Doldrums & Summer Lows? This Parrot is Going LONG
We have a great risk-reward setup staring us in the face. So you can have your summer doldrums, your new lows, and your gold seasonals. This parrot, with disciplined stops, […]
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Deep Survival: Lessons for Investing & Trading in the Metals
Emotion is biologically designed to rule us, and MUST be consciously controlled:
Continue readingIs The Junior Mining Sector About To Implode?
Time to batten down the hatches, mateys. This chain of developments has the potential to devastate the junior miners in the short run, coming on top of the effects of […]
Continue readingThe HUI is the New Gold and Silver Spot Price, Spot Price is DEAD!
The spot price for gold and silver is dead. We seem to have the makings of a major disconnect, and it is worth talking about: the mining indexes are raging, while […]
Continue readingThe Weimar Republic of Venezuela
The Western Media is Whistling Past the Graveyard of Venezuela’s Collapse. A black swan event is one that few people see coming, and at this point I think it is safe to […]
Continue readingOunces of Truth, Shares of Illusion
Don’t worry, disheartened Goldbugs- if you can pull yourself away from your shiny rocks for a few minutes, I have a killer stock play that will help ease your considerable […]
Continue readingThe Hard Way
At some point in the last 40 years or so, we could have chosen short-term pain (a brief recession, fewer entitlements, balanced budgets, etc) and secured long-term stability. Instead, we […]
Continue readingWelcome to the Insurrection
To put it bluntly, there is a sh*tstorm of unimaginable proportions coming…
Continue readingThe Outliers
Understanding the dynamics behind the preference cascade is particularly important for gold and silver. If we think about the behavior that we call investing, we can quickly discern that at […]
Continue readingStocks, IRA’s & 401k’s: The Public Is the Sucker!
“Listen, here’s the thing. If you can’t spot the sucker in your first half hour at the table, then you are the sucker.” People don’t seem to realize that when […]
Continue readingThe Bones of Civilization: The Collapse Has Already Occured!
We often discuss the end of the Keynesian experiment, but it seems to me that we sometimes have a far too linear view of this process. We tend to imagine […]
Continue readingPining 4 the Fjords: Why We Stack
Our narrative is a simple and honest one: we are ordinary people who care deeply about taking care of our families and we work very hard to do so. Unfortunately, […]
Continue reading40 Years of Gold Manipulation: Beneath the Surface
I’d like to introduce you to Mrs. Louise Boyer, a very decent lady and a highly competent secretary. So competent, in fact, that she spent nearly three decades working as […]
Continue readingAnatomy of an MSM Hit Piece
So I logged-on to the Yahoo finance page the other day and I came across a main page headline that was a genuinely perfect specimen. No, it wasn’t the “Eight […]
Continue readingThe Cremation of 2013
There were strange things done by fluorescent sun By the Federal Reserve of old From Treasury pops to secret swaps That would make your blood run cold The Wall Street […]
Continue readingGuest Post: Hey Joe!
Just six short years ago, the median net worth of middle class US households was $120,000. Today, it has fallen a whopping 45% to just $66,000. Pretend you are an […]
Continue readingTruth Or Consequences
Truth or Consequences. If you take the time to learn and understand the reality of the situation around you – the truth – you can act to avoid unpleasant consequences. […]
Continue readingMiner Limbo: “How low can you go?”
We know you have been to the 4th circle of hell, broken through support there, and kept dropping into the 6th circle. We know that you refer to the mining […]
Continue readingRisk and Reward: China’s Golden Hammer
What would happen if the Chinese prominently announced their gold holdings publicly? Surely such an announcement would shock the financial world, and even more so if they then publicly called […]
Continue readingThe Consent of the Governed
At this moment, western central banks are engaged in a process of funding massive expenditures through monetizing (directly or indirectly) government debt. They create more Euros or Yen, or Pounds, […]
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