There will be many people who look at gold and silver prices and assume lots of gold bugs are selling. They couldn’t be more wrong. The disconnect between paper prices for precious metals and demand in the bullion markets has never been...
Extreme volatility in the equity markets has investors wondering what to expect. Even the hardiest of stock market bulls are finally asking some serious questions about whether the top is in. Stocks have long been priced for perfection and...
Last week’s market activity was another reminder that not all precious metals investments are created equal. Investors worried about a virus outbreak and watching the blood bath on Wall Street rushed to buy coins, rounds, and bars. As one...
Keeping up appearances is about to get a lot harder for the central planners trying to manage perceptions of the U.S. (and global) economy. The coronavirus is going to have a meaningful impact on global supply chains, even if stock market...
The U.S. Department of Justice investigation of criminal activity in the precious metals markets has taken an interesting new turn. According to Bloomberg, prosecutors are targeting the bank itself and not just the individual traders...
Narayana Kocherlakota, the former President of the Federal Reserve bank of Minneapolis wants you to know the Federal Government can never borrow too much money.
Market forecaster Martin Zweig famously warned investors against underestimating the power of the Federal Reserve Bank to control markets. He coined the phrase “Don’t fight the Fed” back in the 80’s. Precious Metals investors are wondering...
Gold and silver investors buy metals because they are scarce. Precious metals are by nature difficult to find, and hard to produce. Consequently, above ground stocks are limited and valuable, particularly when priced in unlimited fiat...
Zero Interest Rate Policy (ZIRP) was considered “extraordinary” when central bankers rolled that out roughly ten years ago. At that time, people would still have laughed at the idea of negative interest rates. Lenders didn’t pay borrowers...
Wall Street owns Washington DC – figuratively speaking. In literal terms, the largest banks in the nation own the Federal Reserve. They also bought and paid for a great number of DC politicians as evidenced by campaign contributions,...