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The Latest Advancements in Silver

The December issue of The Silver Institute’s Silver News is now available. This edition highlights the growing demand for industrial silver in 2015 and beyond. From watch batteries to massive solar energy systems, the special properties of silver are often indispensable in industrial applications, including silver-coated bearings, catalysts, medical care and many products in our […]

This Month in Gold – December 2014

China May Ease Gold Import Rules Bloomberg – The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) is considering a plan to allow qualified miners and more banks to import gold. The intention is to attract more foreign investors and get China more involved in world markets. Chinese miners would be incentivized to “explore opportunities overseas,” said Wallace […]

Gold Beat Every Currency but the US Dollar in 2014

World currencies lost a lot of value in 2014. If you lived outside the United States, you would have done much better holding gold rather than local cash this past year. Check out this chart from The Market Oracle: Eventually the Federal Reserve will be unable to artificially prop-up the US dollar. When that happens, […]

Alan Greenspan: Don’t Get Your Hopes Up for US Growth

Back in the fall, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan stirred things up by making some public statements about the importance of gold, calling it “the premier currency, where no fiat currency, including the dollar, can match it…” Greenspan also indicated that he believes the Fed’s balance sheet will eventually catch fire and ignite some […]

Housing Market on Shaky Ground (Video)

While few are as blunt as Peter Schiff in warning of another bubble in real estate, mainstream analysts are starting to worry that the US housing market isn’t as strong as many believe. Peter warns that rising home prices are a product of extremely low interest rates suppressed by the Federal Reserve. Robert Shiller, Nobel […]

Keeping Perspective: The Dow Is Nowhere Near a Record High in Gold

The Dow Jones Industrial Average broke through another record high yesterday, closing at about 18,030. A record high in United States dollar value, that is. When valued in ounces of gold, the Dow is nowhere near its historical high, which we saw in 1999. Take a look at this chart, showing the Dow to gold […]

Central Banks Want More Gold. So Should You.

MarketWatch published an article reviewing the growing gold repatriation movement throughout Europe. While the author tries to take a “balanced” mainstream view and even throws in a few swings at gold bulls, he is forced to admit that the trend is troubling. There’s only one reason so many countries would want their gold back on […]

Now Featuring Junk Silver

SchiffGold is pleased to announce that we now feature junk silver bags amongst our product offerings. These bags contain United States dimes, quarters, or half dollars minted in or prior to 1964. That was the last year the US Mint used real silver to mint its circulating coins. These coins are 90% silver and worth […]

Is Gold Russia’s Weapon of Mass Financial Destruction?

Lots of smart people are wondering if Russia might adopt a gold backing for the ruble to strengthen its ailing currency and economy. The idea is even getting traction in mainstream news with a new article from CNBC. Alasdair MacLeod, an expert precious metals analyst, explains why Russia would favor a gold standard: There is […]

Fed Unlikely to Raise Rates with Dropping Oil Prices

Financial markets are watching the Federal Reserve this week to see if they change any of their language regarding monetary policy going into 2015. Janet Yellen will give a statement on Wednesday, and how she addresses interest rates is of particular interest. Economists are expecting the Fed to drop the phrase “considerable time” from their […]