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“It’s Time To Hold Physical Cash”, Fidelity Manager Warns Ahead Of “Systemic Event”

“It’s Time To Hold Physical Cash”, Fidelity Manager Warns Ahead Of “Systemic Event” As Jamie Dimon recently noted while discussing the perils of illiquid fixed income markets, the statistics around “tail events” can no longer be trusted. In other words, 6, 7, or 8 standard deviation moves that in theory should only happen once every two or […]

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‘Titanic’ Global Economy May “Collapse” Warn HSBC – Gold Is Lifeboat

‘Titanic’ Global Economy May “Collapse” Warn HSBC – Gold Is Lifeboat -“The world economy is like an ocean liner without lifeboats …” – HSBC – Four areas of high risk identified by HSBC – Risk of stock market crash – Pension funds and insurers may not meet obligations – Chinese recession may drag U.S. into […]

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Controlling copper and silver prices

Controlling copper and silver prices There is an unwarranted assumption that market prices are always right, and represent “fair value”. In the case of commodities, particularly metals, this is not necessarily true, because regulated financial markets make it too easy for government agencies and large banks to game the system. Take the case of a […]

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Why deflation is unlikely

Why deflation is unlikely Financial markets are becoming aware that the US economy is stalling, so investors increasingly take the view that with demand likely to stagnate or even fall, prices for goods and services will soften. This is already threatening to be the situation in a number of other advanced nations, with negative interest […]

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SoT Ep 17 – Bix Weir: Gold, Silver And The End Game

SoT Ep 17 – Bix Weir: Gold, Silver And The End Game When the bond market collapses it will make the stock market crash look like a day at the beach. – Bix Weir, Shadow of Truth How much gold does China’s Central Bank/Government currently own? How much will they admit to owning when they update […]

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Why Is JP Morgan Accumulating The Biggest Stockpile Of Physical Silver In History?

Why Is JP Morgan Accumulating The Biggest Stockpile Of Physical Silver In History? Why in the world has JP Morgan accumulated more than 55 millionounces of physical silver? Since early 2012, JP Morgan’s stockpile has grown from less than 5 million ounces of physical silver to more than 55 million ounces of physical silver. Clearly, someone over at JP Morgan […]

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The Rehypothecation of Gold, and Why It Matters

The Rehypothecation of Gold, and Why It Matters Claiming to own X quantity of gold is one thing, and reporting how many times the gold has been pledged as collateral is another. When correspondent Scott A. Batten offered to write an explanation of the rehypothecation of gold and why it matters, I quickly accepted. Like many […]

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This Is What Gold Does In a Currency Crisis

December 18, 2014

This Is What Gold Does In a Currency Crisis. To say that gold is in a bear market is to misunderstand both gold and markets. Gold isn’t an investment that goes up and down. It is money in the most basic store-of-value sense. Most of the time it just sits there, and when its price […]

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7 Questions Gold Bears Must Answer | Casey Research

December 10, 2014

7 Questions Gold Bears Must Answer | Casey Research. A glance at any gold price chart reveals the severity of the bear mauling it has endured over the last three years. More alarming, even for die-hard gold investors, is that some of the fundamental drivers that would normally push gold higher, like a weak US […]

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It Wasn’t The Swiss: Continuing Plunge In GOFO Means No Easing Of Worst Gold Shortage In Over A Decade | Zero Hedge

December 1, 2014

It Wasn’t The Swiss: Continuing Plunge In GOFO Means No Easing Of Worst Gold Shortage In Over A Decade | Zero Hedge. Yesterday, when we commented on what was largely a pre-determined outcome of the Swiss gold referendum, we said that there still “is the question of what happens to the tension in the gold swap market: […]

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This Sunday may mark the end of Western monetary dominance

November 29, 2014

This Sunday may mark the end of Western monetary dominance. Walking down the streets of Constantinople in the early Middle Ages, you would have immediately felt the energy and prosperity. Constantinople was one of the wealthiest, most advanced cities in the world, and some historians estimate its population could have been as high as 500,000 […]

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A Tidal Wave of Gold Repatriations Could be Unleashed – Nathan McDonald – Sprott Money News

November 27, 2014

A Tidal Wave of Gold Repatriations Could be Unleashed – Nathan McDonald – Sprott Money News. A tidal wave of gold repatriations may have begun. As speculated in my last post, I raised a concern that should be shared with all western Central bankers…a widespread flood of countries demanding their gold back to their home soils. […]

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Here Comes France: Right-Wing Leader Marine Le Pen Demands Central Bank Repatriate French Gold | Zero Hedge

November 25, 2014

Here Comes France: Right-Wing Leader Marine Le Pen Demands Central Bank Repatriate French Gold | Zero Hedge. First Germany, then the Netherlands, perhaps Switzerland this weekend, and now the French right-wing Front National, which shockingly came first in May’s European parliament elections, and whose leader Marine Le Pen is currently polling in first place in a hypothetical presidential election […]

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The Reverse Of Central Bank Gold Flows Spells The Death Of The Dollar : SRSrocco Report

November 15, 2014

The Reverse Of Central Bank Gold Flows Spells The Death Of The Dollar : SRSrocco Report. Something BIG changed after the collapse of the U.S. Investment and Housing Markets as a huge crack in the Fiat Monetary System took place. After the world nearly disintegrated under the debt-based U.S Dollar system in 2008, some of […]

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“Paper Gold” and Its Effect on the Gold Price | Casey Research

November 14, 2014

“Paper Gold” and Its Effect on the Gold Price | Casey Research. Gold dropped to new lows of $1,130 per ounce last week. This is surprising because it doesn’t square with the fundamentals. China and India continue to exert strong demand on gold, and interest in bullion coins remains high. I explained in my October article […]

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