Category Archive: 6a) Gold & Monetary Metals

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Bitcoin, Sour Grapes and the Institutional Herd

2017-09-07

One Year Chart of Bitcoin, Oct 2016 - Jul 2017

The point is institutional ownership of bitcoin is in the very early stages. If I had a bitcoin for every time some pundit declared bitcoin is a bubble, I'd be a billionaire. There are three problems with opining that bitcoin and cryptocurrencies are bubblicious:

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Bitcoin Falls 20 percent as Mobius and Chinese Regulators Warn

2017-09-06

by Jan Skoyles

2017-09-06

Bitcoin falls 20% as Mobius and Chinese regulators warn. “Cryptocurrencies are beginning to get out of control” – warns respected investor Mark Mobius. Mobius believes governments will begin to clamp down on cryptocurrencies sparking rush to gold. Yesterday China’s PBOC ruled Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) are illegal and all related activity to halt. China is home to majority of bitcoin miners.

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The Forking Paradise – Precious Metals Supply and Demand Report

2017-09-06

by Keith Weiner

2017-09-06

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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Michael Pento Exclusive: Gold Sniffing Out Coming Central Bank Failure; $2000+ Per Ounce?

2017-09-05

by Sound Money Defense League News

Read the full transcript here: https://goo.gl/kAwFav Money Metals Exchange welcomes Michael Pento, President and founder of Pento Portfolio Strategies, and author of the book, The Coming Bond Market Collapse: How to Survive the Demise of the U.S. Debt Market. Michael is a well-known and successful money manager, and has been a regular guest on CNBC, …

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4 Reasons Why “Gold Has Entered A New Bull Market” – Schroders

2017-09-05

by Jan Skoyles

2017-09-05

Gold price and S&P500 Performance, 1961 - 2017

4 reasons why “gold has entered a new bull market” – Schroders. Market complacency is key to gold bull market say Schroders. Investors are currently pricing in the most benign risk environment in history as seen in the VIX. History shows gold has the potential to perform very well in periods of stock market weakness (see chart). You should buy insurance when insurers don’t believe that the “risk event” will happen. Very high Chinese gold demand,...

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Precious Metals Outperform Markets In August – Gold +4 percents, Silver +5 percents

2017-09-04

by Jan Skoyles

2017-09-04

All four precious metals outperform markets in August. Gold posts best month since January, up nearly 4%. Gold reaches highest price since US election, climbs due to uncertainty and safe haven demand. S&P 500 marginally higher; Euro Stoxx, Nikkei lower for month. Platinum is best performing metal climbing over 5%. Palladium climbs over 4% thanks to seven year supply squeeze.

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Six Banks Join UBS’s “Utility Coin” Blockchain Project

2017-09-03

by Tyler Durden

2017-09-03

Here’s a piece of news that the remaining human members of Wall Street’s FX sales and trading desks probably don’t want to hear. According to the Financial Times, six of the world’s largest banks have decided to join a blockchain project called “utility coin” that will allow banks to settle trades in securities denominated in different currencies without a money transfer.

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Gold Reset To $10,000/oz Coming “By January 1, 2018” – Rickards

2017-09-02

by Jan Skoyles

2017-09-02

Trump could be planning a radical “reboot” of the U.S. dollar. Currency reboot will see leading nations devalue their currencies against gold. New gold price would be nearly 8 times higher at $10,000/o. Price based on mass exit of foreign governments and investors from the US Dollar. US total debt now over $80 Trillion – $20T national debt and $60T consumer debt. Monetary reboot or currency devaluation seen frequently – even modern history. Buy...

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Gold Surges 2.6 percent After Jackson Hole and N. Korean Missile

2017-09-01

by Jan Skoyles

2017-09-01

Gold surges as N. Korea fires ballistic missile over Japan. Safe haven buying sees gold break out to 10-month high after Jackson Hole and rising North Korea risk of attack on Guam. South Korea’s air force dropped eight MK 84 bombs near Seoul; simulating the destruction of North Korea’s leadership.

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Thank God Its Friday with Marc Faber

2017-09-01

by Marc Faber

Marc Faber, , Editor and Publisher, The Gloom, Boom & Doom Report talks about Indian real-estate, cryptocurrency and Indian stocks.

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Diversify Into Gold On U.S. “Political Instability” Advise Blackrock

2017-08-31

by Mark O'Byrne

2017-08-31

Gold set to shine as Washington stumbles. “Bet on gold’s diversifying properties rather than political stability”. World’s largest asset manager believes Trump and political drama in the U.S. means gold likely to rise. Real rates flattening out and rising political instability – Blackrock’s Koesterich. “For now my bias would be to stick with gold” – Blackrock. U.S. debt ceiling issue to be fractious as bankrupt U.S. hits $20 trillion debt....

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Precious Metals Supply-Demand Report

2017-08-29

by Keith Weiner

2017-08-29

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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The Truth About Bundesbank Repatriation of Gold From U.S.

2017-08-26

by Jan Skoyles

2017-08-26

Bundesbank has completed a transfer of gold worth €24B from France and U.S. Germany has completed domestic gold storage plan 3 years ahead of schedule. In the €7.7 million plan, 54,000 gold bars were shipped and audited.

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Global Financial Crisis 10 Years On: Gold Price Rises 124 percent From €490 to €1,100

2017-08-25

by Jan Skoyles

2017-08-25

Gold up over 100% in major currencies since financial crisis. Gold up 100% in USD, 124% in EUR and surged 200% in GBP. Gold has outperformed equity, bonds and most assets. Gold remains an important safe-haven in long term.

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Bad Ideas About Money and Bitcoin

2017-08-24

by Keith Weiner

2017-08-24

How We Got Used to Fiat Money Most false or irrational ideas about money are not new. For example, take the idea that government can just fix the price of one monetary asset against another. Some people think that we can have a gold standard by such a decree today. This idea goes back at least as far as the Coinage Act of 1792, when the government fixed 371.25 grains of silver to the same value as 24.75 grains of gold, or a ratio of 15 to 1.

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Sprott Money News Ask the Expert August 2017 – Nomi Prins

2017-08-24

by Sprott Money

Renowned journalist and author, Nomi Prins, fields questions from Sprott Money customers on topics ranging from the Federal Reserve system to the gold in Fort Knox.

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Ronan Manly-Can China Impact the Fraudulent London Paper Gold Markets?

2017-08-23

by Ronan Manly

Ronan Manly, explains how an honest gold bullion market in Shanghai could put pressure on western gold markets to correct price distortion caused by the paper futures markets?

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Precious Metals Supply and Demand Report

2017-08-23

by Keith Weiner

2017-08-23

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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U.S. Treasury Secretary: I Assume Fort Knox Gold Is Still There

2017-08-23

by Jan Skoyles

2017-08-23

US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin visits Fort Knox Gold Later tweeted ‘Glad gold is safe!’ Only the third Treasury Secretary to visit the fortified vault, last visit was 1948

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Buffett Sees Market Crash Coming? His Cash Speaks Louder Than Words

2017-08-21

by Jan Skoyles

2017-08-21

Berkshire Hathaway Welling Cash Pile, Q2 2013 - Q2 2017

The Sage of Omaha’s adage is “it’s far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price.” But for Warren Buffett the current environment doesn’t appear to be offering up any wonderful companies at fair valuations. The situation is so bad that the cash stockpile of Berkshire Hathaway has more than doubled in the last four years, from under $40 billion to $100bn.

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