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Andy Hoffman - Miles Franklin
China Rating Agency Downgrades U.S. Debt
While U.S. government and Federal Reserve officials continue to pretend as if all is well in the economy, apparently a rather important counter-party doesn’t share the same view. A few weeks ago there was a story about how the Chinese government is considering reducing its allocation of U.S. treasuries. Now, one of the Chinese rating agencies (Dagong Global Credit Rating) has gone ahead and downgraded the U.S. credit rating. Based on the financials, it’s hardly a surprise to see the U.S. get dow
Tuesday, February 20, 2018
Andy Hoffman - Miles Franklin
Budget Issues Return To Spotlight As Next Debt Ceiling Circus Looms
Judging by the fact that you’re reading this, at some point you have probably been concerned about the financial condition of United States government. The publicly stated debt is now over $20 trillion, while Boston University economist Laurence Kotlikoff pegs the cost of unfunded liabilities at over $222 trillion! Not exactly ideal in an $18 trillion economy. And if there’s an accountant out there who can explain how it’s even feasibly possible that the debt could ever be repaid without default
Wednesday, February 14, 2018
Mark O'Byrne - gold.ie
Gold and Silver Bullion Are Only “Safe Investments Left” – Stockman 
– Gold is the “ultimate and only real money” – Former Reagan White House Budget Director David Stockman – Trump tax cuts will lead to a ‘fiscal calamity of biblical proportions’ – China downgrades U.S. over political ‘deficiencies’– Expect a ‘huge reset in the bond market’ and a ‘massive drop in household wealth’– ‘People will flee the stock and bond markets in favour of gold and silver – Time to buy (gold and silver bullion) is ideal– “Only safe asset left is gold” Editor: Mark O’Byrne ‘There
Thursday, January 18, 2018
Sprott Money
Portrait Of A Stock Bubble - Dave Kranzler
Just like the Dutch Tulip Bulb bubble, internet stock bubble, and the mid-2000’s financial asset bubble, the current stock market is no longer a price-discovery mechanism. It has deteriorated into a venue in which Central Bank-manufctured liquidity – in the form of printed currency and credit creation – has flooded into the system, enabling investors to chase the few stocks rising in price at the highest velocity (click to enlarge, graph on the left sourced from Jesse’s Cafe Americai
Friday, June 9, 2017
Adam Hamilton - Zealllc
Silver Short-Squeeze Potential
Silver has suffered a lackluster year so far, really lagging gold’s upleg.  Sentiment is still reeling following silver’s crushing selloff from mid-April to mid-May.  But that plunge was largely driven by extreme silver-futures selling by speculators, including a blistering spike in short selling.  The resulting excessive shorts have left silver with excellent near-term potential for a short squeeze, which would catapult it rapidly higher. Technically, silver ultim
Friday, June 2, 2017
Julian D. W. Phillips - Gold Forecaster
Gold and Silver Market Morning: April 4 2017 - Gold rising above resistance, which is now support!
Gold Today–New York closed at $1,253.20 yesterday after closing at$1,247.30Friday.London opened at $1,258.20 today.Overall the dollar was stronger against global currencies early today. Before London’s opening: -The $: € was stronger at $1.0657 after yesterday’s$1.0670: €1.-The Dollar index was stronger at 100.61 after yesterday’s 100.48.-The Yen was stronger at 110.47 after yesterday’s 111.34:$1. -The Yuan was unchanged at 6.8836: $1. -The Pound Sterling was weaker at $1.2437 after yesterday’s
Tuesday, April 4, 2017
Jim Willie CB - Hat Trick Letter
  Broken Central Banks: 4 Quick Pix
The Western central bank franchise system is totally broken, totally insolvent, and totally corrupt. It invites the Gold Standard return. The entire financial system is built upon a debt-based monetary system. The debt saturation process has run its full course. The central bank heads have been covering the sovereign debt for the last five years, having rendered their balance sheets as ruined. Debt is at obscene levels, like $19.7 trillion for the USGovt. No debt limits are in place anymore, a s
Thursday, October 27, 2016
24hGold - Publicnow
TITLE ONEOK Partners Announces Higher Second-quarter 2016 Financial Results
ONEOK Partners Announces Higher Second-quarter 2016 Financial ResultsNatural Gas and Natural Gas Liquids Volumes Continue to Increase Quarter Over Quarter TULSA, Okla., Aug. 2, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- ONEOK Partners, L.P. (NYSE: OKS) today announced second-quarter 2016 financial results. SUMMARY Second-quarter 2016 net income attributable to ONEOK Partners and adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (adjusted EBITDA) increased 25 and 18 percent, respectively,
Tuesday, August 2, 2016
24hGold - Publicnow
TITLE ONEOK Announces Higher Second-quarter 2016 Financial Results
ONEOK Announces Higher Second-quarter 2016 Financial ResultsNatural Gas and Natural Gas Liquids Volumes Continue to Increase Quarter Over Quarter TULSA, Okla., Aug. 2, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- ONEOK, Inc. (NYSE: OKE) today announced second-quarter 2016 financial results. SUMMARY Second-quarter 2016 net income attributable to ONEOK increased 12 percent and adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (adjusted EBITDA) increased 17 percent compared with the second qu
Tuesday, August 2, 2016
24hGold - Publicnow
Westmoreland Reports Second Quarter 2016 Results; Reiterates Full-Year Guidance
View or download this news release as a PDF (181.6K) Englewood, CO - August 2, 2016 - Westmoreland Coal Company (NasdaqGM:WLB) today reported financial results for the second quarter and reaffirmed its full-year 2016 guidance. Second Quarter Highlights Revenues of $356.2 million from 12.0 million tons sold Net loss applicable to common shareholders of $25.4 million, or $1.37 per diluted share Adjusted EBITDA of $43.6 million Six Month Highlights Revenues of $711.0 million from 2
Tuesday, August 2, 2016
24hGold - Publicnow
Taseko Reports Second Quarter 2016 Results
This release should be read with the Company's Financial Statements and Management Discussion & Analysis ('MD&A'), available at www.tasekomines.com and filed on www.sedar.com. Except where otherwise noted, all currency amounts are stated in Canadian dollars. Taseko's 75% owned Gibraltar Mine is located north of the City of Williams Lake in south-central British Columbia. Production volumes stated in this release are on a 100% basis unless otherwise indicated. July 26, 2016, Vancouver, BC -
Tuesday, July 26, 2016
Mish - Global Economic Analysis
Erdogan Declares Emergency in Which He Can Rule by Decree, Tells France “Mind Your Own Business”, SP to Shut Up
Erdogan’s move towards dictatorial powers is nearly complete with a State of Emergency Declaration that will allow him to rule by decree. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced three months of emergency rule late on Wednesday, saying the country remained under threat even as his government has arrested, detained or suspended almost 60,000 people it suspects of complicity in Friday’s failed coup. “The declaration of a state of emergency is to protect [democratic] values,” Mr Erdogan s
Thursday, July 21, 2016
Mark O'Byrne - gold.ie
Buy Silver – “Best Precious Metals Trade”
“Buy silver, sell gold” is the bold call of currency and money analyst Dominic Frisby in the latest edition of best selling Money Week.Frisby looks at the relative value of silver to gold and comes to the conclusion that silver is a better buy right now. We share his bullish view on silver and hence our current campaign regarding VAT free silver coins.From the article:“Today we consider gold and silver.We suggest that you should buy one and sell the other.We then advise walking away for a couple
Friday, May 20, 2016
24hGold - Publicnow
Natural Resource Partners L.P. Announces 2016 First Quarter Results
HOUSTON, May 6, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Natural Resource Partners L.P. (NYSE:NRP) today reported net income attributable to the limited partners for the three months ended March 31, 2016 of $23.0 million, or $1.88 per unit, compared with net income attributable to the limited partners of $17.1 million, or $1.40 per unit, a year earlier. Results for the three months ended March 31, 2016 were positively impacted by gains on sale of assets of $21.5 million attributable to the limited partners and nega
Friday, May 6, 2016
24hGold - Publicnow
TITLE ONEOK Partners Announces First-quarter 2016 Financial Results
ONEOK Partners Announces First-quarter 2016 Financial ResultsNatural Gas and Natural Gas Liquids Volumes Continue to Increase; Adjusted EBITDA Rises by Nearly 40 Percent in First Quarter TULSA, Okla., May 3, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- ONEOK Partners, L.P. (NYSE: OKS) today announced first-quarter 2016 financial results. SUMMARY First-quarter 2016 distribution coverage ratio of 1.06 times; The natural gas gathering and processing segment's average fee rate increased to 68 cents in the first q
Tuesday, May 3, 2016
24hGold - Publicnow
TITLE ONEOK Announces First-quarter 2016 Financial Results
ONEOK Announces First-quarter 2016 Financial ResultsNatural Gas and Natural Gas Liquids Volumes Continue to Increase; Adjusted EBITDA Rises by Nearly 40 Percent in First Quarter TULSA, Okla., May 3, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- ONEOK, Inc. (NYSE: OKE) today announced first-quarter 2016 financial results. SUMMARY First-quarter 2016 dividend coverage ratio of more than 1.3 times; First-quarter 2016 adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (adjusted EBITDA) increase
Tuesday, May 3, 2016
24hGold - Publicnow
Black Hills Corp. Reports First Quarter 2016 Results
SourceGas acquisition closed Feb. 12 Adjusted EPS of $1.23, a 14 percent increase compared to prior-year period Partial interest in Colorado IPP sold April 14 for $215 million Earnings guidance for 2016 and 2017 reaffirmed RAPID CITY, S.D., May 03, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Black Hills Corp. (NYSE:BKH) today announced first-quarter 2016 financial results. Net income, as adjusted, was $64 million, or $1.23 per diluted share compared to net income, as adjusted, of $48 million, or $1.08 per
Tuesday, May 3, 2016
24hGold - Publicnow
American Equity Reports First Quarter 2016 Results
Company Highlights First quarter 2016 net loss of $44.8 million or $0.55 per diluted common share First quarter 2016 operating incomeof $21.0 million or $0.25 per diluted common share DAC unlocking in first quarter 2016 increased the net loss by $28.4 million or $0.35 per diluted common share and reduced operating incomeby $28.6 million or $0.35 per diluted common share First quarter 2016 annuity sales of $2.1 billion, up 59% from first quarter 2015 Policyholder funds under management
Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Jesse - Le Cafe Américain
Fed: JP Morgan Poses a 'Serious Adverse Effect To US Financial Stability' While Media Ignores
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” Upton Sinclair And these days it is not always so obviously a question of salary. But it is often a question of access to the powerful, and the great favors, money, and privileges that they may grant as a reward. There has been no meaningful and sufficient financial reform in the US, thanks in large part to the money power of the Banks and their faithful courtiers in the professional
Friday, April 15, 2016
Jesse - Le Cafe Américain
Fed Says That JP Morgan Poses 'Serious Adverse Effect To US Financial Stability' While Media Ignores
There has been no meaningful and sufficient financial reform in the US, thanks in large part to the money power of the Banks and their faithful courtiers in the professional and political classes. As JPM showed in their most recent financials, they are prospering once again while risking the rest of the US economy by their pursuit of greed and socialization of their losses. On a personal note,  I suspect that if there are any updates posted later they will be a brief show of the charts.  I am
Friday, April 15, 2016
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