Precious metals news

With economic growth already slowing and capital fleeing the nation, China's $11 trillion economy is operating from a position of weakness.

The BOJ has been snapping up JGBs in large quantities since it implemented drastic monetary easing measures in April 2013.

The European Central Bank will not tighten policy to counter surging inflation as the rise is temporary & due almost entirely to rising oil prices, ECB President Mario Draghi said, brushing aside calls for the ECB to reduce stimulus.

THE CRISIS in Italy’s banking system hit new levels. Italy's banking bail-out is failing after major banks refuse more investment

President Donald Trump's review of post-crisis banking rules could sound the death knell for new global standards now being finalised and rip apart a common approach to regulating international lenders, bankers and regulators said.

the danger Mr. Draghi is concerned about as European governments are neither willing nor able to bail-out their banks to any great extent

Bank of America Corp has opened three completely automated branches over the past month, where customers can use ATMs and have video conferences with employees at other branches, according to spokeswoman Anne Pace.

Internet research expert Clif High says his most recent research, which he calls “predictive linguistics,” points to a dollar crash and a bond market crash this year.  "We have seen […]

Earlier this week we got the first jobs report of 2017, and the headline number was the only positive stat presented. Overall, 227,000 jobs were created in January, which was 52,000 more than expected. As Peter Schiff breaks down on his latest podcast, that number is a bit deceiving.
“First of all,” Peter explains, “as always the lion’s share of these jobs are lower-paying service sector jobs. They’re in retail trade, leisure and hospitality.”
The jobs that were created are not jobs to significantly strengthen the labor force; those jobs are stagnant, if not on the decline. In fact, the most revealing number of the Bureau of Labor’s report was found in the U-6 unemployment rate, which increased from 9.2% to 9.4%. These numbers more accurately reflect the true health of the labor market.

Armstrong believes the key to the sustainable bull market in Gold & Silver relies on the Gold Silver Ratio & of course public participation.

Is the Debt Bubble Finally About to BURST? Greg Mannarino Provides An Update With What You Need To Know:

This is an excellent presentation on Gold and the markets by Grant Williams. He puts together the dot's that ties to gold and how naysayers in the media constantly poo poo the gold market. Grant also goes on to explain how gold has out performed the stock and bond markets.Grant is portfolio and strategy advisor to Vulpes Investment Management in Singapore and also one of the founders of Real Vision Television — an online, on-demand finance channel showcasing the brightest minds in finance.Published on Feb 7, 2017

The fundamentals show that precious metals investment demand has put a great deal more pressure on the silver supply than gold… by a long shot.

“The buying is persistent enough for the bullion banks to keep their books ‘long’ of gold. The potential for any shortage of open market stocks is great now, as the mood towards gold goes positive. So dealers and banks have re-positioned themselves for higher prices.”

These inflationary trends are creating a set-up for gold and silver as well. We own physical gold and silver because governments steal our wealth using currency printing. Gold has had a 2% annual increase in production this past century, but currencies have been printed at a much faster pace.

The gold price forecast for the next few years is for an all-time high, thanks to six catalysts. Here's a look at each and how it will push gold prices higher.

Your great-grandparents worked hard, and they did get ahead. You work just as hard, but you don’t make the same progress. Was great-grandpa really that much better than you? Not likely. So, how was it that he could get ahead on one income, but you can’t?

The risk of France leaving the eurozone has heightened in recent days after far-right candidate Marine Le Pen on Sunday launched her presidential campaign with a hardline speech on immigration and globalization.

I have a sneaking suspicion I will probably not be invited to any more parties any time soon. However, it is apparent investor “greed” is back.

Yesterday the ECB President Mario Draghi spoke at the European Parliament and in his speech were some curious and intriguing phrases. Our current monetary policy stance foresees that, if the inflation outlook becomes less favourable, or if financial conditions become inconsistent with further progress towards a sustained adjustment in the…