Tag: commodities
Gold’s Recent Bounce Is Temporary: The Trend Is Still Down In 2017 (And Beyond)
Twenty-two radio interviews for the new book, 10 of them live. At this point, my voice is tired. So are gold sellers. Gold peaked at $1,934 in September of 2011 – the last major commodity to peak in the 30-year cycle that first peaked in mid-2008. Silver peaked in late April 2011, after retesting its […]
Market Impact Of A Trump Presidency
Donald Trump emerged as the winner last night of a hotly contested presidential campaign and will be inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States on Friday, January 20, 2017. The transition to a Republican presidency and Trump’s rejection of politics as usual, which drew so many voters, naturally lead to questions about his […]
Should You Follow Rogers, Faber, And Schiff Into Commodities?
After a dismal first half of the year, investors have been getting wary of commodities. After all, at one point gold was down 28% on the year, silver was down 40%, and a slew of other hard assets performed as if they simply weren’t needed anymore. My how times have changed… In just a few […]
Are Commodities Ready To Plummet?
No doubt about it, last month was rough for commodities. Lean hogs, cattle, and natural gas were the only hard assets eeking out gains in May. The others? Well, they weren’t so lucky. Take a look… As you can see, commodities encountered hefty losses over the past few weeks. Gold and silver fell 6% and […]
Are You Ready For Stagflation?
Stagflation… the very word strikes fear into the hearts of anyone who lived through the 1970s. It conjures up images of low economic growth, surging inflation, sky high energy prices, and of course, crippling unemployment. Although I was just a young boy in the 1970s, I remember the effects of stagflation well. Unemployment hit my […]
Lessons From Gordon Gekko
I can’t wait for this weekend. I’m going to see the new Wall Street movie. It’s the sequel to the 1987 classic starring Michael Douglas as corporate raider Gordon Gekko. The original Wall Street is one of my all time favorite films. It’s also one of the main reasons I started studying the stock market […]