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Stefan Gleason

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Stefan Gleason is President of Money Metals Exchange, a precious metals dealer recently named “Best in the USA” by an independent global ratings group, and current winners of Bullion Dealer of the Year (E-Commerce)

A graduate of the University of Florida, Gleason is a seasoned business leader, investor, political strategist, and grassroots activist. Gleason has frequently appeared on national television networks such as CNN, FoxNews, and CNBC and in hundreds of publications such as the Wall Street Journal, The Street, and Seeking Alpha.

Central Bank Gloom a Shining Rainbow for Metals?

Central Bank Gloom a Shining Rainbow for Metals?

During turbulent times like these, markets can be melting down one day… and zooming higher the next. Gold may serve as a fantastic safe-haven asset one day… but get hammered by futures traders the next.

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Silver’s Coiling Like a Spring

Silver's Coiling Like a Spring

The Dollar Index is now facing some significant resistance in the 99-100 zone. If the buck turns lower from here, that should help hard asset prices continue to recover

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THIS Is What a Run on the Bank for Precious Metals Looks Like…

THIS Is What a Run on the Bank for Precious Metals Looks Like…

Put simply, available inventories are failing to keep up with demand largely from the automotive industry. According to Refnitiv GFMS, the palladium market will be under-supplied by 883,000 ounces this year.

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Central Bankers Try to Avert Coronavirus Crash

Central Bankers Try to Avert Coronavirus Crash

The emerging coronavirus pandemic is already crimping global commerce. In response, the S&P 500 has put in two weeks’ worth of declines since making new highs to start the year.

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Precious Metals Set to Keep Powering Ahead

Precious Metals Set to Keep Powering Ahead

Precious metals got off to an explosive early start to 2020 as tensions between the U.S. and Iran drove safe-haven buying. The question for investors is whether the fundamental picture now looks promising or fleeting.

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Yes, China Is a Currency Manipulator…

Yes, China Is a Currency Manipulator...

The U.S. Treasury announced Monday that China is no longer on a list of countries deemed to be “currency manipulators.” The timing was awfully convenient and besides, nobody actually believes China has stopped manipulating the value of its yuan versus the U.S. dollar.

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Metals Outlook For 2020 – Key Fundamentals and Technicals

Metals Outlook For 2020 - Key Fundamentals and Technicals

Precious metals markets enter the New Year with some impressive upside momentum. Are gold and silver poised to deliver big gains in 2020?

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Inflation Threat Looms in 2020 as Fed Ramps Up Stimulus

Inflation Threat Looms in 2020 as Fed Ramps Up Stimulus

The Federal Reserve left its benchmark interest rate unchanged as expected last week. However, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell made news with some of his most dovish remarks to date – stating flatly that he won’t hike rates again until inflation moves up significantly

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U.S. Sanctions Boost Alternative Currency Demand

U.S. Sanctions Boost Alternative Currency Demand

The Fed’s “weak dollar” policy looks like it may come back to bite, as the Federal Reserve Note steadily loses credibility as world reserve currency.

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Gold ETFs Surge… But is There Any Actual Gold?

Gold ETFs Surge… But is There Any Actual Gold?

There is good reason to be skeptical of whether all these “gold” vehicles actually hold physical metal sufficient to back their market capitalizations on a 1:1 basis. Some of them very well might; others almost certainly don’t.

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Supply Crunch Coming as Silver Miners Scale Back

Supply Crunch Coming as Silver Miners Scale Back

Silver miners forced to adapt and shift focus and capital into adding gold production rather than boosting silver output

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What to Do NOW in Case of a Future Banking System Breakdown

What to Do NOW in Case of a Future Banking System Breakdown

Monetary Madness Puts U.S. Dollar Holders in Jeopardy Bullion.Directory precious metals analysis 12 Novemberber, 2019 By Stefan Gleason President of Money Metals Exchange Why? Because the banking system may not […]

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Monetary Madness Puts Dollar in Jeopardy

Monetary Madness Puts Dollar in Jeopardy

They may not call it “Quantitative Easing,” but in September Federal Reserve officials launched a massive new campaign of liquidity injections that will expand their balance sheet by hundreds of billions of dollars. This was all prompted by trouble in the overnight lending “repo” market, where a lack of liquidity caused interest rates to spike to multiples of the Fed funds rate.

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Warren Charts Wealth-Raiding Warpath to White House

Warren Charts Wealth-Raiding Warpath to White House

One of Warren’s signature campaign promises is to impose a “wealth tax.” It would introduce a dangerous new concept into the tax code – namely that the government gets to tax not just capital gains on investments, but also the market value of investments and other household assets taken together.

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Will War Drums, Inflation Fears Ignite Gold and Silver Markets?

Will War Drums, Inflation Fears Ignite Gold and Silver Markets?

Few investors are positioned to cope with the rising risk of war in the Middle East. Few are prepared for the prospect of persistently higher energy prices and higher inflation. Even fewer are taking steps to insulate their portfolios from future black swan events

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A “Looming” Recession Is a Golden Opportunity

A “Looming” Recession Is a Golden Opportunity

It’s the most widely anticipated recession in history. The recession hasn’t arrived yet – and may not do so anytime soon – but the mainstream media still can’t stop talking […]

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Will Silver’s Surprising Summer Surge Continue?

Will Silver’s Surprising Summer Surge Continue?

Just a few weeks ago, silver naysayers told us we’d have to wait months, or even years, before the market made a big move. Now they are eating their words! The white-hot metal surged past $18.50/oz this morning to reach its highest level in more than two years.

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U.S. Dollar to Lose Stature in Global Race to Devalue

U.S. Dollar to Lose Stature in Global Race to Devalue

Last Monday, the Treasury Department labeled China a “currency manipulator” for depressing the yuan’s exchange rate. It isn’t clear whether that designation will have anything more than a symbolic effect.

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Negative Interest Is Coming for Your $$$…

Negative Interest Is Coming for Your $$$...

The world is in the midst of one of the strangest asset bubbles of all time. Instead of being fueled by the hope of bigger and bigger gains, it is being driven by a resignation to incurring lower and lower… and ultimately negative, yields on capital.

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Automakers Warn over Supply of Critical Metals

Automakers Warn over Supply of Critical Metals

While motorists continue to enjoy the benefits of a longstanding supply glut in crude oil, car manufacturers are becoming increasingly worried about shortages. Not in liquid fuels, but in metals.

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Will Trump Initiate Currency Intervention?

Will Trump Initiate Currency Intervention?

Following months of cajoling by the White House, the Federal Reserve finally cut its benchmark interest rate. However, the reaction in equity and currency markets was not the one President Donald Trump wanted – or many traders anticipated.

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Fed Easing Starts Race To The Bottom

Fed Easing Starts Race To The Bottom

With the Federal Reserve all but certain to cut interest rates multiple times in the months ahead, central bankers are engaged in a race to the bottom. As negative interest rates expand in Japan and across Europe, as long-term bond yields in the U.S. plummet, and as President Donald Trump continues to talk tough on trade, the Fed has little choice but to cut.

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Monetary Metals Don’t Need a “Gold Standard” Proxy System

Monetary Metals Don’t Need a "Gold Standard" Proxy System

President Trump moved recently to nominate an avowed sound money advocate, Judy Shelton, to the Federal Reserve Board. Bullion.Directory precious metals analysis 17 July, 2019 By Stefan Gleason President of […]

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Student Loan Bubble Sets Up Next Financial Crisis

Student Loan Bubble Sets Up Next Financial Crisis

Government-Pumped Student Loan Bubble Sets Up Next Financial Crisis Bullion.Directory precious metals analysis 05 July, 2019 By Stefan Gleason President of Money Metals Exchange Presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth […]

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Will Silver Soon Follow Gold’s Lead?

Will Silver Soon Follow Gold’s Lead?

Gold prices have broken out of a massive multi-year consolidation pattern to the upside. Bullion.Directory precious metals analysis 24 June, 2019 By Stefan Gleason President of Money Metals Exchange That […]

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The Social Security Ax Is Coming

The Social Security Ax Is Coming

But Can Inflation “Save” Social Security? Bullion.Directory precious metals analysis 18 June, 2019 By Stefan Gleason President of Money Metals Exchange Uncle Sam is going broke. That’s not exactly news […]

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Three Steps to Making Your Personal Finances More Private

Three Steps to Making Your Personal Finances More Private

Three ESSENTIAL Steps to Making Your Personal Finances More Private in the Digital Age Bullion.Directory precious metals analysis 13 June, 2019 By Stefan Gleason President of Money Metals Exchange Imagine […]

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Gold Price Forecast 2020: Election Special

Gold Price Forecast 2020: Election Special

Gold Price Forecast 2020: How the Presidential Election Could Affect the Gold Market Bullion.Directory precious metals analysis 05 June, 2019 By Stefan Gleason President of Money Metals Exchange The 2020 […]

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Stefan Gleasonbullion.directory author Stefan Gleason

Stefan Gleason is President of Money Metals Exchange, a precious metals dealer recently named “Best in the USA” by an independent global ratings group, and current winners of Bullion Dealer of the Year (E-Commerce)

A graduate of the University of Florida, Gleason is a seasoned business leader, investor, political strategist, and grassroots activist. Gleason has frequently appeared on national television networks such as CNN, FoxNews, and CNBC and in hundreds of publications such as the Wall Street Journal, The Street, and Seeking Alpha.