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“From the mass psychology perspective, Gold is very close to putting in a bottom.  Sentiment investors, contrarian investors and investors who are familiar with the concept of mass psychology should consider taking a closer look at the precious metal’s sector now”.

The US is on its own and monetary expansion seems the only Holy Grail left...

"This is legal?" Stephanie Ruhle on CDS after watching "The Big Short" (Bloomberg TV) 

Steve St. Angelo is an Independent researcher who started to invest in precious metals in 2002. 

CEOs, Wall Street are furiously making hay while the storm moves in.

WWIII, Anyone?

The further you go towards the tails of the bell curve, the more similar social characteristics.  In a society that has been even more polarized, we increasingly see similarities between the very wealthy, and the very poor.  The declining middle class is more and more a world of it's own (as the elite used to be). 

In Summary, the Superclass "Elite" UHNWI and the ultra poor have the following in common:

Focus on policies promoting economic growth, lower taxes, and spending tax receipts more efficiently and not on one`s sexual orientation in the bedroom.

If you know someone special that likes the finer things in life, and lives where they may need to defend those finer things and their life, I offer mrs_horseman's recipe for, "Can-of-Whoop-Ass."

The world is awash with debt. With central banks increasing their balance sheets through quantitative easing, simultaneously pushing down interest rates and taking huge chunks of the market out of circulation, investors have had to stray beyond developed market government bonds in search of yield.

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This is a commentary which should never have needed to be written. 

This signal has triggered four times in the last 20 years. Every time it did stocks lost between 20% and 50% in the following six months.

Our previous look at Nov 6 compared spot and futures. This time, let’s look at gold futures and GLD.

The Federal Reserve has been telegraphing to markets that they are going to raise the fed funds rate by 25 basis points next month at its December Fed Meeting.