Fed Folds Under Pressure, Telegraphs Looser Money Ahead
By Clint Siegner Two big questions have been front and center for Fed watchers in recent months… The first is just how high rates could…
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New Shortfall in Production Capacity for Fabricated Silver and Gold
By Clint Siegner The two largest private producers of bullion bars and rounds in the U.S. have gone defunct over the past two years. Premiums…
Wall Street Drools over Fishy Jobs Report
By Clint Siegner The Bureau of Labor Statistics delivered a blowout jobs report on Friday. Headline chasing algorithms and investors responded by snapping up stocks….
Fake Markets and Return of the “Plunge Protection Team”
By Clint Siegner It’s amazing what passes as a market these days. Stocks rallied during the Christmas week, and the mainstream financial press would like…
Will 2019 Bring a Free and Fair Gold & Silver Market?
By Clint Siegner JPMorgan Chase and a number of other bullion banks are in a whole lot of trouble. Evidence detailing years of rigging markets…
Will DOJ Finally Hold Bullion Banks Accountable for Market Rigging?
By Clint Siegner It is hard to cheer for the Department of Justice these days, but federal prosecutions have begun to offer hope for precious…
JPMorgan Chase Trader Pleads Guilty to Gold Manipulation, Turns State’s Evidence
By Clint Siegner Gold and silver investors got a rare bit of good news on the enforcement front last week. A trader from JPMorgan Chase…
Sadly, Sound Money ISN’T on the Ballot
By Clint Siegner Americans will be headed to the polls to cast ballots in the midterm elections. Polling suggests that Democrats will return to power…
Gold/Silver Ratio Back at Extremes: Bull Market In Precious Metals Ahead?
By Clint Siegner The gold/silver ratio, calculated by simply dividing the gold price by the silver price, may be signaling the end of the bear…
My Goodness, What Is Happening to Platinum?
By Clint Siegner The bearish price action in platinum has some of our clients wondering just what to expect. We are always happy to give…
Bullion Bank Charades and the Importance of Long-Term Thinking
By Clint Siegner Yesterday, we gave you an inside look into the very competitive and honest market in which physical bullion dealers operate. It’s a…
The Federal Reserve: Secretly Sticking It To Americans For Over 100 Years
By Clint Siegner In the aftermath of the 2008 Financial Crisis, the private Federal Reserve bank cartel was front and center as a target for…
Federal Reserve Note Dances Upon Its Own Grave
By Clint Siegner Practically nobody enters the foreign exchange markets looking to buy and hold. Currency trading is generally a short-term game, and there isn’t…
The Least Known (and Best Performing) Precious Metal
By Clint Siegner Gold and silver have risen substantially off the price bottom put in just 2-½ years ago, but the gains have yet to…