Real Negative Interest Rate Policy (NIRP) Vs. Gold
The last time I checked there was $75 trillion in global money supply, low to near zero interest rate policy (ZIRP) across the board, an inverted yield curve in the U.S. that is flip-flopping, and $11 trillion of sovereign negative yield bonds with 18 countries on the...
How it Sounds When Fed Doves Cry Part 2 – QE to Infinity?
Only three short months ago, the Federal Reserve projected its quantitative tightening (QT) rodeo to continue unabated, with reductions in its $4 trillion dollar QE’ased balance sheet, the deployment of maturing bonds back into Treasuries, and at least a few more...
Born a Trader or Teach a Trader – USD Technical Analysis
The dominant theme in financial markets this week that will have implications for cross-border currency valuations are monetary policy decisions by the Federal Reserve, Brazil, Russia, Switzerland, and the U.K. The China trade war negotiations will inject significant...
How it Sounds When Fed Doves Cry
In a swift 180-degree policy reversal during Wednesday’s FOMC announcement, Fed Chairman Jay Powell said the case for higher U.S. interest rates had “weakened,” when just last month the Fed raised rates and signaled it would do so again in 2019. Something stated by...
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!