Precious Metals

September 14, 2018

“What matters is not the trigger, but the preconditions that make the system vulnerable.” – Jim Rickards So here we are, ten years to the day of the Lehman Brothers’ bankruptcy on September 14, 2008. The gu...

Gold and Silver Returning to Constitutional Status across the U.S. – Part 2

September 11, 2018

In April of 2018, I published “Remonetization of the Pet Rock, and a Gold Chart Update,” which discussed where the precious metals were being monetized around the globe, and a mention of the following… “Coinci...

This Ratio Chart Could Make or Break a Fall Rally in Gold

August 31, 2018

If you did not have an opportunity to review “Smart Money Ace Up the Sleeve and a Gold Chart Update” Part 1 and 2, I suggest you do so before continuing. The Commitments of Trader Report (CoT) released today is...

Banished, Hacked, Robbed, or Chipped with SWIFT is Ending

August 29, 2018

When it comes to sovereign nations that desire an exit from the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) network, the reason dominating mainstream coverage is an effort to end the rel...

Smart Money Ace Up the Sleeve and a Gold Chart Update – Part 2

August 26, 2018

If you did not have an opportunity to review Part 1, I suggest you do so before continuing. There are details in the article regarding the trade patterns of large speculators and bullion banks, as well as gold’...

Reefer Madness in the Golden Age of Cannabis and a Stock Chart

August 23, 2018

Cannabis found its economic roots in North America by way of colonists from Europe. Sir Walter Raleigh came up with the bright idea of harvesting weed in 1585 after his friend Thomas Heriot had seen cannabis-li...

Diplomatic/Trade Wars Flush the Turkish Lira and Gold/TRY Goes RYPO

August 11, 2018

If only Benjamin was around to talk about his love of turkeys today and witness what a turkey in headlights might look like. The Turkish lira (TRY) plunged today and roiled the global equity markets as fear of ...

$The Fed is Still “Effectively Printing Money” - August 2018 TaperCaper Math$

The Fed is Still “Effectively Printing Money” – August 2018 TaperCaper Math

August 4, 2018

Quantitative Easing (QE) is money printing no matter how you slice and dice it. Most of our money (aka fiat currency) exists within an electronic medium today, with the exception of gold and silver in your hand...

This Bear is a Bull as the Russian Central Bank Stockpiles a Gold Hoard

July 24, 2018