Understanding what we are facing right now is critical to our survival.... [and to do so] we must embrace a global correlation approach to comprehend the true global implication of how capital moves. [Martin Armstrong provides a remarkable explanation of what is going on right now with the U.S. dollar, bond yields and the current price of gold. It would be well worth your time to read and reflect on what he has to say.] Words: 822
Read More »Bonds Are NOT a Safe Place to Be – Here’s Why (+2K Views)
For those who think bonds are a safe place to be, you might want to reconsider. In addition to rising sovereign risk (yes, for the U.S. as well as other countries), there is interest rate risk....[should you not] hold it to maturity. If interest rates rise, then the value of your bond falls (Bonds can produce capital gains/losses, just like stocks.) and the possibility of interest rates rising is pretty good. Words: 530
Read More »Schiff: People Are Going To Be Blindsided By What's About to Happen!
We’re in a lot of trouble, and the government is going to try to revive the faltering economy with more stimulus. It’s never going to work. It’s just going to make the problem worse...
Read More »Campbell's Challenge: How Likely Is $1,000 Gold, Higher Interest Rates and a Faltering U.S. Recovery?
Please read the referenced articles below with an open mind, and only then reach your own conclusions. [Yes, you are being challenged again to 'think for yourself' - and invest accordingly.] Words: 699
Read More »Fitzwilson: A Sudden, Catastrophic Shift in Interest Rates and Gold/Energy Prices Possible! Here’s Why (2K Views)
Instead of a secular change in interest rates, gold and energy prices [like we experienced in the 1970's, this time round] we could well see a sudden, catastrophic shift in these metrics as control is lost across a broad front. This is why it’s so important for investors to be properly positioned ahead of that catastrophic shift. [Let me explain.]
Read More »Charles Nenner’s Cycle Analysis Predicts Dow to Peak in 2012 and Then Decline to 5,000 – and Much More! (+2K Views)
Charles Nenner has been accurately predicting movements in the liquid markets for more than 25 years, and his most recent cycle analysis predicts that the current stock market rally is going to last through Q2 and then begin a major descent in 2013 - with the Dow eventually reaching 5,000! Read on to learn how Nenner's unique system works and what he forecasts for commodities, currencies, bonds, interest rates and more. Words: 435
Read More »U.S. Fiscal Situation MUCH Worse Than Government Lets On!
I believe our fiscal situation is much worse than most people realize. True, the situation might be resolvable with a hard-nosed turnaround specialist in charge [Romney?] but, even here, the emphasis is on “might”! In a political context, where citizens have been conditioned to believe they are entitled to live at the expense of government (i.e other citizens because, after all, government has nothing that it first does not take from someone else), the situation is beyond hopeless. Let me address the true economic situation of the U.S. by way of an email I received from a regular reader recently. Words: 615
Read More »2012: More Money-printing Leading to Accelerating Inflation, Rising Interest Rates & Then U.S. Debt Crisis! Got Gold? (+4K Views)
Evidence shows that the U.S. money supply trend is in the early stages of hyperbolic growth coupled with a similar move in the price of gold. All sign point to a further escalation of money-printing in 2012...followed by unexpected and accelerating price inflation, followed by a rise in nominal interest rates that will bring a sovereign debt crisis for the U. S. dollar with it as the cost of borrowing for the government escalates...[Let me show you the evidence.] Words: 660
Read More »Niall Ferguson: U.S. Playing “Russian Roulette” Assuming Interest Rates Will Remain Low (+2K Views)
Countering Krugman’s argument that today’s low interest rates show that no one is worried about lending money to us and, therefore, that we should borrow and spend our way to prosperity, Ferguson argues that today’s interest rates are irrelevant. When countries get into trouble, he says, they get into trouble quickly – the way Greece and other European countries have. Taking …
Read More »Gold Will Drop to $1390 By Year-end & $1000 by 2013! Here’s Why (+3K Views)
A review of the gold price written by Robin Bew, chief economist at HSBC Bank, proposes that the gold price is in danger of entering bubble territory and predicts a sharp correction by year-end and reach $1,000 per troy ounce by 2013. [Let's examine Bew's views more closely.] Words: 725
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