...from central bank rigging of capital markets, to political rigging of elections, to media rigging of public sentiment, and now, commercial bank rigging of both silver and gold. In short, "tinfoil hat-wearing nutjobs living in their parents basemen
While paper gold traders can't seem to dump the precious metal fast enough, physical gold demand is soaring around the world. India retail premiums are spiking (amid demonetization), local China premiums soar to a 3-year-high (as capital controls loo
n the interim, whilst bullish factors coalesce for the Precious Metals, we have been keeping an eye on other sectors, and in particular the marijuana sector, which is making great strides forward in both the recreational and medical spheres, having b
The onshore yuan exchange rate (CNY) against the USD has eclipsed 6.74 today while offshore exchange rate (CNH) was pushing 6.75 as the week drew to a close.
Ernest Hancock and Bob Anderson (local libertarian activist; off-grid) do a special podcast to cover relevant topics such as energy, real estate, precious metals, the election, and other prepping and libertarian issues...
The flood of counterfeit coins entering the market has prompted new concerns about determining the authenticity. Up until this time the best electronic machine to check the type of metal in a coin cost thousands of dollars. A new product is on the ma
For the third time since Friday's close, gold and silver prices are being vertically challenged by an urgent 'seller'. In the latest round of monkey-hammering 'someone' decided to opportunistically sell over $1 billion notional gold in 5 minutes...
Keith Neumeyer is well known for his unabashed criticisms of government and central banks, having recently highlighted that the entire precious metals market space has been infiltrated by a small concentration of players who are manipulating the mark
Copper futures are tumbling by the most in 2 months (testing back towards 4 month lows) after the biggest two-day increase in copper stockpiles monitored by LME since 2004.
Real demand for steel in China dropped at least 7% in April from the year before, according to Citigroup's Tracy Liao estimates, so it should not be a total surprise that the frenzied speculative buying in Iron Ore, Rebar, and various other industr
For years now, the easiest way to finesse a debate over whether precious metals markets are manipulated has been to say, "well, if they're not manipulated they're the only market that isn't."
But if you have money left over after taking care of the basics, I am fully convinced that silver is a wonderful investment for the mid to long term. In this article, I am going to explain why this is the case.
The Party In The Global Equity Markets Is Winding Down and "Our moment is coming.. and when that happens we can be humble and gracious or pompous rockstars. When this position - which has been so painful for so long - pays off, resist the urge to say
It may not be as sexy as gold and silver, but sometimes even doctor copper needs a little squeeze and corner love as well, and according to Bloomberg, that is precisely what someone is trying to do.
Copper fell to the lowest since 2009 as Barclays Plc cut its price forecast and said recent data makes a recovery in the first half less likely in China, the world's biggest user.
As copper, crude, and credit crash, market internals collapse, and global economic data swirls the great toilet of Keynesian pump-priming... stock investors want to hear just one thing from the world's central bankers...
As copper, crude, and credit crash, market internals collapse, and global economic data swirls the great toilet of Keynesian pump-priming... stock investors want to hear just one thing from the world's central bankers...
I thought the top news of the day was Lindsay Lohan announcing her candidacy for President of the USA, but the decline in iron and copper prices seemed more relevant.
With countless settlements documenting the rigging of every single asset class, it was only a matter of time before the regulators - some 10 years behind the curve as usual - finally cracked down on gold manipulation
July has seen the most intense demand for physical gold and silver since April of 2013, setting numerous records for the year. On the heels of the spectacular drop in spot prices, buyers of physical metal have come out in droves.
"Gold and silver in great quantity was homeward bound to Philip V when a hurricane destroyed his fleet along Florida's coast. Some recovery in the aftermath still left much to be recovered beginning in the 1960's and ongoing to this day."
In an open letter to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission First Mining Finance CEO Keith Neumeyer argues that real producers and consumers don't appear to be represented by the purported billion dollar moves on paper trading exchanges.