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One consistent trend over the last few years is the dangerous rise of American consumer debt. This past week the news revealed that the U.S. consumer has again pushed this category of debt to another...
The concepts of “ethical gold” and fair trade have increased in importance over the years. Tradewind Markets, a gold fintech company, has embraced that idea, developing and launching its new Origins application. The firm enables both physical and...
The news this week revealed that September set new records for both central bank and ETF gold buying. Central banks continued their gold buying spree as they diversified their currency reserves out of American dollars in a...
Humankind has been mining for the resplendent metal that is gold for millennia. Archeologists discovered a prehistoric Bronze Age gold mine at a site known as Sakdrisi, in the Kvemo Kartli region of present-day Georgia. Dating from between the early 3rd millennium BCE, to the...
In the last few weeks, the news has emerged that corporate debt has reached its highest all-time level in recorded history. Possibly worse news is that half of this debt rates at only BBB, a single...
This week saw the deadline for Brexit move uncomfortably and dangerously close with no breakthrough on the negotiations between Great Britain and the EU in sight. As of today there are only 22 days left until...
This past weekend saw a major successful attack on Saudi Arabia's oil production facilities and one of its largest oil fields. It resulted in over five million barrels of oil exports being taken offline. The most severe sudden...
This week saw the announcement that China has increased its gold reserves by 5.91 more tons for the month of August. The new figures mean that their aggregate official gold buys for year 2019 are...
This past week saw two key pieces of news released in the U.S. On the one hand, the Federal Reserve has purchased a substantial amount of Treasuries for its first time in nearly five years. In the...
This past week saw a scathing attack on the U.S. dollar from America's closest ally. Bank of England Governor Mark Carney became the latest key policy making figure to suggest putting a system into place that...
This week on Thursday saw the the main Treasuries yield curve fall below 50, signalling recession. It means that the 10 year Treasury benchmark note was trading for less than the rate of the two year notes....
This week the Daily Telegraph newspaper reported that the European Union now believes that Britain will depart from the EU block with no deal. Up till now, this had not been the working expectation on the continent....
Last week saw the Federal Reserve cut interest rates for the first time since 2008. It was not solely a U.S. action. This week so far, New Zealand, India, and Thailand have also slashed their interest...
Last Friday saw the release of the second quarter GDP estimate from the government. On the surface the figure did not appear too bad. Growth in the U.S. economy decreased to 2.1 percent. The number was still...
This past week there were two important news stories regarding Chinese activities that are threatening U.S. treasuries and markets. Data released from the U.S. Treasury Department in the last week showed that China dumped U.S. Treasuries...
This past week saw warnings emerge on two critical economic areas of the world. Throughout both Europe and Asia, total factory activity declined for June. Meanwhile the United States demonstrated only a little bit of economic...
Another unfortunate financial milestone has just been reached with regards to American consumer debt, and it has some economists increasingly worried. For the month of April, the most recent Federal Reserve Consumer Credit Report revealed that...
As the trade war rages on between the U.S. and China, it is important to know that China has recently worked out a way to avoid being reliant on U.S. dollars for its enormous oil imports. This...
This past week, Portugal has taken a huge leap and become the first country in the euro zone to issue bonds denominated in China's own currency the yuan. The "Panda" bonds (what economists call yuan denominated debt...
The latest statistics are out for central bank gold purchasing, and they show that Russia has yet again increased its substantial and expanding gold reserves for the month of April. Moscow grabbed up another 15.55...
