Central banks

What is the real power of money? Money is at the heart of our exchanges. Commercial exchanges, naturally, but also social and cultural ones. By linking individuals, it helps to pacify relationships, and thus plays an almost religious role. At the same time, through its creative power, it generate...

Since the crisis in 2020, the US stock market has grown at a sustained rate of +20% per year. Since 2022, this rise has been further accentuated by the rise of artificial intelligence. Despite the momentum of innovation and continued growth in the US, the strength of this bull market is raising q...

Apparently Trump’s motto is: Go big or go home. Gold at $2,900 values the US’s 8,100 tonne at a measly $0.8 T. Do you really think he’s going to tweak the monetary system to put a lousy $0.8 trillion onto the balance sheet?

Are we witnessing the end of paper gold? Currently, 100 ounces of paper gold are traded for every ounce of physical gold available on the market. If paper gold investors lose confidence in their counterparties against a backdrop of physical metal shortages, we'll be witnessing a historic event in...

The gold market is becoming more physical, less manipulated and more transparent. The rush to buy physical gold is taking place against a backdrop of rising inflation.

Gold is the barometer of current events, and as such, it sends out a very strong signal. At a time when the global economy is reeling under the effects of financial instability, trade wars and geopolitical conflicts, the yellow metal is racking up record after record.

Until recently, physical gold used to flow mainly from refineries to the BRICS countries. Now, over the past two months, it's the US market that's acting as a veritable vacuum cleaner, absorbing an ever-increasing share of the physical gold market.

Since the announcement of Trump’s victory, the COMEX has been facing exceptionally high Gold delivery demands.This required a veritable airlift to transfer 393 tonnes of gold from the LBMA’s London warehouses to the COMEX vaults in New York, bringing the New York gold stocks to 926 tonnes. This m...

Physical gold is no longer simply an investment; it is now the ultimate protection, ensuring the smooth running of the economy in the event of a sudden breakdown in the traditional financial system.

This week, we'll look at medium-term charts of Silver/Euro and Silver/FTSE.