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As precious metals resume their long-term bull market in 2016, investors are once again asking the perennial question – should I buy ETFs or physical metals? With the gold price on the rise, gold funds and stocks recently experienced the largest one-week inflows on record. Mainstream investors seem to prefer “paper gold” in times of uncertainty. […]
Many political and social upheavals this year have contributed to gold’s continued bullish run. From the Fed’s quarterly passes on rate hikes to Britain’s exit from the EU, the year’s turmoil has helped keep the yellow metal at a 25% increase for 2016. The upcoming presidential election may prove to be one of the biggest […]
The Japanese economy is a mess. The Japanese are buying gold. The Chinese economy is a mess. The Chinese are buying gold. And the United Kingdom has been thrown into a sea of uncertainty in the wake of the Brexit vote. So what are the British people doing? Buying gold. According to a Reuters report, […]
The Bureau of Labor released its Consumer Price Index report last Friday, which showed an increase in all consumer items by 0.2 %. The CPI measures the change in price Americans pay for all goods and services. According to the Wall Street Journal, the latest numbers indicate that the “effects of low energy prices and a […]
Little old Chinese ladies are buying gold. The South China Morning News (a Hong Kong paper) reported that mainland China imported five times more gold from Hong Kong in May. Recently released customs data showed imports from Hong Kong primarily grew due to cross border shipments to meet mainland customer demand. Many of those customers […]
There has been a lot of talk about helicopter money lately. Last May, Janus Capital’s Bill Gross said structural changes currently occurring in the US economy will ultimately lead the Federal Reserve to adopt this extreme form of monetary policy. Last week, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland president Loretta Mester revealed helicopter money is indeed […]
Millions of Americans are saddled with student loan payments. And that’s just considering those who can actually repay their debt. Data released in March revealed that 46% of student loans are not currently being repaid. But despite the squeeze student loan repayment puts on American budgets, few choose to refinance their debt at lower interest […]
While investors have primarily focused on gold’s bull run, silver has quietly outperformed the yellow metal. Between Jan. 1 and July 11, the price of silver increased 44.7%, according to the Silver Institute. The price of gold increased 27.7% in that same time period. The Silver Institute said the surge in the price of silver […]
The Japanese economy is sliding into oblivion pulled along by central bank policy. In response, the Japanese people are buying gold. Economic growth has languished in Japan for nearly two decades despite extraordinary monetary policy including negative interest rates and round after round of stimulus. The government even flirted with the idea of helicopter money, […]
Over the last few months, a number of big-name, mainstream investors have said buy gold. Stanley Druckenmiller publicly advised investors to sell US stocks and buy gold. Legendary hedge fund manager Paul Singer said “it makes sense to own gold.” With Brexit now a reality, and bond yields slipping lower and lower, the gold bulls […]
