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By Jordan Roy-Byrne CMT, MFTA The update has been published, uploaded to the website and emailed out to subscribers. In this update we discussed three potential scenarios for Gold going forward, our strong view on the US$ index as well as our thoughts on what we could expect from the Federal Reserve in the weeks […]

By Jordan Roy-Byrne CMT, MFTA The decline in the US$ index in 2017 has been relentless. From a high of nearly 104 at the end of 2016, the US$ index has steadily declined to as low as 93.00. While this has certainly fueled the strength in precious metals, it has not been able to lift

By James Rickards This post 4 Financial Components to Improved Russian Relations appeared first on Daily Reckoning. With the U.S. preparing to confront China and go to war with North Korea, Russia is an indispensable ally for the U.S. There are huge implications on capital markets as these hegemonic powers continue to edge toward war.

By Charles Hugh Smith This post The Toxic Fruit of Financialization: Risk Is for Those at the Bottom appeared first on Daily Reckoning. Financialization of the economy substitutes expansion of interest, leverage and speculation for real-world expansion of goods, services and wages. Financial “wealth” created by leveraging more debt on a base of real-world collateral

By Brian Maher This post The Frightening Cost of Low Growth appeared first on Daily Reckoning. American per capita GDP rose an average 2.2% a year between 1947 and 2000. But it’s barely managed 1% since 2001. A 1.2% difference doesn’t sound like much. And from one year to the next it isn’t. But repeat

By Rob Otman MetLife (NYSE: MET) is a $60 billion company today. Investors that bought shares one year ago are sitting on a 32.67% total return. That’s above the S&P 500’s return of 16.31%. MetLife stock is beating the market, and it reports earnings next week. But does that make it a good buy today?

By Ryan Fitzwater There is a major shift happening in the money management world… one that could have a major impact on your financial future. This shift is automatically pushing investor money into a handful of overly bloated companies. We’re talking about megacap stocks that have no business getting this much investor attention. Meanwhile, the

By Cory Exclusive Live Coverage From The Sprott Natural Resource Symposium Download audio file (0729-Full-KER-Weekend-Show.mp3) It was a great week at the Sprott Natural Resource Symposium. I thank everyone who swung by the booth and took time to chat and attend some of the luncheons over the four day conference. Throughout the week I will

By Pater Tenebrarum Global Monetary Architecture The quarterly Incrementum Advisory Board meeting was held last week (the full transcript is available for download below). Our regulars Dr. Frank Shostak and Jim Rickards were unable to attend this time, but we were joined by special guest Luke Gromen of research house “Forest for the Trees” (FFTT;

By analyst By Valentina Ruiz Leotaud Environmentalists and community members expressed concerns after the Mexican government announced that Candelaria Mining was allowed to continue exploration at its Caballo Blanco gold project, located 65 kilometers northwest of the city of Veracruz. The district-scale project consists of 14 contiguous mining claims that cover 19,815 hectares. It sits