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China is serious about gold and continues to expand its influence on the world gold market. On Monday, China’s largest bank announced the purchase of one of Europe’s biggest gold vaults. Reuters reported the sale: ICBC Standard Bank is buying Barclays’ London precious metals vault, giving the Chinese bank the capacity to store gold worth […]
These are not normal economic times. Interest rates have remained artificially low, plunging into negative territory in many places. Central banks continue to inflate the money supply with quantitative easing. Some policy-makers have even floated the idea of helicopter money. Worldwide money printing is reportedly approaching $100 trillion. There is no end to this crazy […]
Gold demand hit near record levels in the first quarter of 2016. Despite the price rising nearly 17%, the demand for gold surged 21% in the opening quarter of the year. It was the second largest quarter on record, according to the World Gold Council. Gold demand hit 1,290 tons in Q1. Concerns about economic […]
Last week, we reported that billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller is publicly advising investors to sell United States stocks and buy gold. Druckenmiller is now joined in his gold recommendation by an equally legendary hedge fund manager – Paul Singer. In a client letter at the end of April, Singer wrote: It makes a great deal […]
Recently, we reported on the rapid collapse of pension systems, both public and private, across the United States. This is not only jeopardizing Americans’ retirement. Failing government pension systems are pulling several states down into a black hole with them. When we talk about government debt, we tend to focus on the US national debt. […]
Student loan debt continues to balloon. Data released in March revealed that 46% of student loans are not currently being repaid. That doesn’t even include debt held by students still in school or those within the six-month grace period after graduation. Clearly, this has major implications on the financial futures of Americans saddled with this […]
Bill Gross took a peek into the future in his most recent Monthly Investment Outlook for Janus Capital, and he saw money raining from the sky. Gross said he believes the structural changes currently occurring in the US economy will ultimately lead to so-called helicopter money. Of course, choppers wouldn’t literally drop cash from the […]
Silver demand hit a record high in 2015 and it shows no sign of waning. GFMS, in collaboration with the Silver Institute, released its annual silver survey last week. Coin, bar, jewelry, and photovoltaic sectors boosted silver sales to a record 1.17 billion ounces. High demand coupled with shrinking supply resulted in the third consecutive […]
Well, that didn’t take long. In February, we reported that a former Obama economic adviser/ex-Treasury Secretary had floated the idea of eliminating the $100 bill and the 500-euro note in the escalating war on cash. On Wednesday, the European Central bank announced it will stop producing and issuing 500-euro notes around the end of 2018. […]
Billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller didn’t mince words when asked for recommendations at the Sohn Investment Conference. Sell US stocks. Buy gold: The conference wants a specific recommendation from me. I guess ‘Get out of the stock market’ isn’t clear enough.” Druckenmiller went on to sing gold’s praises:
