Archive - Jan 2014 - Blog entry

As we begin 2014, it is important to recognize the levels of INSANITY currently existent in the world  enabling us to understand the apocryphal nature of the times we live in and prepare ourselves to meet the challenges it represents.  The world is leveraged to an extent that has never before seen in history! Debt now masquerades as NOMINAL growth and REAL growth has ceased.  Headline economic reports are now nothing more than POLITICALLY CORRECT HOAXES to FOOL the public at large and mask the betrayal of the public by the leaders who hold the reins of power.  ECONOMIC Stagnation emerged after the 2008 Global financial crisis and in real terms has NEVER ENDED!
 

The major disconnect between the rising of Brent Oil prices with global production outpacing demand on a weekly, monthly and annual basis is just an interesting feat in and of itself.

Often “a picture paints a thousand words” and the seven key gold charts below should make gold bears nervous. As the charts show, such sentiment, price action and oversold conditions tend to coincide with major lows in gold and silver prices and multi month price gains.  

Trust us...

Francis Scott Key was certainly not a visionary when he penned the famous words “the land of the free and the home of the brave”. But, we can certainly forgive him since it was back in 1814 and things were different maybe then.

But U.S. Is Still Calling for Regime Change ... Because the "Facts" Are Being Fixed Around the Policy

You can reflate a credit bubble in which spending rises briefly... But at the end of the day, all this does is set the stage for another economic collapse when people once again default on their credit card payments/ mortgage payments.

Why the dollar may have a huge rally in 2014

Yes, financial markets are built and intended to fail at times, once they are no longer allowed to fail, they become state tools for policy outcome. 

No cash= no dividends= no yield.

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The Supply demand fundamentals of the gold market remain sound with the flow of gold from West to East. COMEX gold stocks have fallen to new record lows (see chart) showing demand for physical bullion remains very robust. Indeed, the scale of the fall in COMEX gold stocks since 2007 and which accelerated in early April 2013 is important to note. 

You all know the drill...

The Administration Treats Congress Just Like the American People: With Scorn and Disdain

Like in the bubble days of 2007: the big numbers, the deal exuberance, the craziness, the hoopla