From the beginning of recorded history practically, banks have been the middlemen in between people who had money to invest and lend, and people who wanted to borrow money. For the first time in recent history, this monopoly has been convincingly broken. Thanks to the rise...
Changing Macro Narrative Last week saw two pieces of news that could be changing the macro narrative. Reports of a possible Chinese Fiscal Stimulus package of Yuan 3 trillion ($160 billion) and last Thursday's FOMC meeting decision to keep rates on hold and subsequent statement.A Fiscal stimulus...
What's Spooking the Market? There has been a lot of talk on the street over the past weeks even months of a severe correction in the current Bull market. Last week may well prove to be the beginning of that retracement. The main worries for stocks over...
Gold demand in the second quarter fell 12% according to yesterday’s report from the World Gold Council, as a combination of structural and external factors weighed heavily on investor appetite. The decline marks a six year low for global demand of the precious metal, and...
Following nearly 6 years of radio silence, Chinese officials finally ended years of rampant speculation within the gold community by announcing the country’s official gold reserves increased by nearly 60% to 1,658 metric tons. With their recent announcement, China has become the fifth largest holder...
An interesting trend has been developing over the past few years which sends one of the clearest signals yet as to just how fragile the current financial and currency system has become. The gold community often pay close attention to the increased rate of gold...
Maintaining privacy when buying or selling gold is often a key consideration for precious metal investors. Many investors are unaware that bullion and coin dealers are obligated by law in the United States to submit various transaction reports if certain conditions are triggered by their...
Bitcoin has received an enormous amount of press and media coverage since it first appeared on the mainstream financial radar several years ago. The gold community for the large part - have been unimpressed. Most of these concerns revolve around the value of bitcoin in...
When it comes to money, almost all countries use a fiat currency, which means that their currency is only supported by the creditworthiness of the government and isn’t backed up by any reserves of gold or other precious metals. Considering how reckless western governments are these days,...
The surge in the US dollar index since October 2014 is often cited as a sign of underlying strength returning to the US economy, but there seem to be other less clear cut reasons simmering just under the surface to explain the dollar’s relative strength...
The rate of economic and social change which occurred throughout the 1960s and subsequent decades has been rapid. Nearly all aspects of our daily lives have have been impacted by a seemingly unstoppable march of technological progress and innovation. In economic terms, the world couldn’t...
It would seem like the West has a lot to envy about China. At a time when the entire World was going through a recession, China’s GDP kept growing by more than 7 percent a year. The Shanghai stock market is up 78% since October...
Something ominous happened in Switzerland this week. The country sold 10 year bonds at a negative interest rate - and investors, knowing they would be instantly losing money every year for the next decade, happily obliged. This deal was well received, with investors pouring 378m...
Fiat currency markets are in a state of turmoil. Japan, Russia and most emerging markets of any significance have all witnessed sharp currency devaluations against the dollar in the past 2 years. In Japan's case, the Yen has slumped to its weakest level against the...
To a casual observer, things are looking great in the stock market. Markets keep setting new records and the bull run seems like it should keep on going as long as the American economy continues to recover. It feels like a time when anyone can...
The American government just can’t seem to function anymore. The two parties can’t agree on anything and it’s taking a toll on normal government operations. In 2013, the federal government shut down for a full 16 days as the two parties argued over budget issues....
The key to succeeding as an investor is to find hidden value on the market that others have overlooked. Most investors follow the exact same information and strategies. It’s no wonder that they all end up making the exact same mistakes to lose money as...
With the Federal Reserve officially exiting its asset-purchase program a couple months ago, unemployment falling under 6%, and gross domestic product below 4%, economic data signals and recent events seem to be pointing at the likelihood of a strengthening dollar and improving U.S. economy in...
The U.S. Dollar has experienced a temporary resurgence in 2014, buoyed by a troubled European Union and longer-than-expected delays in the impact of years of quantitative easing from the Federal Reserve. Add in a decline in commodity prices and corresponding drops in gold and silver,...
Marc Faber is one of the more noteworthy ‘gold bugs’, sharing a seat at the front of the gold bus with the likes of Peter Schiff. The Swiss investor correctly predicted the huge spikes in oil prices and emerging markets funds in the 2000s, and...
