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Swiss Gold Vote Could Set Trend for All Central Banks (Video)

Last week, gold and silver analyst Dan Popescu interviewed Egon von Greyerz, Founder and Managing Partner of Matterhorn Asset Management. They spoke at length about the upcoming Swiss Gold Referendum, which we’ve previously reported on here and here. Von Greyerz provides great insight into the Swiss mindset and the importance of gold for central banks […]

A Snapshot of Global Silver Demand

This post was submitted by Erik Oswald, SchiffGold Precious Metals Specialist. Sales of the US Silver Eagle are often looked to as the leading indicator of demand for silver bullion coins. It remains the most popular bullion coin among investors both domestically and internationally. While the Eagle has been in the limelight for nearly a […]

Alan Greenspan: Price of Gold Will Rise

In his latest article from Merk Insights, renowned investment advisor Axel Merk shares his observations of Alan Greenspan’s performance at the New Orleans Investment Conference this last weekend. In particular, people tried to pin down Greenspan on the topic of gold. While it sounds like the former Federal Reserve Chairman was pretty cagey, he did […]

Jim Rickards: Central Banks Are Impotent (Video)

Jim Rickards, author of The Death of Money, spoke with Erin Ade on RT’s Boom Bust this week. He explained why central banks around the world are incapable of preventing the inevitable fallout of the current international currency wars. Rickards isn’t sure what will trigger the next big crisis – a debt crisis in the […]

US Monetary Imperialism: The Emperor Has No Clothes (Audio)

Jeff Deist, President of the Mises Institute, interviewed Patrick Barron, a private consultant to the banking industry. In this not-to-be-missed conversation, Barron explains exactly how the United States dollar became the world’s “reserve currency,” allowing America to become a “monetary imperialist.” According to Austrian economist Hans Hoppe, a monetary imperialist is a dominant country that […]

A Sunny Outlook for Industrial Silver Demand

On Friday, we gave you an update on silver investment demand. While it’s a leading factor in the silver price, investment demand is just one side of the silver picture. More than half of global silver demand comes from the industrial sector, and the deficit of silver supplies keeps getting larger. 2013 saw the largest […]

Peak Gold and the Rise of Physical Bullion (Video)

Independent financial journalist Lars Schall interviewed Keith Barron, an exploration geologist and mining entrepreneur with 30 years experience in the industry. Barron believes we’ve seen “peak gold,” which is the point when overall world gold production begins to decline. Barron emphasizes what a hard time it is for mining companies, but also stresses how dependent […]

Advances on the Swiss Gold Front (Video)

Last month we reminded you of the upcoming “Save Our Swiss Gold” initiative in Switzerland. This is a direct democracy vote in Switzerland that, if passed, would force the Swiss government to amend its constitution with respect to the way the Swiss National Bank (SNB) operates. These are the major points: SNB will repatriate and […]

Jim Rickards: The Coming Crisis Will Be the Biggest Ever (Video)

Greg Hunter of USAWatchdog interview Jim Rickards, author of The Death of Money. While they began by talking about the Islamic State and United States foreign policy, they moved on to discuss the possible “black swan” events that could crash the global markets. Rickards prefers the metaphor of the snowflake and the avalanche to that […]

US Mint’s Bullion Sales Double in September

Former US Mint director Ed Moy appeared on Fox Business this week to talk about the popularity of gold as a safe-haven investment. Moy noted that in spite of ongoing negative sentiment toward the yellow metal, people in both the East and West continue to buy it. In fact, the US Mint’s gold bullion coin […]