Jim Rickards

The BRICS+ countries will announce the creation of a new currency at its annual leaders’ summit conference on August 22–24. It appears likely that the new BRICS+ currency will be linked to a weight of gold. This will be the biggest upheaval in international finance since 1971. It’s taking direct aim...

The New Depression that has emerged from the COVID pandemic is the worst economic crisis in U.S. history. Deflation, debt, and demography will wreck any chance of recovery, and social disorder will follow closely on the heels of market chaos.

The history of gold bull markets (1971–80 and 1999–2011) shows that the most powerful gains come toward the end of the bull market, not at the beginning.

I suggest you buy your gold at current levels and ride the wave up to much higher levels. It’ll protect your wealth in the days ahead. Like every market, it will fluctuate. Nothing goes up in a straight line. But you want to focus on the longer term picture. And it looks very bright for gold.

Morgan’s observation that “Money is gold, and nothing else,” was right in two respects. The first and most obvious is that gold is a form of money. The second and more subtle point, revealed in the phrase, “and nothing else,” was that other instruments purporting to be money were really forms of cre...

Why gold? That’s a question I’m asked frequently. It’s usually followed by a comment along the lines of, “I don’t get it. It’s just a shiny rock. People dig it out of the ground and then put it back in the ground. What’s the point?” I usually begin my reply by saying, “It’s not a rock, it’s a metal”...

The dollar constitutes about 60% of global reserves, 80% of global payments and almost 100% of global oil transactions. So the dollar’s strength or weakness can have an enormous impact on global markets.

The combination of fundamental, technical and geopolitical factors is converging in 2018 in a way we have not seen since the late 1970s. The new bull market in gold will be even more powerful than the 1971–1980 bull market and the 1999–2011 bull market.

Rickards expects gold to go to $10,000 an ounce as some central banks may have to resort to the gold standard to restore confidence in the markets.

The physical fundamentals are stronger than ever for gold. Russia and China continue to be huge buyers. China bans export of its 450 tons per year of physical production.

Normally when rates go up, the dollar strengthens and gold weakens. They usually move in opposite directions. So how could gold have gone up when the Fed was tightening and the dollar was strong?

Bill Bonner spoke to James Rickards about central banks’ inability to stop the next financial crisis, as well as a possible financial market lock down.

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.

I was very pleased to welcome Jim Rickards to Zurich very recently. In this important 16 minutes video, recorded in a Swiss vault, Jim and I cover many vital factors that investors must be aware of to protect themselves against the major risks in the financial system. Among the topics covered...

Gold is becoming more and more acceptable in the investment community and especially since interest rates have approached zero and in some countries even gone negative.

Interview of James Rickards by Fabrice Drouin Ristori about central bank manipulation of gold and silver markets. The signs that the manipulation is coming to an end will include depletion of warehouses, price spikes and notifications from banks that they will no longer allow the conversion of gold...