s insights as a launching point for a discussion of real assets and why they’re more crucial than ever. […]

December 17, 2023 | Gold Can’t Pussyfoot Forever

    Most of us had been expecting gold to explode through the $2000 “barrier” and soar into the wild blue yonder. Instead, it spasmed to $2152 for a nanosecond on December 4, then crashed back down below $2000 like an anvil dropped into an elevator shaft. What happened? Gold is most certainly in a […]

December 16, 2023 | Trading Desk Notes For December 16, 2023

Powell kicked the Everything Rally into Overdrive! Markets were expecting “some” pushback from Jay, “We’re a long way from neutral” Powell after a sizzling 6-week stock market rally, but he waved the white flag instead, and the Everything Rally ripped higher!   The bullish rip took Dec 2024 SOFR futures to ~9630 at Thursday’s high, effectively pricing in […]

December 16, 2023 | This Week in Money

• Ross Clark:  Stock Markets, Oil, Gold, USD, Canadian Dollar
• Eric Hadik: (8:53) Stock Market Cycles, Gold, Silver, Bonds, Crude Oil, Solar Flares and Sunspots.  Read – Solar, Seismic & Gold Intensity Cycles.
• Robert Campbell: (36:30) Predicting the Real Estate Market, US Real Estate Peaking, Exodus from California