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By David Stockman This post The Donald’s Seinfeld Tax Plan – A Big Show About Nothing appeared first on Daily Reckoning. Someone should remind the Donald that he actually is President and that it’s high time he accomplished something. Anything. Back on April 21st, for example, he promised that a core feature of his platform […]

By Rachel Gearhart Last month, three of the most powerful people in the world met in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen and European Central Bank President Mario Draghi – let’s call them the Big Three of monetary policy – had a lot to discuss. One item

By Cory Gold Breaks Out and Hurricane Harvey Implications Download audio file (0902-Weekend-Show-Full.mp3) For what was supposed to be a slow week in the markets we saw something very different. Precious Metals finally broke out and held their gains throughout the week. The US Dollar continues to be weak and base metals again moved higher.

By Jordan Roy-Byrne CMT, MFTA Gold cleared $1300 early in the week and padded its gains on Friday even amid a bullish weekly reversal in the US Dollar. Gold’s breakout was validated by a strong monthly close on Thursday and then a strong weekly close Friday. As predicted, the miners perked up with the breakout

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By analyst By Valentina Ruiz Leotaud Wayuu leaders travelled to Colombia’s capital, Bogotá, to protest against El Cerrejón, the thermal coal open-pit mine owned by Glencore (LON:GLEN), BHP Billiton (LON:BLT) and Anglo American (LON:AAL) in the northern La Guajira department. The Indigenous activists rallied in front of the Justice Department and expressed their concerns over

By analyst By Valentina Ruiz Leotaud Ecuador’s Ministry of Mining announced today that the country expects to receive $488 million in revenue in the next four years from the 237 mining concessions that it recently granted to private companies. In a press release, ministry representatives highlighted the work of Lundin Gold (TSE:LUG), a Canadian company

By MN Gordon Preventing the Last Crisis Clear thinking and discerning rigor when it comes to the twisted state of present economic policy matters brings with it many physical ailments. A permanent state of disbelief, for instance, manifests in dry eyes and droopy shoulders. So, too, a curious skepticism produces etched forehead lines and nighttime

By James Rickards This post China Battles “Impossible Trinity” appeared first on Daily Reckoning. Just because something is inevitable does not mean it cannot be postponed. The popular name for this is “kicking the can down the road,” which is a perfectly good description. I prefer more technical terms such as dynamic systems in “subcritical”

By Cory How Economically Bad Is Hurricane Harvey Here is great post from our friend Chris Martenson over at PeakProsperity.com. Chris joins me on this weekend’s show to further discuss the fallout from Hurricane Harvey but the post below does a great job of explaining just how bad things could be. Click here to read