Financial markets

You need neither words nor a Ph. D. to see the evident distortion created by government manipulation of the currency.

The fate of the global economy was decided decades ago as deficits, debts and derivatives started their exponential growth and reached the time bomb phase that we are now in.

This coming autumn, we are likely to see the beginning of the hyperinflationary phase of the sovereign debt crisis.

In spite of the manipulation of gold and gold stocks, gold will always over time reveal the truth. And the truth is that the massively inflated US stock market is underperforming in real terms in spite of making new highs.

We’ve already talked about the banking crisis in Italy, with 360 billion € in bad loans, the equivalent of 22% of its GDP, an inordinate amount that leads us to fear the worst. The situation has been temporarily stabilised after a deal between the head of government and Brussels: a bailout plan h...

Investor worries remain about the profitability of the European bank sector after the release of the 3rd “stress test” of lenders from across the EU.

The two-day meeting of the U.S. Federal Reserve Policy Committee left the nation’s benchmark interest rate as-is but without the unanimity displayed in June.

The theoretical arguments for central bank gold price management are based on the connection of gold with fiat currency. Gold reserves are designed to build confidence in fiat currency. This confidence would be jeopardized if the price of gold increased by too much, which is the theoretical basis...

It is no surprise that both commercial and central banks hate gold. Because gold reveals the total mismanagement of the economy and the deceitful actions that the bankers take.

The important silver threshold line was broken briefly last week and continues to bump up against it in early trading today. If the silver price closes above this threshold line by a significant margin, it could mean big trouble for the bullion banks who hold record silver short contracts.