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Priced in Gold, American Wages Are Dismal

Forbes published an eye-opening op/ed by Keith Weiner of the Gold Standard Institute today. Weiner first looks at the government’s historical data on the costs of consumer goods and employee salaries. He then looks at the same data in terms of gold ounces, revealing that American workers are laboring longer for dramatically less pay than […]

Uncle Sam: Big Believer in Gold

Brett Arends published an excellent article on MarketWatch today, revealing that US Treasury officials have no intention of selling gold reserves. As one Treasury spokeswoman told him: “Selling gold would undercut confidence in the US both here and abroad, and would be destabilizing to the world financial system.” “Grab any Wall Street trader in a bar, […]

Chinese Housewives vs Goldman Sachs

By Jeff Clark from Casey Research Goldman Sachs is once again predicting that gold will fall, setting a new near-term target of $1,050. Never mind the schizophrenic gene that would be required to follow the constantly fluctuating predictions of all these big banks; it’s amazing to me that anyone continues to listen to them after […]

Dollar Is Being Dethroned as World Reserve Currency (Video)

Ned Goodman, a Canadian billionaire businessman, addressed Cambridge House’s Toronto Resource Investment Conference a few weeks ago. While Goodman’s delivery is subdued, his message could not be more important. Goodman believes the US is already in a recession and reviews the reasons why the international community is beginning to turn its back on the US […]

Why Is China Buying So Much Gold?

Cameron Alexander wrote an interesting article on Chinese gold demand in CME Group’s publication Open Markets. The Chinese have rushed to take advantage of low gold prices this year, and China’s central bank is talking about easing restrictions on gold imports going forward. China is on track to surpass India in global gold demand this […]

Rickards: Physical Gold VS Paper Money (Audio)

Tekoa de Silva of Bull Market Thinking spoke with Jim Rickards, author of Currency Wars, about the Fed’s decision to continue QE without tapering. Rickards, like Peter Schiff, had no expectation of tapering. The most interesting part of the interview is Rickards’ discussion of his involvement in a financial war game conducted by the Pentagon […]

The Fed’s Super Nova Asset Bubble

In a commentary released today on Of Two Minds, Charles Hugh Smith explains how the Fed has painted itself into a corner with its endless quantitative easing. Smith argues that it can’t be long before the markets become completely desensitized to the money printing and the whole bubble economy goes kablooey. How do you protect […]

Fed Non-Taper Converts Gold Bears to Bulls

After yesterday’s announcement of the Fed’s decision to not taper QE, CNBC published a commentary about how the news is affecting the views of stock traders and market analysts. Many are waking up to the fact that the economy is a long way off from true recovery and believe that gold may have kicked its […]

Gold Could Easily Hit $2,000 with Black Swan Event (Video)

Last week, Vanessa Collette of GoldSeek.com interviewed global market strategist Dan Popescu at the Toronto Resource Investment Conference hosted by Cambridge House International. Popescu spoke about the role gold plays in the currency war that is pitting Asia and emerging markets against developed Western nations. Given the uncertainty of the US dollar’s stability, he thinks […]

Latest Silver News from the Silver Institute

The Silver Institute’s August Silver News was released this week and is full of updates on the ever evolving world of industrial and technological silver applications. Silver might hold the key to letting our smart phone batteries last a whole week, while silver’s antimicrobial properties are garnering attention from large universities. Silver News also explains the differences […]