Precious metals news

Ron Paul keeps the focus on the Fed on today's edition of Myth-Busters.

Stocks and corporate bonds may be the surprise big losers once the Federal Reserve starts reducing its $4.5 trillion balance sheet.

Commercial and Industrial lending at commercial banks dropped below 2% in July. The last time C&I lending was less than 2% was in April 2011. The percentage of lenders reporting stronger demand for C&I loans (large and medium firms) fell 11.80% in July. Real estate lending YoY at commercial banks? Down below 5% growth, consistent…

According to CoreLogic, California and Maryland are the states that are most highly correlated with fraud risk (and are the areas that will be the best predictors of nationwide mortgage fraud). A closer look reveals that San Francisco and Baltimore lead in mortgage fraud risk correlation with Chicago, Boston and San Diego close behind. San Francisco,…

The (Un)Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, whose General Obligation bonds are in default, just saw their 5.75% coupon bond fall below $50 for the first time. This has resulted in PR's GO bonds having a tax-equivalent yield of a whopping 20.855%. Cate Long from PR-Clearing has been closely following the Illionoisation of Puerto Rico.  @cate_long Here…

Fukushima is a nuclear crisis with no end in sight.

Williams: “I would be out of the stock market, and I’d have my money in gold. I mean physical gold, physically owning the gold. . . ."

We don't need another gold & silver break-out fake-out, so watch these indicators going into the week...

Access to liquidity and assets will be frozen, and this is how they will do it...

Williams had hope that the president could save the dollar, but if President Trump is impeached, the outcome is dire...

Goldbugs understand one of the recommendations, though the other 5 may not be so clear-cut...

Rob pulls no punches on the latest developments in the fiat US dollar currency crisis and fall of the American Empire...

Gold outperforming stocks.

In these times, you actually want to have access to something physical that is a recognized medium of exchange.

As we've reported before, panning for gold is a fast-growing hobby. I get it. I can see the fun in getting out into nature with family and friends. You get to experience the beauty of the great outdoors, enjoy some physical activity, and of course, there's always the possibility of striking it rich - however unlikely that might be.
But in my opinion, some people have taken this gold panning craze a little too far. They've turned it into a competitive sport. No kidding. This year marks 40th anniversary of the World Gold Panning Championships.

Gold is money. That's one of the main reasons you want to own gold.
Gold possesses all of the characteristics of money Aristotle listed 2,000 years ago. The philosopher said sound money must be durable, portable, divisible, and have intrinsic value. You can check off all four of these characteristics for gold. You can also add a fifth characteristic to Aristotle’s list. Sound money cannot be easily manipulated by central bankers – i.e. created out of thin air. That’s why the yellow metal has held its value over time while fiat currencies have fallen in value.
But a chemistry professor at University College London said there is an even more elemental reason gold is money.

And the Fed ups their rosy forecasts as the MSM doubles down on hate in America...

Gregory Mannarino joins Silver Doctors to discuss the latest market news as central banks around the world continue to destroy currencies and inflate their favorite asset bubbles…

Eric on the drivers that are pushing the metals prices much higher...

Jim Willie warns the United States military will not be able to stop the demise of the dollar, and Wall Street will turn to the CIA to hack the block chain […]