People eating fish are advised to watch carefully for bones, but how about tiny pieces of plastic? For years it has been known that plastic breaks down into microscopic particles that are consumed by shellfish, fish and mammals higher up the food chain, presentin...
Richard (Rick) Mills
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August 21, 2019
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Commodities were on mostly sound footing in the first half of 2019. The S&P GSCI returned more than 13 percent as of June 30, one of the best first six months in recent memory. It was not without its challenges, though. In a repeat of last year, crude oil was the top...
Frank Holmes
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July 17, 2019
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It was a big surprise. The dovish surprise. In March, Powell doubled down on its accommodative stance. Does he know something we are not aware of? We invite you to read our today’s article about the recent Fed’s U-turn and find out whether i...
Arkadiusz Sieron
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April 16, 2019
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Technical analyst Clive Maund discusses the effects of geopolitics on the price of gold. In this update I am not going to repeat the points made in the last fairly comprehensive update , instead we are going to focus on the importance of the resistance level just ab...
Streetwise Reports
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January 7, 2020
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On Monday a headline that must have put Donald Trump in a foul mood screamed out from financial pages: “Trade deficit surges to record high”. The president’s nemesis was supposed to be tamed by slapping tariffs on the biggest culprit...
Richard (Rick) Mills
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March 8, 2019
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In this week's commentary, I am going to respond to the rash of end-of-the-world emails and terror-stricken texts that bombarded me after the BLS reported a better-than-expected Non-Farm Payrolls number Friday that sent stocks screaming higher and the precious metals in...
Streetwise Reports
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December 11, 2019
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Gold was riding high Monday on bad news regarding the US economy, causing stocks to fall and Wall Street traders to pile into bullion. US markets were choppy on the first trading day after June 1, when the United States increased the tariff on $200 billion of Chinese impor...
Richard (Rick) Mills
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June 5, 2019
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In January 2018, something strange happened in the Sahara Desert: it snowed . The Algerian town of Ain Sefra, named the “Gateway to the Sahara”, reportedly received up to an inch, barely enough to get the average North American out of bed early to scra...
Richard (Rick) Mills
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July 19, 2019
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Californication is a brilliant 1999 song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Many of the lyrics reference the often insane, unrealistic, impossible dream images Hollywood sells to the world. Quantifornication is the term I coined for what the Federal Reserve is selling to the wo...
Richard (Rick) Mills
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July 26, 2019
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As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information How high's the water, mama? Five feet high and risin' How high's the water, papa? Five feet high and risin' Well, the rails are washed out north of town We ...
Richard (Rick) Mills
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September 6, 2019
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