The amount of gold held by Europe-based ETFs hit a record high in the first quarter of 2019, according to a report by the World Gold Council.European funds now hold 1,121.4 tons of gold.The WGC pinpoints three primary drivers of European gold investment.
Speculation over the stimulus swirled in the markets Wednesday, pushing up shares of domestic...
Interest rates have gone up for those seeking loans. Bank profits are up because interest rates have not gone up as much for depositors.
"An industrial slump has been triggered by a perfect storm of factors..."
Stewart says the price of gold continues to be driven by the same macro-economic drivers as the stock & bond markets, plus this initial driver for gold...
Michael says the commercial banks are happy to keep gold & silver on a short leash and to scalp trades at the expense of the speculators. Here's more...
"...if you can say that the best of those currencies “only” saw gold rise by 200%, that tells you an awful lot about..."
Gold pulled back further last night, but trade remained confined to a relatively tight range of $1282.50 - $1288.75. It once again breached the neckline from its head and shoulders pattern at $1284 during European time
The evidence keeps rolling in that the yellow metal has historically been a wise investment. Because it has a negative correlation with the market, gold has helped investors diversify their portfolios and improve their risk-adjusted returns.
Rosioara connects with Silver Doctors to discuss gold & silver from a Biblical perspective, including why they will play a role in the coming system...
Unfortunately, these bubbles are eventually going to burst and will cause an economic depression.
Fears of a global economic slowdown have led the European Central Bank to once again ponder the idea of taking interest rates into deeply negative territory
Another sign, perhaps, of deteriorating confidence in the Fed is a rising risk premium — the difference in the yield on the 30- TMUBMUSD30Y, +0.83% and the 10-year Treasury TMUBMUSD10Y, +1.52% securities is growing, rising to a nearly 18-month high.
“This puts the U.S. economy on a little bit thinner ice and less able to withstand any unexpected shock,”
Hedge funds and money managers have become the most bearish in a year on the dollar’s near-term outlook, according to one of the foreign-exchange market’s most watched gauges of sentiment.
There was strong appetite. Only the Fed shed them. Here’s who bought.
Low-interest rates, lax-lending and speculative fever, drove a boom in property demand, size and opulence over the past decade in most of the world’s major cities. Now home prices are unaffo…
I fear the "solution" is far worse than the problem ever was...and the solution is spawning systemic problems beyond the capability of our current system to handle.
The more exaggerated the run-up, the greater the pain when the inevitable decline kicks in.
You can call me Al. By Al I mean Alan Greenspan. Oh I know, he has tons of detractors and critics and there’s a lot to be critical about. But before you go on a hate tirade let’s all ha…