Market manipulation

Silver is woefully behind gold. Its price is expected to see a meteoric rise in Q1.

The huge paper-gold bubble is about to burst, and short sellers find themselves trapped in a short squeeze. It is this phenomenon that has driven the price of gold steadily higher over the past year, and will continue to do so until gold reaches multiples of its current price.

As my last report for 2023, I wanted to hit the big issues blunt in the face—from debt and sovereign bond markets to themes on the USD, inflation, risk markets and physical gold.

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...

In addition to discussing the Fed’s total failure in controlling inflation, in this article I will also stick my neck out in the climate debate before I go on to the likely disastrous effects of debts, deficits and inflation will have on investment markets.

The BRICS+ countries will announce the creation of a new currency at its annual leaders’ summit conference on August 22–24. It appears likely that the new BRICS+ currency will be linked to a weight of gold. This will be the biggest upheaval in international finance since 1971. It’s taking direct...

The former head of the JPMorgan Chase & Co. precious-metals business and his top gold trader should get multiyear prison terms after they were convicted of spoofing the market for years, the US government said in a court filing.

Savers are not the only ones who have become poorer in the last two decades. Companies have also experienced a shortfall compared to the gold prices rise. If these companies had invested even a small part of their cash flow in gold, it would have greatly improved their financial situation...

Before discussing the "imminent" revaluation of physical gold, let's retrace the monetary role of the gold metal in recent history.

Is the $32 billion collapse of the crypto exchange FTX the catalyst for the fall of the financial system? We will soon know, but at least the GOLD vs CRYPTO debate was settled last week for the ones who believed cryptos represent wealth preservation.