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Precious metals are still struggling to gain ground in the face of persistent fears about the eurozone and the threat of a 2008-style market meltdown. The CFTC’s latest Commitments of Traders Reports for the gold and silver futures market in America shows managed money (read: hedge funds, commodity trading advisors, etc) holding ...
Last week was a week of two halves as far as precious metals were concerned. The first half a dire one for bulls, but the second seeing new buyers tempted into the market, with Thursday’s impressive gold rally setting the stage for a recovery back above $1,600. Silver is still trading around $28.50, with $30 a key short-term target ...
In recent weeks pressure has been building on the German Bundesbank after the tabloid newspaper Bild started a media campaign questioning the location of Germany’s gold reserves. The country’s Federal Court of Auditors has started investigating official data on the subject, and will soon present its findings to the Bundestag's ...
Several weeks ago in this column I commented on the release of Federal Reserve minutes and the likelihood of further quantitative easing in the United States. While some of the Fed governors commented that further easing would not be necessary because of perceived strength in the economy, they did acknowledge that if the pace of economic ...
Recently Rob McEwen of McEwen Mining Co. and Michael Crofton of Philadelphia Trust discussed the pros and cons of the gold standard. In this debate, Mr McEwen made an excellent case for gold as “the ultimate currency”. He argued that using gold as currency could help restore fiscal discipline in governments; and that, in ...
As funding pressures and economic distress increase in Spain, talk of a potential breakup of the eurozone has returned. There has been debate as to whether this would be a deflationary or inflationary event, and how it would affect the precious metals markets. In the event of a breakup, investors need to be prepared for a period of ...
Missouri is the latest US state that is trying to follow Utah's example by allowing physical gold and silver to be used as legal tender. According to the Constitution, gold and silver coins – such as the American Gold and Silver Eagle – should be accepted as legal tender in all of the US, but of course this has long since ...
Adam Smith’s great insight was that in a commercial transaction both parties benefit. Before his time, it was generally believed that in an exchange of goods, one party usually gained what the other lost. The mistake was to misunderstand value: it is different to different people. A seller places greater value in the money than the ...
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