Events this past week are indicative of what could be a more formidable problem for the Fed, investors, and the economy. Before we talk about that, lets first emphasize the key point made in my article SVB, MMT, TNT.
The Silicon Valley Bank fiasco is an in-your-face example of the systemic risk inherent in fractional-reserve banking. (see Elephant In The Room)
The price of gold spiked upward by $40 oz. on Friday. Reports by others point to the failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) as sparking a "flight to safety" into the yellow metal. Gold, according to them, is the ultimate safe-haven hedge;...
End of inflation is inevitable. At first, the statement above may seem counterintuitive; especially in light of the ongoing increase in the cost of goods and services experienced recently that seem to have no limit.
Whatever enthusiasm investors have remaining for their gold stocks holdings must be waning rapidly, if not already dissipated. Below is a year-to-date chart (source) for GDX (VanEck Gold Miners ETF) showing the latest swoon in prices…
When gold was trading above $2000 oz. in the summer of 2020 the yellow metal was receiving its fair share of attention. After a low point just under $1050 oz. in December 2015, the gold price had doubled in four and one-half years and...
For the most part we are the beneficiaries of orderly financial markets. For more than two hundred years market makers and traders have bought and sold – for themselves and in behalf of others – without long-term disruptions to the...
Advisors and marketers are ecstatic:... "Nothing will be able to stop gold when it breaks to a new all-time high" or "On the cusp of a breakout where gold can go up to $5000" are two examples of recent exclamations about prospects for...
Gold’s nasty divorce from the U.S. dollar was finalized in August 1971 when President Richard Nixon suspended any further convertibility of U.S. dollars into gold by non-U.S. citizens. That action removed any remaining links between the...
Every time gold stocks hiccup to the upside, there is a groundswell that emanates from the depths of disappointment and disillusionment. Promoters use words like exhaustion and capitulation to describe the conditions surrounding what they...