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 | Jeff Clark - Goldsilver |
| Why Own Gold The Top 10 Reasons to Buy Gold Now |
| Is gold a good investment? Why should you own it?It’s natural and even prudent for an investor to wonder if a particular asset is a good investment or not. That’s especially true for gold, since it’s an inert metal and doesn’t earn any interest.But the reasons for owning physical gold go beyond the possibility of its price rising. Gold bullion offers distinct advantages that simply can’t be found in almost any other investment. These advantages give you power as an investor. And yes, one of thesMonday, May 18, 2020 |
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 | Przemyslaw Radomski CFA - SunshineProfits |
| Gold Ten Years after Lehman Brothers |
| We know, it’s just a symbol. But it’s a powerful symbol of the most severe recession since the Great Depression. Yup, it’s another article about the Lehman Brothers’ collapse. But we really invite you to read it, as we thoroughly analyze the impact on that bankruptcy on the price of the yellow metal. You will also find out what can we learn from the 2008 banking crisis for the gold market.Ten years! Really, we did not believe, but the calendar does not lie. Last month, a decade has passed sinceSaturday, October 13, 2018 |
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 | Chris Powell - GATA |
| U.S. bank derivatives books larger since rescue of Bear Stearns |
| At the end of January 2008, in what would turn out to be its final annual report, Bear Stearns went into some detail about its big book of derivatives. The book had a notional value of $13.4 trillion at the end of November, Bear said, up more than 50 percent from a year earlier. A two-notch downgrade in the firm's credit ratings, it added, would require it to come up with an extra $353m in collateral.
This huge cluster of financial instruments -- swaps, futures, forwards, and options -- may not Sunday, March 18, 2018 |
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 | Mark O'Byrne - gold.ie |
| Is The Gold Price Heading Higher IG TV Interview GoldCore |
| Research Director at GoldCore, Mark O’Byrne talks to IG TV’s Victoria Scholar about the outlook for the gold price.
In this interview, Mark O’Byrne, research director at Goldcore, says the fact that the gold price did not spike during last week’s equity sell-off was to be expected.
He said even at the height of the global financial crisis, amid the collapse in the Wall Street behemoth Lehman Brothers, gold prices fell. O’Byrne says gold’s hedge abilities and safe haven attributes are seen more Thursday, February 15, 2018 |
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 | Mac Slavo - ShtfPlan |
| 3 Things You MUST Know to Protect Your Money (Even If You Know Nothing About the Market) |
| This article was originally published by Anonymous Financial Guy at The Organic Prepper
In this economic climate, lots of folks are wondering how to protect their money. Some people are forced to invest in retirement funds by their employers, others play the market, some invest on their own, and nearly everyone has checking and savings accounts. But when the amount of money you have goes beyond something you could live off for a month or two, how do you deal with it wisely while minimizing yourWednesday, February 7, 2018 |
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 | Richard Mills - Ahead of the Herd |
| Bond Market Bear Creating Gold Bull |
| Gold is climbing as bond yields rise and the dollar falls, over speculation that China is pulling back on buying US Treasuries and Japan signals it is winding down its quantitative easing program. Meanwhile, US debt continues to grow after the Republicans under President Trump pushed a trillion dollars worth of tax cuts through the Senate, that the Congressional Budget Office thinks will add $1.7 trillion to the deficit over the next decade.
The dollar, 10 year yields and golds price
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| Bullion Vault |
| Gold Price Risks 'Double Top' vs Falling Dollar as Turkey, Pakistan Challenge US Foreign Policy |
| GOLD PRICES pulled back from 4-month highs above $1340 per ounce for the third day running in London on Wednesday, again trading lower for non-Dollar investors as the US currency fell once more.
Asian and European stock markets also headed south after Wall Street marked a "key reversal"
from fresh all-time record highs for technical analysts, closing 0.5% lower overnight after rising sharply earlier on Tuesday.
Thursday, January 18, 2018 |
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| Bullion Vault |
| Gold Price Link to US Rates Weakest Since Mid-2015 as Bond Yields Jump on Trump Tax Bill |
| GOLD PRICES rose against a falling US Dollar on Wednesday morning, touching 2-week highs at $1266 per ounce despite an overnight jump in longer-term US interest rates after lawmakers in Washington voted to approve President Trump's tax plan.
Adjusted for
market-based inflation forecasts, 10-year US interest rates typically move opposite to the direction of gold priced in Dollars.
Thursday, December 21, 2017 |
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 | Jan Skoyles - GoldCore |
| Financial Advice From Man Who Made $1+ Billion in 1929 – Importance Of Being Patient and “Sitting” |
| Editor Mark O’Byrne
– Listen to Jesse Livermore and ignore the noise of short term market movements, central bank waffle and daily headlines
– Stock and bond markets are overvalued but continue to climb… for now
– What goes up must come down and investors should diversify and rebalance portfolios despite market noise
– Behavioural biases currently drive markets, prompting legendary investors to be confused and opt out
– Lesson is to prepare portfolios for long-term and invest in assets that wiThursday, September 28, 2017 |
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 | Steve St Angelo - SRSRocco Report |
| YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED: The Situation In The Markets Is Much Worse Than You Realize |
| By Steve St. AngeloIt’s about time that I share with you all a little secret. The situation in the markets is much worse than you realize. While that may sound like someone who has been crying “wolf” for the past several years, in all honesty, the public has no idea just how dire our present situation has become.The amount of debt, leverage, deceit, corruption, and fraud in the economic markets, financial system, and in the energy industry are off the charts. Unfortunately, the present conditThursday, September 14, 2017 |
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 | Chris Ciovacco - Ciovacco Capital Management |
| Breadth Indicator Foreshadowed And Confirmed Today’s New High |
| Posted New High Last Week
While the S&P 500 struggled last week, NYSE New Highs - New Lows quietly said “be open to a rally in stocks” by making a new high on Wednesday, September 6 (see chart below). The S&P 500 followed on Monday, September 11, 2017 with a new all-time closing high (bottom portion of chart below). NYSE New Highs - New Lows also posted a new closing high on September 11.
What Can Hurricane Tracking Methods Tell Us About Stock Market Risk?
There are numerous similarities bMonday, September 11, 2017 |
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 | John Butler - Goldmoney |
| The Golden Revolution, Revisited: Chapter 9 |
| This Insight continues the serial publication of the new, Revisited edition of my book, The Golden Revolution (John Wiley and Sons, 2012). (The first instalment can be found here.) The book is being published by Goldmoney and will also appear as a special series of Goldmoney Insights over the coming months. This instalment comprises the fourth chapter of Section II.View the Entire Research Piece as a PDF here.Why Financial Genius Fails, or, a Forensic Study of the 2008-09 Global Financial CrisisWednesday, September 6, 2017 |
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| Jan Skoyles - GoldCore |
| Physical Gold In Vault Is “True Hedge of Last Resort” – Goldman Sachs |
| – Physical gold is “the true currency of the last resort” – Goldman Sachs
– “Gold is a good hedge against geopolitical risks when the event leads to a debasement of the dollar”
– Trump and Washington risk bigger driver of gold than risks such as North Korea
– Recent events such as N. Korea only explain fraction of 2017 gold price rally
– Do not buy gold futures or ETFs rather “physical gold in a vault” [is] the “true hedge”
Editor: Mark O’Byrne
What’s increasing the demand for gold? Is it Kim JWednesday, September 6, 2017 |
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| Sprott Money |
| Digital Enslavement Is Now Assured: ACChain - Rory Hall |
| This is justification for what I have been saying for a year or more –
blockchain chain technology and cryptocurrencies are evil and will
usher in a cashless society. If some of what I am about say sounds harsh
it is because we are discussing our lives – not just our financial
lives, but our ability to have the life we dream about, hope for and
work to obtain.
As we have pointed out, especially over the past few months, the too
big to jail banks, IMF, United Nations and BIS have all been eMonday, August 14, 2017 |
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| USA GOLD - USA Gold |
| Former Lehman Brothers Trader: Unpredictable Government Actions Make It Smart to Hold Gold |
| Forbes/Shannara Johnson/08-10-17
What does a hot-shot Wall Street trader see in physical gold? And why would he be adamant about holding it?
…Once he started looking into precious metals versus paper money, he quickly became bullish on gold: “An ounce of gold will buy you a nice suit today, it bought you a nice suit 20 years ago, it bought you a nice suit 200 years ago… Dollars have depreciated over time; pretty much any fiat currency has. So when I look at gold, I don’t look at it like, it’s goThursday, August 10, 2017 |
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 | Adrian Ash - Bullion Vault |
| August 2007: When the Central Bank Con-Trick Failed |
| "Whatever it takes" has so far equaled $15 trillion of QE...
WEDNESDAY this week marks the 10th anniversary of what pundits, analysts and most investors now agree was the start of the global financial crisis,
writes Adrian Ash at BullionVault.
If they had been paying attention when the interbank credit markets first froze in fear – back on 9 August 2007 – most people wouWednesday, August 9, 2017 |
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| USA GOLD - USA Gold |
| The Daily Market Report: Gold Gives Back Overseas Gains, But Worries Abound |
| USAGOLD/Peter Grant/08-08-17
Gold gave back overseas gains after the dollar rebounded on news of record jobs openings in June. The dollar index slightly exceeded Friday’s post-NFP high, before dipping back into the range.
JOLTS jobs openings surged to a record high 6.163 million in June and based on the reactions of stocks and the dollar, that number was initially interpreted as being a positive. In reality, the inability of companies to find suitable employees for so many jobs is suggestive of Tuesday, August 8, 2017 |
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 | Andy Hoffman - Miles Franklin |
| Immutability And Timelessness, In The Dawning Of The Fintech Age |
| 2,500 years ago, the Greek philosopher Heraclitus wisely espoused, “the only thing that is constant is change.” Which, in the world of investing, could not be truer – particularly today, as the pace of technological innovation accelerates at an unprecedented pace. The problem is, that while technology is generally speaking a good thing, not all technology is utilized for favorable purposes; in many cases, in stark contrast to the best interest of the world’s “99%.” To that end, the foundationWednesday, August 2, 2017 |
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| Sprott Money |
| The End of Markets, Part III - Jeff Nielson |
| We no longer have markets, not in the sense of international
exchanges for human commerce. What we have, instead, is a 24/7 computerized
price-rigging operation – which has hijacked all of our market infrastructure.
The entity responsible for this enormous systemic crime is
very familiar to regular readers:
the
One Bank
. Part II of this series ended with a pledge to provide readers
with evidence. Not evidence of (mere) manipulation. Such evidence exists in
abundance, and a considerable amounWednesday, July 5, 2017 |
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 | James Howard Kunstler |
 Lighten Up to Tighten Up  |
| One way or another, I’m gonna find you
I’m gonna get ya, get ya, get ya, get ya
— Blondie
Perhaps the presidency has been an overly solemn office since, oh, the days of Millard Fillmore, the dreary weight of all that mortal responsibility — slavery, war, more war, depression, yet more war, nukes, we shall overcome, terror, Lehman Brothers, Ferguson, Russia here, there, and everywhere…uccchhh….
And so, at last: a little comic relief. I mean, imagine Monday, July 3, 2017 |
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