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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
By Clint Siegner The setup for higher silver prices is so good it’s scary. The relative positioning of speculators versus the bullion banks in the…
By Clint Siegner Gold production numbers for 2017 are still being compiled but estimates call for the first annual decline in mine output since 2008….
By Clint Siegner U.S. equities got a free ride on the Trump train after his election, even as Federal Reserve officials hiked interest rates. That…