David Schectman

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David's Commentary (In Blue) I am on vacation this week and most of next week. I will be publishing my column just once this week and, only on Wednesday next week. I plan to be back to twice a week in April. China just printed a trillion new dollars - in one month....

David's Commentary (In Blue) I am on vacation this week and most of next week. I will be publishing my column just once this week and, only on Wednesday next week. I plan to be back to twice a week in April. China just printed a trillion new dollars - in one...

David's Commentary: It should come as no surprise that gold and its sibling, silver, have been pulling back recently. I have written several articles recently that built the case that for gold to move up two things need to happen. The stock market has to fall and the...

David's Commentary It’s a small sample size, but recently, gold and silver started to move up along with the stock market is. In the big picture, gold and the Dow move in opposite directions. Who are buying stocks now? The hedge funds will buy and sell on a headline,...

Davids Commentary: It is commonplace that investors believe that the current stock market (let’s use the Dow average here) plunge will end up as another “typical” 20% correction. But is it really “typical?" With no special knowledge where it is heading I believe we...

David's Commentary: Mass psychology moves markets. And the masses are influenced by Wall Street and financial advisors, neither of whom give a rip about gold and silver. As for the big hedge funds, most buy and sell based on the trend in motion. And for stocks, it has...

"If the powers-that-be weren't propping up everything paper that wanted to crash and burn -- and suppressing the prices of everything physical that wanted to blast to the moon and the stars, the world's economic, financial and monetary system would be a smouldering...

If one offered investors a fat tail put option that never decays or expires, costs about -1% pa to carry, has no counter party risk & no chance of ever becoming worthless, there would be a line out the door. But when one explains that this option is physical...

David's Commentary: This morning I was reading the paper, and asked myself why? Apart from my beloved sports page, it’s full of the same old meaningless crap. I turned toward Susan and asked her, “Is there anything in today’s paper that’s fundamentally different from...

David's Commentary: Miles Franklin wishes you a Happy Thanksgiving We will close early today at 2:00 and will re-open again on Monday morning. It’s that time of year when we take a day off and eat turkey, and think about how good most of us have it here in America....

David's Commentary: Since the election, I have spoken to a few of my friends and family. That group includes die-hard conservatives and liberals. No one is happy about the results. The liberals wanted to make a more dramatic statement in the House and they wanted to...

David's Commentary: You will be reading a lot about the mid-term elections in the coming days. No matter how it plays out, half the people in the U.S. will not be happy. Maybe the best result would be for the Democrats to take either the House or the Senate. That way,...