Commentaries

Gold SWOT: Could We See $40 Silver Within the Next 12 Months?

Citigroup estimates silver could surge to $40 an ounce in the next 12 months due to a recovery in industrial demand and strong investor appetite for precious metals.

Announcing the Winner of the U.S. Election!

By Gary Christenson, Miles Franklin

Regardless of how you count total debt, and how economists rationalize, DEBT is an obvious “winner” in this race toward self-destruction.

Robert Lambourne: BIS' maneuvering in gold hits another high

By Robert Lambourne

The BIS' use of gold swaps and derivatives has been extensive so far this year, with September's level being the highest in the period since August 2018 as highlighted in Table B below. By contrast, in May 2019 the bank was carrying only 78 tonnes in swaps.

The Green Shoots of 2020

By John Mauldin, Thoughts from the Frontline

Those who lived through the last financial crisis might may recall the Green Shoots episode. It drew laughs on March 15, 2009, shortly after the Federal Reserve fired its heaviest artillery and, we now know, launched the longest bull market in history.

Gold and Crypto: Is This How Charts Look Before A Monetary Collapse?

By Hubert Moolman

It is the massive debt. It cannot be serviced. It will collapse the whole system.

Central Banks Don’t Understand “the Way the World Works”

By Gary Tanashian, NFTRH

Here in 2020, with the very soul of America torn at the line between the rich (getting richer) and the middle/poor (getting poorer) and with the Fed in balls out inflation mode, it’s a macro Groundhog Day where the same damn thing happens cycle after cycle.

If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em

By Craig Hemke, TF Metals Report

Suddenly it seems that nearly all of The Banks and Bullion Banks are raising price forecasts and rallying around the precious metals. Is this a good thing or a bad thing?

America’s Political and Financial Institutions Are Broken

By Clint Siegner, Money Metals

A contested presidential election, or the next big economic decline could be the tipping point. Who knows? The important thing is to prepare for turbulent times ahead.

An Outrageously Bullish Election Scenario

By Rick Ackerman, Rick's Picks

Oddsmakers Have It Wrong: Vegas odds are currently at 2:1 against Trump, suggesting that news media's Goebbelsian campaign to portray Biden as an easy winner has succeeded.

Caught in a Debt Trap

By John Mauldin, Thoughts from the Frontline

Our political process can’t reduce spending and/or raise taxes enough to balance the budget, so the debt grows and grows. As it does, paying the interest plus the accumulated debt load pulls more capital away from more productive uses. This depresses economic growth, thereby generating even more spending and debt.

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