LONDON, 10 January 2022 - BullionVault's latest Gold Investor Index data are highlighted today in a report on Germany's solid private gold-investment demand from WirtschaftsWoche, one of the country's leading investment magazines."Inflation rates of over 5% are ringing alarm bells for many Germans, so gold is in demand again as a safe haven," WiWo says."The trading platform BullionVault reports th...Read More
A stroll through recent and not so recent inflationary history[edit] Some wording and a couple typos cleaned up from original post, no changes to themes…A Cynical Fed is a Dangerous FedOn ‘Fed minutes Wednesday’ the media amplified the noise, the machines are doing what the machines do and running with it, and it’s all eyes on the great and powerful Fed (of Oz).The Fed cre...Read More
A stroll through recent and not so recent inflationary history[edit] Some wording and a couple typos cleaned up from original post, no changes to themes…A Cynical Fed is a Dangerous FedOn ‘Fed minutes Wednesday’ the media amplified the noise, the machines are doing what the machines do and running with it, and it’s all eyes on the great and powerful Fed (of Oz).The Fed cre...Read More
A stroll through recent and not so recent inflationary history[edit] Some wording and a couple typos cleaned up from original post, no changes to themes…A Cynical Fed is a Dangerous FedOn ‘Fed minutes Wednesday’ the media amplified the noise, the machines are doing what the machines do and running with it, and it’s all eyes on the great and powerful Fed (of Oz).The Fed cre...Read More
SF Live, Released on 1/9/22Lobo Tiggre discusses the current market environment, a 2023 recession scenario, and the impact on gold & silver, the precious metals that want to break out.Lobo Tiggre, aka Louis James, is a legendary speculator and was Doug Casey's prot?(C)g?(C) at Casey Research for almost 14 years, until early 2018. He joined the Casey team in 2004. By 2007, he was writing and making...Read More
The higher price for gold over time reflects the loss in purchasing power of the US dollar. The loss in the dollar’s purchasing power is an effect of inflation.Over the past century, the US dollar has lost approximately ninety-nine percent of its purchasing power. The loss in purchasing power is reflected in a gold price that has increased one-hundred fold ($20.67 oz. x 100 = $2067 oz)...Read More
Happy new year, everyone! We hope that2022 will be a prosperous one for all our readers. However, will it besuccessful for oil?EnergyMarket Updates Yesterday, crude oil prices ended higher,after a volatile session as US inventories fell by 6.4 million barrels – morethan twice the previous week – which is another positive sign for demand. US inventories levels of crude oil,gasoline, and...Read More
The higher price for gold over time reflects the loss in purchasing power of the US dollar. The loss in the dollar’s purchasing power is an effect of inflation.Over the past century, the US dollar has lost approximately ninety-nine percent of its purchasing power. The loss in purchasing power is reflected in a gold price that has increased one-hundred fold ($20.67 oz. x 100 = $2067 oz)...Read More
Happy new year, everyone! We hope that2022 will be a prosperous one for all our readers. However, will it besuccessful for oil?EnergyMarket Updates Yesterday, crude oil prices ended higher,after a volatile session as US inventories fell by 6.4 million barrels – morethan twice the previous week – which is another positive sign for demand. US inventories levels of crude oil,gasoline, and...Read More
The higher price for gold over time reflects the loss in purchasing power of the US dollar. The loss in the dollar’s purchasing power is an effect of inflation.Over the past century, the US dollar has lost approximately ninety-nine percent of its purchasing power. The loss in purchasing power is reflected in a gold price that has increased one-hundred fold ($20.67 oz. x 100 = $2067 oz)...Read More
Happy new year, everyone! We hope that2022 will be a prosperous one for all our readers. However, will it besuccessful for oil?EnergyMarket Updates Yesterday, crude oil prices ended higher,after a volatile session as US inventories fell by 6.4 million barrels – morethan twice the previous week – which is another positive sign for demand. US inventories levels of crude oil,gasoline, and...Read More
LONDON, 6 January 2022 - Leading German finance magazine Das Investment today reports at length on BullionVault's latest Gold Investor Index data."Private investors in this country were more interested in gold again in December," says the report, noting that the Gold Investor Index Deutschland "climbed to a 3-month high of 57.4 points."Find Das Investment's full report (in German) on BullionVault'...Read More
Silver is one of thefew precious metals that have been popular among investors for quite some time.It’s an inflation hedge that can potentially protect one's wealth againstuncertain times and market turmoil, which is probably why the silver market is seenas one of the most reliable investment options in recent years. Some investorshave also been impressed by how silver has outperformed other...Read More
Silver is one of thefew precious metals that have been popular among investors for quite some time.It’s an inflation hedge that can potentially protect one's wealth againstuncertain times and market turmoil, which is probably why the silver market is seenas one of the most reliable investment options in recent years. Some investorshave also been impressed by how silver has outperformed other...Read More
Silver is one of thefew precious metals that have been popular among investors for quite some time.It’s an inflation hedge that can potentially protect one's wealth againstuncertain times and market turmoil, which is probably why the silver market is seenas one of the most reliable investment options in recent years. Some investorshave also been impressed by how silver has outperformed other...Read More
Gold, silver, and mining stocksstarted 2022 with a bang. However, this wasn’t the kind of fireworks investorswere hoping for.While gold, silver, and mining stockspartied hard into year-end, the trio woke up to massive hangovers on Jan. 3.Although I’ve been warning for some time that mining stocks would stumble in2021, the New Year is still filled with old problems.For example, the GDX...Read More
Gold, silver, and mining stocksstarted 2022 with a bang. However, this wasn’t the kind of fireworks investorswere hoping for.While gold, silver, and mining stockspartied hard into year-end, the trio woke up to massive hangovers on Jan. 3.Although I’ve been warning for some time that mining stocks would stumble in2021, the New Year is still filled with old problems.For example, the GDX...Read More
For precious metals investors, 2021 will rank as a disappointing year – at least in terms of price performance. Gold and silver lagged behind the stock market as well as broad commodity indexes. Gold showed signs of gathering upside momentum in the spring, but prices settled back down into a wide trading range for the rest of the year. The monetary metal is down about 3% for the year but wil...Read More
Wall Street billionaire and financier Thomas Kaplan (who once said, “I’m no insect; gold is a great way to make a lot of money.”) is among the group of analysts who believes gold is in the early stages of a new up leg in its long-term secular bull market. Though Kaplan made his fortune in the mining business, he is also an Oxford-trained historian (with a Ph.D.) capable of puttin...Read More
For precious metals investors, 2021 will rank as a disappointing year – at least in terms of price performance. Gold and silver lagged behind the stock market as well as broad commodity indexes. Gold showed signs of gathering upside momentum in the spring, but prices settled back down into a wide trading range for the rest of the year. The monetary metal is down about 3% for the year but wil...Read More