Precious metals news

German taxpayers would lose billions of euros if the state sold its stake in Commerzbank ahead of a possible merger with Deutsche Bank

We've been following a number of central banks that have been buying gold recently, specifically the Russians and Chinese. But these two central banks aren't alone. In fact, central bank gold-buying has surged over the last couple of years. What's behind this trend?

The China Land Cycle is rolling over, ... Europe is slowing more than expected and the US is oversaturated with construction equipment

The long-feared liquidity menace is well and truly here, and it’s overshadowing more prosaic factors like low default rates and corporate earnings when turbulence in the $13 trillion market erupts

Cities around the world, from New York to London to Stockholm to Sydney, are struggling to solve growing affordable housing crises.

“The job market is weakening, with employment gains slowing significantly across most industries and company sizes..."

As you probably know, Warren Buffett has never been a fan of gold and has publicly disparaged the yellow metal on more than one occasion. About a year ago, he compared investing in gold and stocks, arguing that over the long term gold is an “unproductive asset” that “doesn’t produce anything.” So, why have it, unless you just want something to “fondle.” At the time, we argued that Buffet's comments fall apart when you realize that gold is money. After all, I doubt you would ever hear him say “never hold cash because it’s an unproductive asset.”
Well, Buffet is at it again.

Everyone knew that leverage was too high. In 2007, as subprime lenders went bankrupt and the crisis took hold, sinister charts circulated around Wall Street. Shooting upwards...

When signs of economic weakness emerge, most economics experts are quick to embrace the ideas of John Maynard Keynes.

For the past five years, I've been warning about a dangerous credit bubble that has been developing in Turkey's economy. Ultra-low interest rates led to a borrowing binge that created an artificial economic boom

In Japan, a country with $10 trillion in government debt and an economy half that size, some people think the best policy is to borrow more.

On Tuesday afternoon the Fitch Ratings assigned a AAA rating for U.S. sovereign debt. This is about as good as rating subprime mortgages AAA up until the housing market crashed, giving way to the f…

Of all the reasons given for the slowdown in the global economy, it seems that the world’s ballooning debt load has fallen to near the bottom of the list for some reason.

British parliament is now worse than a joke. And they have no one to blame but themselves.

Stewart says in a government bond market crisis, not only will more money printing NOT work this time, but ALL ROADS LEAD TO GOLD...

A plan that would tax wealthy individuals annually on their investments, instead of when those assets are sold.

President Donald Trump has blasted the Federal Reserve and its chairman, Jerome Powell, at three meetings in the past week for holding back the economy and...

Part II: When will the dollar will enter crisis, and when will the US will experience massive financial troubles? It began months ago. Jim explains...

Gold traded either side of unchanged last night in a relatively tight range of $1285.40 - $1290.40. It softened to its $1285.40 low during late Asian and early European time where it found support...

It's make or break time in the markets cautions Sven Henrick, technical analyst and lead market strategist for Northman Trader. His weekly flurry of trendline charts warn that the major indexes ha....