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Do you know the last time the world’s interest rates were this low? About 5,000 years ago. Let that sink in for a moment. Since the financial crisis in 2008, world governments have printed $12.3 trillion of money. Central banks have cut interest rates 654 times since the Lehman Brother collapse. There are nearly $10 […]
A lot of big-time investors are turning bullish on gold. Last month, 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.” Even George Soros has jumped on the gold bandwagon, recently selling stocks and buying gold. Other mainstream investors […]
On June 7, the Washington DC Council voted to raise the city’s minimum wage to $15 per hour. DC joins New York and California, along with a number of major US cities that have made the move to boost the minimum wage over the last year. The DC Council’s vote was a major symbolic victory […]
The British have gotten gold fever. According to a Reuters report, uncertainty surrounding the upcoming Brexit vote is driving quite a gold boom: At Sharps Pixley, a gold showroom in London’s smart Mayfair district, demand for bullion bars and coins is rising, with men and women of all ages buying up the safe-haven metal in […]
In an interview with the World Gold Council for the latest edition of Gold Investor, former Bank of England head Lord Mervyn King made the case that it’s sensible for central banks to buy and hold gold. Interestingly, the reasons he offered are good reasons for individual investors to buy gold as well. King addressed […]
The shockingly bad May jobs report dumped a bucket of cold water on central bankers and mainstream pundits. A June interest rate hike that was a foregone conclusion just a week ago disappeared like a teenager when it’s time to do the dishes. Suddenly, a lot of people are starting to realize the great Obama […]
Economists say election uncertainty is subduing economic growth. But it seems more likely the horrible economy is driving this strange election cycle. For months, Peter Schiff has been saying if the US isn’t already in recession, it will be in one soon. Former Reagan Office of Management and Budget Director David Stockman recently told Neil […]
If you’ve ever played Jenga, you know each player takes turns pulling blocks out of the core of a tower and then placing them on top. The tower gets less and less stable as the game goes on, until eventually it comes crashing down. This is kind of like what the Federal Reserve does with […]
Not long ago, a video surfaced featuring Democratic Party candidate Bernie Sanders claiming bread lines were a sign of good times. You know, it’s funny. Sometimes American journalists talk about how bad a country is when people are lining up for food. That’s a good thing. In other countries, people don’t line up for food. […]
Demand for physical gold and silver continues to surge with bullion coins flying out of the US Mint at a frenzied pace. May gold coin sales increased more than 206% over the same month last year. The mint sold 76,500 ounces of American Gold Eagles in May and 18,500 ounces of Gold Buffalos. That compares […]
