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Precious Metals Analysis

Monster Mining Gains Look Good for PMs

Monster Mining Gains Look Good for PMs

For the first time in a very long time, mining stocks are showing leadership. That has profound implications for precious metals markets.

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Gold Sets Highest Monthly Close Since 2012

Gold Sets Highest Monthly Close Since 2012

Gold prices headed for their highest US Dollar month-end since November 2012 as European stock markets fell after the 19-nation Eurozone’s central bank followed the US Federal Reserve in announcing no new major stimulus or aid

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What’s Next? Trillion-Dollar Coins?

What's Next? Trillion-Dollar Coins?

The massive set of stimulus measures rolled out last month by the Treasury Department and Federal Reserve has left many Americans wanting more… and politicians scheming for new ways to dole out additional trillions in cash.

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Is This the End of Physical Cash?

Is This the End of Physical Cash?

Whether it’s the People’s Bank of China or the U.S. Federal Reserve, central bankers are keen on giving themselves more power to manipulate economic outcomes.

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Markets Completely Decouple From Reality

Markets Completely Decouple From Reality

Nobody in Washington even wants to know exactly where the Fed’s trillions go anymore. The rest of us, however, can make a pretty good guess just by watching CNBC.

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Gold Steady as Crude Sinks to 21-Year Low

Gold Steady as Crude Sinks to 21-Year Low

GOLD steadied Monday as stock markets retreated from last week’s gains and US crude oil prices fell to new 21-year lows despite the Trump White House pushing some states to relax Covid Crisis lockdown

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Gold ‘Super Bullish’ on Virus-Crisis Reflation Plan

Gold 'Super Bullish' on Virus-Crisis Reflation Plan

“The outlook for gold shows a more bullish trajectory than the 2009-2012 cycle” says a research note from Canadian financial services group and bullion dealers Scotiabank.

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Precious Metals and the Coronavirus

Precious Metals and the Coronavirus

The metals markets are being pulled in multiple directions simultaneously like never before. The global virus-triggered economic freeze has caused industrial demand for all commodities to crater.

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All Economic Recovery Models Will Be Wrong Too

All Economic Recovery Models Will Be Wrong Too

All medical projection models are being proven wrong. And investors should be skeptical of any particular projection models for the economy or financial markets. They will all be wrong to some extent.

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All is Not Well in the Paper Gold Markets

All is Not Well in the Paper Gold Markets

As cracks appear in the COMEX story, it is starting to look like a lot of speculators who hold paper gold and hope to redeem that for actual bars could be disappointed.

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Breaking: Americans Have NO Savings

Breaking: Americans Have NO Savings

With businesses and Americans defaulting on their rent and other obligations only days into the collapse, the problem is clear: Few have any savings…

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Tesla / SpaceX Plans To Snare Solid Gold Asteroid in 2026

Tesla / SpaceX Plans To Snare Solid Gold Asteroid in 2026

Elon Musk Stuns Scientists as He Buys RemoveDEBRIS Project, Beginning New Gold Rush. Musk announced by a video-link conference Tuesday he was planning a mission to capture asteroid (52768) 1998 OR2

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Coronavirus Set to Decimate Precious Metals Supply

Coronavirus Set to Decimate Precious Metals Supply

If for some inexplicable reason you’re still waiting to acquire the silver (or gold) you hope to purchase, the question right now is, “How lucky to you feel?”

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Physical Demand Wreaks Havoc on Futures Exchanges

Physical Demand Wreaks Havoc on Futures Exchanges

It appears that while bars may exist in the U.S., too few are categorized as “registered” and therefore can’t be released for purposes of making delivery. Prices may have to go higher before the owners are willing to part with actual physical bars.

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GLD Sees Heaviest Investor Inflow Since 08 Financial Crisis

GLD Sees Heaviest Investor Inflow Since 08 Financial Crisis

Global stock markets slipped, while the US Dollar returned to rising – suggesting a new dash for cash after a 4-session break – after President Donald Trump abruptly abandoned his ambition to return American life to normal by Easter

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Gold Sees Biggest Weekly Gain Since 2008

Gold Sees Biggest Weekly Gain Since 2008

GOLD PRICES headed for their strongest weekly gain since late 2008 on Friday, adding more than 8.2% as the rebound in global stock markets faded despite governments and central banks unleashing record financial aid

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As UK Goes Into Lockdown Gold Futures Hit $100 Premium

As UK Goes Into Lockdown Gold Futures Hit $100 Premium

GOLD PRICES fractured worldwide, with dealing spreads widening sharply while the US derivatives market spiked $100 per ounce above global market reference point after Boris Johnson put UK into official coronavirus lockdown.

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Gold Jumps on Fed’s Third Easing

Gold Jumps on Fed's Third Easing

GOLD PRICES jumped Monday, reaching 3-session highs above $1525 per ounce as government bond prices rose but world stock markets and commodities fell yet again after the US Federal Reserve made its 3rd unscheduled emergency policy change of March 2020 so far, aimed at “supporting the economy” amid the Covid-19 shutdown.

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Silver Demand Leaps on Cheapest Offers in 11 Years

Silver Demand Leaps on Cheapest Offers in 11 Years

GOLD prices in London, heart of the world’s wholesale bullion markets, again tried to rally above $1500 per ounce on Friday, while global stock markets bounced together with industrial metals and major government bond prices as the death-toll from novel coronavirus rose past 10,000

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Silver: For Health, For Wealth

Silver: For Health, For Wealth

“Silver is nature’s finest germ killer. Simply by being silver, this most precious metal’s elemental properties are toxic to pathogenic microorganisms while simultaneously being non-toxic to healthy cells and probiotic bacteria. “

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Physical Bullion Demand Strips Dealer Shelves

Physical Bullion Demand Strips Dealer Shelves

The disconnect between paper prices for precious metals and demand in the bullion markets has never been clearer as nervous investors are frantically buying coins, rounds, and bars.

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Crashing Markets And the Next Great Inflation

Crashing Markets And the Next Great Inflation

Before investors jump on the deflation bandwagon, they should carefully consider the monetary and political forces that could be deployed to reverse a whiff of deflation.

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Covid-19 Financial Doomsday – The Time Is Nigh

Covid-19 Financial Doomsday - The Time Is Nigh

We appear to be entering the sort of scenario that doomsday preppers have been warning about for years. A pandemic is spreading death and panic around the world. Markets are crashing. Store shelves are emptying…

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Coronavirus: Don’t Gamble – Just Prepare

Coronavirus: Don't Gamble - Just Prepare

Stocks have long been priced for perfection and suddenly conditions are looking far from perfect. The coronavirus may be the pin which pricks the latest Fed-blown bubble.

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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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Physical Metals are Safe Havens – Futures Not So Much

Physical Metals are Safe Havens - Futures Not So Much

A futures contract is not an asset with intrinsic value. It is nothing more than a wager on the price of the metal on a particular future date. There is ultimately a winner and a loser for each wager.

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The Final Curtain for Silver and Gold Eagles

The Final Curtain for Silver and Gold Eagles

The Silver and Gold Eagles, considered to be the most popular bullion coins in the world, will finally be getting a face lift… or least a “tail” lift.

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Getting on Board the Silver Express!

Getting on Board the Silver Express!

Over the last half year or so, a number of analysts, well-heeled individuals, and mega-hedge fund managers have been taking a shine to silver. So far the “restless metal” hasn’t been letting on that it’s noticed.

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