Precious metals news

Gold and silver were sold hard beginning with the 4am London open, and intensifying with this morning's COMEX open. Silver has been smashed back under $31 to $30.79, and gold […]

Ron Paul spoke with Bloomberg television and said that we are in a currency war and we have been for decades. He noted that governments have always competed against each […]

Submitted by SD Contributor Marshall Swing: Gold & Silver COT Report 2/8/13: Commercials added 889 long contracts to their total on the week and increased a sizeable 2,568 shorts to […]

The UK Daily Express has reported (noted that it's a UK publication reporting the loss of liberties for Americans, not CNN, ABC, CBS, or even Faux news) that the US […]

By Dickson Buchanan
The Setting: The Bank and Currency Committee, Washington, DC, 1912.
In the Panic of 1907, the stock market fell over 50% in one day and caused massive bank runs. Bailouts had done little to restore confidence. Five years later, all this still lingered palpably in the minds of the crowd packed into the courthouse to listen to the testimony of one of the most powerful men in all of American history. By some considered a hero; by others, a criminal.
His Name: John Pierpont Morgan.

Submitted by Deepcaster: “There is no paper money in 2014 or 2015 that will be worth much of anything.” - Jim Rogers Investors are increasingly concerned, understandably, about the Reliability […]

Submitted by Adam Hamilton, Zeal: With gold stocks languishing near lows in a desolate sentiment wasteland, investors are wondering why this sector has fallen so deeply out of favor.  One […]

A little comedic relief for our readers this weekend as we contemplate what America once was, and what it has become. And on the 8th day, God looked down on […]

In the latest Keiser Report, Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert discuss the wicked web that has been weaved when banksters first set out to deceive, the first law of thermo-derivatives […]

The New York Sun published an editorial this week looking at proposed legislation in Virginia that would examine the viability of a metal-backed monetary standard. If the federal government doesn't understand the importance of real money, maybe the states will take up the banner.
"It’s starting to look like Virginia could yet emerge in a leading role among the states in respect of monetary reform. The lower chamber of its general assembly has passed a bill to underwrite a study of the feasibility of a monetary unit based on a metallic standard. It is one of a number of states that are reaching deep into the Constitution of the United States to protect themselves in an era when the value of the dollars issued by the federal government is collapsing."

Our friend Chris Duane of Dont-Tread-On.me examines three recent premium spikes seen in physical silver, their causes, and what the spikes mean about the silver market. Duane examines the late […]

The NY Time today published an op-ed penned by Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman on the debt/fiscal crisis facing the US. Krugman practically proved that Keynesian monetary theory results […]

Submitted by Morris Hubbartt: If the implosion of Lehman could only get the dollar to 89.11, is there really any hope for the bulls now?  I don’t think there is.  […]

After Venezuela sent shockwaves throughout the gold market in the summer of 2011 by repatriating all 110 tons of their gold reserves from NY and London, Venezuela has just sent […]

Another machine will be placed in a Florida mall in the next few weeks, Kott said. Her goal is to have 10 to 12 machines placed in various malls by the end of June.

Cyber malware attacks targeting alternative news sites such as SGTReport and BeforeItsNews have spread to KWN today, with multiple reports that visiting the KWN website has resulted in the user's […]

By SD Contributor AGXIIK: The government says that once the Roth is converted, there are no taxes on withdrawals after that.  Of course, the gummint is great at the big […]

Researchers in Finland have reportedly developed a next-generation solar panel utilizing silver nano particle antennas to trap incoming solar light.  The silver nano-antennas reportedly drastically increase photovoltaic cell efficiency (the […]

Submitted by Deviant Investor Question: What do May 2004, January 2005, August 2005, June 2006, October 2008, February 2010, September 2011, December 2011, June 2012, and December 2012 have in […]

Jim Sinclair has issued a call for precious metals investors to stand together as a Band of Brothers and fight a battle royal here and now against the beasts of […]