Dr. Jeffrey Lewis

The real economy is suffering and getting worse by the day. The imbalances created by giant finance will not go away, regardless of intervention. There is an odd phenomenon at work. Society is now...

Precious metals prices remain range-bound over the short-term after a devastating three year run.From a technical standpoint, it doesn’t look great; we are stuck in this limbo of tightly...

The purpose of a taboo is to avoid destruction. Those who do not respect the taboos of a culture endanger the cultural identity.Therefore, disregarding the taboos produces self-destruction and/or...

The hypocrisy is endless. Counter-intuition is the norm. Observing financial markets requires a mirror image interpretation in an economic fun house.Take Warren Buffet, for example. The darling of...

The precious metals are lynch pins. They are nagging and persistent counter-parties to money printing gone wild.It’s been this way for as long as commerce was semi-civilized. (Though given the...

The ongoing plight of the long term value investor continues – seemingly without end. However, decades of exuberance and greed have colluded. The financial establishment has created an accident...

“We are pleased to announce the signing of the Treaty for the establishment of the BRICS Contingent Reserve Arrangement (CRA) with an initial size of US $100 billion. This arrangement will have...

Price discovery in all commodities is an electronic paper affair. While the macro-economy and the geopolitical provide a distant framework, they do not wield significant direct influence. The...

Primary gold investors versus silver investors are not exactly alike.Swapping gold for silver is a trade always worth considering, especially when the ratio blows out as wide as it is now. Portability...

“…Even though the property was originally stolen, that if the victim or his heirs cannot be found, and if the current possessor was not the actual criminal who stole the property, then...