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Japan just crossed another hurdle in its escape ahead by monetization of its debt in what can be called a show of strength by the new Prime Minister, Shinto Abe, against Japan’s central bank.

Some investors are disappointed as gold only went up 7% in USD in 2012. After having compounded at over 19% p.a. over 11 years, gold certainly should be allowed to just gain 7% without some people calling an end to the bull market.

There is very significant news that has barely made the headlines : Last week, the Fed has paid $89 Billion in benefits to the U.S. Treasury. It is 18% more than last year’s payment and it wipes out the $79 Billion 2010 record

Egon von Greyerz told that Swiss gold refiners have been overwhelmed with orders for physical gold and buyers are now experiencing major delays in deliveries.

In this interview by Fabrice Drouin Ristori, Egon von Greyerz explains why it's important to own gold outside the banking system and why gold is not in a bubble.

Incredibly, banks’ wishes have come true in the very first week of 2013 ! Should we rejoice ? Well, not really, because one of the main dispositions of Basel III, where prudential norms of the world banking sector are being discussed, has been emptied of its substance. The crisis of 2008 has sho...

The answer to our actual crisis goes through a return to « sound » money. Not necessarily a gold standard, which would be too brutal, but at least we should let gold circulate as real money alongside the fiat currencies

Prices have dropped in the days following the QE4 announcement, and there is normally no more positive news for the precious metals than the announcement of massive money printing.

The aim of this article is to explain the differences between investment solutions offering direct ownership (allocated) and mutualized (non-allocated) ownership of physical gold.

The Fed has decided, last week, to extend its quantitative easing (QE) policy. The US central bank is back with pure monetary creation

Although gold (and silver) didn’t go up in the last couple of days, it is absolutely guaranteed that the continued destruction of paper money will lead to substantially higher prices in the precious metals

The fundamental and technical picture could not be better for gold and silver. Most governments’ deficits are escalating at a fast rate. Money printing worldwide is likely to accelerate rapidly and could reach exponential rises in the next 1-3 years.

We won’t be cruel by reminding you that François Hollande, recently, and his predecessor Nicolas Sarkozy, last spring, had declared the Eurozone crisis « over »... All the different bailout plans are only fragile undertakings, and the smallest shock can bring them down, as we know and are witness...

The case for gold as the ultimate wealth preservation investment is irrefutable. Whilst paper money and all assets that were financed by the credit bubble will collapse in real terms, gold will continue to represent stable purchasing power as it has done during 5,000 years.

he bank’s board of directors just published a document asking the shareholders (the governments of France, Belgium and Luxembourg) to subscribe to an increase in capital of 5.5Billion euros

The prices of gold and silver have dropped severely, November 28th 2012. Such a huge drop in less than a minute, only one day after options have expired, is quite hard to explain in a so-called free market in which no one is interfering.

Egon von Greyerz said that it's not the gold price that is going up, but rather the fiat currencies that are constantly losing their purchasing power

The CME announced today a case of "force majeure" regarding one of its physical gold storage facilities, managed for the COMEX, located in the southern part of New York City, in an area that was inundated during the storm known as Sandy.

Turkey has admitted that the increase in its gold exportations is related in reality to the payment of gas imported from Iran.

Moody’s has decided on Monday night to downgrade France’s AAA rating. A French debt crisis would jeopardize all of the Eurozone