In unsurprising fashion, the only positive datapoint of the week served as impetus to drive the price of Comex gold lower today. This is no surprise given the nearly unprecedented recent surge in Comex gold open interest.

So here's your datapoint that was used to smash gold from $1295...

It's not just a river in Nebraska. The current state of the US economy could now be described as "dismal", at best.

Each day, we chronicle the string of US economic datapoints that are released. Occasionally, a datapoint will surprise and actually come in above "expectations". However...

We all know that the CPI woefully underestimates the cost of living in the US. However, this metric along with several others, is reported to be closely watched by your monetary masters at The Fed. Not only are the CPI and PPI showing no inflation pressures, other indices like today's Import-...

We began Friday's morning update with this:

"Call it a hunch. Maybe call it a premonition. However, next week looks to be a very interesting period of time so let's assess the situation today and begin to prepare."

It certainly appears that my...

Call it a hunch. Maybe call it a premonition. However, next week looks to be a very interesting period of time so let's assess the situation today and begin to prepare.

First of all, let's start with today. Trump's China tariffs did indeed go to 25% overnight. This poses a major...