In the world of “all things gold”, every event is viewed within the context of how it will affect gold prices – on the upside. Earlier this year, it was bank failures. Before that and since then, the focus was/is on the Fed with regards to...
Investors and others often use the term geopolitical to describe investment risk arising from various conflicts between individual countries and, also, among nations in general on a worldwide basis.
Gold continued its downward path this past week and all but confirmed that lower prices are ahead. Below is a chart of price action dating back to the peak in 2020…
While everyone else twiddles their thumbs and waits for the next missive from the Federal Reserve, the bond market has spoken loudly and clearly about the near-term (and, possibly long-term) direction of interest rates.
Silver bulls have for decades made the argument that the white metal is underpriced relative to gold. Their enthusiasm is fueled by expectations for a return to the original fixed ratio of 16:1 in favor of gold.
The renewed threat of trade tariffs by various presidential candidates is a clear and present danger to free trade and the world economy.
The closing price for spot gold in New York today is $1915. Forty-three years ago, in May 1980, gold was priced at $515. Being somewhat generous, and since gold has been higher (above $2000) recently, we might say that the gold price has...
A recent article (Credit Crunch: The Money Supply Has Shrunk For Eight Months In A Row) by Ryan McMaken of the Mises Institute explained clearly the historical significance of the contraction in the money supply that has occurred over the...
Quite a few people are convinced that they know what the Fed will do next, and why. How do they know? Is it really that obvious?
All the talk about BRIC nations proposed issuance of a gold-backed currency, and most of the analysis, misses a key point... The success of any fiat currency, or real money substitute (in other words, anything other than gold itself as the...