The US Owes the World 3x The Gold Ever Produced
The US owes the world 453,000 tonnes of gold which is almost 3 times all the gold ever produced in history.
Read articleThe US owes the world 453,000 tonnes of gold which is almost 3 times all the gold ever produced in history.
Read articleIn the Roman calendar, the Ides of March was the same as March 15th in today’s calendar. This date was not significant until Julius Caesar was assassinated on 15 March 44BC. Shakespeare then coined the phrase “Beware of the Ides of March” in his Julius Caesar work. So will March 15, 2017 be signi...
Read articleGrant Williams and Egon von Greyerz cover a very broad range of subjects from gold, wealth preservation to debt, interest rates, Brexit, the EU and much more.
Read articleTo own gold is not climbing a wall of worry. For anyone who understands the problems that the world is now facing, physical gold ownership gives peace of mind and the best insurance that money can buy.
Read articleWestern Central Banks have a real knack for timing the sale of their gold reserves. They are absolute experts when it comes to picking the bottom of the gold market. Central banks in the UK, Switzerland and Norway, to mention a few, timed their sales to perfection. The only problem is that they all...
Read articleCentral Banks don’t just lease their gold to the market. They most probably also sell gold covertly. Total Central Bank holdings are 33,000 tons. Of that Western Central Banks hold around 23,000 tons of gold including the IMF holding.
Read articleSadly, not many investors understand the notion of buying an asset which is unloved and undervalued, like gold and silver at the turn of the century.
Read articleOverall stocks have been a great investment for the last 100 years due to the massive credit expansion and money printing worldwide.
Read articleAll currencies will reach their intrinsic value of ZERO in the next few years. Something that has fallen in value by 87-98% is guaranteed to complete the journey until it has lost 100%.
Read articleInvestors in the US would have made $262,000 more by investing in gold than in the S&P. In the UK, an investor would have made £448,000 more by investing in gold instead of the stock market.
Read article2017 has just started but some longer-term trend changes already seem to develop.
Read articleAt the beginning of a new year it would be totally natural to forecast what the likely events and trends will be for 2017. A lot of experts around the world will predict a number of “new” events as if a lot of things will change just because we are entering a new year.
Read articleWe are now approaching the final mania in markets. The Dow seems to be on its last swansong. Investors have been determined to take it up to 20,000. So far, the market has been twelve points from this magic level. At the same time treasury bonds are crashing.
Read articleWe will see in-flation, stag-flation, hyperinflation and de-flation. Many of these flations will happen simultaneously.
Read articleWith a very limited downside and an upside of many thousand dollars, at current levels of $1,175 physical gold is an absolute bargain.
Read articleFew people realise the coming bargains in all asset markets within the next five years or so. Stocks, bonds and property will be fractions of current prices.
Read articleVery few people realise the enormous wealth transfer that will take place in the next 5 years. Most will lose 75-90% of their wealth and some 100%. What is interesting is that investors needn’t lose most of their money if they took a few measures to protect their fortune.
Read articleThere is a total misunderstanding of the role of gold and why it is so critical to own physical gold. Gold should not be bought or sold based on rumours or events. In connection with the US election, gold moved for totally the wrong reasons.
Read articleGold doesn’t fit into a modern monetary system. It restricts the unlimited expansion of money and credit which is the new paradigm for prosperity and growth.
Read articleAs the gold market takes a break in its journey to much higher levels, it is good to step back a bit and understand why gold has appreciated so dramatically in the last 100 years and why this will continue for many years to come.
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