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Oil exporters such as Russia and Iran will soon be able to bypass the US dollar — and convert their yuan into gold.

Including this year, gold has risen in 14 of the past 17 years at a 9.4% compound annual rate, far surpassing returns from stocks.

The opportunity to purchase gold and silver at reasonable prices is soon ending. There just won’t be enough gold to satisfy the coming demand.

Silver is currently trading around $17 an ounce. This is around 34% of its 1980 all-time high of $50. However, this is an incomplete representation of what silver is really trading at, relative to US dollars. When you look at the silver price, relative to US currency (the amount of actual US dollars...

Last week featured two unusual stories on gold — one strange and the other truly weird. These stories explain why gold is not just money but is the most politicized form of money.

S&P 500 volume has been shrinking with respect to Gold volume, indicating growing interest in the Gold asset class versus the S&P 500.

The risk of a major war is now very high. The dilemma is that this is just one of many problems with potentially catastrophic consequences that the world is currently facing.

A 1988 edition of The Economist magazine predicted a world currency by the year 2018.

A new nail should be driven in the savers’ coffins, according to the very serious Reuters press agency: the freezing of bank accounts in order to avoid any bank run.

The Bundesbank today announced it had "completed its gold transfer process earlier than originally planned."

Totally irresponsible policies by Governments and Central Banks have created the most dangerous situation that the world has ever experienced. Risk doesn’t arise quickly as the result of a single action or event. No, risk of the magnitude that the world is experiencing today is the result of many ye...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin paid a rare official visit to Fort Knox to check out the nation’s gold stash on Monday.

Fake money has created a totally uneven playing field for most ordinary people.

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (“HKEX”) launched dual-currency (USD and RMB pricing and settlement) physical delivery Gold Futures Contracts (“Gold Contracts”) through its subsidiary, the Hong Kong Futures Exchange (“HKFE”), on 10 July 2017.

To understand why the somewhat cliche 10% gold investment allocation mantra may be somewhat misleading today, some historical context is required.

Over the last 150 years, the West has gone from human slavery to debt slavery.

The trillions of dollars, euro, yens, Yuan etc. created by the central banks since the 2008 crisis haven’t triggered any wave of inflation, contrary to what history has been teaching thus far. But should we underestimate the risk? Of course not.

In the next 3-5 years most asset classes, be it stocks, bonds or property or just currencies are likely to lose 75% to 99% against gold and silver. Certainly not a risk worth taking.

The latest extremely bullish COT charts are not negated by the dollar being oversold here and some of its indicators looking positive. The bigger picture is that the dollar may be headed for a breakdown and severe decline or even a crash.

Zero interest rates are causing financial instability.