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08 Dec 2015
Why the Feasibility of a Sustained Fed Rate Hike is Doubtful
Despite the U.S Federal Reserve (Fed) disappointing market analysts by not increasing its benchmark interest rates at its September 2015 meeting, rate hike expectations are rife again as we go into the final week towards the last Fed meeting of the year on December 15.
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06 Nov 2015
Sovereign Debt Infographic
If a picture is worth a thousand words then this infographic was money well spent as it gives a vision
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and feeling to our debt problems by stacking US (and other countries) debt into huge stacks made
out of 100 USD bills and placing them, to scale, next to their respective national monuments. -
06 Nov 2015
Why it all boils down to Counterparty Risk
Large banks had become "too big to fail" because they owed too much money and governments could not afford their failure. But how expensive were these bailouts and what will happen when the next crisis requires even larger bailouts?
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29 Sep 2015
Three Common Bullion Storage Misunderstandings
In the industry most customers are only creditors, not owners, and fabricated security and "all risk insurance" claims are often used to derail or mislead legitimate customer enquiries. We detail three of the most common storage misunderstandings and why it is important to know about them.
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22 Sep 2015
Silver Shortages Explained - How Physical Demand has Little Effect on Prices
Physical demand spikes when prices fall but physical demand seldom affects prices themselves as physical trades represents only a tiny proportion of the highly leveraged future exchanges where prices are set. When physical bullon demand increases and prices fall shortages occur.
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11 Dec 2013
SILVER: Inflation Hedge, Store of Value or Great Investment
One of the greatest difficulties for the precious metal investor is to understand the true value of gold and silver. There is a huge range of analysis on the internet on what the real price of gold or silver should be. While this debate will continue, there still seems to be one factor this is totally overlooked. (Read more) -
30 Sep 2013
THE FED QE MACHINE: Inflationary Valuations for Gold & Silver
The global financial system is floating on a sea of worthless paper assets. Unfortunately, the majority of people still haven’t figured out that the end of this fiat monetary system is close at hand. (Read more) -
06 Aug 2013
The uneconomic return of Scrap Precious Metals and Hyperinflation
All durable commodities will be recycled, but precious metals can and will still act as stores of wealth and be made into collateral for final payment due their relative scarcity. (Read more) -
01 Aug 2013
Fed keeps asset purchases, downgrades U.S. growth to `modest`, sees dis-inflation risk
The Federal Reserve decided it will maintain its monthly purchases of $85 billion and said that the persistent low rate of inflation could negatively affect the U.S. economy’s expansion. (Read more) -
19 Apr 2011
Lessons from the past - The German Hyperinflation
The argument can be made that the German experience is not relevant for the US. Germany after all was the loser in major war and was severely punished in terms of reparations and territorial concessions by the victors. But there just might be some relevance especially when we are evaluating QE2, the expansive US budget deficit and today’s inflationary international monetary system... (Read more)