With Donald Trump’s recent push to create a U.S. sovereign wealth fund (SWF), many investors are wondering: Will gold be part of it? Given Trump’s historic fondness for gold, his distrust of the Federal Reserve, and his economic policies, it’s…
Private companies and financial institutions sometimes engage in less-than-savory investing practices to influence price movements and other financial data. Naked short selling is one of them. While proponents argue that it provides timely liquidity to financial markets, abusive naked short…
The American Institute for Economic Research just declared that “dedollarization has begun.” The post-Bretton Woods economic order, in which international trade is settled in fiat U.S. dollars, may be in the early stages of being upended as new trade alliances…
We have seen a lot of talk recently about inflation and recession. But what are the factors of inflation vs recession? We can certainly feel the negative effects of inflation on our pockets. And we keep hearing about a looming…
Key Takeaways: The U.S. economy added 315,000 jobs in August, down from 528,000 in July The August jobs report indicates we’re seeing a recovery of the labor market as more people are looking to take advantage of remote working opportunities…
The interest rate hike the Federal Reserve implemented on July 27, 2022, was well expected by the financial markets, investors, and analysts alike. What was of concern, was how far the interest rate hike would go. And how it may…
Nations and central banks have been stockpiling gold for decades as a way to diversify their sovereign wealth holdings, and the World Gold Council has been reporting on every country’s reserves on an annual basis. The U.S. has been leading…
In the old, pre-crisis days, it was not odd to think that bad news for bonds was good news for stocks. It made sense from a fundamental perspective. Fixed-income markets tend to do poorly when economic activity is strong or inflation…
Two of the primary economic functions of “money” are… To create a store of value for wealth accumulation and To facilitate trade through a universal medium. To this end, both cash savings of national currencies (such as the US dollar…
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