Will Negative Interest Rates Be the Last Straw?
By Clint Siegner Zero Interest Rate Policy (ZIRP) was considered “extraordinary” when central bankers rolled that out roughly ten years ago. At that time, people…
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Congress Still Covering for the Fed’s Bailouts
By Clint Siegner Wall Street owns Washington DC – figuratively speaking. In literal terms, the largest banks in the nation own the Federal Reserve. They…
Elephant in the Room: Why Nobody Talks About Ballooning Federal Deficits
By Clint Siegner The presidential race will mesmerize Americans over the next 11 months. The country hasn’t been this polarized since the Civil War. Voters…
Cracks Spread in the Bullion Banks’ Price Management System
By Clint Siegner Department of Justice prosecutors charged a sixth JPMorgan executive for cheating in the precious metals markets. Jeffrey Ruffo stands accused of racketeering…
New Evidence Futures Markets Are Built for Manipulation
By Clint Siegner The recent price smash in precious metals is frustrating for goldbugs. It is even more infuriating for those who look at the…
Why Nobody Chants “End the Fed” Anymore
By Clint Siegner Americans hated it when the Federal Reserve handed trillions of dollars to crooked Wall Street banks following the 2008 Financial Crisis. Politicians…
Yes, Gold “Just Sits There” and That’s Quite a Feat
By Clint Siegner The Wall Street Journal’s Jason Zweig famously referred to gold as a “Pet Rock” in 2015. He was blasted by people who…
Class Action Lawsuits May Eventually Result in Damages Paid Out to Cheated Metals Investors
By Clint Siegner Gold and silver investors have been watching the Department of Justice investigation of criminal price rigging at JPMorgan Chase and other bullion…
Banksters Finally Hit with Racketeering Charges — Better Late Than Never!
By Clint Siegner JPMorgan Chase and other bullion banks spent most of a decade screwing clients and investors who were naive enough to expect a…
JPMorgan’s Top Metals Trader in the Crosshairs for Illegal Manipulation
By Clint Siegner Michael Nowak, the global head of trading for both base and precious metals at JPMorgan Chase, has been charged by the US…
Dominoes Falling at Big Banks That Rigged Precious Metals Markets
By Clint Siegner The crooked precious metals trading department at JPMorgan Chase lost another man last week. Christian Trunz pleaded guilty to criminal “spoofing” of…
The Case for Gold Keeps Getting Stronger As Negative Interest Rates Spread
By Clint Siegner The world has truly entered uncharted waters with negative interest rates spreading so far and wide. Frank Holmes, CEO of US Global…
Like Jeffrey Epstein, Bullion Banks Get Sweet Deals from the Justice Department
By Clint Siegner First, a bank’s commodities trading department takes metals investors for a ride like unwitting victims in the back of Jeffrey Epstein’s “Lolita…
Federal Debt Ceiling Reached as Federal Spending Rages
By Clint Siegner The federal government will soon run up against its self-imposed borrowing cap once again. Current estimates are for the government to max…