John Ing

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• Gold: Whoever Has the Gold, Makes the Rules

  Published 02 June 2017 | viewed 0 times

  Leaked memos, recorded conversations, impeachment talk and a plunging stock market. Trump and his White House problems? No. Brazil. The Brazilian stock market took a…

• Gold: Trumped

  Published 21 April 2017 | viewed 0 times

  Since the 2008 recession, US households have lost nearly $13 trillion. Nine years after the financial crisis, the Trump reflation rally is up nearly 10…

• Gold: The Only Certainty is Uncertainty

  Published 16 February 2017 | viewed 0 times

  Too much has been written what Mr. Trump can or can't do. In his first days in office he ambitiously reshaped trade, healthcare, immigration and…

• Gold: Will the Trump Bump be the Trump Dump?

  Published 20 January 2017 | viewed 0 times

  The economic elite exemplified by the Davos participants have done much to undermine their credibility, suffering from the backlash for cheerleading the governments' experimental monetary…

• Gold: Trump Will Make Gold Great Again

  Published 21 December 2016 | viewed 0 times

  What eight years of economic stimulus could not do, Donald Trump's election has generated the biggest stock market rally for any president since Ronald Reagan.…

• Gold: Mr. Trump Goes to Washington

  Published 25 November 2016 | viewed 0 times

  After the Trump tsunami, predictions including our own were fortunately relegated to the dustbin of history. While visiting Hong Kong, we watched Trump's victory with…

• Gold: Too Bad There Must Be A Winner

  Published 28 October 2016 | viewed 0 times

  For almost two decades, these institutions manipulated rates for their own benefit. Is this the latest hedge fund rigging scandal? No, it's the world's leading…

• Gold: Divided We Stand

  Published 26 August 2016 | viewed 0 times

  In the ultimate reality show, America's political scene has become a reality drama and to no surprise, reality TV star Donald Trump has capitalized on…

• Gold: Plan B

  Published 21 July 2016 | viewed 0 times

  It is not only in the political world where we are witnessing traditional mores being broken. Ride-sharing Uber for example has challenged guidelines, city mandarins…

• Gold: Keep Calm and Carry On

  Published 24 June 2016 | viewed 0 times

  There will be a new day in the UK, it will be just different. The shock of the Brexit referendum will ease but the effects…

• Gold: Intelligentsia - You're Fired!

  Published 19 May 2016 | viewed 0 times

  Former Obama Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel, once said, "never let a serious crisis go to waste". During the 2008 panic collapse, the US government…

• Gold: Wall Street's Lucre

  Published 14 April 2016 | viewed 0 times

  Lu•cre: money, especially when regarded as sordid or distasteful or gained in a dishonorable way The shock of the Panama Papers rippled with sensational headlines…

• Gold: Trumped?

  Published 17 March 2016 | viewed 0 times

  Negative interest rates brought negative moves. Global markets are in turmoil. Gold rallied from the dead after three years in the wilderness with its best…

• Gold: It's Baack!

  Published 18 February 2016 | viewed 0 times

  Gold bullion and gold stocks came back from the dead, attracting new money defying the rout in commodities. Gold held its value better than other…

• Gold: The Road to Hell is Paved with Good Intentions

  Published 21 January 2016 | viewed 0 times

  There's a whiff of the Thirties in the air. Global markets had their worst start ever. But the market is confusing coincidence with causation. In…

• Gold: Geopolitical Games of Chance

  Published 11 December 2015 | viewed 0 times

  A geopolitical game of chance seems to have dragged the investing world back into the mire. The current boom was in response or consequence of…

• Gold: House of Cards

  Published 12 November 2015 | viewed 0 times

  Everything is rosy, or is it? The Dow is flirting with 18,000 again but stocks are overvalued. Positive economic news is not so positive because…

• Gold: You're a Good Man Charlie Brown

  Published 01 October 2015 | viewed 0 times

  Every newspaper headline is about whether the Federal Reserve would increase rates in September, then October, and maybe December? As in Charles M. Schulz's comic…

• Gold: China's Devaluation, The Beginning of Gold's Next Upleg?

  Published 28 August 2015 | viewed 0 times

  Is China's surprise move to weaken its currency a step towards market reform or does it presage a widespread series of "race to the bottom"…

• Gold: Identity Theft

  Published 23 July 2015 | viewed 0 times

  Identity problems? Rachel Dolezal wants to be black, Bruce Jenner a woman, or how about Donald Trump for President. Identity problems? No, it is identity…