Sunday, April 17, 2016

Corruption and Impeachment in Brazil, Chance for Change in Brazil's Scandal / Politics / Brazil

By: STRATFOR

For the past two years, Brazil has been mired in the costliest corruption scandal ever uncovered in a democracy. Evidence surfaced in 2014 that contractors in Brazil had formed an alliance to overbid on projects for government-owned energy company Petroleo Brasileiro (Petrobras). Contractors pocketed the extra cash and bribed politicians and Petrobras executives to keep quiet. The scandal — the investigation of which came to be known as "Operation Carwash" — was so blatant and implicated such prominent political figures that it shocked Brazil, a country accustomed to high-level corruption. And now the odds that Brazil's president, Dilma Rousseff, will survive the fallout are looking slimmer and slimmer.

Saturday, April 16, 2016

Silver Price "Damp Squib" Rally of 2016 / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2016

By: Clive_Maund

The combination of silver having arrived at a short-term target, with bearish looking candlesticks appearing, gold completing a Head-and-Shoulders top and latest COTs for both gold and silver being at the sort of extreme readings characteristic of a top, all point to silver reversing to the downside here.

On its 6-month chart we can see how silver's sharp advance over the past week or so has brought it up to a trend channel target, where the advance has run into trouble, with bearish looking candlesticks in recent days suggesting that it will soon drop away again.

Saturday, April 16, 2016

Gold Price What Breakout? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2016

By: Clive_Maund

The latest gold COTs are out and they are an absolute horror story, with Commercial short and Large Spec long positions having ramped up to multi-year extremes, which we can take to mean that the dollar is not going to crash its support in the 93 area and will instead rally.

While PM stocks have broken higher, gold has stubbornly refused to and has been dropping back in recent days to complete the Right Shoulder of what is believed to be a Head-and-Shoulders top, as we can see on its 6-month chart below. Once it breaches the neckline of the pattern it should plunge. This will not be a surprising outcome, as it is very rare for a parabolic blowoff move such as we saw earlier to be followed by continued advance.

Saturday, April 16, 2016

Human Population Explosion - Our Day of Reckoning / Politics / Demographics

By: Richard_Mills

The second half of the 20th century saw the biggest increase in the world’s population in human history.

Our population surged because:

• Medical advances lessened the mortality rate in many countries 
• Massive increases in agricultural productivity because of the “Green Revolution”

The global death rate has dropped almost continuously since the start of the industrial revolution - personal hygiene, improved methods of sanitation and the development of antibiotics have all played a major role.

Saturday, April 16, 2016

Stronger Reasons For Buying Gold/Silver Right Now / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2016

By: Michael_Noonan

Almost all of those in the precious metals community are avid consumers of news and statistics pertaining to gold and silver [PMs], such has how many tonnes of gold are being purchased by China, mostly. How much gold does China really own, certainly far more than the "official figures" provided by the Chinese, and certainly far less than that country admits.

Then there are the ongoing published figures of how many gold and silver coins that are being purchased each month, one record month leading to another. "Demand is going through the roof!!" Coupled with those figures are mining supplies v world demand, especially bullish for silver, almost beyond imagination. Added to the mix are the COMEX and LMBA, paper perpetrators of fraud, ruled by the moneychangers and not by the exchanges themselves. These now illegitimate exchanges no longer function as exchanges where one can take delivery on the contract[s] owned.

Saturday, April 16, 2016

Investor Solvency and Market Sanity / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2016

By: Barry_M_Ferguson

We all know the old saying that ‘the market can remain insane longer than investors can remain solvent’. We are now living the phrase.

4/13/16: JP Morgan bank released quarterly results. Earnings were down 6.7% and revenue was down 3% (even by fraudulent bankster accounting). The stock price went up over 4.5%. Schazaamm!
 
Ditto for other big banks Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and Citigroup. Earnings and revenues were down. Stock prices were up.

Saturday, April 16, 2016

Investigating Deutsche Bank's Euro21 Trillion Derivative Casino / Companies / Banking Stocks

By: Mike_Shedlock

Deutsche Bank Admits Rigging, Will Expose Other Riggers

Deutsche Bank has admitted it rigged both the Gold market and the Silver market. ZeroHedge has the details in his report Deutsche Bank Agrees To Expose Other Manipulators .

Many asked me to comment. I am shocked?

Friday, April 15, 2016

How Elites Justify Global Taxation - Anatomy of a Jubilee Psyop / Politics / Taxes

By: Jeff_Berwick

In this article I will explain how the Panama Papers leak, an appearance by Alan Greenspan on national television and a Spring Meeting (of the IMF and World Bank down in Washington DC) create an argument for global taxation.

It’s not something I intended to write about, but the pieces fell into place yesterday and provide us with an object lesson about the way the world works. Actually, I’m writing this on April 14, a very timely tax extortion day for Americans.

Friday, April 15, 2016

Gold Stocks Double, To Double / Commodities / Gold and Silver Stocks 2016

By: Zeal_LLC

Gold-mining stocks surged higher this past week after breaking free from their high consolidation.  This newest upleg catapulted gold stocks to a doubling in less than 3 months, a remarkable world-leading performance.  But despite its quick doubling, this red-hot sector still has another easy doubling left to come from here.  Gold-mining stocks still remain greatly undervalued relative to prevailing gold prices.

Gold stocks’ whipsawing journey so far this year has been nothing short of incredible.  Back on January 19th, less than 3 months ago, the flagship HUI gold-stock index plunged to 100.7.  Those levels were utterly astounding, as that was the HUI’s lowest close since July 2002.  Back then gold was trading near $305, and had yet to exceed $329 in its young secular bull.  Revisiting those levels felt like a gold-stock apocalypse.

Friday, April 15, 2016

Elliott Wave Analysis Pairs with Fibonacci Perfectly - Video / InvestorEducation / Elliott Wave Theory

By: EWI

The Fibonacci Sequence is the mathematical basis of the Elliott Wave Principle

Using Fibonacci calculations helps you identify high-probability price targets and trade setups. In this new interview with our Senior Instructor Jeffrey Kennedy, you'll learn how Fibonacci pairs perfectly with Elliott wave analysis. Watch now.

Friday, April 15, 2016

Gold Price Suppression, Paul Volcker and the Vatican Bank - Video / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2016

By: Mario_Innecco

Transcript Excerpt: hi it's Friday April 15th 2016 I like to talk about today something that you know
years ago and still nowadays to some extent is still considered conspiracy
theory in my opinion is considered the truth by there is a truth that's
uncomfortable when the establishment and the corporate media which is owned by
the establishment you know and big banks and corporations and is the subject of
precious metals manipulation you know especially gold and silver as well of
course and a lot of people you know that don't know much about money and the
nature of money in the history of the monetary system when you tell them that
you know gold is manipulated or suitors manipulated you know they don't

Friday, April 15, 2016

Silver's Bearish Rally / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2016

By: P_Radomski_CFA

Silver moved sharply higher recently along with mining stocks, but unlike the latter, the white metal continued to show strength even on Thursday by holding up well despite gold's and mining stocks' decline. What does this tell us?

It tells us that a decline is very likely to be seen shortly. Let's see why (charts courtesy of http://stockcharts.com).

Friday, April 15, 2016

What's Behind the Longest Stock Market Rally? / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2016

By: Anthony_Cherniawski

Good Morning!

SPX closed above its hourly Cycle Top at 2082.44 last night, but appears to have dropped beneath it in Premarket action.

ZeroHedge comments, “Good news is still bad news after all.

After last night's China 6.7% GDP print which while the lowest since Q1 2009, was in line with expectations, coupled with beats in IP, Fixed Asset Investment and Retail Sales (on the back of $1 trillion in total financing in Q1)...

Friday, April 15, 2016

Silver Up 5.6%; Gold Down 1% as Deutsche Bank Settles Gold and Silver Manipulation Suits / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2016

By: GoldCore

Silver prices have surged 5.6% this week, while gold is down 1% in dollar terms, 1.5% in sterling terms but flat in euro terms. Gold appears to be consolidating after the recent gains and the bounce in stocks this week is likely leading to traders taking profits.

Friday, April 15, 2016

How Do the Gold ETFs Really Work? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2016

By: Arkadiusz_Sieron

To understand the relationship between the gold ETFs’ inventories and the price of gold it is necessary to grasp how the ETFs work. As we already know, the aim of gold ETFs is to replicate the performance of gold. How do they achieve that? Surely, they purchase and hold the gold bullion (at least SDPR Gold Trust claims to do it, since many other gold ETFs hold gold futures contracts rather than bullion, but it does change the underlying mechanism at work). This is basically why the ETFs net assets value (NAV) tracks the price of gold so well. What is NAV? It is the sum of funds’ assets less any liabilities, divided by the number of outstanding shares. Assume that there are 1000 shares of an ETF, which holds 100 ounces of gold. If the price of gold is $1200 per ounce, the NAV amounts to $120. Since SPDR Gold Trust holds only gold bullion, the net assets value of a GLD share will naturally move by the same percentage as the gold prices (regardless of the absolute level of gold inventories).

Friday, April 15, 2016

BrExit - Ne Pleurex Pas, MiLord! - de Gaulle was Right EU is NOT For Britain / ElectionOracle / EU_Referendum

By: Nadeem_Walayat

It's over 50 years on from when Britain's first attempts under Harold Mcmillion to join the then Common Market was refused TWICE by the French, the first in 1963 at a a summit in Paris where at the very last minute de Gaulle literally sang "Ne Pleurex Pas, MiLord!", leaving a tearful Harold Macmillan to fly back home in disgrace.

Friday, April 15, 2016

Traders Pinpoint Where You're Wrong - Video / InvestorEducation / Elliott Wave Theory

By: EWI

Learn one of the greatest benefits of the Wave Principle

The Wave Principle is the only technical analysis tool that lets you know exactly where you're wrong, to the pip, tick, or penny.

Our senior instructor Jeffrey Kennedy explains this important value -- among others -- of Elliott wave analysis.

Friday, April 15, 2016

Gold Miners Arrived At Huge Resistance After An Incredible Rally / Commodities / Gold and Silver Stocks 2016

By: InvestingHaven

Gold is definitely story of 2016, at least so far. The yellow metal rose some 25% in the first quarter. That rally was impressive, but the performance of precious metals miners was even better, as the rally of most gold miners surpassed 100%  in 2016. Incredible.

Is this the time to enter the gold mining space or stay on the sidelines?

Thursday, April 14, 2016

Silver Manipulation Cultists Cheer “Proof” / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2016

By: Dan_Norcini

Ah yes, the silver manipulation crowd is ecstatic this AM as they gleefully point to news that Deutsche Bank has agreed to settle in a class action lawsuit which claimed that it, along with several other large banks, had been rigging the silver price at the London Silver Fix.

The claim by the silver cultists is that the bank would not have agreed to settle if they had done nothing wrong. Hello? Ever heard of companies settling nuisance lawsuits to make them go away? Nowadays it is called the “cost of doing business”.

Thursday, April 14, 2016

Gold Could Explode Higher as Precious Metals Become Shariah Compliant / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2016

By: Jeff_Berwick

You won’t find any mainstream articles on the Jubilee Year’s secret timeline for financial ruin. Hell, you won’t even find alternative media articles on it – except here at TDV. But that doesn’t mean people aren’t aware of what’s going on. In this case, the top money men in the Middle East are racing to get gold approved as a Shariah compliant asset.

You can bet the smart Middle Eastern money is getting ready to hit the yellow metal hard. The demand may contribute to the gold market’s already significant buoyancy this year – as Middle Eastern buyers jump into considerable tonnage as soon as possible.