Category Archive: 6a) Gold & Monetary Metals
Cashless Society – Good or Bad? MoneyConf 2018
– Cashless society or ‘Lesscash’ society? – Do you carry cash and how much? – When might we see the world’s first completely cashless society? – Who wins the payments battle – Apple, Google, WeChat, Alipay? – Privacy, bank, electricity, wifi, tech and systemic risk underlines importance of cash – What do you think?
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Do We Still Need Banks? – Moneyconf 2018
Moneyconf 2018 – Do we still need banks in the fintech age? Mark O’Byrne, Director of Research at GoldCore.com looks at the changing attitude towards banks in the modern world of fintech (Financial Technology), and looks at the responses to a poll run at #MoneyConf 2018
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Sovereign Money Referendum: A Swiss Awakening to Fractional-Reserve Banking?
On Sunday 10 June 2018, Switzerland’s electorate voted on a referendum calling for the country’s commercial banks to be banned from creating money. In a country world-famous for its banking industry, this was quite an interesting turn of events. Known as the Sovereign Money Initiative or ‘Vollgeld’, the referendum was brought to the Swiss electorate in the form of a ‘Popular Initiative‘.
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Interview with Dr. Marc Faber
Marc Faber joins us as a special guest on this show, and it makes for a great conversation on markets, the economy, why the rent is too high in California, his advice for millenials, and his unusual sleep schedule. Marc writes great newsletter the Gloom Boom & Doom Report which can be found on http://gloomboomdoom.com … Continue reading...
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“Without Gold I Would Have Starved To Death” – ECB Governor
– “Without gold I would have starved to death” – Ewald Nowotny, governor of Austrian central bank and member of ECB’s governing council
– “I was born in 1944. When I was a baby, my mother could only buy food because she still had some gold coins…”
– “When the going gets tough, gold becomes the ultimate money” reports Die Presse
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Swiss Government Pension Fund To Buy Gold Bars Worth Some $700 Million
Swiss Government Pension Fund Allocating 2% Of Pension Fund To Gold Bars. The Swiss government pension fund, Switzerland’s AHV/AVS fund, has decided to diversify into physical gold bars in their substantial CHF35.2bn (€30.5bn) pension portfolio. At the end of last week the first pillar buffer fund tendered a custodianship and storage for CHF 700m (EUR 600m / USD 700m / GBP 525m) in gold bars via IPE Quest.
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Not All Gold is Equal – Goldnomics Ep 4
Is all gold equal? The tangible quality of gold bullion is one of the key factors which contributes to gold’s ability to act as a form of financial insurance for investments, savings and wealth, throughout history and again in recent months and years throughout the world. Listen to the full episode or skip directly to … Continue...
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Sprott Money News Weekly Wrap-Up 6 8 18
Eric Sprott discusses the week that was and looks ahead to what will be a very interesting and volatile week next.
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Get “Positioned In Gold” Now As “You Will Not Have Time To Get Positioned” Later
Get “Positioned In Gold” Now As “You Will Not Have Time To Get Positioned” In Physical Later. Guest post by Dominic Frisby of Money Week. This year’s “gold standard” of gold-related research has just come out. Conveniently enough – given gold’s “safe haven” reputation – it’s arrived just in time for another major financial market scare, this time in the form of Italy. Below, I consider some of the most pertinent points…
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Sprott Money Weekly Wrap-Up 6 1 18
Bob Thompson of Raymond James in Vancouver sits in for Eric this week as we discuss Friday’s US jobs report, the upcoming FOMC meeting and the impact on gold, silver and the mining shares.
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Gold And Silver Bullion Obsolete In The Crypto Age?
What is the outlook for the global economy, financial markets, crypto currencies such as bitcoin and gold and silver bullion in the digital age? Fresh insights as CrushtheStreet.com interview Mark O’Byrne who gives his diagnosis on the outlook for gold in 2018, and looks at the long-term relevance of precious metals in the digital age of crypto and the blockchain alongside Bitcoin’s emergence as a potential digital store of value.
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Gold Back Above $1300 – Trump Cancels Historic Summit – Silver “Ready To Breakout”
– Trump Cancels Historic Summit with North Korea. – US 10-Year Falls Below 3%, Gold Jumps Back Above $1300. – “Inflation Overshoot Could Be Helpful” – Latest FOMC Minutes. – Gold Demand in Turkey as Lira falls sharply, true inflation near 40%. – EU Crisis Looming as Italy Plan Outright ‘Money Printing’ with ‘Mini-Bots’. – Silver Trading in Tight $1 range, Pressure Building for a Breakout.
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‘Nightmare Scenario’ For EU Bond Markets As Anti-Euro Italian Goverment Takes Power
Firebrand populists of Left and Right are poised to take power in Italy, forming the first “anti-system” government in a major West European state since the Second World War. Leaders of the radical Five Star Movement and the anti-euro Lega party have been meeting to put the finishing touches on a coalition of outsiders, the “nightmare scenario” feared by foreign investors and EU officials in equal measure.
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Gold Looks A Better Bet Than UK Property
Dominic Frisby of Money Week looks at the historical relationship between UK house prices and gold (including some great charts), and concludes that your money is better off in the yellow metal than bricks and mortar.
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Sprott Money News weekly Wrap-Up – 5 25 18
Eric Sprott recaps a very interesting week in the precious metals and looks ahead to what promises to be an eventful summer.
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