Although our leadership is too polite to say it out loud, they’ve embraced stagnation as the new quasi-official policy. The reason is tragi-comically obvious: any real reform would threaten the income streams gushing into untouchably powerful self-serving elites and fiefdoms. In

First this:   RECORD HIGH FOR S & P 500! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 29, 2017   Pertaining to this:     Not that the Exchange Stabilization Fund along with the Fed, smashing gold & silver, buying the

Editor Mark O’Byrne – Gold climbs over 12% in YTD, matching S&P500 performance – Palladium best performing market, surges 36% 2017 YTD – Gold outperforms Nikkei 225, Euro Stoxx 50, FTSE and ISEQ – Geo-political concerns including Trump and North Korea

One chart defines the 21st century economy and thus its socio-political system: the chart of soaring wealth/income inequality. This chart doesn’t show a modest widening in the gap between the super-wealthy (top 1/10th of 1%) and everyone else: there is

Editor Mark O’Byrne – “Going off gold did the opposite of what many people think” – FT Alphaville – “Surprising” findings show benefits of Gold Standard –  Study by former Obama advisor in 1999 and speech by Bank of England economist

First the good news. If copper is finding a bottom in the short-term, the silver price can find a floor based on the “industrial use” aspect of the white metal: Silver has two unique properties that, when comparing all other

Editor Mark O’Byrne – Listen to Jesse Livermore and ignore the noise of short term market movements, central bank waffle and daily headlines   – Stock and bond markets are overvalued but continue to climb… for now – What goes

So let’s say we want to set up a system to help students choose a career that fits their aptitudes and interests. What would we do? How about: 1. Give them zero (or superficial) aptitude and career-related tests. 2. Provide a

Max & Stacy ask what happens when a nation of consumers goes into cold state credit freeze? And is Warren Buffett’s Dow 1,000,000 possible in such a state? Max interviews Charles ‘Chuck’ Johnson of GotNews.com about how his operation managed

by MarketWatch Gold finished sharply higher on Monday, recouping roughly half of last week’s loss, as declines in the U.S. stock market and growing tensions between the U.S. and North Korea lifted prices for the yellow metal to the highest settlement

by MarketWatch Gold finished sharply higher on Monday, recouping roughly half of last week’s loss, as declines in the U.S. stock market and growing tensions between the U.S. and North Korea lifted prices for the yellow metal to the highest settlement