Precious metals news

Tom Woods interviewed Peter Schiff this week. Woods is a senior fellow at the Mises Institute, a New York Times bestselling author, and a well-respected voice of Austrian Economics. He and Peter had a friendly conversation about the broader economic problems facing the world and what investors can do to prepare.

It Happened.  The banksters mauled gold & silver again on options expiry & the FOMC. Let me ask you a question: Do you believe that Scotia bank and JP Morgan, […]

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It appears that the West's gold is not the only thing flowing East...

Greece’s banks have lost almost 40pc of their value in the three days since Syriza ascended to power in Sunday’s election as the dual threats of a bank run and […]

The Doc joined Reluctant Preppers for an interview discussing his take on the markets and metals in 2015:  How Central Bank actions can suddenly and dramatically affect you! The Race […]

When the music stops, in terms of liquidity, things will be complicated. But as long as the music is playing, you’ve got to get up and dance. We’re still dancing. […]

The conundrum of lady fortune, with her dose of humility.  We have access to low price, yet the reasons why manipulation and price controls come down from a much larger […]

It’s not just a mere coincidence that the SNB de-pegs the swissy, and then a yuan currency trading deal is announced 6 days later.  The timing is not an accident. I […]

The four major monetary zones have collectively printed over $40 trillion currency units (call them dollars if you want) over the last 6-7 years.  Most agree that about 180,000 tons […]

Is the time finally right for the resumption of the secular gold and silver bull markets? 

As we predicted over the weekend on Metals & Markets, the FOMC cartel raid has appeared right on cue as gold is down $50 from pre FOMC levels, and silver has […]

The bankers for the past several years have raided gold and silver at the conclusion of every month.  Four days prior to the end of the month we have the […]

In the aftermath of today's massive FOMC/Options expiry raid which saw silver smashed the most in nearly 18 months from $18 to a $16 handle, the CME announced after the […]

Last fall, SchiffGold Precious Metals Specialist Dickson Buchanan attended the Gold Standard Institute's conference in New York City. In this article, Dickson explains the philosophy of Keith Weiner, founder of the Gold Standard Institute (GSI). Like Peter Schiff, Weiner is deeply concerned about the destruction of the US dollar by the Federal Reserve's monetary policies and believes we need to return to using gold as money. Any views expressed here do not necessarily reflect the views of Peter Schiff or SchiffGold.
“The greatest problem facing the world today is monetary,” began The Gold Standard Institute’s founder Keith Weiner in his opening remarks at the New York City conference. Having successfully made the transition from technology entrepreneur to world-class monetary economist, Keith walked us through his business plan for the Gold Standard Institute (GSI). An advocate of what he calls the “unadulterated gold standard,” Keith gave a detailed presentation of the reasons ...

The Chinese yuan became one of the top five payment currencies in the world in November, according to the latest data from SWIFT, one of the largest international interbank transaction companies. The yuan jumped from seventh to fifth place, overtaking the Australian and Canadian dollars. With the yuan accounting for 2.17% of global payments, it is not far behind the Japanese yen, which has a 2.69% share.
As Wim Raymaekers, Head of Banking Markets at SWIFT, puts it:
The RMB breaking into the top five world payments currencies is an important milestone. It is a great testimony to the internationalisation of the RMB and confirms its transition from an 'emerging' to a ‘business as usual' payment currency. The rise of various offshore RMB clearing centers around the world, including eight new agreements signed with the People’s Bank of China in 2014, was an important driver fueling this growth.”

Canadian television network BNN spoke with Peter Schiff about the US economy and the potential for gold in Canadian dollars in 2015.

In the excellent interview below, Jim Rickards explains why the first shots of the currency war have been fired in Europe: Whenever you have to Peg something, it tells you […]

The Royal Canadian Mint has unleashed a Growling Cougar- The 2nd of 3 Limited Mintage coins in the Call of the Wild Collection.  The 2015 Growling Cougar follows the 2014 1 […]

It is safe to say, with oil cut in half, precious metals prices contained below $20, and both housing and equities booming on little to no real economic growth, we […]