Rare Earth Trade War as an Ultimate War Trigger Part 2
I penned an article on the importance of rare earth elements (REEs) last year when the trade war between China and the U.S. began to heat up. There is some information included in that article about a major REE discovery in North Korea. Rare Earth Trade War as an...
Democratic Debate a Boon for a Second Trump Term
Somewhere in the White House, President Trump must be smiling to himself. During the most recent Democratic debate, 12 candidates for the presidency squared off, with most saying absolutely nothing. It was the same old politics, delivered with a familiar and...
Monkey Hammered Muppets and Gold Technical Analysis
If you missed my recent analyses on the price advance of gold, I suggest you review “A Silver Note and the Screaming Gold Rally Pauses After the Dog Days of Summer,” published on Aug. 31, “Savvies Were Aware of the Near-Term Risk for a Pullback in Gold and Silver,”...
The Mass Exodus of Facebook’s Libra Coin Association Continues! VISA, MasterCard, eBay, and Others Follow PayPal’s Exit
Much-Needed Regulatory Clarity It gets worse for Facebook’s Zuckerberg! Following the shocking exit of PayPal last week, other payment processors and online giants have also left the controversial and Facebook-led initiative, Libra Association. According to a recent...
President Trump Badly Mangles Our Foreign Policy
Like in baseball, the military has some unwritten rules. One of the most important is that junior officers should heed the advice of their senior enlisted personnel as gospel. Although junior officers technically outrank all enlisted members, outranking is not the...
Core Money: Gold and Silver’s Value Universe
I personally own precious metals because it's the sensible thing to do. With the national debts of all modern nations, from Australia to Japan, the entire continent of Europe, Canada, and the granddaddy of all debtor nations, my native U.S. of A. ballooning into the tens of trillions, it's not even an option to have only fiat digits in your asset portfolio. Educate yourself on the all-important attributes of precious metals investments!