“U.S. Inflation Hits 39-Year High of 7%, Sets Stage for Fed Hike.” “Powell Makes Case for Fed Curbing Inflation While Doing No Harm.” “Federal [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] U.S. Stocks Fall as Attention Turns to Earnings: Markets Wrap [Reuters] European stocks set for worst week since November on hawkish Fed [...]

Gold up $36, Silver up $1.20, Platinum up 3%, and Dollar down 1.6% since January 4. This week we review the 40-year record inflation numbers amid a weaker [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] U.S. Equities Rise as Dollar Extends Slump: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Steadies After Tightening Market Spurs Robust New Year Rally [...]

Current Administration laments “shortage,” of entitlement programs Bubbles everywhere – Where do we find cover? Does Taper Tantrum possibly [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] U.S. Stocks Higher After CPI; Dollar Falls: Markets Wrap [CNBC] 10-year Treasury yield pulls back slightly to 1.72% after monster 2022 spike [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Fluctuate Before Powell’s Senate Hearing: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Rallies With Equity Markets Before U.S. Releases Energy [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Nasdaq Sinks 1%; Treasury Yields Steady: Markets Wrap [CNBC] Treasury yields start the week slightly higher, with inflation data in focus [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Fed Unites Left and Right in Warning It’s Behind Inflation Curve [ABC] US hospitals strained with influx of patients amid latest COVID-19 [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Risk Bubbles Are Deflating Everywhere, Some Market Watchers Say [CNBC] Inflation, rising rates and the Federal Reserve could whip stocks [...]

The Hawkish Fed Pivot Escalates The “Welcome to 2022” party this week was a decidedly downbeat affair. The first five trading days of the new year saw an [...]

Issue (singular) 2022. Is “money” (monetary inflation) more the solution or the problem? For a number of years now, I’ve highlighted in my January [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] U.S. Futures Drop on Spike in Wages; Bonds Fall: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Set for Third Weekly Advance as Market Tightens on [...]

Gold & silver market update, as 2022 begins we look at the prices of gold, silver, platinum, palladium, the US Dollar, and the Nasdaq. Thanks for [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Nasdaq Resumes Losses; Fed Batters Bonds: Markets Wrap [CNBC] 10-year Treasury yield tops 1.75% as rate spike to start 2022 continues [...]