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The demand for gold is largely driven by people’s desire for jewelry and artistic creations from the pure, soft metal. This is particularly important in Asian countries such as India where it plays a strong role in the culture and religion. But as we also know, from the reports by Vietnamese “boat people” who escaped
The US Justice Department recently announced–with much bravado–that BNP Paribas, a major French bank, had agreed to pay a record penalty of $8.9 BILLION for transferring money on behalf of Sudan and other countries sanctioned by the United States. The fine is more than triple the amount paid collectively by six other banks for similar
For most investors, the primary reason for buying gold is to hedge against currency debasement, which, of course, comes about because of excessive money creation by central banks and via fractional reserve banking. At times, gold investors stand alone, even being ridiculed by mainstream investors. Now, though, one of Wall Street’s famed names, Merrill Lynch,
How is it that almost every mainstream economist is continually proved wrong in their predictions, that almost every prescribed course of action has led to a continual decline in the future economic prospects for the average American? The answer lies in the fact that economics has long since stopped being a field of scientific inquiry
There is no great challenge to being successful when you have the sole legal right to create new money. On the other hand, convincing the American people and Congress to go along with such a scheme through the creation of a third central bank, the Federal Reserve, was no small task. But with that task
Black swan events often have great impact on the gold and silver markets. Discussed herein are three developments that should unfold between now and the end of the year that may turn out to be black swan events. First, Ben Bernanke does not want to be considered for a third term as Chairman of the
Here’s an interesting quote from Henry Ford: “It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning.” Do you know what he is referring to? I would guess that less than one in a
According to Steve Liesmen, investors face a bit of a dilemma in attempting to figure out the health of the economy. Do they believe the falling GDP numbers or the jobs numbers which are relatively steady in light of the GDP problems? The real problem is how to do you glean meaningful information from statistics
If you are ever in need of an example of economic fallacy in print, Paul Krugman’s blog is a great place to start. His recent offering on the economic benefits of food stamps is no exception: “Indeed, estimates from the consulting firm Moody’s Analytics suggest that each dollar spent on food stamps in a depressed economy raises
Grant Williams, author of the newsletter Things That Make You Go Hmm, recently presented at the 66th Annual CFA Conference in Singapore. The entire presentation is available above, but in this post we’re going to deal with less than ten minutes of his presentation. Although Mr. Williams addresses stock investors, his material should be of
