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Gold’s long-term gains have even outperformed Warren Buffett…

Gold’s long-term gains have even outperformed Warren Buffett… Warren Buffett, despite his extraordinary investment success, has a rather famous and long-standing love/hate relationship with precious metals. Maybe it started with his dad– Congressman Howard Buffett of Nebraska– who, as a staunch advocate for the gold standard, argued to his colleagues on Capitol Hill that “paper […]

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China De-Dollarization Pushes Into Hyperdrive, Adds 100 Tons Of Gold Amid Trade War Chaos

China De-Dollarization Pushes Into Hyperdrive, Adds 100 Tons Of Gold Amid Trade War Chaos As the trade war continues to escalate, China’s rapid move towards de-dollarization continues. China added more than 100 tons of gold to its reserves since December 2018 and has also been divesting US Treasuries.  Bloomberg reported the People’s Bank of China acquired 188,800 ounces, […]

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U.S. Constitutional Crisis? Not According to Gold Bullion

U.S. Constitutional Crisis? Not According to Gold Bullion The system is collapsing, the markets are crashing, and gold and silver bullion are soaring higher, attempting to protect their investors from the impending doom about to befall us. Or not. The Mainstream Media is at it again, beating the war drum and attempting to rile up the […]

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The Silver Series: The Start of A New Gold-Silver Cycle (Part 1 of 3)

The Silver Series: The Start of A New Gold-Silver Cycle (Part 1 of 3) The world has experienced a decade of growth fueled by record-low interest rates, a burgeoning money supply, and historic debt levels – but the good times only last so long.  As the global economy slows and eventually begins to retract, can […]

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Gold Prices Will Keep Rising Because Crash Conditions Are Becoming Obvious

Gold Prices Will Keep Rising Because Crash Conditions Are Becoming Obvious The price movements of precious metals are difficult for some people to understand. In the world of equities, investors are mesmerized by tickers day in and day out, and market movements occur minute by minute. This realm of investment teaches people to shorten their […]

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Currency Which Expires – That’s the Solution – Or Just Cancel it all?

Currency Which Expires – That’s the Solution – Or Just Cancel it all?  Back during the Great Depression, there were people who theorized that gold hoarding was preventing economic recovery. There is always this same theory that people who save hoarding their money and are not spending it results in the lack of a recovery […]

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Negative interest rates and gold

Negative interest rates and gold  The reason for persistent strength in the price of gold can be found in the changing relationship between time preference for monetary gold, and a new round of interest rate suppression for the dollar. Evidence mounts that the forthcoming recession is likely to be significant, even turning into a deep […]

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Why Silver Is Better Than Gold

Why Silver Is Better Than Gold While the surging gold price has received most of the spotlight in the market, silver will outperform the king monetary metal over the longer term.  Key fundamental factors make silver the more attractive asset and investment to own versus gold when we look closely at the data.  However, that […]

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The Corroboration and Costs of Fear Gold

The Corroboration and Costs of Fear Gold Gold is the ultimate hedge, but it is far from perfect. Unlike, say, sovereign bonds there should be no expectation for a negatively correlated price. You can buy a UST or German bund even at negative yields and at least expect the price to rise when things are […]

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“Pet Rock” Indeed: Bank of America Says Buy Gold As Central Banks Lose Control

“Pet Rock” Indeed: Bank of America Says Buy Gold As Central Banks Lose Control What a difference a few years makes. Back in the summer of 2015, a WSJ op-ed writer,  who somehow was unaware of the past 6,000 years of human history, infamously and embarrassingly said “Let’s Be Honest About Gold: It’s a Pet Rock.” Fast […]

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Krugman and the Goldbugs

Krugman and the Goldbugs The announcement that President Trump would nominate Judy Shelton, a long-time advocate of the gold standard, for a seat on the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors got Paul Krugman thinking: why do some economic commentators become goldbugs? Krugman offers a rather cynical view. It is difficult “to build a successful career as […]

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Weekly Commentary: “Hot Money” Watch

Weekly Commentary: “Hot Money” Watch In the People’s Bank of China’s (PBOC) Monday daily currency value “fixing,” the yuan/renminbi was set 0.33% weaker (vs. dollar) at 6.9225. Market reaction was immediate and intense. The Chinese currency quickly traded to 7.03 and then ended Monday’s disorderly session at an 11-year low 7.0602 (largest daily decline since […]

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Could The U.S Be Gearing Up To a Return to the Gold Standard?

Could The U.S Be Gearing Up To a Return to the Gold Standard? There may be readers who weren’t even born when the U.S. still had a gold-backed dollar. Since the gold standard was abolished in 1971, the value of the dollar has decreased annually by 3.96 percent. You would need over $600 today to […]

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Russia Urges “Independence” From “Imposed World Order” Of US Financial System

Russia Urges “Independence” From “Imposed World Order” Of US Financial System Following Russia signalling last week, its willingness to join the controversial payments channel Instex – designed to circumvent both SWIFT as well as US sanctions banning trade with Iran – new statements from Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov called on the international community to free itself from […]

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We’ve Arrived At The End Of The Road

We’ve Arrived At The End Of The Road Decades of central bank intervention have left us with an unavoidable insolvency crisis When Richard Nixon closed the gold window in August 1971, fully severing the US dollar from its gold standard, the Federal Reserve and other world central banks found themselves liberated. No longer was their […]

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