For the first time since the highs in 2011, Spot Gold has entered a bull market. Now up over 21% from the early December lows, Gold is trading at 13-month highs and outperforming all other asset classes amid the descent into negativity by global central banks...

Charts: Bloomberg

Korea's official news agency reports North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered the country's nuclear weapons be made ready for use. This action follows the firing of a volley of short-range projectiles into the sea to the south after the UN Security Council unanimously passed sanctions targeting North Korea’s banks, mineral exports and cargo vessels.

A mysterious burst of radio waves that have reached Earth has got scientists excited. Powerful repeating signals have come from beyond the Milky Way galaxy. Researchers from McGill University in the US have detected fast radio bursts (FRBs) from deep space that were not part of an explosive event and came in repeated waves.

Two months ago we presented what we thought was a "very troubling"chart, one showing the latest data on FBI background checks, a proxy for gun purchases. The chart had just hit an all time high.

Since then, the progression has escalated and gun sales have continued to soar as the following update showing gun sales for the month of February over the past decade:

Israel’s Defense Minister has claimed that Syrian government forces have been using chemical weapons against civilians since the start ceasefire. While it is possible that chemical weapons have been used during the truce, it is doubtful that President Assad’s government would be the ones using them. Sputnik news reports: Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon accused Tuesday the Syrian governmental forces of using chemical weapons against civilians during the current ceasefire, reached at the initiative of Russia and the United States.