In a conversation posted at You Tube, GoldMoney's brain trust -- founder James Turk, CEO Roy Sebag, research chief Alasdair Macleod, and Vice President John Butler -- discuss the market possibilities for the new year and how gold may figure in them. They seem to agree that big changes are in the air.

...According to Bloomberg ("White House: Cohn-Led Tax Plan is Real and it's Phenomenal," February 10, 2017), Trump's tax plan, to be released in two or three weeks, will be "the most comprehensive business and individual tax overhaul since 1986." That's saying something, since the landmark 1986 tax bill cut many deductions and reduced the top rate to 28% for the rich, 15% for the middle class, and 0% for the poor.

Are the actions being taken by Trump’s administration to spur domestic manufacturing, jobs and economic output a precursor to a weaker dollar and another bull market in gold? Only time will tell, but investors should keep close watch on this developing scenario and adjust portfolios accordingly.

Our economic system (Keynesianism) is totally broken and invalid for solving our global economic problems going forward because it is a one-way street where debt grows and grows to unsustainable levels. The end game is default and bankruptcy.

The green shoots of inflationary pressures are sprouting in our daily lives and, as such, NOW is the time investors should be actively seeking out sectors that can realize rising revenues and profits because of the wave of price increases in goods and services that will be passed on to businesses and consumers.

The expectation that we'll just grow our way out of this big fat bubble is not realistic. That has never happened - not once in history - and there's NO CHANCE this will be the first time - not given our aging populations, low productivity and unprecedented debt burdens! Here's my forecast - my expectations - for this very tricky year:

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Predictions are in the air - on these pages and everywhere else - so I may as well add my own two-cents to the massive opinion-drenched internet.

Would abrogating NAFTA, withdrawing from the WTO, and not ratifying the TPP be appropriate and sufficient policy responses to the shedding of manufacturing jobs? The clear and obvious answer is: NO. Here's why.

In the next 5 years most people will lose 75-90% of their wealth and some 100% but investors needn’t lose most of their money if they took a few measures to protect their fortune...