A Roman lesson on inflation
“While it is the duty of the citizen to support the state, it is not the duty of the state to support the citizen” – President Grover...
Goldmoney Insights
Unsound money is crucifying pensions
Deficits are mounting in pension obligations. It is a global problem over which pension trustees are helpless. It is also a problem that’s...
One-year score card for Trump
We understand our politicians to be human, with much that that implies. In a democracy, politics is a competitive business, which means that...
How quickly will the dollar collapse?
This might seem a frivolous question, while the dollar still retains its might, and is universally accepted in preference to other, less sta...
Investment prospects for 2018
Predicting the future is a mug’s game, and in financial markets we simply cannot know tomorrow’s prices. All we can do is make assessmen...
Europe, Brexit and the credit cycle
Europe’s financial and systemic troubles have retreated from the headlines. This is partly due to the financial media’s attention switch...
Deflation must be embraced
There are two problems with understanding deflation: it is ill defined, and it has a bad name. This article puts deflation into its proper c...
Rate hikes and what it means for gold
It is time to talk about higher rates and what it means for gold For the first time since the onset of the credit crisis, we believe the ma...
Will macro-economists ever learn?
As we lurch through successive credit crises, central bankers and economists believe they learn valuable lessons every time, and that the ul...
The Brexit chicken game
At last, there are signs a sense of reality is dawning on the EU’s negotiators about the futility of trying to force the UK to agree to a...