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Gold Prices Test 2015 Uptrend Support Ahead Of Jackson Hole

Gold Prices Test 2015 Uptrend Support Ahead Of Jackson Hole

  Fundamental Forecast for Gold:Bullish GOLD TALKING POINTS: Gold prices drop into multi-year uptrend support; haven flows battling USD strength What’s driving gold prices? Review DailyFX’s 2018 Gold Projections Gold prices are lower for a sixth consecutive week with the precious metal plummeting nearly 2.6% to trade at 1179 ahead of the New York close on Friday. Despite the magnitude of […]
Book Review: Faber, The Best Investment Writing, Vol. 2

Book Review: Faber, The Best Investment Writing, Vol. 2

If you didn’t read the first volume of Meb Faber’s The Best Investment Writing (and you should have and of course still can), you’re got another crack at learning from a lot of smart folks who collectively manage hundreds of billions of dollars. The second volume of The Best Investment Writing (Harriman House, 2018) includes more than 40 articles, and, since […]
A Chinese Frankenstein, Fallen Angels, And A Pitch To Buy T-Note

A Chinese Frankenstein, Fallen Angels, And A Pitch To Buy T-Note

Articles I’m reading — Hayden Capital’s latest investor letter is out and as always, it’s a great read. Fred Liu, Hayden’s managing partner, has quickly become one of my favorite investors to follow. Each of his letters offer a master class in fundamental value investing. In his latest, he talks about the global competitive landscape, […]
August 19th Week In Review: How Trump’s Policies Moved Stocks

August 19th Week In Review: How Trump’s Policies Moved Stocks

Catch up on the top industries and stocks that were impacted, or were predicted to be impacted, by the comments, actions and policies of President Trump and his administration with this weekly recap compiled by The Fly: 1. HARLEY-DAVIDSON: Shares of Harley-Davidson (HOG) were under pressure on Monday after President Donald Trump renewed his criticism […]
Facebook Mistakenly Censors Conservative Education Company For “Hate Speech Violations”

Facebook Mistakenly Censors Conservative Education Company For “Hate Speech Violations”

Facebook says it “mistakenly” removed several videos and censored the reach of conservative educational organization PragerU, short for Prager University. On Friday, Prager tweeted evidence that they were being “heavily censored” by Facebook – writing “Our last 9 posts are reaching 0 of our 3 million followers. At least two videos were deleted last night […]
In Praise Of A Genuine Gold (Not Gold-Backed) Bond

In Praise Of A Genuine Gold (Not Gold-Backed) Bond

  Buffet dismissed gold because it pays no interest. But what if there was a genuine gold bond that paid interest in gold? Keith Weiner at Monetary Metals asks Who Would Invest in a Gold Bond? Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffet famously dismissed gold. “Gold has two significant shortcomings, being neither of much use nor […]
End Of The Day Financial Video – Saturday, August 18th

End Of The Day Financial Video – Saturday, August 18th

A weekend wrap up of the financial markets. Video length: 00:13:46
10-Year Treasury Short Squeeze Fuel Hits Another Record High

10-Year Treasury Short Squeeze Fuel Hits Another Record High

The commitment of traders report shows treasury bears are record short 10-yr treasury futures.  The treasury bears will cover, but at what price? That’s an unknown, but we can see when the bears increased their bets. And with that we can check gains for someone who held on. 10-Year Treasury Yields   ​ That’s one […]
Forex Forecast And Cryptocurrencies Forecast For August 20 – 24, 2018

Forex Forecast And Cryptocurrencies Forecast For August 20 – 24, 2018

First, a review of last week’s events: EUR/USD. Most analysts (60%), supported by graphical analysis and indicators, expected the pair to fall to the 1.1120-1.1300 zone. And indeed, the pair reached the level of 1.1300 on Wednesday August 15, but did not go lower, turned around and returned to zone 1.1400 by the end of […]