[Reuters] France votes in election that could hand power to far right [Reuters] BIS sends government debt warning before important elections [Reuters] France [...]

A New Era Writing of the period just before the Great Depression’s guillotine dropped in the late 1920s, Dr. Benjamin Anderson, in his tour de force [...]

[AP] France is facing an election like no other. Here’s how it works and what comes next [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Macron Heads Into Election Showdown as Le Pen [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Gain as Focus Turns From Debate to Data: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Hits Two-Month High as Mideast Tensions Rattle Market [...]

This week we investigate the continuing bull market of gold and silver even with the slight dip that they took this week.  Meanwhile, palladium is on track to [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Slip Ahead of Data as Micron Plunges: Markets Wrap [Reuters] Oil edges higher as Middle East risks offset US demand concerns [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Fall as Fed Official Cools Rate Hopes: Markets Wrap [Reuters] Yen slumps to lowest since 1986, putting traders on red alert [Reuters] [...]

Steph Pomboy: “The U.S. Fantasy Is That The World Needs The Dollar” Government’s Big Mistake Is Financing Our Debt On The Short End Of The [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Gain After Nvidia-Led Slump: Markets Wrap [Reuters] European stocks fall after Nvidia slump [CNBC] Oil prices fall as rally takes a [...]

“In the long run we’re all dead,” Keynes informed us. He did so in order to stress economic theory’s inability to determine the distant future. [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Nasdaq Under Pressure as Nvidia Retreats: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Creeps Up After Loss as Prices Take Cues From Wider Markets [...]

[Yahoo Finance] Fed’s favorite inflation reading highlights last week of Q2: What to know this week [Yahoo/Bloomberg] NYC Temperature to Approach Record [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Macron Courts Coalition of Rivals to Block ‘Extremes’ From Power [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Charting the Global Economy: BOE Leaves Rate-Cut Hopes [...]

An Unnerving Feeling On Friday, Goldman Sachs’ head of execution services, Bobby Molavi, summed up the current market zeitgeist nicely. As Molavi put it, [...]

Here’s our weekly recap of the precious metals markets for June 19. As of this recording, here is where precious metals stand: The price of gold rose to [...]