Miles Franklin sponsored this article by Gary Christenson. The opinions are his and are not investment advice. Breaking News: Silver (COMEX) fell $0.86 on Friday, August 7, but still finished the week up $3.32. Gold fell $40 on Friday but finished the week up $55. The...
Walking the Line and Failing the Test
Miles Franklin sponsored this article by Gary Christenson. The opinions are his and are not investment advice. Breaking News for July 31, 2020: The NASDAQ composite closed at 10,745, near a record.The DOW closed at 26,428, about 3,000 below its February high.Gold...
Silver Breaks Out – Over-Bought Territory
Miles Franklin sponsored this article by Gary Christenson. The opinions are his and are not investment advice. Breaking News: Silver prices on the COMEX closed up $3.08 at $22.85 for the week. For perspective, prices dropped below $12 on March 20 of this year. Gold...
Russian Roulette – The Currency Version
Miles Franklin sponsored this article by Gary Christenson. The opinions are his and are not investment advice. Breaking News: Gold closed on July 17 at $1,810.Silver closed at $19.76Tesla stock spiked to $1,795 and closed at $1,501.The S&P 500 Index peaked at...
Hammers and Nails and Golden Vaccines
Miles Franklin sponsored this article by Gary Christenson. The opinions are his and are not investment advice. Things appeared normal, and then everything changed… Breaking News: The DOW rose 2,463 for the week ending March 27. It looks like a bottom, but for...
The Express Train to Insolvency
Miles Franklin sponsored this article by Gary Christenson. The opinions are his and are not investment advice. Breaking News: Gold reached $1,800, close to its all-time high of $1,923.Silver reached $19, a long way from its high of $50.The NASDAQ hit another new...
A Long and Perilous Journey
Miles Franklin sponsored this article by Gary Christenson. The opinions are his and are not investment advice. Suppose you knew tragedy would occur at the end of a long journey. That knowledge would change your behavior, attitudes, and expectations. Global financial...
Tech Bubbles – Then and Now
Miles Franklin sponsored this article by Gary Christenson. The opinions are his and are not investment advice. Breaking News: The NASDAQ 100 Index closed at 10,094 on June 10, 2020, an all-time high, and the Fed recently printed $3 trillion of fiat dollars. Fed...
A Turbulent Year
A Turbulent Year Miles Franklin sponsored this article by Gary Christenson. The opinions are his and are not investment advice. The DOW hit an all-time high on December 3, 1968 at 985. WHAT WAS DIFFERENT IN 1968? In 1968 gold sold for $41, silver averaged $1.96,...
Three Strikes and We Are Out
Miles Franklin sponsored this article by Gary Christenson. The opinions are his and are not investment advice. STRIKE ONE: The Lockdown. The closer came off the bench and threw “high heat” at the economy. Regardless of who created the COVID-19 virus, infection rates,...
The World Has Changed
Miles Franklin sponsored this article by Gary Christenson. The opinions are his and are not investment advice. BREAKING NEWS: Silver (COMEX) rose $3.60 during May 2020. Gold (COMEX) rose $42.70 during May. The DOW was up 1,037 for the month. THE BIG PICTURE: Debt: US...
Who’ll Stop the Rain?
Miles Franklin sponsored this article by Gary Christenson. The opinions are his and are not investment advice. From John Fogerty: “Long as I remember,The rain been comin’ down,Clouds of mystery pourin’Confusion on the ground.Good men through the agesTryin’ to find the...
What’s Wrong with These Pictures?
Miles Franklin sponsored this article by Gary Christenson. The opinions are his and are not investment advice. For the week ending May 15: Silver rose $1.29 to $17.07 on the COMEX. Gold rose $42.40 to $1,756 on the COMEX. Gold to Silver ratio declined to 103. The DOW...
Inmates of The Hotel Eccles QE Rehab Facility
Miles Franklin sponsored this article by Gary Christenson. The opinions are his and are not investment advice. Chairman Bernanke promised the Fed would unwind Fed purchases from the 2008 crisis. Now we know they can’t and won’t. The Fed balance sheet of created QE...
How Much Time Remains?
Miles Franklin sponsored this article by Gary Christenson. The opinions are his and are not investment advice. BREAKING NEWS: In the past six weeks 30 million Americans filed for unemployment. Tax revenues decline, consumer spending and company profits fall, and...