Archive for: Federal Reserve

Gold and Silver Prices to Spike Next Week

Gold and Silver Prices to Spike Next Week

Gold and silver prices have remained volatile in both directions since October. But indications from the COMEX show suggest we may see a spike in these precious...

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Ron Paul Puts the Fed In the Crosshairs

Ron Paul Puts the Fed In the Crosshairs

If this isn’t Ben Bernanke’s worst Congressional nightmare, I don’t know what is. His arch-nemesis, Ron Paul, author of “End the Fed,”...

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Market Wrap-Up for Dec.8

I was reading more anecdotes from Ben Bernanke’s 60 Minutes appearance in which he discussed the Federal Reserve’s ability to easily control inflation...

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Money to Burn: 10% of Cash Supply to be Destroyed

Money to Burn: 10% of Cash Supply to be Destroyed

  Here’s a story that is sure to leave the gold bugs shaking their heads. It seems as though Uncle Sam can’t even print his own fiat currency without...

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Ultra-Deepwater Rigs are Back

Ultra-Deepwater Rigs are Back

Ben Bernanke, head of the Federal Reserve, went on 60 Minutes over the weekend and talked about a third round of quantitative easing (QE3).  I’m of the opinion...

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Market Wrap-Up for Dec.3 (WAG, PVH, BTU, DD, COST, more)

With this morning’s jobs’ number worse than expected, we could likely see the Democrats and Republicans align on extending the “Bush Era”...

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The End of the U.S. Dollar

The End of the U.S. Dollar

Much of my investing decisions over the past ten years have been guided by watching the U.S. governments abuse the dollar into its current near-worthless state....

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Federal Reserve Gave 9 Trillion Worth of Emergency Loans to Major Banks At Near Zero Interest Rates

Today, the private Federal Reserve was forced to reveal that they loaned upwards of 9 trillion dollars to major financial institutions in emergency overnight loans....

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There is No Food Inflation; the BLS Made Sure of That

“Moreover, inflation has been declining and is currently quite low, with measures of underlying inflation running close to 1 percent… In this environment,...

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Why Commodity Traders Are Getting Whipsawed

Why Commodity Traders Are Getting Whipsawed

Filed under: India , China , Commodities , Agriculture , Federal Reserve There’s an old axiom: “Markets trade, then we add the reasons for the price...

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Robert Prechter Explains The Fed, Part I

November 19, 2010 The world’s foremost Elliott wave expert goes “behind the scenes” on the Federal Reserve The ongoing financial crisis has made...

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Commodity Markets Get Slammed

Commodity Markets Get Slammed

Filed under: Major Movement , International Markets , China , Market Matters , Commodities , Oil , Agriculture , S and P 500 , Federal Reserve , Currency It was...

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