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$5 Billion London Gold Exchange Market Getting Revamp

Competition among some major exchange groups is beginning around the London gold market, one of the world’s largest gold exchanges. The overall market is worth around $5 trillion and is expected to be hotly contested over the next 5 years as groups like CME Group Inc., Intercontinental Exchange Inc., and the London Metal Exchange fight […]

Trump’s Inherited Economy Is No Reagan Era

Peter Schiff’s recent podcast addresses the mistaken comparisons of Trump’s proposed economic stimulus plans to Reagan’s. Investors are looking for Trump to deliver the same results of economic stimulus, deregulation and smaller government are misreading the differences between the early 80s, post-Carter economy, and today’s realities. “There really isn’t any precedent between now and the […]

Peter Schiff: Make Our Money Great Again

The United States of America was founded on the principals of limited government and sound money.  Today we have neither.  The growth of the former has largely been a function of its ability to abolish the latter.  A dollar was original defined as a specific weight of gold or silver, and the Constitution limited the […]

Rickards and Paul on Trump’s ‘Cabinet’ Government and the Coming Recession

Economist and author Jim Rickards and former presidential contender Ron Paul appeared on RT television recently to discuss their 2017 economic and political predictions. Rickards laid out his idea of Trump’s administration forming a “cabinet government,” that might work to decentralize executive power, which has become more concentrated over the last 15 years. Paul looked […]

Fed Up Friday: Rate Hike Likely, But Fed Still Recession-Deniers

Across the world this week, many different political strains were generating economic challenges. Venezuela is producing a cautionary tale about hyperinflation, while Italy began expressing its own populist movement. Meanwhile, the Fed has begun nervously testing the waters of the future Trump administration. Venezuela Issuing 20,000 Bolivar Notes to Combat Worthless Currency Venezuela’s Runaway Inflation […]

Housing Bubble Floating Towards Sharp Drop in Demand

On Wednesday, the Mortgage Bankers Association released data showing a sharp drop of 0.7% in mortgage applications from a week prior. The MBA’s report blamed higher interest rates on fixed-rate mortgages as the cause for the downturn. Currently, these rates are at a two-year high.

The Currency Crisis In India Seeking Alpha Predicted Is Here

This article was submitted by Shubhendu Pathak, a finance professional working in the Bay Area. Past: Capital One Shubhendu earned his Bachelors (B.Tech) and Masters (M.Tech) from IIT Delhi, and MBA with a concentration in Finance from Emory University. Seeking Alpha published my two articles Will India Be The First Domino To Fall? and You Can’t Just […]

Investors Continue Misguided Selloff of Gold Despite Coming Inflation

Monday saw a drop in gold prices as investors look to the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates next week. The misguided selloff comes despite almost certain future inflation levels, and many traders are likely to backtrack their bets in the coming months. Higher interest rates will add to inflationary pressures. Leveraged businesses will find […]

Gold Prices Expected to Move Up With Sharia Law Revisions

Since it was first proposed last April, trading gold as a commodity within Islamic finance is now a reality. The pro-gold law was first adopted on November 19 by the Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions, which sets Sharia Law standards for finance groups. Historically, Islamic investments have been guided by Sharia Law, which […]

Fed Up Friday: Trump’s US Treasurer Pick Mnuchin Wants to Slash Taxes

Trump has pegged the next US Treasurer, Steven Mnuchin, who’s already begun making bold statements about tax cuts and revamping Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Italy may hold the keys to a European market crisis and Bernanke tells the Fed to keep their economic predictions to themselves. This much and more in this week’s Fed […]