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Cryptocurrency Technicals – Navigating the Bear Market

2018-06-20

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2018-06-20

BTC, BCH, LTC daily Comparison
Long time readers may recall that we regard Bitcoin and other liquid big cap cryptocurrencies as secondary media of exchange from a monetary theory perspective for the time being. The wave of speculative demand that has propelled them to astonishing heights was triggered by market participants realizing that they have the potential to become money.

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In Gold and Bitcoin We Trust – Goldnomics Podcast Episode 5

2018-06-20

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In Gold and Bitcoin We Trust – The Goldnomics Podcast – Episode 5 In this the fifth episode of the Goldnomics Podcast we interview Ronald-Peter Stoferle, partner at the asset management firm Incrementum in Lichtenstein and author of the well respected and annual publication of the gold industry report; “In Gold We Trust”. Ronni has …

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Keith Weiner Update on Gold and Silver and Debt

2018-06-19

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Keith offers a fresh look at some of those “oft-repeated yet difficult to get your mind around” macro problems with the dollar and our monetary system. Keith offers a fresh look at some of those “oft-repeated yet difficult to get your mind around” macro problems with the dollar and our monetary system. Subscribe for Latest …

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Lift-Off Not (Yet) – Precious Metals Supply and Demand

2018-06-19

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2018-06-19

Gold and Silver Prices
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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Keith Weiner – Update on Gold and Silver and Debt #3930

2018-06-18

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Keith offers a fresh look at some of those “oft-repeated yet difficult to get your mind around” macro problems with the dollar and our monetary system. Of particular interest is Keith’s concept of Yield Purchasing Power the Marginal Productivity of Debt. They help shed light on where the economy really is. The value of each …

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Sprott Money News- Weekly Wrap-Up 6 15 18

2018-06-15

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Eric Sprott discusses this week’s events and looks ahead for the precious metals and the mining shares.

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Sprott Money News Ask the Expert June 2018 – Doug Casey

2018-06-15

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Doug Casey, founder of Casey Research, joins us to answer Sprott Money’s questions on the global economy, the dollar, gold and the gold miners.

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Bitcoin To Hit $1 Million or $0 In One Year? MoneyConf 2018 Poll

2018-06-15

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Bitcoin price in one year (June 2019)? Most MoneyConf poll participants see bitcoin at $10,000. Bears see bitcoin at $0 while uber bulls including Max Keiser see it over $100,000. It is “binary” and “bitcoin will likely go to zero or go much higher.” Which cryptocurrency are people betting on in 2019? What’s the biggest …

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Cashless Society – Good or Bad? MoneyConf 2018

2018-06-14

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– 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

2018-06-13

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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?

2018-06-12

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2018-06-12

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

2018-06-11

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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

2018-06-11

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2018-06-11

– “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

2018-06-10

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2018-06-10

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

2018-06-08

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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

2018-06-08

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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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Keith Weiner-Shining the Light on Krugman’s False Narrative

2018-06-06

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Keith Weiner explains why Krugman’s statement that, infinite debt is okay if we owe it, is false and how an endless level of debt is leading to a massive economic implosion.

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Industrial Commodities vs. Gold – Precious Metals Supply and Demand

2018-06-06

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2018-06-06

Gold and Silver Prices
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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Get “Positioned In Gold” Now As “You Will Not Have Time To Get Positioned” Later

2018-06-04

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2018-06-04

Development of US tax revenues and the S&P 500
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

2018-06-01

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​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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