Precious metals news

Why does it seem like almost everything is made in China these days?  Yesterday I was looking at some pencils that we had laying around the house and I noticed that they had been manufactured …

when QE began, rates rose during each period of QE and fell when QE was tapering or ceased. Likewise, when China & the BRICS ceased recycling dollars into Treasury's in 2011...rates fell. And when the Fed and the remainder of Foreign Treasury buying ceased at year end 2014...rates fell even further?!?

Mark Grant, Hilltop Securities, shares his thoughts on central bank policies

Russia may become a world leader in gold production with annual production capacity at 400 metric tons, a representative of Rosgeo, a Russian-state-owned company for geological exploration, said Friday.

A new report by S&P Global points out that the number of "at-risk" high-yield issuers (i.e. those with a B- or lower rating and negative outlook) soared in 2016 to the highest level since the "great recession" of 2009.

The world’s biggest investment banks saw combined revenues sink by 15 per cent in the first half of this year, the most since the aftermath of the financial crisis, underlining the urgency of taking radical measures to boost returns to shareholders.

With gold and silver surging higher on Friday's weak jobs report, Eric Sprott believes the 2 month correction in precious metals is OVER:

Jim Rickards shows you why the next 5 weeks will mark one of the most significant transformations in the international monetary system in over 30 years.

It’s been a week since Janet Yellen’s talk at Jackson Hole. Learn more about the aftermath and what’s to come in this week’s edition of Fed Up Friday.
Employment numbers for August came in this morning, and, at just 151,000 newly added workers, they’re lower than many were hoping. The official unemployment rate remained at 4.9 percent. Average hourly earnings grew only 0.1 percent, bringing the 12-month increase in wages to 2.4 percent. The wage increase is said to be ahead of inflation, but that’s only if you consider the fuzzy consumer price index numbers the Fed uses to make their data dependent decisions. Gold prices jumped around $10 per oz at the news.

Jim Rickards reveals how the gold shortages can lead to a gold “super-spike.” It can make savvy investors fortunes in the future. Read on...

From one of our best technical analist sources: Gold's very bullish count suggesting a start of a big rally targeting into $1722-1883 area

The unprecedented escalation involving Deutsche Bank's failure to deliver physical gold on demand continues.

Global growth is weak, & will be eroded further, Deflation is laying bare the impotence of Central Banks.

We're going to see a number of COLLAPSES in the next several months. GET READY!...

Secular stagnation is said to be present when economic growth is negligible or nonexistent over a considerable span of time. Today, secular stagnation has become a popular mantra of the chattering classes, particularly in the United States.

On Tuesday, I noted the end of summer and the entrance into one of the weakest months of the year statistically speaking. "We can confirm BofAML’s point by l

Two weeks ago I pointed out that the Fed is seemingly unaware of early signs of price inflation and The desire for fiscal stimulation

The story broke last night that Deutsche Bank failed to deliver gold bullion. If this is true it is GAME OVER.

The ECB gathers next week and since it last met, other major central banks, such as the Bank of England, have ramped up their monetary easing efforts.

Marchers such as Rivas said life in Venezuela has become a daily ordeal of standing in endless lines for food, for government services, for medical care.