News

The only protection as I see it that investors have to offset the long-term effects of these policies is to own precious metals and to own the physical precious metals because paper gold can’t be trusted.

Along with its public deficits going the wrong way, as we wrote about last week, France has now to contend with its banking sector. According to Euromoney, a study from the Lausanne Center for Risk Management shows that french banks represent the most important systemic risk of Europe!

Physical demand for gold & silver coins remains strong. For the 3 months thru June, gold coin sales are 120k oz’s (46%) higher than for the 3 months leading up to the $1900 gold peak in 2011

Paper Money Hides The Truth, Roubini attacks the gold bugs, Are the Gold Bugs Wrong?, Is Gold at a Turning Point?, Stunning Images From China, Public Deficits Getting Out Of Control in France

France is losing its footing. It just fell to the other side of the Laffer Curve : tax increases not only did not produce any revenue, but we’re witnessing a decline in fiscal revenue.

Paper money hides the truth, and the truth is that most of the increase we have seen in paper wealth is illusory both for individuals and for the world. But it suits the governments to fool their people. This gives them the best chance of being reelected and they also engage in theft through inf...

Interview of Jim Willie, Gold & Silver Inventory Reports Are Fraudulent, Shortage Of Physical Gold, The Current Level of Physical Gold Trading Is Incredible, Possibility of Gold Confiscation

The european economy’s landscape looks sad... The Eurozone saw its GDP lose 0.2% in the first quarter, and the OECD revised to the downside its forecast for 2013 and sees a 0.6% recession ahead

Physical trading is at the same level where it was when gold was at its peak at $1,900. That’s extraordinary. The level of physical gold trading is incredible.

Gold Bull Market Still Has a Long Way to Go, Interview of C.Powell (GATA) About Market Manipulation, Time for Contrary Thinking, Paper vs Physical Gold

Nikkei’s 7% plunge, last Thursday, and the way it happened, gives us a glimpse into how the next crisis will play.

When using shadowstats inflation statistics we'll see that the 1980 peak of $850 equals $9000+ today. The gold bull market still has a long way to go

In his 7 years as Chairman of the Fed Ben Bernanke has printed more money than during the whole history of the USA

Interview of Chris Powell (GATA) About Precious Metals Market Manipulation, The Gold Bear Market Is Disinformation, Shortage Intensifies, The Beginning Move Of The Gold End Game

China knows it has created a credit bubble. But its effects are subsiding and, contrary to the Western governments who keep printing and printing, China has put in place an emergency strategy that is the exact opposite of the actual bubble-creating policies.

How long can the manipulation of the precious metal markets last ? Chris Powell (GATA) speaks about the rather obvious price manipulation occurring in the gold and silver markets