Category Archive: 6a) Gold and its Price

Keith Weiner is president of the Gold Standard Institute USA in Phoenix, Arizona, and CEO of the precious metals fund manager Monetary Metals.

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Bitcoin: Tragedy of the Speculations

2017-09-17

by Keith Weiner

2017-09-17

The Instability Problem. Bitcoin is often promoted as the antidote to the madness of fiat irredeemable currencies. It is also promoted as their replacement. Bitcoin is promoted not only as money, but the future money, and our monetary future. In fact, it is not. Why not? To answer, let us start with a look at the incentives offered by bitcoin.

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Precious Metals Supply and Demand

2017-09-13

by Keith Weiner

2017-09-13

Keith Weiner's weekly look on Gold. Gold and silver prices, Gold-Silver Price Ratio, Gold basis and co-basis and the dollar price, Silver basis and co-basis and the dollar price.

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Le retour de l’or sur la scène monétaire mondiale?

2017-09-09

by Liliane Held-Khawam

2017-09-09

Mars 2009, le gouverneur de la Banque populaire de Chine M Zhou Xiaochuan revint dans le cadre d’une conférence intitulée Reform the international Monetary System sur la vision de Keynes au sujet du bancor.Pour lui, le système centré sur le dollar américain et les taux de changes flottants, plus ou moins librement, devrait être repensé.

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Six Banks Join UBS’s “Utility Coin” Blockchain Project

2017-09-03

by Tyler Durden

2017-09-03

Here’s a piece of news that the remaining human members of Wall Street’s FX sales and trading desks probably don’t want to hear. According to the Financial Times, six of the world’s largest banks have decided to join a blockchain project called “utility coin” that will allow banks to settle trades in securities denominated in different currencies without a money transfer.

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Precious Metals Supply-Demand Report

2017-08-29

by Keith Weiner

2017-08-29

Keith Weiner's weekly look on Gold. Gold and silver prices, Gold-Silver Price Ratio, Gold basis and co-basis and the dollar price, Silver basis and co-basis and the dollar price.

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Bad Ideas About Money and Bitcoin

2017-08-24

by Keith Weiner

2017-08-24

How We Got Used to Fiat Money Most false or irrational ideas about money are not new. For example, take the idea that government can just fix the price of one monetary asset against another. Some people think that we can have a gold standard by such a decree today. This idea goes back at least as far as the Coinage Act of 1792, when the government fixed 371.25 grains of silver to the same value as 24.75 grains of gold, or a ratio of 15 to 1.

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Precious Metals Supply and Demand Report

2017-08-23

by Keith Weiner

2017-08-23

Keith Weiner's weekly look on Gold. Gold and silver prices, Gold-Silver Price Ratio, Gold basis and co-basis and the dollar price, Silver basis and co-basis and the dollar price.

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Buy Gold Urges Dalio on Linkedin – “Militaristic Leaders Playing Chicken Risks Hellacious War”

2017-08-18

by Mark O'Byrne

2017-08-18

Global Asset Class Volatility, 1900 - 2017

Don't let "traditional biases" stop you from diversifying into gold - Dalio on Linkedin. “Risks are now rising and do not appear appropriately priced in” warns founder of world's largest hedge fund. Geo-political risk from North Korea & "risk of hellacious war". Risk that U.S. debt ceiling not raised; technical US default. Safe haven gold likely to benefit by more than dollar, treasuries.

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Bitcoin Has No Yield, but Gold Does – Precious Metals Supply and Demand Report

2017-08-17

by Keith Weiner

2017-08-17

Keith Weiner's weekly look on Gold. Gold and silver prices, Gold-Silver Price Ratio, Gold basis and co-basis and the dollar price, Silver basis and co-basis and the dollar price.

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Bitcoin Forked – Precious Metals Supply and Demand Report

2017-08-08

by Keith Weiner

2017-08-08

Keith Weiner’s weekly look on Gold. Gold and silver prices, Gold-Silver Price Ratio, Gold basis and co-basis and the dollar price, Silver basis and co-basis and the dollar price.

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Bitcoin, Gold and Silver

2017-08-01

by Keith Weiner

2017-08-01

Keith Weiner's weekly look on Gold. Gold and silver prices, Gold-Silver Price Ratio, Gold basis and co-basis and the dollar price, Silver basis and co-basis and the dollar price.

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Against Irredeemable Paper – Precious Metals Supply and Demand

2017-07-26

by Bron Suchecki

2017-07-26

Something needs to be said. We are against the existence of irredeemable paper currency, central banking and central planning, cronyism, socialized losses and privatized gains, counterfeit credit, wealth transfers and bailouts, and welfare both corporate and personal.

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Millennials Can Punt On Bitcoin, Own Gold and Silver For Long Term

2017-07-23

by Jan Skoyles

2017-07-23

Bitcoin volatility shows not currency or safe haven but speculation. Volatility still very high in bitcoin and crypto currencies (see charts). Bitcoin fell 25% over weekend; Recent high of $3,000 fell to below $1,900. Bitcoin least volatile of cryptos, around 75% annualised volatility. Gold much more stable at just 10% annualised volatility.

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Stockholm Syndrome – Precious Metals Supply and Demand

2017-07-18

by Keith Weiner

2017-07-18

Stockholm Syndrome is defined as “…a condition that causes hostages to develop a psychological alliance with their captors as a survival strategy during captivity.” While observers would expect kidnapping victims to fear and loathe the gang who imprison and threaten them, the reality is that some don’t.

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Putting the Latest Silver Crash Under a Lens

2017-07-13

by Keith Weiner

2017-07-13

Keith Weiner’s weekly look on Gold. Gold and silver prices, Gold-Silver Price Ratio, Gold basis and co-basis and the dollar price, Silver basis and co-basis and the dollar price.

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Gold and Silver Capitulation – Precious Metals Supply & Demand Report

2017-07-11

by Keith Weiner

2017-07-11

Gold and Silver Prices, February 2017 - July 2017

Keith Weiner’s weekly look on Gold. Gold and silver prices, Gold-Silver Price Ratio, Gold basis and co-basis and the dollar price, Silver basis and co-basis and the dollar price.

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A Look at the Gold and Silver Price Drop of 3 July, 2017

2017-07-08

by Keith Weiner

2017-07-08

Keith Weiner’s weekly look on Gold. Gold and silver prices, Gold-Silver Price Ratio, Gold basis and co-basis and the dollar price, Silver basis and co-basis and the dollar price.

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Buy Gold Near $1,200 “As Insurance” – UBS Wealth

2017-07-06

by Jan Skoyles

2017-07-06

Yesterday North Korea sent the US a ‘package of gifts’ for Independence Day. Unsurprisingly the successfully tested and launched intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) was not well received. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called the move a “new escalation of the threat” to the U.S. and its allies and that “global action is required to stop a global threat.”

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What Really Happened When Gold Crashed, Monday June 26?

2017-07-05

by Keith Weiner

2017-07-05

Keith Weiner’s weekly look on Gold. Gold and silver prices, Gold-Silver Price Ratio, Gold basis and co-basis and the dollar price, Silver basis and co-basis and the dollar price.

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London Property Bubble Bursting? UK In Unchartered Territory On Brexit and Election Mess

2017-06-30

by GoldCore

2017-06-30

Is the London property market heading for tough times? The most recent housing figures and a new Bank of England report suggest it may well be. Recent figures show that 77% of London houses sold in May went at below asking price, up from 72% in April.

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