Category Archive: 6a.) Gold Standard

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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27 Days Left to Win Nearly $400 of Gold and Silver

2016-08-11

by Sound Money Defense League News

One of these American gold eagle coins could be yours in 27 days!!! 0:11 – Register to win: https://www.moneymetals.com/lg/gold-silver-starter-giveaway?utm_source=160811giveaway&utm_medium=youtube&utm_campaign=fb-giveaway Keep up with all of the contest videos by going to: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOab6eOwix8qhJXQ2iveRnWo6veGn9obZ

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How To Win Nearly $400 in Gold & Silver!

2016-08-11

by Sound Money Defense League News

⇛ Click here to sign up: https://www.moneymetals.com/lg/gold-silver-starter-giveaway?utm_source=fb-giveaway-yt-playlist&utm_medium=youtube&utm_campaign=fb-giveaway Money Metals Exchange is having a giveaway where you could win a gold and silver starter kit worth nearly $400. The winner will be announced, live on Facebook, September 7,2016! The kit includes: ✓ (5) 1 oz Walking Liberty Silver Rounds ⇛...

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Money Continues to Flow into Gold and Silver as Investors Move Away from Stocks

2016-08-11

by Sound Money Defense League News

Investors are starting to understand that stocks have been dangerously high over the last few weeks. Here are some telling signs that U.S. stocks are in dangerous territory: http://bit.ly/2aDWnhm 00:00 – Audio starts 00:04 – Announcer: “The precious metals, emerging from the recent slumber, rose sharply on Wednesday. The Platinum Group leading the way, specifically …

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28 Days Left Until You’re $400 Richer in Gold and Silver

2016-08-10

by Sound Money Defense League News

ENTER TO WIN NEARLY $400 IN ‪#‎GOLD‬ & ‪#‎SILVER‬ 0:16 – Enter now at: https://www.moneymetals.com/lg/gold-silver-starter-giveaway?utm_source=160810giveaway&utm_medium=youtube&utm_campaign=fb-giveaway Keep up with all of the contest videos by going to: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOab6eOwix8qhJXQ2iveRnWo6veGn9obZ

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Real vs. Nominal Interest Rates

What is the real interest rate? It is the nominal rate minus the inflation rate. This is a problematic idea. Let’s drill deeper into what they mean by inflation. You can’t add apples and oranges, or so the old expression claims. However, economists insist that you can average the prices of apples, oranges, oil, rent, and a ski trip at St. Moritz. This is despite problems that prevent them from agreeing on what should be included.

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Why a “Dollar” Should Only Be a Name for a Unit of Gold

2016-07-27

by Frank Shostak

2016-07-27

Once Upon a Time… Prior to 1933, the name “dollar” was used to refer to a unit of gold that had a weight of 23.22 grains. Since there are 480 grains in one ounce, this means that the name dollar also stood for 0.048 ounce of gold. This in turn, means that one ounce of gold referred to $20.67.

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Money Metals President Stefan Gleason Guides Investors on Choices Dangers

2016-07-11

by Stefan Gleason

Listen to part two of the recent interview Money Metals president Stefan Gleason did with Pete Fetig during the 360 Gold Summit. Stefan gives some important warnings to precious metals investors, discusses why he favors one of the precious metals over the others and also talks about some absolutely critical things to consider when selecting …

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Alan “Bubbles” Greenspan Returns to Gold

Under a gold standard, the amount of credit that an economy can support is determined by the economy’s tangible assets, since every credit instrument is ultimately a claim on some tangible asset. […] The abandonment of the gold standard made it possible for the welfare statists to use the banking system as a means to an unlimited expansion of credit.

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The Gold Standard: Friend of the Middle Class

2016-07-07

by Antonius Aquinas

2016-07-07

A Morally and Economically Superior Monetary System. It has been theoretically demonstrated and seen in general practice that a monetary system of 100% metallic money devoid of central banking checks monetary inflation, prevents a general rise in the price level, and eliminates the dreaded business cycle while making all sorts of monetary mischief nearly impossible.

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Stefan Gleason on Why You Need REAL MONEY Like Never Before…

2016-07-02

by Stefan Gleason

Stefan Gleason, President of Money Metals Exchange, who was a featured guest during the recent 360 Gold Summit. Stefan addressed the fundamental question of “why precious metals” and also gave some helpful tips on how to avoid making big mistakes when investing in gold and silver. Don’t miss this fundamentally important and enlightening conversation coming …

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What Can Gold Do for Our Money?

One of the chief virtues of a gold standard is that it serves as a restraint on the growth of money and credit. It makes runaway government deficit spending and major monetary catastrophes such as hyperinflation practically impossible.

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Keith Weiner: Gold Standard etc.

The Gold Standard Institute starts posting on snbchf.com. It is based in Phoenix AZ, is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt educational organization dedicated to spreading awareness and knowledge of gold, and to promoting the use of gold as money.

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How Unsound Money Fuels Unsound Government Spending

Stefan Gleason shows the major slides that may predict a collapse of the dollar. The Trade Deficit after the abandonment of gold, the explosion of entitlements like social security, Medicare, Obamacare, subsidies and the explosion of the federal deficit to 1 trillion in 2022. The reason: Unsound money.

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Who Lends to the Fed?

This leads to our present question. To speak of borrowing and a ready market in which the Fed can borrow, means there is a lender. Who is the lender to the Fed?

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Yes, the Dollar Should Be Backed by Gold…

2016-04-13

by Bill Bonner

2016-04-13

A Return to Gold BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – “What if you were appointed to head the Fed? In your first week on the job, what would you do?” The question was not exactly serious. Neither was the answer. “We’d call in sick.” Sorry boys and girls, y...

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Why Janet Yellen Can Never Normalize Interest Rates

Bill Bonner explains why the Fed will normalize interest rates. With higher rates, Yellen risks corporate profits and bond defaults. With higher rates, Yellen risks not only bond defaults, but also bank defaults.

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The Path to the Digital Gold Standard

Several Republican presidential candidates are floating the idea of returning to some form of a gold standard in the U.S., although none have gone into any great detail. So, how might a modern gold standard work? It’s a question that requires us to do more than just look to the past with an eye toward “restoring,” “bringing back,” or “returning to” gold-backed money. Sound money advocates need to also think creatively about how to adapt hard...

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