By Teresa Matich At the precious metals panel6 that rounded out Cambridge House International’s 2015 Vancouver Resource Investment Conference7, most of the discussion focused on gold8 and silver9. However, moderator Rob Levy did ask panelists one question about the platinum group metals (PGMs). Although only two of the four panelists offered answers — Bart Melek, TD Bank’s head of[...]
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History In the Balance: Why Greece Must Repudiate Its “Banker Bailout” Debts And Exit The Euro
by David Stockman • February 2, 2015 Now and again history reaches an inflection point. Statesman and mere politicians, as the case may be, find themselves confronted with fraught circumstances and stark choices. February 2015 is one such moment. For its part, Greece stands at a fork in the road. Syriza can move aggressively to recover Greece’s democratic sovereignty or it can desperately[...]
The Market Gage – Precious Metals Mixed This Morning
February 2, 2015 “The Market Gage” features insights into the precious metals market from Roy Friedman. Roy has over 30 years of in-depth experience in all facets of precious metals. Following the big sell-off on Thursday and respectable recovery on Friday, precious metals were weighed down in overnight trading as China released their weakest PMI data in over two years. This morning[...]
Putin Sends Nuclear Bombers Over English Channel: “Transponders Turned Off… Invisible to Air Traffic Control”
Russian President Vladimir Putin hasn’t been one to back down in response to sanctions against his country and attacks on his economy. Rather, he has stepped up not only his rhetoric, but his military activities as well. His latest move is yet another show of force to let the West know Russia is prepared to do whatever is necessary to protect its interests. The U.K.’s Royal Air Force[...]
Russia Increases Gold Purchases by 123%
from Russia Today The Central Bank of Russia bought a record amount of gold in the first 11 months of 2014 spending an estimated $6.1 billion. Increasing gold reserves attempts to reduce dependence on the dollar amid geopolitical tension, Mark O’Byrne of GoldCore, told RT. Russia’s gold purchases accounted for a third of the world’s total of 461 tons, according to research by Thomson[...]
If Prices are Collapsing, Then Why is GOLD GOING UP?
January 20, 2015 by Jay Taylor Most people have been trained by the Keynesian propagandists to think of gold as just another commodity. Gold is not a commodity. It is money! And that is why, as anxiety increases now about the global monetary system, gold is on the rise even as commodities plummet. The inverted pyramid shown on your left is a concept created by the brilliant monetary economist[...]
Why The Damage To The Economy Caused By The Oil Crash Is Going To Get Progressively Worse
By Michael Snyder, on January 27th, 2015 We are really starting to see the price of oil weigh very heavily on the economy and on the stock market. On Tuesday, the Dow was down 291 points, and the primary reason for the decline was disappointing corporate sales numbers. For example, heavy equipment manufacturer Caterpillar is blaming the “dramatic decline in the price of oil” for much lower[...]
The Market Gage – Stock Sell Off Boosts Precious Metals
“The Market Gage” features insights into the precious metals market from Roy Friedman. Roy has over 30 years of in-depth experience in all facets of precious metals. Precious metals found a good wind in its sails yesterday as the U.S. stock market sold off sharply recording the largest daily loss in three months. As several companies have missed their earnings targets, the[...]
Evidence Grows Showing Wall Street as a Negative Economic Force
By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: January 27, 2015 Earlier this month, Jim Clifton, Chairman and CEO of Gallup, published a stunning indictment of Wall Street as a job creating engine. Clifton reported that the U.S. now ranks 12th among developed nations in business startups with countries such as Hungary and Italy having higher startup rates. Of equal concern writes Clifton, “American business [...]
The Political Union of Europe Has Failed – Martin Armstrong
The entire vision that a United States of Europe would prevent war has proven to be just another academic theory gone seriously wrong. Brussels has been fighting against any opportunity for the people to vote on exiting the Euro from Scotland down to Spain and Italy. They could not prevent a democratic election where the party had an agenda rather than a vote on the issue directly. The idea of[...]