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 | Alasdair Macleod - Finance and Eco. |
 Understanding money and prices |
| This article explains the money side of prices, and why government currencies, unbacked by gold, are doomed to collapse. And why gold, which is the sound money chosen by markets throughout history, will retain or increase its purchasing power measured in the goods it buys over the coming years.Very few people have a full understanding of the relationship between money and goods. This is the relationship that sets prices. Yet, without that understanding, central banks will almost certainly fail iWednesday, June 3, 2020 |
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 | Mark O'Byrne - gold.ie |
| Stock Market Selloff Showed Gold Can Reduce Portfolio Risk |
| – Recent stock market selloff showed gold can deliver returns and reduce portfolio risk– Gold’s performance during stock market selloff was consistent with historical behaviour– Gold up nearly 10% in last year but performance during recent selloff was short-lived– The stronger the market pullback, the stronger gold’s rally– WGC: ‘a good time for investors to consider including or adding gold as a strategic component to their portfolios.’– Gold remains one of the best assets outperforming treasurTuesday, March 13, 2018 |
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| Bullion Vault |
| Gold Prices Fall, Silver Spec's Still Bearish as Attention Turns to the Fed |
| GOLD PRICES started the week lower against a falling US Dollar on Monday, while equity markets surged after Friday's strong US job data eased fears of inflation,
writes Steffen Grosshauser at BullionVault.
With the US central bank expected to hike interest rates at its March meeting next week, gold fell 0.5% even as the Dollar dropped on the FX market, touching what technical analysts called "nearby support" at $1317 per ounce afterTuesday, March 13, 2018 |
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| Mark O'Byrne - gold.ie |
| London Property Sees Brave Bet By Norway As Foxtons Profits Plunge |
| – Sales in London property market at ‘historic lows’
– 65% fall in pre-tax profits in 2017 to £6.5m reported by London estate agents Foxtons
– Foxtons warns 2018 will ‘remain challenging’ for London property
– Norway’s sovereign wealth fund is backing London’s property market
– RICS: UK property stock hits record low as buyer demand falls
– Own physical gold to hedge falls in physical property
The world’s biggest sovereign state fund is backing the London property market. The news comes at a tiFriday, March 9, 2018 |
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| Mark O'Byrne - gold.ie |
| Gold Does Not Fear Interest Rate Hikes |
| – Gold no longer fears or pays attention to Fed announcements regarding interest rates
– Renewed interest in gold due to inflation fears and concern Fed won’t do enough to control it
– Higher interest rates on horizon will make debt levels unsustainable
– New Fed Chair warns “the US is not on a sustainable fiscal path” and could lead to an “unsustainable” debt load
– Higher interest rates are good for gold as seen in the 1970s and 2000s
– Gold markets aware that central banks are running out of Thursday, March 8, 2018 |
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 | Chris Powell - GATA |
| New analysis sees return of trillion-dollar budget deficits |
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By Andrew Taylor
Associated Press
via Minneapolis Star Tribune
Friday, March 2, 2018
WASHINGTON -- Trillion-dollar budget deficits are returning next year, and $2 trillion-plus deficits are not far off in the wake of President Donald Trump's tax cuts and last month's big budget deal, a private group warned in a new analysis today.
The analysis, by the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, says that the separate tax and spending measures, along with increased borrowing costs, promise Friday, March 2, 2018 |
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 | Andy Hoffman - Miles Franklin |
| Shelter From The Storm |
| This article was written for Miles Franklin by Gary Christenson.
Bob Dylan “Shelter From The Storm”
“I bargained for salvation and she gave me a lethal dose.”
What Storm? Why do we need shelter?
The stock market hit all-time highs in January, corrected, and might rally to new highs… or maybe not… See below.
Official unemployment is low if you believe the statistics and ignore the millions excluded from the calculations.
Inflation, according to official numbers, is low. New cars may have doubledTuesday, February 27, 2018 |
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| Bullion Vault |
| Gold Prices Rally from Hard ... |
| GOLD PRICES regained half of last week's losses on Monday morning in London as the US Dollar inched down ahead of US inflation data and the new Fed chief Jerome Powell's first congressional testimony,
writes Steffen Grosshauser at BullionVault.
Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell will speak about US monetary policy before the House Financial Services Committee on Tuesday and the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday.
Monday, February 26, 2018 |
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| Mark O'Byrne - gold.ie |
| Weekly Briefing: Currency Wars – ECB Warns Re Trump, Russia and Turkey Buy Gold and BOE Bitcoin Warning |
| Russian Central Bank Buys Gold 600,000 Ounces In January As Venezuela Launches ‘Petro Gold’
US-China Trade War Escalates As Further Measures Are Taken
Bank Bail-In Risk In European Countries Seen In 5 Key Charts
News and Commentary
Source: ZeroHedge via Econimica blog
Gold Prices (LBMA AM)
23 Feb: USD 1,328.90, GBP 951.09 & EUR 1,079.20 per ounce
22 Feb: USD 1,323.50, GBP 952.66 & EUR 1,076.40 per ounce
21 Feb: USD 1,328.60, GBP 952.87 & EUR 1,078.16 per ounce
20 Feb: USD 1,337.40, Saturday, February 24, 2018 |
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| Mark O'Byrne - gold.ie |
| Global Debt Crisis II Cometh |
| – Global debt ‘area of weakness’ and could ‘induce financial panic’ – King warns– Global debt to GDP now 40 per cent higher than it was a decade ago – BIS warn
– Global non-financial corporate debt grew by 15% to 96% of GDP in the past six years
– US mortgage rates hit highest level since May 2014– US student loans near $1.4 trillion, 40% expected to default in next 5 years– UK consumer debt hit £200b, highest level in 30 years, 25% of households behind on repayments
The ducks are beginning to Wednesday, February 14, 2018 |
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| Mark O'Byrne - gold.ie |
| “This Is Where They Completely Lost Their Minds” – Hussman |
| – Hussman warns ‘the S&P 500 to lose approximately two-thirds of its value over the completion of this cycle’– ‘the market has lost value, even since 2009, when overvalued, overbought, overbullish conditions were joined by divergent internals’– Believes the market is going to learn lessons about the crash ‘the hard way’
In an almost prophetic blog post from John Hussman last week, we are warned about the bubble waiting to collapse in the US equity market and the hard lesson investors are about Saturday, February 10, 2018 |
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| Mark O'Byrne - gold.ie |
| Brexit Risks Increase – London Property Market and Pound Vulnerable |
| Brexit Risks Increases – London Property Market and Pound Vulnerable
– Brexit uncertainty deepens as UK government in disarray– BOE warns of earlier and larger rate hikes for Brexit-hit UK– UK property prices fall second month in row, London property under pressure
– No deal Brexit estimated to cost UK £80bn according to government analysis
– Transition period causing major uncertainty for UK and pound
– Pound expected to fall as Brexit fears remain into 2018
Editor: Mark O’Byrne
Source: VoxEU.Friday, February 9, 2018 |
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 | Adrian Ash - Bullion Vault |
| 'Buy Gold!' says the Bank of England |
| Failing that, ask its pension fund for a few index-linked Gilts...
The BANK of ENGLAND announced its latest policy decision in London today,
writes Adrian Ash at BullionVault.
In effect it told UK investors and savers to buy gold. Because gold tends to rise when interest rates fail to rise faster than the cost of living.
Thursday, February 8, 2018 |
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| Andy Hoffman - Miles Franklin |
| We Did It To Ourselves! It’s Time for Change. |
| Serious problems affect Americans. Problems first, solutions at the end!
We did what to ourselves? Our representatives, senators, and Presidents, supposedly acting on our behalf, voted for and created what history has shown are huge monetary and fiscal mistakes.
Some will disagree, but consider this partial list:
1 – Central banking and The Federal Reserve Act: Enough money was spread around Washington D.C. to purchase the passage of this self-serving banking monstrosity. It was signed into lawTuesday, February 6, 2018 |
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| Mark O'Byrne - gold.ie |
| U.S. Debt Is “Extraordinarily High” and Are Stock And Bond Bubbles – Greenspan |
| – “We have a stock market bubble” warns Greenspan– “Bond bubble will be the big issue” he tells Bloomberg TV (see video)– “Fiscally unstable long-term outlook in which inflation will take hold”
– “Ratio of federal debt to GDP which is extraordinarily high” (see chart)– Higher interest rates, inflation and stagflation coming
– Gold is the “ultimate insurance policy” – Greenspan
Source: US Funds
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The man who made the term “irrational exuberance” famous says investors are at it again.
“There are Friday, February 2, 2018 |
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| Mark O'Byrne - gold.ie |
| ATMs Hit By Malware “Jackpotting” Attacks That Dispense All Cash In Minutes |
| – ATMs in US hit by “jackpotting” attacks that empty ATMs in minutes
– FBI warns of attacks in US after similar crimes in Taiwan, Thailand and Europe– Hackers have stolen c.$1 million from ATMs across the US warns U.S. Secret Service– Target Diebold Nixdorf machines – #1 global ATM provider, 35% of ATMs worldwide– Digital deposits increasingly vulnerable – Time to save in physical gold
Editor: Mark O’Byrne
Source: TechViral.net
$1 million has been stolen from ATMs across the United States by hacWednesday, January 31, 2018 |
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| Mark O'Byrne - gold.ie |
| London Property Market Tumbles As Glut of Luxury Apartments Grows To 3,000 |
| – London property market tumbles as glut of luxury apartments grows to 3,000– Property crisis in London as over half of 1,900 luxury apartments built 2017 fail to sell– London’s still high priced property causes companies to locate offices elsewhere– At current rates, glut of London properties will take three years to sell– Leading London-based estate agents Foxtons’ sees 42% drop in earnings, yoy– UK’s largest estate agent issues second profit warning in three months
– Number of homes sold in DTuesday, January 30, 2018 |
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| Mark O'Byrne - gold.ie |
| Cyber War Coming In 2018 |
| – Cyber war is increasing threat – Investors are not prepared for– Third most likely global risk in 2018 is cyber war say WEF
– “Scale and sophistication of attacks is going to grow”– EU, US, NATO lay down ground rules for offensive cyber war– Ireland is viable target for attackers but is ‘grossly unprepared for cyber war’– UK should expect attack that cripples infrastructure within 2 years
– Trump administration may use nuclear weapons in response to cyber attacks– Cyber war designed to have a Wednesday, January 24, 2018 |
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 | Mac Slavo - ShtfPlan |
| Mining CEO Warns Of Massive Deficits: “We’re At Critical Levels… Less Than 10 Days Of Supply” |
| With much of the investment world focused on crypto currencies and blockchain, it’s no surprise that the fundamental building blocks of the physical world have been ignored for so long. The focus in recent years has been on mining digital assets, but in the real world mining companies that specialize in essential metals like silver and zinc have been warning of massive deficits that, as SGT Report notes in a recent interview with Callinex Mines CEO Max Porterfield, could easily lead to supply shMonday, January 22, 2018 |
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| Mac Slavo - ShtfPlan |
| Your Prepper Stockpile: How To Add More Fruits And Veggies To Your Inventory |
| Building a usable supply of fruits and vegetable is difficult for some preppers. Many of us struggle with this aspect of prepping, but there are a few simple steps you can take if you’re looking to add fruit or vegetables to your prepper stockpile.
It is difficult in a SHTF situation to get the fruit and vegetables the human body needs, but without them, you and your family can be at risk for a nutritional deficiency disease such as scurvy (which results from a lack of vitamin C) and immune systSunday, January 21, 2018 |
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