Monetary history

To function, a gold standard would require a far higher price than today. Will Donald Trump, willingly or not, help China and Russia rebuild the international monetary system? The answer could come within weeks — or months at most.

For various reasons, whether social, cultural, political, or financial, gold is still not widely discussed among the general public. However, this trend could change.

Capitalism promises us a paradise, but are we living in hell? Can economic progress be incompatible with human progress? An economy based on debt, and therefore on the imperative of growth, never ceases to encourage capital sins, an economy based on gold can adapt to human needs and therefore enc...

Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill Tuesday to recognize gold and silver as legal tender in Florida, paving the way for their use in financial exchanges.

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...

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?

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.

The tyranny of time is a fact of life in the modern world. The fear of the future and of emptiness, ingrained in everyone, is exploited to turn time into a scarce commodity to be maximized.

Gold is the best-performing asset class in this century, better than the S&P including reinvested dividends and still NOBODY OWNS GOLD. Only 0.5% of global financial assets are invested in gold. Gold will rise by multiples in the coming years.

Gold's appearance predates that of iron by several millennia, and coincides approximately with that of copper. It has also been established that the precious metal was used by certain civilizations even before the birth of writing. The history of gold never ceases to amaze, to the point where we...