The Fed’s Open Markets Committee met last week and left policy unchanged – at least for the moment. No one expected central banking officials to make rate adjustments last week with equity prices rubbing up against all-time highs and the economic recovery narrative still dominant.
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The Bank of France has raised its growth forecast to 5.5% for 2021. A crazy figure when the first quarter already starts in the red with the curfew and the closure of restaurants, hotels, ski resorts, etc. It would take 7-8% over the next three quarters to reach this forecast… Let’s get serious again.
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GOLD PRICES struggled to show any change for the week so far Thursday afternoon in London, erasing yesterday’s $30 pop as government bonds resumed their plunge, driving longer-term interest rates higher despite the US Federal Reserve vowing to continue its zero-rate and massive QE policies in the face of surging inflation expectations.
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A Gold IRA can protect its owner from falling dollar values – when the dollar decreases in value, gold doesn't; therefore, it keeps its value regardless of inflation. At the same time, the same issue is present in the stock market.
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Precious metals markets traded into an important technical juncture ahead of Wednesday’s Federal Reserve policy announcement. Bank of America analysts stated that this week’s meeting is “one of the most critical events for the Fed in some time.”
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Golden Girl Svetoslava Stefanova aka Sunny is the Marketing Manager and Business Development officer at Kanz Mining Ltd – a gold mining company registered in the United Republic of Tanzania, focused on mining in collaboration with small-scale miners in the area. Sunny has been on the ground since 2016 and in that time has seen and experienced a lot – which makes her one of the go-to experts when it comes to artisanal gold mining and gold trading in Africa.
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The last year has been extraordinary. There have been COVID lockdowns, a disputed presidential election, and multi-trillion-dollar federal deficits and bailouts. The Federal Reserve has injected more money into markets than ever before.
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Since the pandemic began a year ago, the term “new normal” has become part of the American lexicon. Not “new” as in better or improved. But rather “new” as in contrast to the way things used to be. Much of the mainstream discussion argues that returning to the “old” normal isn’t likely to happen. Things like pre-pandemic employment, closer-to-normal price inflation, and less economic uncertainty just aren’t on the map.
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GOLD erased the last of this week’s earlier 2.4% rally in London trade Friday, moving back to $1705 per ounce as silver held 1.3% firmer and platinum prices showed a 4.6% weekly gain.
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One of the Most Common Questions We’re Asked is ‘How Does a Gold IRA Work?’ What exactly is it that makes an IRA a better place to hold gold than a regular diversified portfolio? Why bother with the extra paperwork?
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GOLD PRICES traded near 1-week highs after rising and then slipping $10 from $1740 per ounce in London trade Thursday, and bullion reached the highest so far in March for Euro investors as longer-term interest rates retreated further from this month’s spike after the European Central Bank vowed to raise the pace of its government bond purchases to ensure “favourable financing conditions”.
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No less an establishment thinker than former U.S. Treasury Secretary, Lawrence Summers, opines, “I think there’s a real possibility that within the year, we’re going to be dealing with the most serious incipient inflation problem we have faced in the last forty years.”
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Mapping Dubai’s Journey Towards a Golden Future: Dubai’s reputation as a major gold-trading hub has been harmed recently in what has at times seemed to be a concerted attack on the Emirate by a small group of well-connected individuals and a protectionist agenda…
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Along with other forms of investments, precious metals such as gold, silver, and platinum have been increasingly popular modes of investment recently. Due to their rarity and scarcity, these valuable commodities have withstood the test of time, making them a perfect addition to people’s investment portfolios.
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In a recent interview, Digix co-founder and COO Shaun Djie spoke about the comparisons between gold and bitcoin, the metal’s role in the monetary system and what investors can expect in short-term economic conditions.
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Supporters of the World Economic Forum’s all-encompassing Great Reset agenda are eyeing BIG changes for the global monetary system. Plans that might once have been dismissed as pure speculation or conspiracy theories are now being openly pushed by people who occupy the highest levels of power.
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It is an extraordinarily dangerous time for bullion banks to continue selling silver they don’t have. Their play is to destroy sentiment and shake investors out of the market. Thus far, at least on the physical front, this effort appears to be backfiring.
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We’ve reported many reasons why you should not rely solely on Social Security to fund your golden years. Those reasons are in addition to the official advice that Social Security is only designed to replace about 40 percent of your pre-retirement income. Which naturally might get a retirement saver to think: “What about the other 60 percent?”
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GOLD PRICES slipped back below $1800 per ounce Wednesday as longer-term interest rates rose further on government bonds, hitting new multi-month and multi-year highs for rich Western economies’ borrowing costs as new US President Joe Biden pushes for $1.9 trillion in Covid relief and stimulus.
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FRESH outflows from gold-backed ETFs failed to stop the metal holding above what traders called the “psychological $1800 level” in Asian and London trade Tuesday, defying yet more investment liquidation as longer-term interest rates reach multi-year highs
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Bank of America sets a 2021 gold price target of $2,000, why silver could jumpstart the next precious metals bull cycle, and thefts of catalytic converters from cars are on the rise, driven by high prices in platinum and palladium.
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The Fed attempts to maintain control of various rates (including inflation, unemployment and long-term interest rates) through its monetary policy decisions. In the past, poor choices arguably led to both the dot-com bubble and the Great Recession. But that’s old news.
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“Money is a matter of functions four: a medium, a measure, a standard and a store.” Or at least so says an old rhyme once used in economics books. And let’s face it, three of these functions are clear. A medium of exchange is what people use to pay for goods.
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In recent months, the numbers of people standing for delivery of the metal on their futures contracts has spiked. If that trend continues in March, which is the next delivery month, it may be a bigger “Come to Jesus” moment than the shorts had in March of 2020.
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For this weeks Q&A I’m talking with Mike Greenacre. Mike’s initial career was in the geophysical exploration industry, working in Africa, US, Middle East and Asia, beginning his trading and brokerage career in Switzerland, with an initial focus on steel and iron ore.
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In some cases, the idea of a “near-zero interest rate” is a good thing. For example, if you qualify for 0% interest when you buy a car, you save money…
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What’s driving these “energy” metals? Besides ongoing currency depreciation and the risks of higher inflation, which will help boost all hard assets over time, rising demand for electricity in general and electric vehicles in particular.
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Americans interested in investing in precious metals often ask about doing so through an IRA, or Individual Retirement Account. But what exactly is an IRA and can and IRA hold numismatic coins like American Silver and Gold Eagle Proofs?
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