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There are some unprecedented events occurring in the precious metals markets right now - find out about the four biggest signs for silver. |
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By Jeff Clark, Senior Precious Metals Analyst, GoldSilver |
It’s a relatively quiet trend, but the most active of investors—hedge funds and traders—are aggressively putting gold hedges in place. |
It shouldn’t really be a surprise, given the recent spike in volatility in the stock market. It hasn’t been reported much in the mainstream, but an increasing number of people who make their living from investing are betting on gold. |
We’ve shown this data before, but the trend continues to build strength. Gold trading volumes on the COMEX surged to yet another new high last quarter. |
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By Dennis Miller, Miller on the Money |
Remember how excited you were when you got your first “real job”? It was early January and I was fresh off active duty. I began washing cars at an auto dealer – for $1.00/hour. I’d wash off the snow and grime from every car on the sales lot. It was freezing cold. I quickly realized what I didn’t want to do for my life’s work. |
My mother said “Pure Oil is advertising for office help. Maybe you should apply.” I grabbed my only white shirt and tie and got hired. Salaries for someone with no experience was $250/month ($3,000/year). I was excited – I was making $1.44/hour! I was still at home, basically broke, but at least I wasn’t outside freezing. |
I looked at my 2017 social security statement and wondered how it compared to my first job. The US Inflation Calculator answered my question... |
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The Current Stock Market Is a Mirror Image of Pre-Crash 1929 The 1929 crash happened while the US economy was truly, robustly strong. Still, overleveraged investors and corporations took it down. Today? We have an artificially inflated market overlaying a weak economy and overleveraged investors and corporations. |
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