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Roundup: Gold On Way to $3500 (or Higher)

Roundup: Gold On Way to $3500 (or Higher)

$3,500 could be the next long-term target for gold, the dollar’s status as the global reserve currency could be slipping, and gold’s jump looks to have come from unexpected sources.

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Gold Hits New High as US-China Tensions Grow

Gold Hits New High as US-China Tensions Grow

GOLD surged to fresh all-time high early Monday morning, as rising Covid-19 cases and simmering US-China tensions dented hopes for swift economic recovery. Price dislocation between London and New York “diminished” gold futures market impacting movement of physical gold.

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Profit from Rigged Markets and Cynicism

Profit from Rigged Markets and Cynicism

Opportunists know that artificially suppressed markets represent hidden value – and that under our inflationary monetary system, prices of precious metals will inevitably rise over time in terms of depreciating Federal Reserve Note dollars.

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Introducing Nu Fortune: Gold’s Ethical Miners

Introducing Nu Fortune: Gold's Ethical Miners

As a follow on to my recent blog post on Clean Earth Technology and as part of a short series in this sector I had some questions for Paul Hanna Chairman and Co-Founder of Nu Fortune Gold Ltd – the company that’s helping clean up gold mining

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Silver’s Surge Leaves Naysayers in the Dust

Silver’s Surge Leaves Naysayers in the Dust

With silver breaking out decisively to the upside, endangered bears are running for cover. Fundamentally, the character of both the silver and gold markets has changed this year’s rally. Retail bullion buying is not only back; it’s going through the roof!

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The Gold & Silver Markets Have Changed… Have You?

The Gold & Silver Markets Have Changed… Have You?

In spite of some very powerful evidence to the contrary, the general investing public still questions both the validity and upside potential of physical precious metals and the share prices of producing miners.

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Roundup: Spiking Inflation Pushing Americans Towards Gold and Silver

Roundup: Spiking Inflation Pushing Americans Towards Gold and Silver

Stories include: The Fed is in no position to respond to the spike in inflation, Swiss hedge fund is offering clients a precious metals shield against inflation, and Michigan jeweler launches his own Treasure Quest.

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How High Will Silver Go?

How High Will Silver Go?

The torrid rally in the silver market reached a major milestone this morning as prices hit $21/oz, closing above $20 for the first time since 2016. Even bigger moves are likely still to come…

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How You Pay for Precious Metals Matters

How You Pay for Precious Metals Matters

Even basics, such as how to make payment, need a bit of explaining. Buying precious metal isn’t complicated, but there are some differences compared with other types of purchases. One of the biggest differences is that paying with your credit card will cost you.

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Mortgage Delinquencies Skyrocket to Highest Level in 21 Years

Mortgage Delinquencies Skyrocket to Highest Level in 21 Years

If people aren’t paying the bill that puts a roof over their head, that doesn’t paint a pretty picture for the state of the U.S. economy. Sadly, it looks like that picture could be taking shape right now.

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Don’t Ignore this Critical Consideration for Retirement Saving

Don’t Ignore this Critical Consideration for Retirement Saving

According to a study by the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB), almost half of Americans do not have enough savings to maintain original spending levels past the first five years of their retirement.

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Gold Set to Sizzle this Summer

Gold Set to Sizzle this Summer

Summer doldrums? Not for precious metals markets! In early July, gold and silver each broke out to fresh multi-year highs. The yellow metal is within striking distance of new all-time highs and the headline-worthy figure of $2,000/oz.

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Gold Regains $1800, Silver $19 on Covid Recovery Spook

Gold Regains $1800, Silver $19 on Covid Recovery Spook

GOLD and SILVER bounced after overnight sell-off from multi-year highs against USD in London, rallying as commodity prices fell with global stock markets against backdrop of fading ‘V-shaped’ economic hopes

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Coin Shortage Ramps Up War on Cash

Coin Shortage Ramps Up War on Cash

Many retail businesses including grocery stores and fast food restaurants have been wrangling with a national coin shortage. Some say we need to pay in exact change or use alternative payment methods such as credit cards.

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Clean Gold: A Game Changer for Mining

Clean Gold: A Game Changer for Mining

Meet the Technologies that are Cleaning up the Gold Industry. Kevin Fell co-founder & Group CEO of Clean Earth Technologies discusses some of the ground-breaking solutions they are bringing to the mining world.

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New Gold Price Record Likely

New Gold Price Record Likely

GOLD PRICES tried but failed to match yesterday’s new 9-year US Dollar peak on Thursday while silver peeped above $19 per ounce for the first time since September as confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the United States rose above 3 million and Tokyo reported a record daily rise in new infections.

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Top Question for New Precious Metals Investors

Top Question for New Precious Metals Investors

Physical gold and silver are useful as investment and crisis insurance, but it takes a bit of explaining.

Some wonder how they go about actually realizing profits – it’s different than logging into a brokerage account and hitting the “sell” button…

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More Fed Help For The Big Boys – Nothing For You

More Fed Help For The Big Boys - Nothing For You

The fact the Fed is buying corporate bonds at all signals favoritism toward big existing players — indebted lumbering behemoths that can’t innovate. It’s not as if the Fed is going to take the largesse it creates from thin air and spread it around to a plucky but capital-starved startup, right?

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Gold Drops On US Jobs Data

Gold Drops On US Jobs Data

Gold Prices Erase Post-ISM Rally as US Jobs Data Beat Forecasts, Both for Gains and New Benefit Claims Bullion.Directory precious metals analysis 02 July, 2020 By Adrian Ash Head of […]

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Big Banks Win, You Lose (Again)

Big Banks Win, You Lose (Again)

Part of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act, the “Volcker Rule” was intended to prevent big banks from taking irresponsible risks. But in spite of an already-uncertain economy, regulators are now proposing to ease these rules…

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These Are The Times That Call For Gold

These Are The Times That Call For Gold

In a volatile trading environment for equities, a big move in one direction tends to beget a big move in the other. We’ve already seen a big move lower earlier this year – and a subsequent move higher that was nearly equal in magnitude.

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The Fed’s Cash Scam Explained…

The Fed's Cash Scam Explained...

The Federal Reserve has printed trillions of dollars without generating runaway price inflation through the use of a neat trick. It’s quite the racket…

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Surging Bank Deposits May Collapse the Dollar

Surging Bank Deposits May Collapse the Dollar

In another episode of “Strange 2020”, banks have become flush with deposits. But not in the way you might expect. In one month, deposits grew by $865 billion, which beat the record for an entire year

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Gold Set to Extend it’s Uptrend

Gold Set to Extend it's Uptrend

GOLD PRICES rallied from $20 below yesterday’s new 8-year high near $1780 per ounce in US Dollar terms in Asian and London trade on Thursday, but edged higher against other major currencies as world stock markets extended Wednesday’s 2.6% drop in US equities.

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Coronavirus: Social Security at Risk

Coronavirus: Social Security at Risk

As if Social Security didn’t already have enough challenges ahead, we now have yet another complication. Not surprisingly, it’s a ripple effect from COVID-19. Before coronavirus hit the scene, experts agreed that if nothing was done, Social Security would be facing a 21% cut by 2035.

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Why People Have Always Held Gold

Why People Have Always Held Gold

The current phase of the gold bull market, which started last year, is – we believe – the third and final wave of the secular bull run tracking back to 2001. It’s going to create a tidal bore of immense size and power

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Key Levels to Watch for Gold’s Next Move

Key Levels to Watch for Gold’s Next Move

Gold prices have been trading within a well-defined $100 range over the past two months. Gold’s chart shows strong support at $1,675/oz and a zone of resistance at $1,750-$1,775. A breakout above the trading range could quickly send gold prices to $1,900/oz

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U.S. Debt Has No Meaning Anymore (Until It Eventually Does)

U.S. Debt Has No Meaning Anymore (Until It Eventually Does)

The national debt currently looks like a runaway freight train. Not only is it clocking in at $26.1 trillion at the moment, but it has made the jump of the last few trillion dollars fast… Really fast.

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