The gold bugs are right. Gold is an important asset that everybody should hold. And yet, the mainstream looks at these so-called gold bugs with derision. Let me tell you in an illustrative story.

If a new product improves on something by making it cheaper or faster, then there will be demand for that product. ETFs have made it cheaper and faster to make trades that involve more than just buying or selling a single stock.

This weekend I am thinking a lot about independence. Specifically, financial independence, Fed independence and labor independence. Let’s get into it...

Just because WTI Crude Oil slipped below the 63.000 USD ratio on Thursday and finished Friday’s trading near 61.500 doesn’t mean a crowd of large energy players are about to emerge with bullish tendencies.

The order extends to materials such as nickel, gold, pharmaceutical compounds, chemicals, and other items not readily produced in the United States.

NEC Director Hassett makes reference to a GS note that indicates that August preliminary figures typically get revised up. The GS note cites a 61K downward bias in preliminary vs. third release… so +22 becomes +83K.

For most of this century, the world’s central banks have held US Treasury bonds as their primary reserve asset. But lately, for a variety of reasons, they’ve been converting their dollars into gold.

Certainly sustaining its weekly Long trends is Gold as we turn to those bars from one year ago-to-date. Our wee friend therein points toward present price being high above the dashed linear trendline;

Global survey data shows emerging markets have the most trust in self-driving cars, while the U.S., Australia and Europe remain skeptical.

Week-ahead analysis for the Nasdaq 100, with our outlook and trade Indicators.

This was the third week in a row the US dollar index put in lower highs.

Tree or TACO? Once again Trump's promises cause a run-up and then the lack of any follow-through - in this case, no progress in moving marijuana from Schedule I to III - results in cannabis MSOs (multi-state operators) dropping back toward lows.

The economy is slowing. The Fed is cutting rates not because we need it, but because they're kowtowing to market demands.

How does the Troika (OMB, CEA, Treasury) GDP forecast get so high? It’s from  deregulatory benefits.

The U.S. is moving from complacency to active flight from cash.

Bond market liquidity is now at its weakest since the 2011 Eurozone debt crisis, approaching levels last seen during the 2008 financial crisis.

The easiest macro trend to forecast is that our fiat currencies will continue to lose purchasing power in the years ahead, likely at an accelerating rate.

USDJPY price prediction based on the technical analysis.

The real question is whether the market continues to dance to the rhythm of “bad news is good news”—or whether, as Friday hinted, that tune has finally gone flat.

Wall Street sees Broadcom’s momentum as bullish for NVDA.