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 | George F. Smith - Barbarous Relic |
 Fielding my grandson’s questions about gold and banking |
| My grandson had quite a day at school.He had learned that the economy had been suffering from things called Panics, capital P, during the 19th century and had another big one in the early 20th century.He had been told that responsible, public-spirited men like J. P. Morgan had organized a central bank to prevent those Panics.He and other bankers finally got the government to go along with their idea and pass it into law in late 1913.And wouldn’t you know it — we’ve had no more Panics since then.Thursday, December 24, 2020 |
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 | Mike Maloney - Goldsilver |
Common Gold Silver Pitfalls to Avoid  |
| Investing in gold and silver may seem simple and straightforward, however it is not.
There are many types of ( quote, unquote ) "investments" in gold and silver you will want to avoid.
Gold and silver dealers are no different from any other industry or crowd of people.
Within our industry you will find many good honest professionals and organizations, but you will also find some bad outfits whose practices can be described as underhanded, even criminal.
Being the Managing Director ofMonday, November 16, 2020 |
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 | Franklin Sanders - the moneychanger |
It Couldn’t Happen Here  |
| Across America it seems like an ordinary Friday. The Dow trades nervously in a 200 point range, weaker at the day's end on reports the Japanese Finance Ministry is complaining about the high dollar & being forced to digest too many US government securities. Still, the Dow closes up 8.90 points at 6,825.35. Gold jumps strongly to finish the day in New York at $380, silver at $5.25. Experts on Wall Street Week that evening are reassuring, certain that the Japanese complaints are only one more in a series of inconsequential negotiations in US-Japanese financial relations. On the way home, millions of Americans stop by the gas station & tank up at $1.38 a gallon. At the grocery store, they buy bread for $1.25, & pick up a pound of hamburger for $1.99.Monday, October 26, 2020 |
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 | Russel McDougal - Inv. Daily Edge |
| The Ghost of Fort Knox Past - Part I |
| The U.S. dollar is “as good as gold,” right? Well, not exactly. Those days and decades are long gone. The U.S. remains in the midst of currency woes and a global credit crisis that refuses to go away. Let’s look into what was once the foundation for the buck - gold bricks in Ft. Knox, Kentucky.Monday, August 31, 2020 |
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 | Hugo Salinas Price - plata.com.mx |
 The Gold Standard: Generator Protector Of Jobs |
| The abandonment of the gold standard in 1971 is closely tied to the massive unemployment the industrialized world has suffered in recent years; Mexico, even with a lower level of industrialization than the developed countries, has also lost jobs due to the closing of industries; in recent years, the creation of new jobs in productive activities has been anemic at best.Saturday, June 27, 2020 |
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| Russel McDougal - Inv. Daily Edge |
| The Ghost of Fort Knox Past: Part 3 |
| We’ve been looking into an extremely complex and controversial issue over the past two weeks. Does Ft. Knox contain the historical gold it claims? Gold no longer backs our circulating money. Still, those who hold fiduciary responsibilities to safeguard our gold are the ones who actually do issue our money. If you can’t trust them with the gold, how can you trust them with the money?Saturday, May 30, 2020 |
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 | Stewart Dougherty |
| Fort Knox, Fort Hocks or Fort Shocks: Three United States Gold Scenarios |
| For 72 years, the building at the intersection of Bullion Boulevard and Gold Vault Road in Fort Knox, Kentucky has symbolized the financial strength of the United States of America. The United States Bullion Depository, better known as Fort Knox, is said to contain 147.3 million troy ounces of gold, over half the nation’s total reported gold bullion holdings of 261.5 million troy ounces. The remaining 114 million ounces are said to be stored at the Denver and Philadelphia Mints, the West Point Bullion Depository, and the San Francisco Assay Office. Assuming a price of $1,000 / ounce, the nation’s gold is worth $261.5 billion. If the metal is actually there, it represents the largest sovereign stockpile of gold bullion in the world.Sunday, May 17, 2020 |
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 | Charleston Voice |
 Fort Knox Looted of 7,000 Tons of Gold in 1973-1974 says 1981 Article! |
| This imaged article from 1981 and excerpted commentary below it will set the landscape for the scandal that is just now unraveling before the world. To date, we have not been able to uncover any official refutations, disclaimers or denials from the USG or Federal Reserve.
for larger view: http://www.knology.net/~bilrum/811215_FtKnoxGold_globe.jpg
To read - Enlarge Image
Dr. Peter David Beter - Audio Letter No. 70.
"AUDIO LETTER(R)" is a registered trademark of Audio Books, Inc., a Texas cWednesday, April 22, 2020 |
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| Russel McDougal - inv. Daily Edge |
| The Ghost of Fort Knox Past: Part 2 |
| In my precedent essay, we looked briefly into the Ft. Knox gold controversy. Ft. Knox gold used to back circulating currency, but those days are long gone. Whatever gold remains within this U.S. fortress is now just another Treasury “asset.”Friday, April 10, 2020 |
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 | Mickey Fulp - Mercenary Geologist |
| Gold, Silver, and the US Dollar: 1792-1971 |
| In today's musing, I review the history of gold, silver, and fiat currency as money in the United States of America. I document how various wars, panics and depressions, Congressional acts, and executive orders have affected the US dollar prices of precious metals and resulting gold-silver ratios.This musing covers the period from 1792 when the United States government first established a national currency backed by gold and silver untilMonday, April 6, 2020 |
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 | Andy Hoffman - Miles Franklin |
| Silver Purchasing Power |
| This article was written for Miles Franklin by Gary Christenson.
We know:
a) Federal Reserve and U.S. government policies devalue the dollar—down about 98% since 1913.
b) US. government spending is out of control, increases every year, regardless of revenues, and shows no sign of plateauing or declining.
c) Few people encourage balanced budgets and LESS spending. All government agencies, lobbyists, congresspersons, military contractors, and many corporations encourage MORE spending, and by necesWednesday, March 14, 2018 |
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| Andy Hoffman - Miles Franklin |
| Debt and Delusions – Part 2 |
| This article was written for Miles Franklin by Gary Christenson. Part one is available here.
The problem with debt is the creditor expects to be repaid.
Sovereign debt will be “rolled over,” never extinguished, and repaid with new debt. We delude ourselves and pretend total debt will increase forever (it can’t). That explains global debt exceeding $230 trillion today and official U.S. government debt approaching $21 trillion, with unfunded liabilities adding another $100 – $200 trillion. There aSaturday, March 10, 2018 |
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| Stewart Dougherty |
| Mr. President, If We Don’t Have Gold, We Don’t Have a Country |
| “Passivity is fatal to us. Our goal is to make the enemy passive. … Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy.” Mao Tse-tung, proclaiming the founding of the People’s Republic of China, 1949Circumstantial evidence is mounting high that there is something seriously wrong with the amount of gold reportedly owned by the United States government, or more precisely, the American people.After nearly two generations of being brainwashed into believing that gold is a mWednesday, March 7, 2018 |
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 | Mark O'Byrne - gold.ie |
| Russian Central Bank Buys Gold – 600,000 Ounces Or 18.7 Tons In January As Venezuela Launches ‘Petro Gold’ |
| – Russian central bank buys gold – large 600,000 ounces or 18.7 tons of gold in January– Russia increased its holdings to 1,857 tons, topping the People’s Bank of China’s ‘reported’ 1,843 tons
– Russia surpasses China as 6th largest holder of gold reserves – after U.S., Germany, IMF, Italy and France– Turkish central bank added 205 tons “over 13 consecutive months” – Commerzbank– Meanwhile, Russian ally Venezuela is launching a new gold-backed cryptocurrency next week
Russia has overtaken ChinaFriday, February 23, 2018 |
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| Andy Hoffman - Miles Franklin |
| The Right Question… |
| Last week I mentioned that my grandson Josh (Andy’s boy) was accepted at McGill University in Montreal, the University of Indiana’s business school and the University of Michigan. He is interested in pursuing a degree in business and is taking all the requisite (advanced) classes in economics.
He called me yesterday and asked me, “Which Fed Policy would be better, Quantitative Easing or Tapering and what can be done to make things better?” Geese Louise! When I was his age the only question I Wednesday, February 14, 2018 |
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 | Rory Hall - The Daily coin |
| Massive Russian Silver Hoard |
| This story first surfaced a couple of weeks ago and now Mike Maloney has produced a video discussing all the Russian gold and how the U.S. hasn’t audited Ft. Knox or FRBNY vaults in multiple decades while Russia is not only providing a birds-eye view of their gold and silver reserves they give an idea of how all this money is accounted. If you watch the vide below some of the images give a close up shot of the cages where the gold is stored with various serial numbers and vault numbers. One coulMonday, February 5, 2018 |
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| Andy Hoffman - Miles Franklin |
| Dollar Destruction and Inexpensive Commodities |
| Americans buy groceries with dollars. Most of the world buys crude oil with dollars. World trade depends upon dollars. That is changing but for now, it’s a fact.
SO WHAT?
If dollars weaken against other fiat currencies and against commodities, it takes more dollars to buy the same stuff. That extra-hot, sugar free, half-caf, soy latte for five bucks could be priced at seven bucks next year. Gasoline in the U.S. was $0.25 fifty years ago and now it’s ten times more expensive. Slow or fast, dollTuesday, January 30, 2018 |
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 | Jim Willie CB - Hat Trick Letter |
| Silver as a Strategic Metal and Why Prices Will Soar |
| The arguments in favor of silver as an investment asset are growing rapidly. In the opinion of the Jackass, silver is the most under-valued hard asset in existence, with the highest potential for price appreciation on the globe. To begin with, central banks own no silver, but do own huge tracts of gold. Industry has huge demand for silver, but a trifling amount for gold demand. The investment demand is another key factor in favor of silver, but also for gold. Ever since the tech telecom bust in Sunday, January 21, 2018 |
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 | Ronan Manly - Bullion Star |
| US Gold Reserves, Of Immense Interest to Russia and China |
| Recently, Russian television network RT extensively quoted me in a series of articles about the US Government’s gold reserves. The RT articles, published on the RT.com website, were based on a series of questions RT put to me about various aspects of the official US gold reserves. These gold reserves are held by the US Treasury, mostly in the custody of the US Mint. The US Mint is a branch of the US Treasury.
The first of these articles, published by RT on 30 December 2017, is titled “US gold ofFriday, January 19, 2018 |
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| Rory Hall - The Daily coin |
| A Golden Anchor for the Dollar |
| Dr Warren Coats, former Chief of the SDR with the title Assistant Director of the Monetary and Financial Systems Department at the IMF penned an article on a return to the gold standard in 2013 – A Hard Anchor for the Dollar. Not a classic gold standard, but an “updated version” of a gold standard that would allow for entities like the IMF, World Bank and BIS to stay involved and be part of the global banking system. This would allow these global banks to continue dictating monetary policy and cTuesday, January 2, 2018 |
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