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A Nightmare Before Christmas: China Set to Launch Yuan-Denominated Oil Contracts

China wants to dethrone the dollar and it could take a step in that direction before the end of the year. According to numerous reports, China is prepared to launch a yuan-denominated oil futures contract before Christmas. Last week, the Shanghai International Energy Exchange successfully completed a fifth round of yuan-backed oil futures testing. According to […]

GOP Tax Reform: Incentives Matter

It appears increasingly likely the Republican Congress will pass tax reform this week. As we analyze the plan, it’s important to remember – incentives matter. Details of the House/Senate compromise bill came out Friday. It features a top rate of 37% and a bottom rate of 10%. The corporate rate would drop to 21%. The […]

Economic Stimulus Alive and Kicking in EU

Janet Yellen and company pretty much followed the script during last week’s Federal Open Market Committee meeting, raising interest rates another .25 percent and signaling three rate hikes in 2018. We tend to focus primarily on Federal Reserve actions, but it’s important to remember the Fed isn’t the only central bank game in town. While it […]

Interest Rate Hikes and Gold – Buy the Fact: SchiffGold Friday Gold Wrap 12.15.17

The SchiffGold Friday Gold Wrap podcast combines a succinct summary of the week’s precious metals news coupled with thoughtful analysis. You can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes.

Fun on Friday: Kids These Days

The University of Kentucky plans to blow up part of my youth. Earlier this week, the UK Board of Trustees approved a plan to demolish the Kirwan Blanding dorm complex, including two 23-story residential towers. Apparently, kids aren’t willing to live two to a cell and share communal showers anymore. According to a story in […]

India Silver Demand on the Rebound

Indians are buying silver. India ranks as the second largest gold consumer in the world, behind only China, but Indians also have an appetite for the white metal. After a drop in silver demand last year, Indians are once again buying.

Some Key Reasons Gold Should Shine in 2018

The last few weeks have been tough on gold. If you have a short-term mentality, you might even think the gold market has gone bearish. But as World Gold Council chief market strategist John Reade pointed out in a piece he wrote for the December issue of WGC Gold Investor, 2017 has been good for […]

FOMC Meeting: Yellen Follows Her Script

The December Federal Open Market Committee meeting went pretty much according to scrip. Analysts widely expected the Fed to raise rates by .25. It did. Analysts also expected the Fed to signal three more hikes in 2018. It did that too. Gold went up, as we said it probably would, hitting a one-week high in […]

The US Government Is Spending Money Like a Drunken Sailor

The US federal government is spending money like a drunken sailor. And that’s probably unfair to drunken sailors. In November alone, the US government reported a $139 billion deficit.

Peter Schiff Talks Gold, Silver and Bitcoin (Video)

Peter Schiff recently appeared on RT Boom Bust to talk gold and silver. Gold has struggled over the last few weeks with a looming Federal Reserve rate hike and the specter of tax cuts on the horizon weighing precious metals down. Peter said he thinks this is something of a seasonal lull and he expects […]