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Proposal to Move Bank Regulation Goalposts Signals Underlying Problems in Financial System

Proposal to Move Bank Regulation Goalposts Signals Underlying Problems in Financial System If a formula spits out a number you don’t like, just change the formula so you get a better number! That’s exactly what the Bureau of Labor Statistics did to the Consumer Price Index formula in the 1990s. Because the CPI kept indicating […]

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Why Silver Is Better Than Gold

August 31, 2019

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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One Day the Volcano Will Erupt – Precious Metals Supply and Demand

One Day the Volcano Will Erupt – Precious Metals Supply and Demand Keynesian Rot The prices of the monetary metals rose $11 and ¢27 last week. The supply and demand fundamentals is the shortest section of this Report [ed note: we are excerpting the supply-demand section for Acting Man – readers interested in the other part […]

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2019 Outlook: The State of Sound Money in the United States

December 6, 2018

2019 Outlook: The State of Sound Money in the United States The Great Recession, coupled with the “Ron Paul Revolution,” prompted a renaissance of the sound money movement in the United States. As Germany, Russia, and China — to name a few — continue to increase their gold holdings, the hegemonic power of Federal Reserve […]

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A Golden Renaissance – Precious Metals Supply & Demand

November 27, 2018

A Golden Renaissance – Precious Metals Supply & Demand Battles for Civilization A major theme of my work — and raison d’etre of Monetary Metals — is fighting to prevent collapse. Civilization is under assault on all fronts. Battling the barbarians at the gate… [PT] There is the freedom of speech battle, with the forces of darkness […]

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What Can Kill a Useless Currency, Report 28 Oct 2018

October 30, 2018

What Can Kill a Useless Currency, Report 28 Oct 2018 There is a popular notion, at least among American libertarians and gold bugs. The idea is that people will one day “get woke”, and suddenly realize that the dollar is bad / unbacked / fiat / unsound / Ponzi / other countries don’t like it […]

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You Can’t Eat Gold

October 15, 2018

You Can’t Eat Gold “You can’t eat gold.” The enemies of gold often unleash this little zinger, as if it dismisses the idea of owning gold and indeed the whole gold standard. It is a fact, you cannot eat gold. However, it dismisses nothing. This gives us an idea. Let’s tie three facts together. One, […]

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Why did JP Morgan say “Money is gold, nothing else”?

Why did JP Morgan say “Money is gold, nothing else”? There’s a story about JP Morgan and Andrew Carnegie, from the Panic of 1873. Carnegie was a client of the Morgans, with $50,000 on deposit plus some stocks. After selling his $10,000 interest in a railroad, Carnegie supposedly came by the office to pick up […]

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A Dire Warning

A Dire Warning Let’s return to our ongoing series on the destruction of capital, and how to identify the signs. Steve Saville posted a thoughtful article this week entitled The “Productivity of Debt” Myth. His article provides a good opportunity to add some additional thoughts. We have written quite a lot on this topic. Indeed, […]

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Getting High on Bubbles

Getting High on Bubbles Back in the drug-soaked, if not halcyon, days known at the sexual and drug revolution—the 1960’s—many people were on a quest for the “perfect trip”, and the “perfect hit of acid” (the drug lysergic acid diethylamide, LSD). We will no doubt generate some hate mail for saying this, but we don’t […]

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Slaves to Government Debt Paper, Report 25 Mar 2018

Slaves to Government Debt Paper, Report 25 Mar 2018 Picture, if you will, a group of slaves owned by a cruel man. Most of them are content, but one says to the others, “I will defy the Master.” While his statement would superficially appear to yearn towards freedom, it does not. It betrays that this […]

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Repetitive Patterns in the Money Supply – Will Coins Become Extinct?

Repetitive Patterns in the Money Supply – Will Coins Become Extinct? Inflation over time raises the cost of raw metal and we see that such coins vanish from the money supply. Britain is the latest in line to eliminate the 1 & 2 pence coins. They are costing more to produce than they are worth. […]

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Take It To The Bank: Interest Rates Won’t Rise, Report 11 Feb 2018

February 12, 2018

Take It To The Bank: Interest Rates Won’t Rise, Report 11 Feb 2018 How Not to Predict Interest Rates We continue our hiatus from capital destruction to look further at interest rates. Last week, our Report was almost prescient. We said: The first thing we must say about this is that people should pick one: […]

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Reckless Deficit Spending by Congress Set to Wreck the Dollar

February 12, 2018

Reckless Deficit Spending by Congress Set to Wreck the Dollar U.S. equities got a free ride on the Trump train after his election, even as Federal Reserve officials hiked interest rates. That ride may have ended last week. If commentators are correct and the blame for recent selling in the stock market falls on the […]

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How The Investor Fundamentally Changed The Silver Market

December 31, 2017

How The Investor Fundamentally Changed The Silver Market While silver investors continue to be discouraged about the low price, the market has experienced a fundamental change that needs to be understood. Ever since governments removed silver from official coinage, over 50 years ago, the market has been supplemented by several billion ounces of silver. The […]

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