Commentaries

‘Taper’ Talk Is Back: Will a Tantrum Follow?

By Stefan Gleason, Money Metals

A “taper tantrum” redux could roil markets heading to the fall.

Enjoy Inflation While It Lasts

By Rick Ackerman, Rick's Picks

Any way you slice it, deleveraging is how this bubble will end. "Inflate-or-die" policies have just about run their course and will require only a shove from a bear market to go over the cliff.

Fed Falls for its Own Inflation Fakery

By David Haggith, The Daily Doom

The longer the Fed waits to remove its “accommodation” to the market, the more it will have to pull a hard stop when it becomes clear inflation has the upper hand.

Inflation’s Heat Signature Is All Over the Economic Map

By David Haggith, The Daily Doom

A rapid spread of fiery inflationary data lit up the landscape last week: The global food fight is on.

No Silver Eagle Sales For the Last Two Months (SilverSeek)

By Ed Steer, Gold and Silver Digest

We've now had five weeks in a row of increases in the world's gold and silver ETFs.

Technology Rules

By John Mauldin, Thoughts from the Frontline

What really drives economic progress is human ingenuity and the innovation it produces. In other words, technology.

Climate Change & Court-Ordered Inflation

By Daniel R. Amerman, CFA

The worst of the damage, particularly at the beginning of a new secular cycle of inflation, is reserved for retirees with savings, and unprepared investors. Once the inflation-adjusted value of the investments has been lost, and with no inflation-indexed wages to rise with inflation, it can be almost impossible to recover.

Hedge Funds Getting Bullish on Gold

By Stefan Gleason, Money Metals

With little to no chart resistance above the market at current levels, the ascent in gold could be steep and could happen quickly. Once the train leaves the station, gold prices may not return to current levels ever again.

Sentiment Speaks: I 'Believe' We Rally Into A June Swoon

By Avi Gilburt, Elliott Wave Trader

One of the things that I find quite pervasive is the drive for "common-think." But, even that is a misleading classification. You see, I do not believe investors think anymore.

Russia lines up new Gold Buying through its Sovereign Wealth Fund

By Ronan Manly, BullionStar

In a significant and strategic development for monetary metals, the Government of the Russian Federation has just introduced legislation which will allow Russia’s giant National Wealth Fund (NWF) to invest in gold and other precious metals (assets of US$185 billion).

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