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German debt problems
Somewhat counterintuitive action in the precious metals markets yesterday, with gold and silver coming under selling pressure despite news of easing from a trio of major central banks. As expected, the...
View ArticleThere is no exit plan
There was an interesting note from Agora Financial a few weeks ago raising the following question. If Operation Twist and the previous QE programmes were successful, then why is there a need for more?...
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Continuing Low Interest Rates In The US, Europe Joins The Party
Both the central bank in the US and Europe announced an update on their monetary policy over the last two days. The US is now facing almost five consecutive years of zero interest rates. On Wednesday...
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Interest Rates From An Austrian Viewpoint
Interest rates all over the world are at historic lows or even negative in some instances.The recent interest rate cut by the European Central Bank brought the interest in Europe to its lowest level...
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Can Central Banks Really Keep Interest Rates Down?
This article is an excerpt from the Mountain Vision newsletter, an excellent service which we strongly recommend. Ben Bernanke, Mario Draghi and Shinzo Abe are the modern-day heroes. They will not...
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Are Central Banks Losing Control Over Interest Rates?
In the following article, Mountain Vision points to the potential effects of the “debt trap.” Debts have mounted to record highs. The associated financing costs tend to be high as well, but these costs...
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Are Long Rates Threatening The Price Of Gold?
As gold has plunged in the past couple months, yields on benchmark US 10-year Treasury Notes have soared. Many Wall Street analysts claim these rising long rates are very bearish for gold, and have...
View ArticleGold Investing – Are The 7 Fundamental Drivers And Negative Real Rates Still...
The latest investment research paper from the World Gold Council analyzes three topics in detail. The first part contains an in-depth analysis of the true relationship between gold and US real interest...
View ArticleHigher Interest Rates: No Longer a Death Sentence for Gold
The announcement by Bernanke & Co. that the Fed would stay the course with its asset-purchasing program until it sees more evidence of a strengthening economy sent shock waves across the investment...
View ArticleDon Coxe: Gold Will Be Worth Much More Than $1,300 per Oz
In Financial Repression Starts Showing Its Ugly Head, one of the most read pieces of this website, we referred to an analogy between the current zero interest rate policy and the army. Don Coxe,...
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Are Rising Rates A Threat To The Price Of Gold?
Gold has slid during this past week on mounting fears of interest-rate hikes. Between the latest FOMC meeting’s minutes and the Fed’s annual Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium, American futures...
View ArticleIllusioned by the Economic “Recovery”
This is an excerpt from the latest Global Gold Outlook Report (full paper). Take a free subscription to receive similar updates in the future via e-mail: www.globalgold.ch. Europe’s economy is at a...
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Rates Are Rising, Supporting The Dollar But Bad For Gold
This is an excerpt from the daily StockCharts.com newsletter to premium subscribers, which offers daily a detailed market analysis (recommended service). It shows the ongoing inter-market effect of a...
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Why Money Is Worse Than Debt
Submitted by Francis Schutte, founder of Goldonomic.com: Everybody has to spend energy, has to work for his living. This is true for Government as well as for the billionaires and for the ordinary...
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Rate Bounce After Fed Meeting Pushes Dollar Higher and Gold Price Lower
This is an excerpt from the daily StockCharts.com newsletter to premium subscribers, which offers daily a detailed market analysis (recommended service). Although today’s Fed announcement didn’t really...
View ArticleMicrodocumentary: 4 Major Boom And Bust Cycles Explained
Most believe that expansionary monetary policy helps ease crises. Austrian School economists argue that central banks don’t help in smoothing the amplitude of the cycles, but rather are the cause of...
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Why Gold Fell 2.5 pct On Friday
Gold benefits from falling rates and a weaker dollar. It got hurt on both fronts on Friday. The big jump in rates pushed the dollar sharply higher. That combination pushed gold $31 dollars lower (a...
View ArticleCurrency Turmoil Make Gold And Silver Ownership a Necessity
The first two months of 2015 have seen turmoil in the currency markets extend from Russia and Ukraine to the heart of Europe. “Central Banks Now Open 24/7 Fighting Currency Wars and Deflation,” blared...
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Gold Tumbles On Rising Rates
Gold got hit hard Friday on two fronts. One was the sharp jump in U.S. interest rates. The other was the surge in the U.S. Dollar to the highest level in eleven years. The chart below shows the price...
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Extremes In The Markets: Expect Consequences (Part I)
WHAT EXTREMES?The S&P 500 Index has tripled in 6 years, is overbought, and at an all-time high. See graph showing 7 year cycle highs and overbought indicators.Earnings do not support the high...
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