Savings

The news is marked by the crisis of confidence in the entire cryptocurrency sector after the spectacular fall of the FTX exchange platform. The reaction of the markets to the consequences of the crypto crash may therefore prove difficult to read. The other event of the week was the release of the...

As the US government's difficulties in financing its debt increase, the central banks of other countries are increasing their purchases of physical gold. The ultimate value of the yellow metal is gradually being realized. Gold is once again becoming the ultimate insurance against default.

2022 will have confirmed our expectations. The price of gold has (so far) remained broadly stable with sharp movements linked in particular to the war in Ukraine. However, as we have shown, these movements are symmetrical with the past evolution of gold prices. Although the year 2022 is not over,...

The global travelling circus is now reaching ever more nations just as expected. This is right on cue at the end of the most extraordinary financial bubble era in history. It is obviously debt creation, money printing and the resulting currency debasement which creates the inevitable fall of yet...

Silver has been a popular store of value for centuries. Today, large and small investors alike recognize silver’s intrinsic worth and are including silver in their investment portfolios. Without question, few other substances are as versatile, as beneficial, as beautiful as silver. It has been in...

As central banks’ interventions continue to increase, the volatility in all markets is not going to go away! Under these conditions, how can we be surprised to see more and more investors seeking the stability of an investment in physical gold in order to regain some serenity in a financial world...

Gold is a historical bulwark against currency depreciation. Percentage of original value of the US Dollar, British pound and Japanese yen relative to gold in 1900.

Therefore today is not the time for greed, hoping that markets will grow to the sky. Instead, now is the time for wealth preservation and protecting what you have. Otherwise, wealth which has been acquired over several decades could easily evaporate in the next few years.

The rush into physical metal comes at a time when the global margin call is affecting funds that are liquidating their long positions in the futures market. Speculators are increasing their short positions in anticipation of a collapse in demand for metals due to the looming global recession.

As the constraints of rationing, loss of purchasing power and taxation of wealth loom large, this situation is reminiscent of the 1930s and Franklin Delano Roosevelt's confiscation of gold.