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The Next Silver Bull May Have Already Started

This article was written by Laurynas Vegys and originally published by Casey Research. Any views expressed do not necessarily reflect the views of Peter Schiff or SchiffGold. Silver is down 7.1% this year. Will this weakness persist? To find out, let’s look at the key factors in the silver market this year. Like gold, silver […]

Paper vs. Physical Gold: Basic Supply & Demand (Video)

Michael Lombardi of Profit Confidential calmly explains the difference between the paper price of gold and the physical price of gold. Paper gold contracts traded on the COMEX and other speculative markets can significantly influence the nominal price of gold from day to day, as we saw with the sharp downturn in the dollar price […]

Gold Is the Reciprocal of Paper Assets in a Time of Radical Monetary Experiments (Video)

Jim Grant joined Kitco News to share his thoughts on the gold market. Author of The Forgotten Depression and publisher of Grant’s Interest Rate Observer, Grant is one of the most reserved and staunch gold bulls in the financial media. Grant admits he is extremely frustrated with the gold market given the underlying fundamentals of […]

Gold Hasn’t Lost Any Value, the Dollar Has Just Strengthened (Video)

Jim Rickards appeared on Bloomberg to explain why gold hasn’t actually lost any real value. It’s just the strength of the dollar that has pushed down nearly all commodities and currencies. Rickards argues that now is a very good time to buy the yellow metal, especially if you’re looking for the safest way to preserve […]

China Is Laying the Groundwork for a Gold Standard Right Now (Video)

Ken Hoffman, Global Head of Metals & Mining Research with Bloomberg Intelligence, spoke with Kitco News about the possibility of China putting its yuan currency on a gold standard. Hoffman emphasized it is not difficult to imagine, because China has been laying the groundwork for years – buying up gold, starting a gold bank, building extra […]

Carl Icahn Warns of Stock Pullback, while Big Fund Manager Recommends Holding Gold (Video)

Carl Icahn made news this week when he sold his stake in Netflix. However, the bigger message Icahn shared with CNBC was that he thinks the United States stock market is “extremely overheated.” He warned investors that he sees similar problems as 2008: I personally do [think that the US equity market is in for […]

Rickards: Don’t Expect a Grexit, Fed Rate Hike, or Strong Dollar in Next Year (Video)

It’s been a while since we heard from Jim Rickards, one of the leading contrarian economists. In a new interview with Kitco, Jim shared his opinions on a wide range of topics. He talked about the current relationship between the United States dollar and the Chinese yuan, as well as what he expects to happen […]

Physical Gold Best Protection from Financial Asset Bubble (Video)

Renowned investors like Bill Gross and Carl Icahn have warned Fox Business that a bubble is forming in financial assets. Icahn told Fox: [In] the financial markets, I believe that there really is a bubble brewing. Interest rates now are at a low that in the history of the Federal Reserve, they’ve never been held […]

Ron Paul: We Live in a Chaotic World of Malinvestment and Debt (Video)

Dr. Ron Paul shared his free market perspective of Federal Reserve policy with CNBC. Dr. Paul warned that the stability of the current financial system “depends on a psychological acceptance of this system.” He argued stocks and bonds will crash dramatically when the markets realize that ever-expanding debt and money printing have only stimulated malinvestment. […]

If Gold Backed the World’s Debt

If all the world’s debt were backed by gold, the US dollar price of the yellow metal would be nearly $34,000. Frank Holmes of US Global Investors explains the math in an insightful article. 5.9 billion ounces = total above-ground gold in world. At $1,181 per ounce, that’s about $7 trillion. Total global debt = […]