Gold

Precious metal prices, particularly silver, are closely linked to energy prices. Bank demand for gold looks set to be extremely strong in the final quarter of 2023, especially as the banking crisis is likely to spread internationally, as it did in 2008.

China added to its gold reserves for a 10th straight month, extending a push to bolster its hefty stockpile as it tries to diversify away from the US dollar.

Gold is testing all-time highs in many currencies. Gold in yen is achieving this performance at a time when the Japanese bond market is going through an unprecedented crisis of confidence.

It is becoming clearer an clearer that China will not be the leading power in tomorrow's world. Since the pandemic, China's economy and banking sector have been in dire straits. The country is looking for new sources of growth. At the BRICS summit, held in Johannesburg from August 22 to 24, Xi Ji...

Matthew Piepenburg sits down with Rick Rule and Jim Rickards to discuss the future of the USD, the rising BRICS tide and the Realpolitik of any realistic gold-backed BRICS trade currency.

On July 27, figures released by the US administration showed GDP up by 2.4%, well above the 2% anticipated by analysts. The U.S. economy seemed to be resisting the sharp rise in interest rates better than expected. But the administration published a terse correction: the increase in GDP was not 2...

For years Matthew Piepenburg and Egon von Greyerz have warned investors about the consequences of a system based on unlimited money printing, debt creation and money debasement. The world economy and the financial system is now on the cusp of a precipice. No one can forecast when the coming viole...

We last looked at the Gold Silver ratio in February, and I would like to revisit the monthly chart today as the pattern has continued to morph yet is still playing out largely as expected.

With the recent rise in interest rates, demand for credit is collapsing in many sectors of the economy.

A recent NBER study shows the close link between the price of gold and the level of real interest rates. This study has attracted criticism for gold, and a Bloomberg article entitled "Gold is no longer a safe haven" has caused quite a stir. In this article, we will demonstrate that the arguments...