Category Archive: 6a.) Gold Standard

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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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Inflation Data Has Given Federal Reserve Excuse to End Rate Hikes

2024-03-11

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A potentially pivotal week of trading is seeing precious metals markets push higher. The main catalyst is a breakdown in the U.S. Dollar Index. On Thursday, the dollar slid to its lowest level in more than a year versus a basket of foreign currencies. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

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Interest Rate Markets Flash Warning Signs

2024-03-11

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As the U.S. dollar continues to lose purchasing power at home and prestige around the world, a major presidential candidate is calling for a return to sound money. Also, let's review this week's market action in precious metals. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

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U.S. Mint Bureaucrats Undermine the Once-Great American Eagle Brand

2024-03-11

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The upshot of soft market conditions for gold and silver is favorable buying opportunities for bargain hunters. Not only are spot prices down, but so are premiums on popular bullion products available through Money Metals. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

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Feds Sharpen Attacks on Crypto Market as CBDC Backlash Grows

2024-03-11

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Precious metals markets are getting a bit of a lift this week as investors anticipate a pause in the Federal Reserve’s rate-hiking campaign. |  Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

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New Warnings on Silver, Platinum, and Palladium Mine Supply

2024-03-11

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As President Joe Biden touts “Bidenomics,” ordinary Americans continue to feel the pinch of “Bidenflation.” Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve’s ongoing efforts to fight inflation have Investors fearing more rate hikes to come. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

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Speaker McCarthy Got Fired, but Will the Debt Spiral Slow?

2024-03-11

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Well, the shift in the calendar has so far failed to produce any shift in the trend for precious metals markets. Gold and silver are extending their recent price declines here in the first few trading days of October and of the fourth quarter. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

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Monetary Elite from Multiple Camps Plot Currency Strategies

2024-03-11

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Precious metals markets are rebounding this week as central bankers from around the world gather at Jackson Hole. Investors nervously awaited remarks by Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell. Fears of a hawkish tone to this year's conference helped drag down the stock market on Thursday. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

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Talking Heads Predict No Recession While Shrinkflation Clips Consumers

2024-03-11

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Precious metals markets are extending their losing streak as the U.S. dollar pushes higher. The Dollar Index rose for a fifth straight week through Thursday's close. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

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Looming Federal Government Funding Deadline Grabs Headlines

2024-03-11

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Precious metals markets got hammered earlier this week as interest rates continued their relentless march higher. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

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Gold Trading Action Keeps Grabbing Headlines, Draws Interest

2024-03-11

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Gold had posted a new all-time closing high on a monthly as well as a weekly basis last week. With such powerful technical strength, a follow-through rally early in this week's trading seemed inevitable. And indeed, prices did spike to over $2,100 per ounce in futures trading before Monday’s U.S. market open. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

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Biden Bizarrely Brags About Lower Deficits as Federal Debt Skyrockets

2024-03-11

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Under the new leadership of House Speaker Mike Johnson, Congress passed a stopgap funding bill on Tuesday to once again avert a government shutdown. It was quickly approved by the Senate on Wednesday, then signed into law by President Joe Biden. Like the last one, this latest bipartisan budget scheme includes no spending cuts.  | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started...

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Gold & Silver Bullion Outperform Mining Stocks Again in 2023

2024-03-11

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As the Christmas holiday approaches, bulls are celebrating some continued strength in gold and silver markets. And the big institutions that hold short positions on futures exchanges will not want to see gold post a headline-grabbing close above $2,100 an ounce for 2023.  When gold surged above that level in overseas futures trading two weeks ago, it got abruptly slammed back down before U.S. markets opened. | Do you own precious metals you would...

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Inflation Deception Allows Cheerleaders to Claim Economy Is Growing

2024-03-11

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Well, if you believe the reporting coming out of the mainstream financial media, then the economy is going gangbusters. The Fed has succeeded at crushing the bond market, freezing the housing market, and plunging many sectors of the stock market into deep downtrends. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

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Silver & Platinum Supply Deficits Steepen, Underpinning Prices

2024-03-11

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As markets reopen following the Thanksgiving holiday, investors are feeling thankful that interest rates are no longer rising.  Stocks, bonds, and precious metals have all gained ground in recent days as long-term rates have come down. Meanwhile, expectations for the Federal Reserve to cut its benchmark short-term rate in 2024 have risen. Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started...

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Gold Holds Firms as World Braces for Financial Turmoil, War

2024-03-11

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As the Federal Reserve puts a hold on interest rates, investors have to ask themselves whether the elevated inflation rate is also on hold. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

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With Gold at All-Time Highs, Will Silver Finally Takeoff?

2024-03-11

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In this special year-end Market Wrap podcast, we'll look back at the year that was in metals markets. We'll also look ahead to what could drive gold and silver prices in 2024. Plus, special Interview with Mike Maharrey’s and Jp Cortez | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

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Fed Continues Tough Talk; Silver & Platinum Look Most Undervalued

2024-03-11

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As central bankers stubbornly refuse to admit they are done hiking interest rates, precious metals markets are wavering. The Federal Reserve left its benchmark rate unchanged at a 22-year high at the conclusion of its meeting last week.  But Fed chairman Jerome Powell is keeping up the fight against inflation, at least rhetorically. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started...

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This Isn’t Fine! Money Metals Midweek Memo Podcast Jan. 10, 2023

2024-03-11

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The economy is great! The Federal Reserve beat inflation and is now guiding the economy to a "soft landing."  At least that's the mainstream narrative. In this episode of the Money Metals' Midweek Memo, host Mike Maharrey argues that things really aren't fine. He explains that the Fed broke the economy a long time ago and it's only a matter of time before this clunker leaves us all stranded on the side of the road. Money Metals'...

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Trump Vows to Block Central Bank Digital Currency Schemes

2024-03-11

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As the stock market flirts with new highs, precious metals markets may be putting in a near-term bottom. Also, we’ll hear an interview with David Morgan of The Morgan Report (https://www.themorganreport.com/) . Be sure to stick around and hear the Silver Guru’s take on the current market conditions and what to expect in the metals space in 2024. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started...

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All You Do to Me Is Talk Talk!

2024-03-11

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On Tuesday, Fed Governor Chris Waller delivered a speech hinting inflation wasn't beat and rate cuts might not come as quickly as hoped. The markets threw a tantrum. This is called “open-mouth operations.” But as Money Metals’ Midweek Memo host Mike Maharrey explains in this episode, what the Federal Reserve does, and the economic context they do it in is much more important than what the Fed people say.

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