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Gold Coin Shortages & Rationing To Come?

Bron Suchecki, the Depository Administrator of the Perth Mint in Australia, has posted some interesting and alarming insights into the looming supply restraints on gold coins. If popular demand picks back up in the coming year, it could easily force mints to ration their supplies and send premiums surging.

Massive Dollar Sell-Off in 2014 (Video)

John Williams of Shadowstats.com appeared on USAWatchdog.com earlier this week to give his financial outlook for the US economy in 2014, and it wasn’t bright. We have all sorts of things coming together that will give us a confluence of economic, political, and financial crises. You’ll see early on a crisis in the dollar, which […]

You Don’t Need to Be a Goldbug to Believe in Gold (Video)

Jim Rickards is on a roll this week, with another interview on Bloomberg TV in which he tells some skeptical hosts that the Fed’s policies are a disaster and that the stock market is a bubble. He also stuck by his commitment to long-term gold, insisting that he’s bullish on it because of his fundamental […]

Bah, Goldbug!

By Laurynas Vegys from Casey Research It’s been one of the worst years for gold in a generation. A flood of outflows from gold ETFs, endless tax increases on gold imports in India, and the mirage (albeit a convincing one in the eyes of many) of a supposedly improving economy in the US have all […]

3-D Printed Nanosilver & Other Silver Industry News

Enjoy the December 2013 edition of the Silver Institute’s Silver News. This issue includes articles on silver’s use in 3-D printing electrical componenets, testing for cystic fibrosis, and drone cloud seeding to control weather in California.

Cheer Up, Goldbugs – You’re In Good Company!

Some goldbugs might be feeling glum this holiday season after a rough year for the yellow metal, but there are still plenty of contrarian voices advocating gold investment. Casey Research has published a valuable article highlighting the long-term gold bulls who haven’t lost faith. Besides renowned investors like Jim Rogers and Marc Faber, persistent goldbugs […]

2014 Supply Crunch Means Higher Gold Price

In his latest piece with Casey Research, Jeff Clark lays out the main factors that might lead to a gold shortage in 2014. The trends Clark cites have been apparent for several years, but 2014 might be the year that Western purchasers of gold really start to notice the squeeze.

$20K Gold Is Still to Come

Casey Research published an interview with economist, professor, and financial advisor, Krassimir Petrov, who is a long-term precious metals bull, like Peter Schiff. While Petrov believes gold’s correction is ongoing (meaning it remains a great time to buy), he argues that this is just a temporary setback in a huge bull market that will last […]

Gold Remains the Best Insurance against Economic Uncertainty

This week, in a commentary published by The Telegraph, John Ficenec defended gold’s history as the ultimate safe haven asset, arguing that the fundamentals for the yellow metal remain sound even if the price correction has spooked speculative investors. Long-term physical gold bulls continue to hoard the yellow metal to protect themselves from the inflationary […]

Time for Goldbugs to Admit Defeat?

By Jeff Clark from Casey Research After a 12-year run, it looks like gold’s wave has truly crested, and many bears are arguing that it’s all downhill from here. A quick glance at a long-term gold price chart certainly seems to confirm this impression: