August 1st Was a Bizarre Day in US Economic History

First, a minor mea culpa as I missed not by a mile, but by two hundred miles in my forecast fro the Bureau of Labor […]

IF You Thought the FOMC Was a Snoozefest, Here Comes Nonfarm Payrolls

Wake up you heathens! It’s the most important employment report in the history of mankind. Don’t believe me? I’ve heard rumors that Federal Reserve Chairman […]

Dr. Copper is On Life Support

There are great songs in American history then there are those that resonate since the 1980s forever. Unfortunately for precious and industrial metals investors, the […]

FOMC Day: Jay Powell is Cooking Up the FUTburgers

Yes, I know, I know, the title is corny and just what is a futburger? More on that at the end of this piece but […]

The Sad History of Terrorist Attacks on Wall Street

Last night’s attack at 345 Park Avenue by a deranged soul from Las Vegas whose intent apparently was to attack the NFL offices in the […]

The Manufacturing Renaissance Myth

While there are many who celebrate all of the announcements of countries to invest and companies to reshore into the United States, there are some […]

623 Million Shares on a What? 6 Cent Stock With No Earnings

But it’s not a bubble. Ever hear of this Hong Kong hottie? Symbol GIBO, GIBO Holdings, LTD. was the hottest stock on the NASDAQ today, […]

Moo? No, That’s a MOU to You!

Only the South Park Cows and the President of the United States could say the same thing with only the cool people understanding the reference. […]

$40 Silver: Stay on Target

Could this be the week? The instability created by the Japanese elections, the trade war rhetoric heating up, and worse, the insane war on the […]

Maybe the Consumer Isn’t as Strong as Advertised

Sigh, I feel like the lost bear in the woods. There is an underlying economic reality that the “K” shaped economy is something new to […]

Two Historical Videos of TV Stock Market Coverage Relevant to This Era

FOR the record, I watched the entire session on the only real financial media cable channel, the Financial News Network (FNN), from 9 a.m. that […]

Dr. Copper is Still Holding Class

The stories since the start of the trade war tend to verify what most intelligent people knew long ago(from the UK Guardian): Demand for copper […]

A Quick Precious Metals Update: Still the Same

Despite a massive attempt by the shorts in the futures markets to quash this recent rally, the reality is that nothing has changed and all […]

A Great Infographic From Yahoo Finance on Inflation

While I like to think I try to cover data like this from top to bottom, sometimes an infographic helps to explain the radical change […]

More Tariff Circus Nonsense Now with Indonesia

This morning our Emperor in Chief, Donaldo Maximus El Trump announced that he personally had struck another trade deal, this time with the President of […]