Precious metals news

"They are the last dirt-cheap sector in these euphoric, overvalued stock markets. Once gold resumes rallying on gold investment demand..."

Grant Williams says that 1,000's of years before crypto polarized investment opinion, there was another asset: Gold. Here's the case for precious metals...

Brandon Smith says "precious metals, including gold tend to be the go-to investment during times of fiscal uncertainty" Here's why..

"Prior to 1933...there is no such entity as a dollar. Dollar is just a name for 0.048 ounce of gold. On this..."

Lynette Zang says the launch of the Petroyuan is huge. Here's what it means for the U.S. dollar and for gold...

Alasdair gets us up to speed as we get closer to the March 26th launch of the potentially Petrodollar killing Petroyuan...

The SchiffGold Friday Gold Wrap podcast combines a succinct summary of the week’s precious metals news coupled with thoughtful analysis. You can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes.

Pro-tip - If you ever have to load 9.3 tons of gold, silver and platinum in an airplane, make sure you secure the load. I mean, tie it down good. You know, throw a few bungee chords over it. Or maybe a strap or two. Something. At least some rope. Because here's a dirty little secret.
Things shift during flight.
Apparently, the guys loading the Russian AN-12 cargo plane in Siberia never read the little warnings on the overhead bins or listened to the flight attendant spiel. They loaded more than 18,000 pounds of gold and other precious metals on the plane and, as a Time Magazine report put it, "didn't properly stabilize the load" before takeoff.
As you can probably imagine, this didn't end well.

President Trump's new economic adviser did an interview on CNBC's Closing Bell Wednesday and offered a little investment advice.
I would buy King Dollar and I would sell gold.”
So, should you follow Larry Kudlow's guidance?
Of course, that's up to you. But Kudlow doesn't have the best track record when it comes to predicting the future. On the cusp of the 2008 financial crisis, he was among the mainstream pundits saying the whole subprime mortgage thing was "no big deal."

SD Friday Wrap: Sure, It's been an ugly week, but there actually is a bright side. Here's the details...

"Our 'leadership' is basking in the hubris-soaked confidence that we can get away with it if not forever then for decades to come. Everyone will accept the debauched currency as having value...until they don't."

Half of the US government's stated asset base is a decaying pile of six-figure loans made to oblivious millennials.

"anything different helps gold break out of its trading range and brings fresh money back into the gold stocks..."

Gold improved overnight in a range of $1313.70 - $1321.65. It ticked down to its low of $1313.70 during Asian hours, when the DX firmed to its high from yesterday at 90.17.

"Russian gold bullion reserves have increased by more than 500 percent since 2000."

"The average American has less than $5,000 in a financial account, a quarter to a fifth of what you should have, and those aged 55 to 64 who have retirement savings only carry $120,000 — which won't last long."

What's going on? Ron Paul talks about government policies that create an even bigger homeless problem in the U.S.

In one day flat, Larry Kudlow proves he is perfectly suited to be Trump's top economic advisor.

History points to previous expansion cycles ending in busts

All it took was one comprehensive data revision to set the seasonally-adjusted, statistically inferred US labor market back on track, and according to the latest JOLTS report, the number of job openings soared from a downward revised 5.667 million to 6.312 million, a 645,000 increase, the second biggest monthly jump on record.