Category Archive: 6a) Gold & Monetary Metals

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Why the World’s Central Banks hold Gold – In their Own Words

2018-03-22

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2018-03-22

World Official Gold Holdings, February 2018
Collectively, the central bank sector claims to hold the world’s largest above ground gold bar stockpile, some 33,800 tonnes of gold bars. Individually within this group, some central banks claim to be the top holders of gold bullion in the world, with individual holdings in the thousands of tonnes range.

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Sprott Money News Ask The Expert March 2018 – Ronald-Peter Stöferle

2018-03-22

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Ronald-Peter Stöferle is a managing partner at Incrementum AG in Liechtenstein and the author of the annual report, “In Gold We Trust”.

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Four Charts: Debt, Defaults and Bankruptcies To See Higher Gold

2018-03-21

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2018-03-21

Gold's Resilience, Mar 2015 - 2018
$8.8B Sprott Inc. sees higher gold on massive consumer debt, defaults & bankruptcies. Rising and record U.S. debt load may cause financial stress, weaken dollar and see gold go higher. Massive government and consumer debt eroding benefits of wage growth (see chart).

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Buy Silver And Sell Gold Now

2018-03-19

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2018-03-19

Gold:Silver Ratio, 1720 - 2018
Buy silver and sell gold now – Frisby. Gold should cost 15 times as much as silver. Silver might have disappointed in short term – But it’s time to buy. Editor’s note: Silver has outperformed stocks, bonds and gold over long term (see table).

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Gold Cup At Cheltenham – Gold Is For Winners, Not For the Gamblers

2018-03-17

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2018-03-17

Cheltenham Gold Cup
Gold Cup at Cheltenham – ‘The Olympics’ of the European horse racing calendar. Gold Cup trophy contains 10 troy ounces of gold – worth £9,000. £620 million bets on horses, 230,000 pints of Guinness will be drunk, 9.2 tonnes of potato eaten. Since the 5th century BC, gold has been the ultimate prize to award champions and gold has been constantly and universally awarded as top prize.

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278: Marc Faber: The Billionaire They Call Dr. Doom

2018-03-16

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My guest in this interview is Dr Marc Faber. Dr. Faber was born in Zurich, Switzerland. He went to school in Geneva and Zurich and finished high school with the Matura. He studied Economics at the University of Zurich and, at the age of 24, obtained a PhD in Economics magna cum laude. Between 1970 and … Continue reading...

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BOOM: Wyoming Ends ALL TAXATION of Gold & Silver

2018-03-16

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2018-03-16

Cheyenne, Wyoming (March 14, 2018) – Sound money activists rejoiced as the Wyoming Legal Tender Act became law today. The bill restores constitutional, sound money in Wyoming. Backed by the Sound Money Defense League, Campaign for Liberty, Money Metals Exchange, and in-state grassroots activists, HB 103 removes all forms of state taxation on gold and silver coins and bullion and reaffirms their status as money in Wyoming, in keeping with Article 1,...

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Hungary’s Gold Repatriation Adds To Growing Protest Against US Dollar Hegemony

2018-03-15

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2018-03-15

Safe Picture
Hungary’s Gold Repatriation Adds To Growing Protest Against US Dollar Hegemony. Hungarian National Bank (MNB) to repatriate 100,000 ounces gold from Bank of England. Follows trend of Netherlands, Germany, Austria and Belgium each looking to bring gold back to home soil. Hungary one of the smallest gold owners amongst central banks, with just 5 tonnes. Central bank gold purchases continue to be major drivers of gold market.

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TheTalk@TheStudio – Marc Faber

2018-03-15

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Gold Protects As Cashless Society Threatens Vulnerable

2018-03-14

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2018-03-14

Disappearing Cash in Sweden, 1995 - 2018
Gold Protects As Cashless Society Threatens Vulnerable. Swedish authorities concerned cashless society is happening ‘too quickly’ and heading into ‘negative spiral’. Only 25% of Swedes paid in cash at least once a week in 2017, 36% never use cash. Cash usage in Sweden falling both as share of GDP and in nominal terms. Sweden may be world’s first economy to introduce a cryptocurrency, the e-krona. Cashless is not a disincentive for illegal drug...

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Gerald Celente Exclusive: “If rates go up too high, the economy goes down, end of story”

2018-03-12

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Read the full transcript here: https://goo.gl/f51wud Gerald Celente, world-renowned trends forecaster and publisher of the Trends Journal, parses through all of the major new stories these days and tells us which one is the most important storyline that will affect the stock markets, the economy, and gold. Don’t miss our explosive conversation with Gerald Celente, …

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Stock Market Selloff Showed Gold Can Reduce Portfolio Risk

2018-03-12

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2018-03-12

Intraday Price Performance of Key Assets, 5 February
Stock Market Selloff Showed Gold Can Reduce Portfolio Risk. Recent stock market selloff showed gold can deliver returns and reduce portfolio risk. Gold’s performance during stock market selloff was consistent with historical behaviour. Gold up nearly 10% in last year but performance during recent selloff was short-lived. The stronger the market pullback, the stronger gold’s rally. WGC: ‘a good time for investors to consider including or adding gold...

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Bitcoin Price Action 3-11-2018

2018-03-11

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EvilSpeculator is dedicated to identifying trends in the financial markets. To that end, we post market updates several times a week and engage in pertinent discussions. Risk Disclosure: https://evilspeculator.com/risk/ In promptu live price action analysis of bitcoin

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Bitcoin Price Action 3-11-2018

2018-03-11

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EvilSpeculator is dedicated to identifying trends in the financial markets. To that end, we post market updates several times a week and engage in pertinent discussions. Risk Disclosure: https://evilspeculator.com/risk/ In promptu live price action analysis of bitcoin

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Women’s Pension Crisis Highlights Dangers To Savers

2018-03-11

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2018-03-11

Pensions bomb
Women’s Pension Crisis Highlights Dangers To Savers. – International Women’s Day highlights the underreported UK Women’s pension crisis. – 2.66 million affected by UK government’s change to state pension act. – Women’s pension crisis is one of many in the UK, where there is a £710bn deficit for prospective retirees. – Changes by government highlights the counterparty risks pensions are exposed to. – Global problem as pensions gap of developed...

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Noted Author Tom Woods Speaks on the Founding Fathers, Gold, and Freedom

2018-03-09

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Read the full transcript here: https://goo.gl/dknvdB Tom Woods – a great historian and author as well as a tremendous political and economic commentator shares his thoughts on why the Founding Fathers recognized the importance of including gold and silver in our monetary system and why it’s essential for you personally to consider owning some to …

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Gold Does Not Fear Interest Rate Hikes

2018-03-09

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2018-03-09

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Gold Does Not Fear Interest Rate Hikes. Gold no longer fears or pays attention to Fed announcements regarding interest rates. Renewed interest in gold due to inflation fears and concern Fed won’t do enough to control it. Higher interest rates on horizon will make debt levels unsustainable. New Fed Chair warns “the US is not on a sustainable fiscal path” and could lead to an “unsustainable” debt load. Higher interest rates are good for gold as seen...

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London Property Sees Brave Bet By Norway As Foxtons Profits Plunge

2018-03-09

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2018-03-09

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London Property Sees Brave Bet By Norway As Foxtons Profits Plunge. Sales in London property market at ‘historic lows’. 65% fall in pre-tax profits in 2017 to £6.5m reported by London estate agents Foxtons. Foxtons warns 2018 will ‘remain challenging’ for London property. Norway’s sovereign wealth fund is backing London’s property market. RICS: UK property stock hits record low as buyer demand falls. Own physical gold to hedge falls in physical...

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Silver bullion will likely outperform gold bullion going forward

2018-03-08

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2018-03-08

Gold COT Report: Futures
Normally the action in the gold and silver futures markets tends to be pretty similar, since the same general forces affect both precious metals. When inflation or some other source of anxiety is ascendant, both metals rise, and vice versa. But lately – perhaps in a sign of how confused the world is becoming – gold and silver traders have diverged.

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Return of the Market Criers – Precious Metals Supply and Demand

2018-03-07

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2018-03-07

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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