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More than half the world’s sovereign debt now carries negative interest rates, and data keeps coming in confirming that it is driving demand for gold. A couple of weeks ago, CNBC reported central bank action appears to be rejuvenating gold in Europe, as the entrenchment of negative interest rates makes depositing cash in banks less […]

This article was submitted by Addison Quale, SchiffGold Precious Metals Specialist. Any views expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Peter Schiff or SchiffGold. On Tuesday, the Obama administration announced that the federal government will open the door to forgive nearly 400,000 student loans. According to a MarketWatch report, if […]

Last month, hackers managed to get into the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s computer system and swipe some $100 million from a Bangladeshi government account. As James Rickards pointed out in an interview last week on Fox Business, the vulnerability of digital wealth to hacking and cyber manipulation provides yet another reason to own […]

The World Gold Council’s first quarter report is a bunch of bull. Or perhaps it would be more accurate to say it projects a very bullish outlook for gold. The report confirms what we already knew – gold got off to a glittering start in 2016 – and it predicts the rally will likely continue […]

JP Morgan Chase Bank just fired another salvo in the “war on cash.” The bank recently capped ATM withdrawals for non-Chase customers at $1,000 per day. The move came after the bank began installing new ATMs that dispense $100 bills. Some people were reportedly pulling tens of thousands of dollars out at one time, according […]

In the last seven years, China has acquired more than 4,000 tons of gold – more than 10% of the official gold in the world. Why? Jim Rickards delves into this question in an interview on Albert K Lu’s latest Gold Videocast: Are they stupid? No…if the Americans don’t like gold, the Chinese know something […]

The market for silver jewelry grew in 2015, mirroring an overall surge in demand for the white metal, according to a survey report released yesterday by the Silver Institute: Silver jewelry sales in the United States were solid in 2015 with 60% of jewelry retailers reporting increased sales, according to a survey conducted on behalf […]

Donald Trump managed to shove his way into the spotlight again last week, claiming the US is heading for “a massive recession.” Unsurprisingly, the mainstream media scoffed at Trump’s assertion, pointing to the “great jobs report” that came out Friday. The report did show the US economy added some 215,000 jobs, slightly more than expected. […]

This article was written by Dickson Buchanan, SchiffGold Precious Metals Specialist. Any views expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Peter Schiff or SchiffGold. Last week, I published an article on the causes and consequences of negative interest rates. In it, I talked briefly about how negative yields hold significant […]