U.S. Economy: Renting Costs Are Too High

"One in four renters is paying more than half their income on housing." - Peter Schiff

 Read the complete article here: The Rent’s Too High!

The Bullish Case For Gold

You know, the reason the US stock market went up this year is because the Federal Reserve surprised everybody by doing exactly what I had been predicting they would do. They aborted their feigned attempt to normalize their interest rates and shrink their balance sheet. They went back to interest rate cuts and quantitative easing. This is extremely bullish for gold.

Investors Don't Believe The Gold Rally

As gold nears a 7-year high, gold stocks continue to lag. Investors don't believe the gold rally, as they attribute it to temporary safe-haven buying. But geopolitical risk will remain elevated for years as Fed policy, the main driver of the rally, gets even more reckless.

Related trading instruments: 

Newmont Mining (NEM), Goldcorp (GG), Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX), Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ), SPDR Gold Trust ETF (GLD)

Bitcoin & Gold Rallying

For those Bitcoin bugs excited about Bitcoin's 4 percent rally in 2020, think about this: Gold is also up by about the same percentage this year, only with significantly less downside risk.

If this is the best rally Bitcoin can muster, how will it ever hit 50,000, let alone 1 million?

Will Bitcoin End The Year With a Loss?

Earlier this year Ethereum, the number 2 crypto currency by market capitalization was up over 150 percent, and now it's down year-to-date. Ripple, the number 3 crypto currency, has also give up its earlier gains and is now down over 50 percent year-to-date. There are still plenty of trading days left in the year for Bitcoin to end 2019 with a loss!

The Fed Is Not Done Cutting Interest Rates

The Fed will supply interest rate cuts as soon as the market demands them. Read the complete article here: Peter Schiff: The Fed Is Not Done Cutting Until It Gets to Zero 

"No, they’re not done until they get to zero, and then we’ll see if they’re done or if they want to try to go negative … What the Fed has assured the markets is that under no circumstances will they raise rates. That no matter what the data is, the only decision that the Fed has to make is do rates stay the same or do they go down. And I think that’s the only reason that the stock market has rallied. It’s based on that ‘Powell Put,’ where the fear of a rate hike is no longer in the market. But I do think at some point next year, the economy will be weakening, or maybe we will get a sell-off in the stock market, and the only way for the Fed to try to prop the market back up would be to start doing more rate cuts. And they will supply them as soon as the market demands them.”