Most of us are aware of the inflationary pressures in the major economies, that so far are proving somewhat latent in the non-financial sector. But some central banks are on the alert as well, notably the Federal Reserve Board, which has taken the lead in trying to normalise interest rates. Others, such as the European… Read More
TDG #575 will be postponed until Sunday evening or Monday. Source: The Daily Gold
Because there’s so much else to see… COULD gold investing get any more boring, Boring, BORING…? asks Adrian Ash at BullionVault. Only if it doesn’t get any more painful short-term perhaps. The yellow metal nearly sent traders to sleep over the first 5 months of 2018… …trading in its tightest price… Read More
GOLD BULLION rallied Friday as the US Dollar edged back from this week’s surge on the currency market. Losing $10 from last Friday’s finish however, gold bullion still headed for its lowest weekly close since mid-December at $1268 per ounce. Investor interest in the giant SPDR Gold Trust (NYSEArca:GLD) yesterday shrank by 0.5%,… Read More
Welcome to this week’s Market Wrap Podcast, I’m Mike Gleason. Coming up the one and only Gerald Celente joins me as we discuss the relevance of still having guns, gold and a getaway plan. Gerald also tells us what he’s watching most closely on the geopolitical landscape that could have a major impact on the… Read More
Welcome to this week’s Market Wrap Podcast, I’m Mike Gleason. Coming up the one and only Gerald Celente joins me as we discuss the relevance of still having guns, gold and a getaway plan. Gerald also tells us what he’s watching most closely on the geopolitical landscape that could have a major impact on the… Read More
Written by Chris Marcus for the Miles Franklin blog While the past year has included stunning developments by China and other nations around the globe to reduce their dependence on dollar financing, perhaps the latest blow is the most shocking one yet. As a recent report mentions how “central bankers and officials from 14 African… Read More
Miles Franklin sponsored this article. Borrow and spend! Debt and bubbles. Happy days are here again. Maybe not. Unpleasant consequences will result from imploding bubbles in corporate debt, housing, student loans, stock markets, sovereign debt, cryptocurrencies and others. Official U.S. Federal government national debt exceeds $21 trillion and has doubled every 8 to 9 years… Read More
Thirty-year mortgage rates might have ticked up in the past 12 months, but for now that doesn’t seem to be weighing on new home demand. According to the Commerce Department, housing starts climbed to an 11-year high of 1.35 million units in May, a clear sign that the market has continued to improve following the… Read More
This post is the fourth of a series of notes on gold for the benefit of wealth management advisory firms. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at cgp@goldbroker.com. More information about our business providers program by clicking here. In another post, we saw that mining shares, being shares mainly (with high… Read More
GOLD PRICES fell yet again as the Dollar rose on Thursday, touching the lowest level since mid-December at $1262 per ounce as new US data said the number of people claiming jobless benefits fell last week to fresh 4-decade lows. European stock markets fell for the 4th time in 5 sessions and industrial commodity… Read More
The Western media was incredulous. The Donald had disregarded diplomacy, scuttled out of the G7 meeting in Canada without endorsing the G7 agreement, and ended up shaking hands with a previously avowed enemy in Singapore. The formally leisurely pace of global diplomacy, where all is pre-agreed before the photo-op showing unanimity of leadership, was ditched… Read More
Gold and silver markets entered this summer with sentiment toward the metals in something of a deep freeze. For several months, precious metals prices have gone essentially nowhere. No sustained rallies to attract momentum traders; no washout plunges to attract bargain hunters. The long, protracted stalemate between bulls and bears has frustrated metals investors and,… Read More
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Comparing the value of bullion held to the narrowest expression of money is likely to prove insufficient upon which to base a future monetary policy. But, given a good base of monetary gold, it is possible to set up arrangements to discourage redemptions of currency for physical gold when a gold exchange standard is fully… Read More
GOLD PRICES fell to new 2018 lows against a rising Dollar on Tuesday in London, hitting $1274 per ounce as President Trump threatened to hit back at China’s retaliation over last week’s new US trade tariffs with extra charges on another $200bn of Chinese imports. Accused of “blackmail” by Beijing, Trump says these extra… Read More
From Kristin Hannah, author of “The Nightingale,” a novel. “In love we find out who we want to be; in war we find out who we are.” She wrote about WWII, but her insight applies to debt and gold. Miles Franklin sponsored this article. The world has created over $200 trillion in debt, more than… Read More
GOLD PRICES held at 6-month lows against the US Dollar on Monday morning in London as ‘trade war’ tensions worsened between the world’s two largest economies, writes Steffen Grosshauser at BullionVault. Beijing at the weekend responded to US President Donald Trump’s new 25% import tariffs on $34 billion of Chinese goods by imposing a… Read More
Most people buying physical bullion believe in the adage “if you can’t hold it in your hands, you don’t really own it.” There is real wisdom in having the total control that comes with physical possession. A person with a gold coin or bar can travel anywhere and trade for value with anyone, without permission.… Read More
The U.S. inflation story made further inroads this month, with year-over-year price growth for consumers and producers alike hitting multiyear highs. U.S. consumer prices expanded at their strongest pace in more than six years, climbing to an annual change of 2.8 percent in May. Prices for final demand goods, meanwhile, grew 3.1 percent, their strongest… Read More
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