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I welcome the Internet debate on the question whether the Mint should be opened to gold and silver. The latest contribution by Hugo Salinas Price, entitled Free Coinage of Gold and Silver – Then and Now, expresses doubts that such a measure..
Some people think that one of the fundamental institutions of the 19th century should be restored; we single out Great Britain as the great leader embracing this institution.
There's gold in them thar hills, but pretty soon you won't be allowed to touch it. In California, the state built on gold, the time is up for prospectors who are about to see their way of life declared illegal.
The gold price has been rising steadily for almost a year now, with nary a correction. It fell only 4% last month, and the biggest decline since last July was January’s 6.2% drop.
This country had the chance to avoid the disastrous meltdown of 2008 and following, the one that has led to the nationalization of industries, the creation of oceans of paper money, and the destruction of so many American dreams.
Six weeks ago this column observed the price of gold having pass $1,500, the U.S. economy was already in a downturn, and that it would be foolhardy to wait for always backward looking and unreliable statistics to reveal what gold already had.
We have had a lot of conversations about Chile as ‘the new America.’ In short, this is a country that is full of opportunities, open to foreigners, and where the government just leaves you alone.
"Fortune seekers hoping to strike it rich in California's ongoing gold rush may find their dreams dashed by new environmental rules that state lawmakers say are too costly to enforce.
Utah this week became the first state to legalize the use of gold and silver coins as legal currency, the according to the Associated Press.
Utah became the first state in the country this month to legalize gold and silver coins as currency. The law also will exempt the sale of the coins from state capital gains taxes.
South Carolina became the newest state to propose a bill that would make gold and silver coins a form of legal tender in the state. Utah started the trend. More than a dozen other states are considering similar moves.
Last night I lay back on my couch and had a couple of glasses of red, while reading an article from 1980 about the Hunt brothers and the events that surrounded the last spike in Silver to $50.
Much of the trading was conducted by high frequency trading (HFT) computer bots whose clear purpose seems to be to cause disruptions to prices. These are the same disruptive traders that caused the flash crash in the stock market last year.
Silver loses shine in 20pc tumble The price of silver futures tumbled again on Wednesday, taking total losses to more than 20pc in a week amid fears that the precious metal represented a bubble bursting.
I have worked on Wall Street my entire life, and one thing I've learned is that large institutional investors, like pension funds and endowments, rarely veer from the herd.
In the U.S., we have a FALSE sense of prices. Simon Black takes us to Uruguay and shows why we'll gradually be paying STAGGERING amounts of money for the basics.
Mexico, Russia and Thailand added gold now valued at about $6 billion to their reserves in February and March as prices advanced to a record, the dollar weakened and Treasuries lost investors money.
Mexico, Russia and Thailand added gold now valued at about $6 billion to their reserves in February and March as prices advanced to a record, the dollar weakened and Treasuries lost investors money.
Silver tumbled to a 5-week low on Thursday, on track for its biggest weekly slide since 1983, caught up in a broader commodities sell-off and gold fell to its lowest in more than a week. Spot silver fell more than 5 percent to $37.32 an ounce, dow
Warren Buffett shuns gold as an investment ... The billionaire investor Warren Buffett has said he'd always bet on a good business to deliver better returns than gold over time, even as the precious metal sets fresh records.
The Daily Bell is pleased to present an exclusive interview with Shawn Perger.
Today, $1,000 and $500 face value bags of 40% silver Kennedy halves minted between 1965 and 1969 are convenient and easy ways to own silver.
Gold rose to new record nominal highs at $1,540.85/oz in early Asian trading last night.
"I placed a big order that was $325,000, basically my wife's entire IRA. Now we've spent the last two years checking with Jim [Burg], trying to find out, where is our gold?"
Gold futures rose to a record $1,530.30 an ounce on speculation that the Federal Reserve will be slow to raise U.S. borrowing costs, weakening the dollar and boosting the appeal of the metal as an alternative asset.
Aside from this first public confirmation that one of the biggest wholesale retailers of precious metals is now inventoryless , we can certainly see why Asia has decided to take silver down in the afterhours electronic session
Silver’s rise (in US$ terms, at least) over the past several weeks has been nothing short of phenomenal. The chart has effectively “gone parabolic,” and people I’ve never met have started to e-mail me for advice on silver.
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Spot silver surged more than 5 percent to top $49 ounce on Monday, moving closer to its 1980 all-time peak lifted by a weak dollar and strong physical demand in Asia that also sent gold to a record high for a seventh consecutive session. Spot silv
