Chart of the Week - BOJ Stock Market Casino

The chart of the week is courtesy Doug Wakefield via Safe Haven and shows that the Bank of Japan (BOJ) is a top 10 share holder in about 90% of the Nikkei 225. This after the Nikkei has been down nearly 60% since its highs in 1989. After multiple QE's that have failed to stimulate the economy and get rid of the deflationary negative interest rate scenario in Japan, this latest move by the BOJ has failure written all over it. Another down move in the Nikkei from a strengthening Yen could prove to be problematic for the BOJ going forward.

Fed Unlikely to Raise Rates, Implications for Gold

An interesting post from our partners at the The WallStreet Window:

Is the fed going to raise rates in June? Think again. A no raise has bullish implications for gold.

The Fed and Gold from Rajveer Rawlin

For more on this visit our partner Michael Swanson on his website www.wallstreetwindow.com.

Chart of the Day - Global Central Bank Interest Rates

The chart of the day is courtesy of The Telegraph and discussed by Sol Palha on Safehaven, that shows several Global Central Banks have embraced very low interest rate or even Negative Interest Rate Policies (NIRP) to try and arrest deflation and fuel growth. The jury is out on whether this would work long term as such an experiment in Japan is ending in failure.