Returning to the gold standard would be an economic disaster
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Cullen RocheThe gold standard is silly. No one should be in favor of going back to it.
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The gold standard is silly. No one should be in favor of going back to it.
As copper, crude, and credit crash, market internals collapse, and global economic data swirls the great toilet of Keynesian pump-priming... stock investors want to hear just one thing from the world's central bankers...
As copper, crude, and credit crash, market internals collapse, and global economic data swirls the great toilet of Keynesian pump-priming... stock investors want to hear just one thing from the world's central bankers...
This Armistice Day (November 11) our friends at Roberts and Roberts Brokerage have pledged the profits of the day's sales to Antiwar.com. Shop online or call toll free for all your precious metals purchases need and the profits will be donated to ant
With our palladium short from two weeks ago working well and nicely in the money, today we turn our attention to a similarly colored and similarly aberrant metal – silver.
It is regularly speculated that the slow-growing basket of currencies that support the IMF's SDRs is a global currency in waiting and that at some point national currencies will be supplanted by SDRs in some form or other. That's the "conspiracy" the
Venezuela is running out of money fast and has started selling its gold.
Oil is a better bet than Treasuries as the Federal Reserve contemplates raising interest rates, according to Park Sungjin, an investor in Seoul ... U.S. interest rates may head higher in the coming months, said Park, the head of investment management
Money is a medium of exchange and the study of its use is called economics. In days gone by bartering was the order of the day.
It is a big problem, but here are some great thoughts on taking a bite out of it when and how you can.
Gold has shown strength in the last couple of weeks - though inflation isn't the only catalyst. There's another factor, namely a bizarre new proposal from Bank of England Chief Economist Andy Haldane that's catching on with Fed governors and frustr
Says Stocks Will Crash In November
Tim Frey (President of Roberts & Roberts) and Meghan Kellison come in studio on their way from Pensacola, FL to San Diego, CA where Meghan has taken the position of Marketing Manager at Aribitz.Co
In our last update on gold and gold stocks we discussed a simple method to identify whether or not an upturn was likely to morph into a longer term rally or not, based on market behavior near past major lows. This particular test is obviously still a
A Chinese bank will soon join the London Bullion Market Associations (LBMA) silver price-setting process.
Cyclical Analyst Says Stocks May Start To Crash This Week
Gold price suppression!
While some continue dancing, the music might have already stopped: are we already in a bear market in stocks? In this context, we study past bear markets to see whether gold may serve as a valuable diversifier for what's ahead.
Financial Repression Insanity
WSJ's John Carney has a report out on a very important story. The plan of the Germans to audit and physically inspect all their gold.
In response to numerous allegations of missing gold, stolen gold, gold filled with tungsten, rehypothecated gold, leased gold, etc., Germany's Central Bank has Listed All of Its Gold.
Whereas some central banks have become more forthcoming on where they claim their official gold reserves are stored (see my recent blog post 'Central bank gold at the Bank of England'), many of the world's central banks remain secretive in ....
hen the established money supply counterfeits itself, and throws the economies of the globe out of whack, it is makes sense to take refuge in tangible, hard assets.
... As Physical Demand "Is Absolutely Through The Roof"
Nearly four months ago on June 2nd, something very unusual happened in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
"You've Suffered Through The Pain, Why Not Hang Around For The Gain?"
James Grant, Wall Street expert and editor of the investment journal «Grant's Interest Rate Observer», warns of ever more extreme central bank policies and bets on the comeback of gold.
With countless settlements documenting the rigging of every single asset class, it was only a matter of time before the regulators - some 10 years behind the curve as usual - finally cracked down on gold manipulation
"Things Are In The Works As We Speak" The price of gold and silver is set to explode according to one of the most well known CEO's in the precious metals mining space.
Gold and silver are good assets to hold to insure the preservation of EXCESS wealth but there are other assets that are even more valuable longterm. Those things that can be used to produce a product are the elements that can be used to leverage your