Precious metals news

That would put the price of gold over $1,700 if it were just to follow the median increase! It will be very interesting to see if the pattern of aggressive price gains for gold unfolds once again.

Gold has been the most effective financial instrument to hedge against the pressures of inflation and market fluctuations. Many investors consider gold to be an excellent asset for wealth and investmen

We are currently right at that level which is why we believe it will be tougher for high yield spreads to narrow further from here. Said differently, it seems to us that high yield bonds are overbought at the moment.

According to the TIC estimates, more than half a trillion in UST’s have been perhaps liquidated from foreign official holdings since October 2014.

This is hardly new, and has been regurgitated in some capacity over the past month, however it was sufficient to move the stock some 4% higher.

As one of the largest markets for gold, India’s cultural and social changes are important influences on the precious metal’s price. The nation of almost 1.3 billion people has a strong relationship with gold, which is interwoven in marriage ceremonies and cultural rites. Just last month, high prices were driving many citizens to trade in their gold jewelry while gold bazaars and markets were seeing a sharp uptick in activity. Now, according to a Business Insider article, a healthy monsoon season, abundant crops, and lower prices are sending many farmers back to the gold market to buy.

The SDR, decades from now, will be transformed into a true international currency.

This is an Economic Collapse RED ALERT Update:

The Federal Reserve bought $10.31 billion of agency mortgage-backed securities in the week

They know EXACTLY what they are doing. The mandate of any central bank is to confiscate as much wealth as possible from the citizens...

It is time to revisit the Fiat Money Quantity (FMQ), which totals US dollar money deposited in the banking system, the commercial banks’ money on deposit at the Fed and physical cash. Besides alert…

The economy is moving into a period of higher inflation but still-tepid growth, posing a difficult investing environment, the famed short seller said.

It’s time to buy real assets according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s chief investment strategist Michael Hartnett.

China moves on the Shanghai Accord to position itself against the dollar. As the currency wars heat up Jim Rickards updates on what you need to know...

The global economy has been collapsing for the last 2 years.

I would argue that the Great Recession was a result of a massive monetary policy error. The Fed kept rates too low for too long, which—when coupled with lax or no regulation in the mortgage markets—resulted in […]

Brimming with hubris and self-importance, the ruling Elite and mainstream media cannot believe they have lost the consent of the governed. ...

An unprecedented era of ultra-low interest rates & feeble growth has led to a record buildup in global debt levels. Here are three risks to the global financial system.

Outspoken former Reagan budget director & author David Stockman discusses a perfect storm of events that may morph into a retirement crisis in the not too distant future.

Hedge fund investors pulled $28.2 billion from the industry in the third quarter, the most since the aftermath of the global financial crisis, according to Hedge Fund Research Inc.