Precious metals news

Usually, we endeavor to tie in our commentaries to gold and silver, sometimes straining the association, but in reality, there is much more affecting the price of PMs than meets […]

The IMF warns that there could be a “swift repricing of risks in the event of policy disappointment.”

The Powers That Be are perfectly fine with your transition to proletarian debt-serf. Yesterday we covered  the usual suspects  in the dec...

Since the end of 2015, the chart of gold prices in USD looks like a mirror image to the USD/JPY exchange rate. The often-proposed explanation that both gold and the […]

the SSEC just broke below the Up trendline stemming from its 2014 lows that has supported the index on at least a half a dozen occasions since January 2016.

What may be shaping up as China’s most concerted effort yet to bring its credit boom under control is spurring investors to gauge any contagion to broader financial markets.

The Japanese real household income growth just turned negative. .. again. This comes as the Japanese core inflation rate growth rate goes negative for the first time since 2013.

(Did The Fed Kill Off Vol?) Volatility & risk seems to have vanished from financial markets. The VIX, the S&P500 index of volatility, is now at its lowest point since 1993. And the Citi Macro Index is down to a low level last seen in 2012 and late 2009.

sales which showed no growth in March - the weakest print since July 2016.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. has some advice for regional banks: A deposit drain is coming, so merge while you can.

Puerto Rico’s future is not in the hands of its people, but in the hands of a group of non-elected technocrats, that as such are not accountable to Puerto Ricans

Older Americans report that their household budgets jumped substantially last year, despite the lack of growth in their Social Security benefits, according to a new survey by The Senior Citizens League (TSCL).

Employed U.S. adults are more likely to say they will continue working part time past retirement age than to continue working full time or to stop working altogether.

Baby Boomers with over 75% saying their adult children are cutting into their budgets and over 50% saying they're generally less happy about life.

Gundlach: there's another up-leg in gold prices and now is not the time to give up .

Former White House Budget Director David Stockman is sounding the alarm: “The main thing is get out of the markets. These markets are unstable. They’re rigged, and there is no […]

Have globalists designed the coming failure of the US-Dollar Based Reserve Currency, which is already showing severe signs of stress & weakness? Derivatives Expert Rob Kirby Warns We Are Hurtling Towards […]

While the smart money is selling stocks and preparing for a rough road ahead, the general public seems to missing (or ignoring) the risks. Instead, average investors are starting to see dollar signs and getting into the markets. Mike Maloney and Chris Martenson discuss the distribution happening right now from the strong hands to the weak hands and all the geopolitical and financial risks out there right now in this 25-minute video.

All the vast shuffle of money fails to achieve the crucial function of money and markets: to yield a reliable guide for international transactions.

Last week, the Texas House unanimously passed a bill that would facilitate the establishment and operation of the Texas Bullion Depository; helping to undermine the Federal Reserve’s monopoly on money.
The creation of a state gold depository in Texas represents a power shift away from the federal government to the state, and it provides a blueprint that could ultimately end the Fed. The facility will not only provide a secure place for individuals, business, cities, counties, government agencies, and even other countries to to store gold and other precious metals, the law also creates a mechanism to facilitate the everyday use of gold and silver in business transactions. In short, a person will be able to deposit gold or silver – and pay other people through electronic means or checks – in sound money.