Category Archive: 6a.) GoldCore

Gold Investment In Germany Surges – Now World’s Largest Gold Buyers

Gold investment in Germany surged in past 10 years. Germans are largest gold buyers in world: WGC research. Gold investment in Germany surges to €6.8B in 2016. Gold demand per person is highest in world – double Chinese, UK and U.S. demand. Gold one of the most popular investment for retail investors especially those with high incomes. 59% of respondents agreed with the statement that gold will never lose its value in the long-term. 48% agreed with...

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Yahoo Hacking Highlights Cyber Risk and Increasing Importance of Physical Gold

Yahoo admits every single one of 3 billion accounts hacked in 2013 data theft. Equifax hacking and security breach exposes half of the U.S. population. Some 143 million people vulnerable to identity theft. Deloitte hack compromised sensitive emails and client data. JP Morgan hacked and New York Fed hacked and robbed. International hacking group steals $300 million. Global digital banking and financial system not secure

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Safe Haven Silver To Outperform Gold In Q4 And In 2018

Safe haven silver to outperform gold in Q4 and 2018. “Expect silver to eventually outperform gold” say Metals Focus. 2017 YTD, silver has underperformed gold, climbing by 5% versus 11%. Silver undervalued versus gold and especially stocks, bonds and many property markets. Will follow gold’s reactions to macroeconomic & geopolitical factors and should outperform gold. Special report on India shows it accounts for just 16% of global silver demand....

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Gold Matches S&P 500 Performance In First 3 Quarters; Up 12% 2017 YTD

Gold climbs over 12% in YTD, matching S&P500 performance. Palladium best performing market, surges 36% 2017 YTD. Gold outperforms Nikkei 225, Euro Stoxx 50, FTSE and ISEQ. Geo-political concerns including Trump and North Korea supporting gold. Safe haven demand should push gold higher in Q4. Owning physical gold not dependent on third party websites and technology remains essential.

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Gold Standard Resulted In “Fewer Catastrophes” – FT

“Going off gold did the opposite of what many people think” – FT Alphaville. “Surprising” findings show benefits of Gold Standard. Study by former Obama advisor in 1999 and speech by Bank of England economist in 2017 make case for gold. UK economy was ‘much less prone to extremes’ under than the gold standard – research shows. ‘Gold standard seems to have produced fewer catastrophes for Britain’ – data shows . FT still wary of gold standard arguing...

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Financial Advice From Man Who Made $1+ Billion in 1929 – Importance Of Being Patient and “Sitting”

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.

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“Backdrop For Gold Today Is As Bullish As It Has Been In A Long Time” – GoldCore Dublin

Gold finished sharply higher on Monday, recouping roughly half of last week’s loss, as declines in the U.S. stock market and growing tensions between the U.S. and North Korea lifted prices for the yellow metal to the highest settlement in more than a week.

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Gold Investment “Compelling” As Fed Likely To Create Next Recession

Gold Investment “Compelling” As Fed Likely To Create Next Recession. Is the Fed about to kill the business cycle? 16 out of 19 rate-hike cycles in past 100 years ended in recession. Total global debt at all time high – see chart. Global debt is 327% of world GDP – ticking timebomb. Gold has beaten the market (S&P 500) so far this century. Safe haven demand to increase on debt and equity risk. Gold looks very cheap compared to overbought markets....

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Pensions and Debt Time Bomb In UK: £1 Trillion Crisis Looms

£1 trillion crisis looms as pensions deficit and consumer loans snowball out of control. UK pensions deficit soared by £100B to £710B, last month. £200B unsecured consumer credit “time bomb” warn FCA. 8.3 million people in UK with debt problems. 2.2 million people in UK are in financial distress. ‘President Trump land’ there is a savings gap of $70 trillion.

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“This Is Where The Next Financial Crisis Will Come From” – Deutsche Bank

In an extensive, must-read report published on Monday by Deutsche Bank’s Jim Reid, the credit strategist unveiled an extensive analysis of the “Next Financial Crisis”, and specifically what may cause it, when it may happen, and how the world could respond assuming it still has means to counteract the next economic and financial crash.In our first take on the report yesterday, we showed one key aspect of the “crash” calculus: between bonds and...

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Global Debt Bubble Understated By $13 Trillion Warn BIS

Global debt bubble may be understated by $13 trillion: BIS. ‘Central banks central bank’ warns enormous liabilities have accrued in FX swaps, currency swaps & ‘forwards’. Risk of new liquidity crunch and global debt crisis. “The debt remains obscured from view…” warn BIS.

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Bitcoin Price Falls 40percent In 3 Days Underling Gold’s Safe Haven Credentials

Bitcoin price action shows cryptos vulnerable to commentary and government policies. Bitcoin falls to low of $2,980, down by $1,000 in week as China flexes muscles. Volatility major issue: In 3 days btc fell 40% before bouncing 25% off lows. BIS state risks of cryptos cannot yet be fully assessed and says technology still unproven. Apple and Google developing a payment API for cryptos – may give governments full oversight. Bitcoin and cryptos...

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Gold Up, Markets Fatigued As War Talk Boils Over

North Korea threatens to reduce the U.S. to ‘ashes and darkness’. Markets becoming used to ongoing provocations from North Korea. Russia and China continue to support watered down versions of sanctions on Kim’s regime. Both NATO and Russia running war games on one another’s borders. Putin says Russia will “give a suitable response” to NATOs threatening behaviour.

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Oil Rich Venezuela Stops Accepting Dollars

President Maduro ” Venezuela will create a basket of currencies to free us from the dollar,”. Oil traders ordered to stop accepting U.S. dollar in exchange for crude oil. Order comes following calls from Russia and China to find alternatives to current reserve system. U.S. Dollar accounts for two-thirds of global trade. Venezuela has over ten-times more oil than United States. Super powers are gradually turning to gold to avoid using world’s main...

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British People Suddenly Stopped Buying Cars

British people suddenly stopped buying cars. Massive debt including car loans, very low household savings. Brexit and decline in sterling and consumer confidence impacts. New cars being bought on PCP by people who could not normally afford them. UK car business has ‘exactly the same problems’ as the mortgage market 10 years ago, according to Morgan Stanley. Bank of England is investigating to make sure UK banks are not overly expose.

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Buy Gold for Long Term as “Fiat Money Is Doomed”

Buy gold for long term as fiat money is doomed warns Frisby. Gold’s “winning streak” will continue in long term. September is traditionally a good month for gold, as we head into the Indian wedding season. “It’s just a matter of time before gold comes good again…” by Dominic Frisby, Money Week. Today folks, by popular demand, we’re talking gold.. It’s had a nice summer run. What now?

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Safe Haven Gold Rises To $1338 as U.S. Warns of ‘Massive’ Military Response

Safe haven gold extends rally to 11-month high after North Korea nuke test and U.S. warns of ‘massive’ response. Asian and European stocks fall, bonds flat, gold, silver, palladium, Swiss franc rise as Korea tensions flare as North Korea tests ‘hydrogen bomb’. North Korea prepares for possible ICBM launch says S. Korea. U.S. warns of ‘massive,’ ‘overwhelming’ military response to North Korea after meeting with Trump. Trump weighing new economic...

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“Things Have Been Going Up For Too Long” – Goldman CEO

“Things have been going up for too long…” – Goldman Sachs’ CEO. Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman CEO “unnerved by market” (see video). Bitcoin bubble is no outlier says Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Bubbles are everywhere including London property. $14 trillion of monetary stimulus has pushed investors to take more risks. We are now in a new era of bigger booms and bigger busts – BAML. “Seeing signs of bubbles in more and more parts of the capital market”...

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Gold Has 2 percent Weekly Gain, 18 percent Higher YTD – Trump’s Debt Ceiling Deal Hurts Dollar

Gold hits $1,355/oz as USD at 32-month low -concerns about Trump, US economy. Silver and platinum 2.3% and 1.2% higher in week; palladium 3% lower. Euro Stoxx flat for week – S&P 500, Nikkei down 0.65% and 2.2%. Geo-political concerns including North Korea, falling USD push gold 2.1% in week. Gold prices reach $1,355 this morning following Mexico earthquake. Safe haven demand sees gold over one year high, highest since August 2016.

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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”.

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