A year ago this past week marked the onset of the Covid-19 Pandemic. It also was the last full week of trading in the financial markets preceding crashes in all markets and a near-complete, albeit temporary, shutdown of economic activity.
Flashback 11/21/2017: “President Trump nominated Jerome H. Powell as the new Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank. Don’t look for much to change. And Janet Yellen’s announcement that she will resign from the board upon Mr. Powell’s...
The price of gold early Friday morning this past week touched $1720. At that level it was down $350 per ounce from its high point of $2070 last August.
The roundtrip is now complete and the entire voyage took less than a year. When Berkshire Hathaway acquired nearly 21 million shares of Barrick Gold in Q2 of 2020, people took notice.
A fundamental tenet regarding money and inflation is that ongoing money creation by governments and central banks (Federal Reserve) cheapens the value of all money (US dollars) in circulation and leads to a loss of purchasing power. The...
As of November 30th, the annual inflation rate for the year 2020 is 1.17% (CPI). And it is not likely to get a whole lot worse anytime soon.
After a recent spike to the upside over the past seven days, both gold and silver have turned negative again and could be headed back to their recent low points reached early in the day on Monday, November 30th.
Sometime after the end of the second quarter, news of Berkshire Hathaway's acquisition of Barrick Gold made headlines. Not known for a favorable opinion on gold, Warren Buffett surprised some people with his move. Also, the addition of...
Apparently investors don't tire of hearing the same old thing; and their advisors willingly provide the same questionable advice: "The best way to play this new bull market in gold is to buy gold stocks" or something to that effect. Are...
In late July, during an interview with CNBC, the chief investment officer of private wealth management at Goldman Sachs made the following statement: “Our view is that gold is only appropriate if you have a very strong view that the U.S....