U.S. Financial Markets Year in Review
After showing recent promise, all major U.S. blue-chip indices ended the final trading day of 2015 in the red — quite an appropriate ending for what has been regarded as a tumultuous year for stocks, according to The Wall Street Journal. Ironically, the losses...
Gold And Commodities To Recover In Q1 Of 2016 From Oversold Conditions
The beaten down commodities sector was THE most important theme in 2015, much more important than the U.S. Fed rate hike. We believe mainstream media has overly emphasized the importance of the interest rate hike. Crude oil is the most important energy asset in the...
Dow Drops 367 Points, But More Pain To Come
So much for the stability argument. On Friday, December 18, the Dow Jones Industrial Average slid more than -2%, or 367 points, against the prior session. The culprits were many, with global speculation towards macroeconomic fundamentals in light of the U.S. Federal...
Wall Street Hammered Before Fed Convenes
Perhaps good news may be bad news after all. At a time when global financial markets seldom follow logical pathways, one counterintuitive message may ring true. The U.S. Federal Reserve has been promising — some might pessimistically say threatening — to...
How Bad Is The Crude Oil Meltdown? Very
Crude oil futures contracts were the toast of Wall Street when it sprang up at the start of trading last week, shocking market bears with an 8% leap — capping off a three-day winning streak that added nearly 21% of valuation in the international benchmark Brent...
Gold Going To $750 Or $350?
Let’s face it. Mainstream media and large financial institutions have the (bad) habit of forecasting gold prices based on market sentiment. In a bear market, they lower their forecasts. If gold prices are rising, their forecasts are in line with the rising...
How Silver Miners Can Stop Silver Manipulation
In his latest public article, Ted Butler finds once again proof of manipulation in COMEX silver. In the Commitments of Traders Report (COT) as of the close of business May 19, 2015. In just one reporting week, more managed money contracts were bought and more...
The Waiting Game: American Bonds and Russian Roulette
With geopolitical tensions flaring throughout the world providing the catalyst for severe dysfunction in international finances, the United States is once again blessed with insular protectionism, a condition that has served the lone superpower well throughout...
The Crude Oil Backlash
One of the biggest surprises of this year is the unrelenting volatility of the oil market, with West Texas Intermediate posting yet another loss in last Friday’s (August 22nd) session, making this week turn red to the tune of -3.34%. Year-to-date, the market is...
