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Uncertainty: Deadly for Markets and Not Likely to End Any Time Soon
Written by: Steven Feldman, CEO Hard Assets Alliance At this juncture in our global economic landscape, I find myself increasingly selective about which financial news sources I trust. Bloomberg and Financial Times have emerged as my primary mainstream reads, largely because they maintain a refreshing absence of political bias in their reporting. Their recent analyses
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The Scary Truth Behind Gold’s Record Highs
Written by: Steven Feldman, CEO Hard Assets Alliance It’s Halloween, the air is filled with a foreboding chill, and the markets seem to be playing their part in this haunting tale. Concerning signals are emerging across the financial landscape. Bond prices have crashed, the U.S. dollar is surging, and yet, against all odds, gold is
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Record Gold Prices After Interest Rate Reductions Begin
The gold price, based on the active December Comex gold futures contract, touched a new record of over $2,750 on Wednesday, October 23rd. There are many factors behind the rise in gold prices, both over the past five years and since March of this year. There are multiple perspectives on how gold prices may trend
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The Chart That’s Worrying Wall Street Insiders
By: Brandon S., Editor While Wall Street celebrates record highs, a deeply concerning chart from the FDIC has caught our attention — one that prudent investors can’t afford to ignore. Hidden in plain sight on the FDIC’s website, this chart on unrealized gains (or losses, in this case) on investment securities reveals a staggering fact:
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Gold is For War
Written by: The MacroButler Investors who have studied Economics 101 have surely come across the idea of ‘creative destruction,’ developed by Joseph Schumpeter. Around this concept, Schumpeter established that the economy evolves in a business cycle, where economic growth and innovation are driven by cycles of disruption and renewal. Schumpeter believed that the business cycle
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Beyond the Dollar: Gold’s Universal Appeal
By: Brandon S., Editor Gold is making headlines in the U.S., but its impressive performance isn’t limited to dollars. In fact, gold is breaking records worldwide. Let’s take a closer look at its performance across the world’s most traded currencies. Gold’s Performance Across Major Currencies Over the past year, gold has demonstrated impressive gains. In
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Shiny Rocks
Written by: Jared Dillian I have always secretly wanted to work at a precious metals bullion dealer. I love gold. And silver and platinum. I love them philosophically, and I also just like shiny rocks. But if you think about it, trading metals is a bit strange. Say you are bullish on silver and want to