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This week the focus has been on Japan, where “Abenomics” is beginning to bite in ways unexpected by the Japanese authorities. Confidence in both bond and equity markets was destabilised, as investors digested the…
Read the articleThe following is GoldMoney contributing author Felix Moreno's interview with famed investor Jim Rogers. We hope you enjoy it. Félix Moreno: Please tell us about your new book, Street Smarts . What was your motivation…
Read the articleGreg Hunter of USAWatchdog interviews James Turk on the current goings on in the gold and silver markets. James argues that the current mismatch between the strong demand we’re seeing in the physical market versus the…
Read the articleWestern central banks have got themselves horribly wrong-footed as a result of not adjusting their anti-gold policies to allow for the realities of Asian gold demand. Though their dealings are shrouded in secrecy, there…
Read the articleWall Street legend Warren Buffett has famously declared that gold is not an investment. He is correct, but he stopped halfway. He did not go on to say what gold really is, perhaps purposefully intending for people to…
Read the articleIt has been an interesting week for gold. On Tuesday, open interest on Comex fell sharply by 6,961 contracts. The action was in the June contract which fell 12,072, only 3,000 of which appear to have been rolled into…
Read the articleIn January of this year I published a piece on the “fair gold price” in order to demonstrate that, if one was to simply treat the gold of all international central banks as the world’s true, reserve currency – as…
Read the article“Exit strategy” is the current buzz phrase among market watchers, with the dollar rallying in recent days and weeks on expectations that all is well with the US economy again, and that the Fed can now start thinking…
Read the articleA few months ago the German Bundesbank displayed concern about the security of their gold being stored at the New York Federal Reserve. They called for an audit of their holdings, and while that still has not taken…
Read the articleFor the second month in a row US M3 has remained basically flat at just under $15.1 trillion, despite the Federal Reserve continuing its monetary injections of $85 billion per month. The Fear Index slipped slightly to…
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