Since its peak at $51.33 in April 2011, silver has languished in the doldrums, dropping to $13.76 just before last Christmas. Friday’s close of $19.77 going into the 2016 Fourth of July long weekend is its highest level since September 2014

According to an EU official, the liquidity support program includes up to €150 billion ($166 billion) in government guarantees.

Little more than a year after publicly stating that he did not condone a return to the gold standard, Greenspan does now. “If we went back on the gold standard … as it existed prior to 1913, we’d be fine."

With this political and economic uncertainty holding sway for the undefinable future, investors will undoubtedly be seeking safe havens for their wealth.

There were very few surprises today as the two-day Fed meeting came to a close. There was a refusal to raise the interest rate from 0.5%, while economic expectations were lowered for both 2017 and 2018. There were also hints that the current interest rate may hold for longer than previously...

As is perhaps to be expected, Deutsche Bank are keen to underplay their ongoing problems, dismissing speculation that they are “another Lehman Brothers”. But is it right to deny such claims, and are the experts right on this matter?

If you want to know how a Brexit could affect the stock market and the Sterling, you just need to look at the polls. Every time new data is released and every time the pollsters record a swing in one direction or another, the markets react accordingly.

Even though the Registered silver inventories increased in March, they are currently at 15 year lows. Moreover, the number of Owners Per Ounce of Registered silver has never been higher.

The surge in gold prices since the beginning of this year following three years of decline could gain further momentum if U.K. citizens vote in favor of the Brexit, which is looking increasingly more likely.

The May jobs report brought bad news today as it was announced that far fewer jobs were added to the United States economy than expected.

Several months ago, as Venezuela's hyperinflating, imploding economy was spinning in freefall, leading to the dramatic episodes of total social collapse such as those profiled in "Scenes From The Venezuela Apocalypse: "Countless Wounded" After 5,000 Loot Supermarket Looking For Food", we wrote that...

Why Gold Is A Better Investment Than Apple

We have followed the ownership changes of London's massive vaults with keen interest ever since our December 2014 article when we reported that Deutsche Bank's gold vaule was for sale in "Massive 1,500 Ton Gold Vault For Sale In The Heart Of London, One Previous Owner, Asking £4,500,000 O.B.O." The...

Goldman admits it was wrong, but still remains indirectly short as it is still hoping to skewer even more muppets on the very same trade it has gotten wrong for the past 3 months... and in the process buy their gold if possible.

China, the world’s largest gold consumer, launched on Tuesday a gold benchmark denominated in Yuan and plans to exert a stronger influence in the global market by better controlling the prices. It will also serve to increase the international credibility of its currency.

Deutsche Bank has also reached a settlement in US litigation alleging the bank conspired to fix gold prices. In other words, hours after admitting it was rigging the silver market, it did the same for gold.

Back in July of 2014, we reported that in an attempt to obtain if not compensation, then at least confirmation of bank manipulation in the precious metals industry, a group of silver bullion banks including Deutsche Bank, Bank of Nova Scotia and HSBC (later UBS was also added to the defendants) were...

The CME curiously reported that it received notice from the Federal Reserve that it is authorized to open an account at the Fed which would “allow it to better safeguard cash deposited by its traders”

Exposing tax dodgers is a worthy endeavor, but the “limited hangout” of the Panama Papers may have less noble ends, dovetailing with the War on Cash and the imminent threat of massive bail-ins of depositor funds.

China increased its central bank gold reserves in March by the smallest amount since the country started releasing the data on a monthly basis last year.