Precious metals news

Jim Willie is back with his latest public Hat Trick Letter discussing the impending massive stock market collapse (and subsequent QE3), gradual awakening of the sheeple, and predictions of a […]

Is JP Morgan preparing for an imminent onslaught of silver longs standing for delivery in September??? Just yesterday we reported that on Monday JP Morgan adjusted 19,003 ounces of silver […]

By Peter Schiff
Picking up where they left off in 2008, the media is in the midst of a campaign to ignore and undermine the presidential candidacy of Ron Paul (they gave me even rougher treatment during my 2010 Senate run). Political pundits just do not know what to do with a candidate who fails to fit into the blue and red boxes that form the simple narrative of American politics. They are perturbed by the grass roots nature of the campaign, by the strange honesty and earnestness of the candidate and his supporters, and the odd mixture of conservative values and liberty-minded policies. And like most adolescents, they reject what they don't understand.

The CME has raised initial and maintenance margins from $7,425 and $5,500 to $9,450 and $7,000 respectively. Violent multi-wave cartel smashdown in gold and silver. Check. Coordinated CME margin hike […]

1:1? Our friends at Dont-Tread-On.Me have compiled a list of 11 reasons why silver is headed to parity with gold. As we have indicated numerous times that we expect the […]

Cartel successful in driving silver down to $39...silver now down $3 on the day, $5.50 since Tues afternoon. It appears they are attempting to run the stops and challenge major […]

Paulson and The Bernank are back in our latest Caption Contest!

Gold has now been smashed $150 lower from Monday night's highs down to $1764, silver has been knocked $4 down to $40.42, and the raids continue. Shell-shocked gold and silver […]

Gold and silver corrected hard yesterday, and have continued to correct this morning. Silver was attacked as soon as it reached $44.50 yesterday, as the cartel found it critical to […]

We can hear you clicking your calculators multiplying your Phyzz X $500..... Part 2

BrotherJohnF's Silver Update- Chinese Chess

Germany is likely to push for European gold reserves to be used as collateral. The Deputy Chairwoman of the Christian Democrats is an astute woman and politician and knew exactly […]

*Update- While Zerohedge is describing this rumor as "idiotic" we now have an official denial of the rumor from BOA: BANK OF AMERICA SAYS JPMORGAN MERGER SPECULATION IS `BASELESS' BANK […]

Fortunately, no Fukushima-like nuclear disaster so far in the wake of today's earthquake in Virginia. As to what happens when "The Big One" hits Southern California, that's another story. Don't […]

Boom. Unlike S&P, Moody's didn't wait for the weekend to announce the latest sovereign debt earthquake: Moody's has just announced a downgrade of Japan from Aa2 to Aa3, outlook stable. […]

Have you noticed how silent the media has been on the latest massive down-wave in the US housing market since the Federal Tax rebate program expired in April of last […]

With the market waiting in anticipation for The Bernank's FOMC statement at Jackson Hole this week, today Bloomberg interviewed Marc Faber who explained things far too accurately and clearly for […]

The Shanghai Gold Exchange announced today margin hikes of 12% for gold forward contracts will go into effect on Friday. They are also considering gold and silver futures margin hikes. […]

The vampire has stirred at The Morgue!JP Morgan adjusted 19,003 ounces of silver from their eligible vaults into their registered closet..ahem...vault on Monday. JPM's total registered silver holdings increased to....19,003 […]

Well, at least it has been since last week when President Obama decided to use 2 private planes to take a vacation while the stock market collapsed. Obama's approval rating […]