Golden Rule Radio: Peak To Peak To Peak Inflation, The New Transitory

Gold provides certainty in uncertain times. China feels the pressure of loaning good money to bad bets. Central Banks losing credibility fast.

- Source, Golden Rule Radio

Liberty and Finance: Is The Metals Washout Over?

Golden Rule Radio: The FED's New Social Justice Mandate

Ron Paul: Inflation Nightmare & The Fed's 2% CPI Pipe Dream

The posturing that inflation is such a "surprise" is typical, but shameful nevertheless. No one should be surprised that prices are skyrocketing after the government spent many trillions that it doesn't have. 

Further, it was only able to spend those trillions because the Fed counterfeited the money out-of-thin-air. Today's economic suffering could not be more predictable.

- Source, Ron Paul

Global Market Collapse: Protect Your Portfolio With Silver

The Energy Cliff will force investors out of most assets and into silver & gold.

Market Horror: Three Witches and a slice of Fruitcake

3.2 Trillion in leveraged bets to unwind this week. Gold in relative terms up 50% vs Bitcoin, up 20% in Yen. Powell’s Rock and Hard Place question: Implode or Inflate?

Real Vision Finance: When Will This Volatility End?

“You don’t buy when there’s ‘blood in the streets,’” notes Darius Dale. “You buy when there’s a catalyst to clean it up.” U.S. equity indexes are bleeding today, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average sliding below the 30,000 mark. The question is, what is that catalyst, and when will it reveal itself? 

Darius, the founder and CEO of 42 Macro, joins Real Vision’s Maggie Lake to answer that question and to talk about today’s price action in the aftermath of the Federal Reserve’s biggest rate hike since 1994. 

According to Darius, “This trending volatility won’t end until the liquidity cycle inflects and speeds up the growth cycle bottom.” Mortgage rates have already exploded past 6%, a sign tighter monetary policy is already impacting consumers. 

How far will the Fed go to catch inflation? “Inflation KILLS societies,” says Darius. We also hear from Mark Ritchie II about how to manage risk in a volatile environment.

- Source, Real Vision Finance

Bob Moriarty: "It's Only Just Started" - End Of The Empire

"It's only just started. The financial markets are so out of balance, it's going to get worse than anybody's dream," says financial author, marine, and naval aviator Bob Moriarty. 

The Federal Reserve "has painted itself into a corner." The only options going forward are hyperinflation or a market crash. Moriarty sees both may happen.

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Ron Paul: Woke Capitalism Is An Economic Disaster In The Making

Every form of authoritarianism has been tried (many times over) in an attempt to turn free human beings into obedient robots. 

The failure rate is 100%. "Woke" Capitalism, with "ESG scores" for corporations, and "social credit scores" for individuals, are merely the newest iteration. 

They too are destined for disaster. The costliest lesson in all of economic and political history is that freedom always prevails.

- Source, Ron Paul

Inflation Now 4 Times Higher Than Expert's Estimates...

Oversold stock market bounces... (dead cat)? Russia & China fly joint "nuclear-capable," bombers near Japan & South Korea. Only 5 months ago the predicted inflation rate was 2.2%... oops.

David Brady: The Dollar is Scheduled for Demolition

Tom welcomes back David Brady, CEO, and Co-Founder of Global Pro Traders. 

David discusses the changes that have occurred in the markets since his last appearance on the show nearly two years ago. 

He believes another massive rally is coming for gold and that the Fed will reverse course. 

Countries never chose to default they always inflate their debts away. 

Markets today are centrally managed. What we have is not free-market capitalism.

- Source, Palisade Radio

The Big Conversation: Is Inflation Spreading?

This week Real Vision’s Roger Hirst uses Refinitiv’s best-in-class data to look at the recent break out in crude oil prices and the ongoing squeeze in agricultural products. 

US inflation may have peaked in H1, but that doesn’t mean it will quickly drop back to ‘normal’ levels. 

Furthermore, if it continues to spread from durable goods to essentials such as food and energy, then the Fed may have an even harder job on its hands.

- Source, Real Vision Finance

Golden Rule Radio: Precious Metals Bounce Up While Equities Continue To Drop

This week we review the price movements of gold, silver, US Dollar index, equities, platinum, and more. 

The US Stock market has had a challenging year thus far in 2022 and it is just the start of what is to come as the Fed seems to no longer have the ability to bolster a meaningful comeback in the major indices. 

With all eyes now on the US stock market and inflation reaching record levels, safe-haven assets that offer savers a hedge continue to shine.

- Source, Golden Rule Radio

A food shortage is now a real risk, this is how everyone would be impacted

Will Rhind, CEO of GraniteShares, discusses the risks of a food shortage and investmet implications of inflation with David Lin, anchor for Kitco News.

- Source, Kitco News

The Economic Ninja: Another Large Real Estate Crash Is Coming Soon?

Jason asks Travis about asset prices crashing, deflation and how the Fed is causing more painful and volatile boom and bust cycles. 

Long term Travis is very bullish on Bitcoin, precious metals and many key commodities. 

He thinks that the food and energy crisis will get a lot worse.

- Source, Wall St for Main St

Ron Paul: Liberty Challenged, More Government, More Debt, More War!

With Inflation Skyrocketing, insane spending, and government getting bigger, is this the Economic Meltdown closer than we think.

- Source, Ron Paul

Food Shortages: Biggest Shock Of Our Lifetime Coming, Inflation to Rage

"The food scarcity is real, and it is going to get a lot worse...

The supply chain is in a state of collapse," says Mike Adams, the "Health Ranger," an outspoken consumer health advocate, award-winning investigative journalist, internet activist, and science lab director. 

"Don't panic," he says, "get prepared.... This is going to be the biggest shock of our lifetimes."

- Source, Reluctant Preppers

Dollar Rises Rapidly, Inflation Grows, Gold & Silver's Next Move?

This week we discuss how the dollar is performing versus other currencies amid record inflation that continues to grow. 

What are gold & silver's next move and where will they go during quarter 2? 

We will cover the price movements of gold, silver, platinum, US dollar index, and more.

- Source, Golden Rule Radio

Peter Schiff: The Fed’s Ego Is the Only Thing Bigger Than This Bubble

The Fed insists it can tighten monetary policy and tackle inflation without hurting the economy. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and other central bankers claim the economy is strong enough to handle higher interest rates. Peter Schiff said this is just another in a long line of arrogant miscalculations by the Fed.

As the central bank begins to raise rates and gets set to shrink its balance sheet, some analysts worry that the Fed will make a mistake and tighten too much. But Peter said the Fed already made the mistake.

"It’s not about the Fed might make a mistake. They’ve already made nothing but mistakes. The Fed has never done anything right. And because they made so many mistakes in the past, they’ve already doomed us in the future. It’s not about the mistakes they may make. It’s about the mistakes they’ve already made.”

And Peter said given all of the mistakes the central bankers have made in the past, it seems certain there will be more mistakes moving forward.

"The mistake they’re going to make in the future is not tightening too much, but not tightening enough — bowing down to the political pressure once the economy really starts to tank and the markets are deep in bear-market territory. When the Fed takes its foot off the brake and slams it back on the gas, that’s when the economy is going over a cliff because inflation is going to run out of control.”

Peter pointed out the recent plunge in speculative stocks and said it was a function of the mistakes the Fed has already made.

"2021 was peak insanity caused by the most reckless of all monetary policies by the Fed, which created the mother of all inflation. And now the Fed wants to try to put the genie back in the bottle. It doesn’t want to accept any responsibility for having allowed the genie out of the bottle. It wants to blame it all on Putin. It wants to blame it all on COVID. 

But it thinks it’s a simple task to undo the damage. All they’ve got to do is jack rates back up to 2.5, 3%, get there quickly, and because we have such a strong economy with a super-hot labor market, the Fed can do today what it never could do in the past because the economy now is so much stronger than it was in the past. Well, it’s not stronger. It’s just a bigger bubble.”

But the central bankers at the Fed don’t seem to understand that.

"In fact, probably the only thing that’s bigger than this bubble is the egos of the FOMC members and how clueless they are about economic reality.”

The Fed has a horrible track record. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell has been wrong, wrong, and more wrong. But it’s not just Powell. The Fed has a long history of missing the mark.

In 2006 and 2007, the Fed insisted there was no problem in the housing market. When it became clear there was a problem, the central bankers said, “No worries, it’s contained to subprime.” When the financial markets crashed in 2008 and the Fed started quantitative easing, Ben Bernanke said the central bank was not monetizing the debt and that it would sell all of the bonds it was buying after the emergency was over. 

During the pandemic, they said printing trillions of dollars wouldn’t cause consumer prices to rise. When inflation reared its ugly head, they promised it was transitory. Now they’ve conceded it’s not transitory, but assure us they can fix it. They say they can raise rates without hurting the economy.

So, why should we believe them?

Peter said he thinks it’s “three strikes and you’re out.”

"Strike one – subprime contained. Strike two – inflation is transitory. Strike three – we can raise interest rates. The economy is strong enough to withstand it. I think all of the Fed’s credibility is going to be lost when that mistake is revealed.”

- Source, Schiff Gold

Global food supply is now in danger; These commodities most at risk from Ukraine war

“Challenges in the food and energy markets could get much worse and lead to significant disruptions in the global supply chain if the Russian-Ukraine war stretches out longer than expected,” said Ivo Pezzuto, Professsor of Global Economics, Competitiveness, and Digital Transformation at the International School of Management in Paris.

- Source, Kitco News

A Currency Revolution Begins: James Turk, Alasdair Macleod

Goldmoney's Founder, James Turk, and Head of Research, Alasdair Macleod, discuss why global geopolitical developments have hastened a commodity-driven currency revolution, and what the implications are for the dollar, euro and yen.

- Source, Gold Money

The Breakdown of a "Well Managed" World

From loose, looser, loosest policy to tight, tighter, tightest? Ukraine agricultural harvests will be cut in half this year. Is China signaling preparation for war with the west?

- Source, Golden Rule Radio

Peak Prosperity: Death of the Dollar

What Is Happening With Food Availability, Price, And Supply In The US?

The price of basic food such as wheat has been steadily rising for a few years, and over the last month, the price has absolutely skyrocketed. 

What is going on with food prices, and, more importantly, where is this all headed?

- Source, Silver Doctors

Ron Paul: Why Does It Seem Biden Is Prolonging The Ukraine War?

As Ted Carpenter writes on Antiwar.com, it sure seems like the Biden Administration is doing all it can to prolong the war in Ukraine. 

Sending weapons that have little chance of making a big difference in the outcome only keeps the fighting and killing going strong, and the Administration has shown no interest in pushing a quick diplomatic end to the war. 

On the contrary, Biden openly calling for regime change and a war crimes trial makes diplomacy nearly impossible. Why prolong the fighting? 

US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan gave us a hint, when he told NBC News over the weekend that the US wants " a weakened and isolated Russia."

- Source, Ron Paul

Ron Paul: The Dollar's Reserve Status Is Ending. Will Bitcoin Save Us?

Government forbids competition in currencies. Why is that? Is it because The Fed's dollar would quickly lose the competition with gold, silver, and perhaps even Bitcoin? 

Government can't create gold out-of-thin-air (like it does with dollars) to fund its expansion into every aspect of our lives. But change is in the air.

- Source, Ron Paul

China Stockpiles 80% of World's Copper & 70% of the World's Corn & Oil

Wolf Street Report: Bond Massacre, Inflation Prick Biggest Bond Bubble in History

The dollar’s role as dominant global reserve currency is at risk if the Fed fails to crack down on inflation.

- Source, The Wolf Street Report

David Morgan: The Run To Gold is On?

Gold made a run for the record high as Ukraine concerns and inflation risks mount. Could this create a run to gold and silver?

- Source, David Morgan

Oil Volatility The New Normal? Despite Much Higher Oil Prices OPEC Doesn't Meet Production Quota

Oil prices and gasoline prices have not been talked about this much since 2007-2008. 

The world could see a record breaking oil supply shock.

- Source, Wall St for Main St

Michael Pento: Revenge of the Real Economy

The stark reality of our economic and financial plight is becoming more and more apparent. 

Regardless of what the Fed does, the economy sinks. 

"The economy is already rapidly deteriorating," says portfolio manager Michael Pento. "This is the revenge of the real economy," he says.

- Source, Liberty and Finance

Doug Casey: These crises will reshape the world; Gold will be reinstituted as money

Doug Casey, founder of "The International Man" discusses with David Lin, anchor for Kitco News, why the dollar is on a long-term secular decline and will eventually be displaced as the global reserve currency.

- Source, Kitco News

Palisade Gold Radio: Gold to $4000 in 2024? Silver to $100?

The macro landscape has shifted tremendously in Gold’s favor over the past few months. The yield curve will invert soon, signaling a recession in the next 6 to 18 months (average of 12). 

Meanwhile, the Russian invasion into Ukraine is going to disrupt global energy and food markets, leading to persistent and likely higher inflation this year. 

A historical parallel could be the 1973 to 1975 period which included a bear market and stagflationary recession. The Gold surged and peaked near the end of the bear market and recession while Silver and general commodity prices peaked well before Gold. 

Gold is on the cusp of making one of its most significant breakouts. It has upside targets of $3,000 and $4,000 which could be hit in 2024. Silver will likely break $50 but it is less certain if it can hit $100 in this scenario.

- Source, Palisade Radio

Gold Soars To $2063, Just One Cent Away From New All Time High

With digital gold acting more like digital lead in recent weeks, as bitcoin and the broader crypto sector trade as high-beta tech stocks perhaps helping tech funds satisfy margin calls, the real gold has no such qualms and after flatlining for much of the past 18 months, has broken out solidly to the upside, and just today spike more than 3%, rising to session high of $2,063.53

Why $2,063.53? Because $2,063.54 was the closing high on August 6, 2020 when gold hit an all time high in the aftermath of the Fed's money debasement frenzy when the Fed's balance sheet exploded by hundreds of billions weekly.

But while technical selling may have emerged at this key resistance level, we expect it to be taken out shortly, with even Goldman raising its gold forecast overnight, writing that in light of the Russia-Ukraine war, the bank is raising its gold price target over different time horizons. Targets raised for:

3-month horizon to USD2,300 vs. $1950 previous.
6-month horizon to USD2,500, from $2050 previous.
12-month horizon to USD2,500 vs. $2150 previous.”

Why? Because "An increase in demand from consumers, investors, central banks due to the rising geopolitical uncertainty."

- Source, Zero Hedge

Ron Paul: Are Sanctions Acts of War?

Economic sanctions seek to impoverish and sicken the civilians of the sanctioned nation. 

They also place heavy economic costs on the civilians of nations imposing the sanctions. 

To add insult to injury, the track record of sanctions forcing political change is disgracefully bad as well.

- Source, Ron Paul

David Morgan: Stocks, Silver, and Bitcoin

Stocks slid on Friday as increased tensions between Ukraine and Russia sent oil spiking and led investors to dump risky assets like equities. 

Bitcoin price jumps above $42,320, altcoins rally along side. But, will crypto soon be banned? Silvers day is coming. 

Obviously, no one has a crystal ball. And hence, no one really knows when. 

Everybody involved in the silver market is asking: when? Patience is key.

- Source, David Morgan

Gold On Breakout Pattern Amid Market Tensions

This week we cover the price movements of gold, silver, equities sector, and more amid the market tensions occurring now.

- Source, Golden Rule Radio

Ron Paul: The Economic Consequences of Senseless Wars

The Covid Berlin Wall fell. Time to get back to normal, right? Well, not so fast.

A fight on the other side of the world has generated war fever in the minds of America's political classes.

They're already telling American citizens that "sacrifices will have to be made." Is this what Americans need to hear after years of Covid tyranny?

- Source, Ron Paul

Crack-up boom: When money system breaks, civil unrest follows

It's only a matter of time before double-digit inflation hits the U.S. said Florian Grummes, managing director of Midas Touch Consulting.

- Source, Kitco News

Liberty and Finance: China To Dethrone The Dollar

Gareth Soloway says China is going to try to dethrone the U.S. dollar as world reserve currency with their new digital Yuan. Gold is rallying to an eight-month high as inflation rises and geopolitical concerns heighten.

- Source, Liberty and Finance

2022 Silver Price Predictions - The World's Most UNDERVALUED ASSET

How high could silver go in 2022? What about in 5 years...where could it be? 

What methods can we use to predict what might happen? 

Join Mike Maloney and Jeff Clark as they discuss Jeff's most recent article that answers all these questions... and much more.

- Source, Gold Silver

Gold & Silver Update: March Interest Rate Rise?

This week we explore the price movements of gold, silver, US dollar, equities, and more amid the rumors of a potential interest rate rise? Have the markets already priced in an anticipated interest rate rise?

- Source, Golden Rule Radio

John Williams: Inflation is really 15%, highest since 1947, Why is government suppressing data?

John Williams, founder of ShadowStats, calculates inflation using the same methodology that the government used to have for calculating the consumer price index (CPI). 

Williams told David Lin, anchor for Kitco News, that the true headline CPI number is loser to 15%, not 7%, as reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

Here's why the government has a political incentive to "suppress" the reported inflation number.

- Source, Kitco News

Gold, silver sales are still being taxed, is that about to change soon?

JP Cortez of the Sound Money Defense League discusses with David Lin, anchor for Kitco News the importance of eliminating sales taxes on physical gold and silver, which he considers "sound money".

- Source, Kitco News

Julius Krein: What Happened to the American Economy & How to Fix It

Demetri Kofinas speaks with Julius Krein, the editor of American Affairs, a quarterly journal of policy and political-economy that delves into the deeper sociopolitical, cultural, and economic issues facing America and other Western countries. 

The episode is broken into two parts, the first hour of which focuses on issues of political-economy, policy, and market dynamics that have driven the American economy into a state of “proletarianization,” where its citizens are increasingly ruled by an oligarchy of global elites whose insatiable appetite for wealth and power is endangering the very systems of free-market capitalism and liberal democracy that this kakistocracy claims to uphold. 

It’s an outcome that Julius Klein would refer to as “capitalism without competence and feudalism without nobility.” 

The second hour of today’s conversation is, unsurprisingly, the most satisfying insofar as Demetri and Julius tackle the socio-political and cultural dimensions and manifestations of the problems created by the perversions of what was earlier described as the “proletarianization” or conversion of the American economy and political system into a more corrupt, upwardly sclerotic, and extractive system of governance than anything experienced in America since at least the Gilded Age.

- Source, Hidden Forces

Jim Grant on What Inflation Means for Asset Values, Crypto, and Meme Stocks

What separates Jim from millions of his fellow financial journalists, commentators, and authors is the historical perspective that he brings, informed not just by the immense volume of books and periodicals that he’s consumed over the course of his lifetime, but primarily by the wisdom of his own lived experiences and lessons learned from the experiences of others that he’s had the privilege to know and interview over the course his life.

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