Financial Sense

By Michael Shedlock By Michael Shedlock – Every few months someone promotes complete silliness regarding China displacing the US. Here we go again. The winner by a mile is Lacalle. There is no victory for China. Here are some reasons… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By FS Staff By FS Staff – Stock markets around the globe have come under pressure in recent days with a collapse in the Turkish lira and vulnerabilities in the emerging market space. John Roque at Key Square Capital Management recently told Financial Sense Newshour… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Tim Duy PhD Jackson Hole came and went with little reason to believe the Federal Reserve will do anything other than raise interest rates in September and again in December of this year. Bloomberg has a quick rundown of the action… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By FS Staff By FS Staff – Contrary to those continually predicting a stock market bubble and crash over the past 8-9 years, well-known market forecaster Martin Armstrong has been telling listeners that systemic problems overseas would continue to drive capital… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By BullionVault By BullionVault – Friday saw the launch of billionaire hedge-fund manager John Paulson’s new Shareholders Gold Council – a lobby group aimed at pushing mining bosses to curb executive spending and focus on boosting returns to equity investors… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Patrick O’Hare By Patrick O’Hare – It’s here — again! We’re talking about an earnings reporting period, which always commands a great deal of attention because earnings drive stock prices over the long term. To that end, the S&P 500 has been on cruise control… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Marc Chandler – We anticipate a hawkish hold in the sense that the Federal Reserve is likely to make minor adjustments in its statement that recognize the increased confidence of achieving its mandate. Economic growth remains above trend… …read more

By Matthew Kerkhoff – Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to predict the future. As always, should you or any member of your team be caught or killed, the Secretary will disavow any knowledge of your actions. …read more From:: Financial Sense

By FS Staff By FS Staff – The summer driving season is just around the corner and this year motorists are facing steeper prices for fuel, up from an average of $2.19 a gallon in 2016 to $2.87 today. By this summer, analysts are projecting gas prices to top $3 a gallon… …read more From::

By FS Staff By FS Staff – This time on the Financial Sense Big Picture, Jim Puplava discusses why he thinks disappearing liquidity could be the next big unseen factor that might kick off a crisis. There are three large forces precipitating… …read more From:: Financial Sense