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Why Quantitative Easing Will Return

Why Quantitative Easing Will Return

Traditional monetary policy, as practiced in the decades up to 2007, faces a problem looking ahead. The shared areas in this figure show recessions.During a typical recession, the Federal Reserve cut its policy target interest rates–the so-called federal funds rate–by about 5 percentage points. But it looks as if the step-by-step rise in this policy […]
India’s Booming Economy Expected To Firm Up Gold Demand

India’s Booming Economy Expected To Firm Up Gold Demand

Starting today, the five-day festival known as Diwali—literally, “a row of lights”—will be observed by millions of Hindus, Sikhs and Jains worldwide. A celebration of good triumphing over evil, the festival typically coincides with the Hindu new year. Diwali is an auspicious time to buy gold coins and jewelry as gifts for loved ones, and […]
EURUSD Sees Strong Rally With Eyes On 1.1549 Zone

EURUSD Sees Strong Rally With Eyes On 1.1549 Zone

EURUSD sees a strong rally with eyes on the 1.1549 zone. This is a build-up on its recent bullish recovery. Support lies at the 1.1450. A violation will aim at the 1.1400 level. A turn below here will target the 1.1350 level. Further down, support lies at the 1.1300. On the upside, resistance resides at […]
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                        USDJPY Making A Bearish Reversal

E USDJPY Making A Bearish Reversal

USDJPY made a nice reversal down from the 113.81 high, which was expected, as we were tracking an expanding diagonal in wave v of C. Current drop, we labeled as wave i)/a), which found a base at the 112.94 level, from where we now see price unfolding a corrective recovery. This can be labeled as […]
Gold & Bitcoin

Gold & Bitcoin

Question: Mr. Armstrong; I really encountered an insane goldbug who claimed you were paid off by the gold cartel to keep the price down. These people cannot open their eyes and see anything but gold or bitcoin. Then they argue the age of knowledge and bitcoin will become the new reserve currency. You really have to […]
Gold And Uranium Opportunities And Drivers

Gold And Uranium Opportunities And Drivers

Sean Brodrick kicks off today with a recap of his presentation at the New Orleans Investment Conference and the companies that caught his eye. We discuss the gold sector first but his presentation focused on uranium. The limited number of investment vehicles in the uranium space are a great hint of just how beat up […]
Forget The Blue Wave… The Bad Wave Of Inflation Has Hit

Forget The Blue Wave… The Bad Wave Of Inflation Has Hit

Inflation is here and it’s bad. You see, inflation enters the economy in stages. It’s not as though the Fed begins to print money and poof! inflation appears. It takes time. The first stage occurs in the manufacturing/ production segment of the economy when you see producers suddenly paying more for the raw goods and commodities […]
Nomura: Expect A “Max Pain” Melt Up In Stocks

Nomura: Expect A “Max Pain” Melt Up In Stocks

One week ago, Nomura’s cross-asset expert Charlie McElligott observed that following the market’s sudden surge from its October lows, it appeared as if there was a source of “short gamma”, forced to levitate risk assets. This morning, Charlie is back with his “elections, schmelections” post-mortem, in which he writes that last night’s events – which […]
Another Distillate Drop Dilemma

Another Distillate Drop Dilemma

It is too bad you can’t run your truck, boiler or factories on crude oil. The American Petroleum Institute (API) reported another massive 7.83-million-barrel crude build led by an equally massive 3.07-million-barrel increase in Cushing Oklahoma. The number was shockingly bearish,  but the oil products numbers told a much different story. The API reported yet another […]
Everybody Wins

Everybody Wins

Now what are we going to talk about? With mid-term elections now behind us, investors will have to find something else to worry about, and fortunately (or unfortunately depending on how you look at it), there’s no shortage of issues. Don’t forget, the FOMC kicks off a 2-day meeting today! With the election results coming in […]