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[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Climb; Dollar Dips With Treasuries: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] China Tech Shares Stage Rebound After Five-Week Selloff [CNBC] Gold gains on dollar retreat, Delta risks [Reuters] Delta variant, having put kibosh on Fed event, begins to menace recovery [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Jerome Powell’s Policy Revolution Was Blindsided by Covid-19 [CNBC] Fast-food wages climbed 10% in latest […]
[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Powell Confronts Fed’s Taper Ambitions at Symposium: Eco Week [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Powell’s Odds for Second Term Boosted by Yellen’s Backing [Reuters] Yellen backs reappointing Powell as Fed chair – Bloomberg [AP] 7 killed at Kabul airport; fighters seize areas from Taliban [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Pentagon Drafts Airlines; Blair’s Lament: Afghanistan Update [AP] Henri weakens to tropical storm […]
[CNBC] Fed officials will seek to avoid a tantrum as they keep ‘taper talk’ going at Jackson Hole [NPR] Finding Workers Is Harder Than Ever. The Economic Impact Could Be Significant [Reuters] Griffin’s Citadel plans to redeem $500 million from Melvin Capital – WSJ [NBC] U.S. warns of security threats at Kabul airport as Taliban […]
Weekly Hard Asset Insights By David McAlvany Are We Moving from Risk Appetite to Risk Aversion? After both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 registered new all-time highs on Monday, all three main U.S. stock indexes (the Dow, S&P, and NASDAQ) closed with losses for the week. Market breadth was notably weak […]
Bubbles are self-reinforcing, yet inevitably unsustainable inflation. There are different types of Bubbles – Credit and speculative asset Bubbles being the most common. Inflationary processes are fed by some extraordinary monetary phenomena, with protracted Bubbles invariably enjoying systematic governmental support (i.e. loose central bank policies, government incentives and backstops, stimulus measures, etc.). As I’m fond […]
[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Extend Drop as Traders See Off Gloomy Week: Markets Wrap [Reuters] Half a trillion dollars wiped from China markets in a week as clampdowns shatter confidence [Reuters] Global shares eye worse week since February, dollar firm as investors seek safety [Reuters] Oil heads for 7% weekly drop as Delta variant spreads [WP] With […]
This week we review the relationship between gold & M2 money supply over the last 50 years. We also review the price movements of gold, silver, platinum, and more over the last week. Thanks for listening, if you enjoy be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel for weekly precious metals price updates and geopolitical […]
[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks to Commodities Sink on Fed, Growth Worries: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] China Tech Rout Deepens as New Regulations Mulled; Alibaba Dives [Reuters] Stocks tumble, dollar climbs as taper and virus fears spook markets [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Buckles to Lowest Since May as Fed Signals Intent to Taper [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Copper and Iron Ore Tumble as Growth […]
