This Is What Gold Does In A Currency Crisis, Brexit Edition
In June the UK shocked the world – or at least the world’s elites – by voting to pull out of the European Union. Economists
In June the UK shocked the world – or at least the world’s elites – by voting to pull out of the European Union. Economists
This year’s recovery in precious metals prices – and the sudden spike in gold/silver mining stocks – convinced a lot of people that a new
Now the real fun begins. Last night Britons voted to leave the European Union, sending shock waves around the world — though not directly or
Gold analyst Michael Ballanger just posted an article noting how much things have changed — perhaps for the better — in the gold market. Here’s
One of the oddest things in this increasingly odd world is the spread of negative interest rates everywhere but here. Why, when the dollar is
It’s unclear what China was thinking when it was borrowed all those trillions to quadruple its capacity to make steel, cement and other basic industrial
Combine record-high stock prices with weak corporate earnings, a too-strong dollar and rising turmoil in Europe, Asia and Latin America, and the result is a
For as long as most gold and silver investors can remember, the paper markets — that is, banks and speculators placing bets with futures contracts
Goldman, Morgan Stanley and IBM release numbers that look, well, depression-like. Housing starts plunge, gold and silver spike, China’s bond market seizes up, and Deutsche
For years now, the easiest way to finesse a debate over whether precious metals markets are manipulated has been to say, “well, if they’re not manipulated
Most US companies will report earnings this month, and most analysts think the results will be depressing. That’s bad news for stock prices and might
Corporate profitability is one of the canaries in today’s financial coal mine. If companies are making more money each year they tend to hire more
Between the “Panama papers” and the DC Madam’s customer list, we might be witnessing the end of personal (and corporate and government) privacy. The result?
Back in 2014, online bullion dealer Tulving shocked its many customers by suddenly failing. See Coinweek’s story: How does $40M of Gold and Silver Disappear:
It’s just about official: With corporate sales and profits shrinking and consumer spending flatlining, the US economy will grow hardly at all this year while
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