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Despite all of the warning signs, the mainstream is still convinced the “economic boom” will continue and the Fed will keep pushing interest rates up. As a result, the price of gold has stayed relatively low. But as Peter pointed out in his most recent Gold Videocast, their complacency is ill-advised, and gold is a […]
Americans took on another $10.9 billion in debt in September, according to data released by the Federal Reserve. That pushed total consumer debt to a seasonally adjusted $3.95 trillion. American indebtedness is growing at a 3.3% rate. But there are signs that American credit card borrowing is slowing down and that’s not good news in […]
Central bankers and politicians actively intervene in the gold market. This may sound like a tin foil hat conspiracy theory, but there is plenty of evidence right out in the open. Chris Powell co-founded the Gold Anti-Trust Action League (GATA) to expose the scheme. In this episode of It’s Your Dime, host Mike Maharrey and […]
As the stock market was tanking last month, Peter Schiff said a recession is obviously coming. Now things have calmed down a little bit and everybody seems convinced October was just a bad month — a needed correction. But as Peter has been saying, there are some fundamentals everybody is ignoring that look really bad. […]
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Last Friday, I told you where you can get coffee with real gold mixed into it. It’s part of this trend of edible gold. People are mixing gold into all kinds of foods — even beer and chicken wings. Like I said last week, I think people like to eat gold because it seems indulgent and […]
Peter Schmidt recently wrote two article highlighting the fatal conceit of PhD central planners who populate the world’s central banks. You can read those articles here and here. But central banking is not the only place you find people suffering from fatal conceit and the delusional notion that they are smart enough to micromanage the economy. […]
Well, the midterm elections are finally over. The Republicans managed to hold on to the U.S. Senate, but the Democrats took control of the House. The “Blue Wave” was more like a “Blue Ripple.” To me, it smells a lot like gridlock, which is generally good news if you’re a person who favors smaller government. Gridlock […]
Gold production in South Africa dropped by 19% year-on-year in September, according to a report at Fin24. This continues a trend of monthly gold mine production drops. South African gold output fell by 15% in August and 15.5% in July. The country once led the world in gold production. The precipitous drop in output over […]
Gold holdings in gold-backed ETFs rose globally by 16.5 tons in October. It was the first monthly net inflow of the yellow metal into ETFs in four months. According to a report by the World Gold Council, positive gold price performance for the month (+2.3% in USD) was a key driver of inflows in North […]
