Jun 21 More on COMEX "Exchanges For Paper" Craig Hemke
As stated last week, though EFP use between Bullion Banks in New York and London has grown over the past several years, the ongoing spike in use has caught our attention. At the current run rate, total volume of COMEX contracts "exchanged for physical" in London looks to exceed 8,500 metric tonnes for calendar year 2018. Again, that's 8,500 metric tonnes. For perspective, the entire world will only mine about 2,800 metric tonnes this year, and the entire LBMA vault system—once you exclude Bank of England gold and gold pledged to ETFs—only holds 858 metric tonnes. What's clear is that there is no "physical" involved in these transactions at all. The sheer volume alone makes that obvious. No doubt these transactions are...

Jun 21 Greatest Stock Bubble In History Dave Kranzler
Anyone who can’t see a dangerous bubble should not be managing, analyzing or trading stocks. Even Hellen Keller could figure out what is going here...

Jun 21 Craig Hemke: Parabolic Global Debt Will Collapse Bullion Bank System Greg Hunter
Financial writer and precious metals expert Craig Hemke warns, “It’s pretty obvious to anyone that we are in this parabolic Ponzi scheme. The debt is now increasing globally at such an exponential rate that, at some point, it becomes unserviceable. Then, at that point, you get this reset they’ve been talking about. Hemke warns that many people own the same ounce of gold held at big banks and don’t know it. Hemke explains, “It’s sort of like the people who show up at the Bailey Building and Loan on George’s wedding day (It’s a Wonderful Life). As long as nobody is making a run for it, and everybody knows your money is invested in Bob’s house and your money is invested in Mary’s house, as long as nobody wants their money right away, George Bailey can run a fractional reserve system like that...

Jun 20 Podcast: Is Panic Selling Great for Technical Traders? Chris Vermeulen

Jun 20 Global Market Are Shifting Away From US Price Correlation Chris Vermeulen
Well over a month ago we warned our followers of a “capital market shift” that was taking place in the global markets. Nearly 3 months before that time, we warned that China’s economy was about to enter a sustained economic downtrend cycle that could be dangerous to the global markets. Today, we offer further evidence that the global markets are, in fact, shifting away from a price correlation to the US stock market and this move could be a warning sign that emerging markets and global markets could lead the world into an extended stagflation cycle...

Jun 20 Gold: Will Goyal Make It Royal? Stewart Thomson
22.) When gold began its “eight-bagger” advance from the $250 area in 1999, few people anticipated the upside potential. The highest price targets coming from mainstream analysts were in the $400 area. Most of them thought gold was going to stay in the doldrums for decades, while the stock market would never decline in a material way. They had no clue what was coming! 23.) I believe the potential for another eight-bagger is much stronger now than it was in 1998. This quarterly bar chart shows gold making an epic bull wedge breakout. 24.) All that’s technically in play right now is a pullback from the breakout zone and that’s very healthy. Note the rise in volume from 1998-2002. That came ahead of the runaway action in the price. The exact same thing is happening now. Gold and silver investors should have absolute confidence in their holdings… and look to eagerly accumulate more!

Jun 20 EURUSD: Why the "Next Day or Two" are Critical EWI
Every week, our Currency Pro Service editor, Jim Martens, records a new video focusing on EURUSD, USDJPY and other markets. Learn why "the next day or two" should determine the next move in the euro in this clip from Jim's June 17 video.

Jun 19 Natural Gas Setup for 32% Move in UGAZ Fund Chris Vermeulen
As we all know a picture says 1000 words, which is one of the reasons why I gravitated to trading using technical analysis. I can look at a chart and in seconds understand what price has done and is likely to do in the near future, without knowing a single thing about the company, index, or commodity. Why spend time reading news, financial statements, and other opinions when you can fast-track the entire process with a chart. So, let’s just jump into the 30-minute chart of natural gas which shows the regular trading hours 9:30am – 4pm ET...

Jun 19 WTF Just Happened: Gold & Silver Drive-By Shooting Friday Dave Kranzler
After moving significantly higher on Wednesday and Thursday following the dovish monetary policy issued by both the Federal Reserve and the ECB, the precious metals were ambushed Friday morning by the Comex bank cartel. Right before the Comex gold pit opened on Friday, thousands of gold and silver contract were dumped wholesale into the Comex Globex computer trading system. The deluge continued for over an hour. In the latest episode of “WTF Just Happened?” we discuss how and why the precious metals were smashed on Friday, as the Comex banks printed $10’s of millions in profits covering their enormous short positions in paper gold and silver...

Jun 19 Gold and Gold Stocks Fail at 200-Day Moving Averages Jordan Roy-Byrne
Fed week is exciting for some. Gold bulls and bugs alike hope the Fed will do something or say something that will trigger a huge move in precious metals. It doesn’t work like that. The Fed follows the market, which for the Fed Funds rate (FFR) is the 2-year yield. The 2-year yield has been screaming higher over the past 12 months and it implies at least another two rate hikes in the future. That’s not good for precious metals and could be partly why (among other reasons) Gold and gold stocks have lost their 200-day moving averages. Whatever the reason, the short-term technicals are negative and there is risk of increased selling before a potential rebound in July...

Jun 19 Gold Price Forecast: Will the Golden Wedge Resolve Soon? Hubert Moolman
The pressure on the current monetary establishment has been building steadily. Just because gold and silver has not made a major move up, does not mean that the terminal illness of the international monetary system has now gone away. On the contrary, its imminent demise is now more certain, given the various financial confirmations over the last couple of years (see my other writings). A rise in the gold price above $1375 will confirm that the bull market is on. Below, is an important gold chart that I am tracking...

Jun 18 US Majors Flush Out A Major Pivot Low and What’s Next Chris Vermeulen
When we take into consideration the currency and commodity moves last week, there are two things we can assume headed into this week and beyond. First, the US Dollar strength will create certain levels of havoc for emerging markets and foreign manufacturing firms, yet the strong US dollar will likely act as a magnet for global investors to continue to pile into the US Equity market rally. Secondly, the downward rotation in Oil and Metals may create some broad economic pressures in foreign markets that could play out over the next few weeks as fantastic opportunities for skilled investors. Lower Oil prices puts pressure on foreign oil suppliers, foreign currencies and many emerging markets. The supply glut throughout the world right now is something that will...

Jun 18 Areas Of The World More Vulnerable to Collapse SRSrocco
Certain areas of the world are more vulnerable to economic and societal collapse. While most analysts gauge the strength or weakness of an economy based on its outstanding debt or debt to GDP ratio, there is another factor that is a much better indicator. To understand which areas and regions in the world that will suffer a larger degree of collapse than others, we need to look at their energy dynamics. For example, while the United States is still the largest oil consumer on the planet, it is no longer the number one oil importer. China surpassed the United States by importing a record 8.9 million barrels per day (mbd) in 2017. This data came from...

Jun 18 Was Gold Actually “Dumped” Friday? Dave Kranzler
On Friday, after the primary physical bar trading markets – India and China – were closed for the weekend, large quantities of paper gold futures were suddenly being dumped into the CME’s Globex computer trading system, about 5 minutes before the Comex gold pit opened for the day (8:20 a.m. EST). You can see the action narrated in the chart above. It’s not uncommon for the price of gold to be smashed using paper gold on the Friday after an FOMC meeting, especially in the summer months when trading operations are likely only at half-staff and the rest of the world is gone for the weekend...

Jun 18 Gold Bullish on Fed Hike 3 Adam Hamilton
The bottom line is Fed rate hikes are bullish for gold, and this week’s is no exception. Gold has not only powered higher on average in past Fed-rate-hike cycles, but has rallied nicely in this current one. Gold enjoyed big rebound surges after all 6 previous Fed rate hikes of this cycle. Gold-futures speculators who sold too aggressively leading into FOMC meetings had to buy back after to normalize their bearish positions. And gold looks super-bullish in the coming months after this week’s 7th Fed rate hike of this cycle. Those gold-dominating futures traders sold their longs down to levels not seen since the initial months of this gold bull!...