Precious metals news

If the ownership of bitcoin is as concentrated as some estimate, then the liquidity issue distills down to the actions of the top tier of owners.

China’s financial system is becoming significantly more vulnerable due to high leverage, according to central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan

India's central bank rejects bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as method of payment due to its potential misuse for money laundering and fraud

And when the stock, bond & real estate markets finally pop, investors everywhere will gain "precious metals religion". Here's why...

Ron Paul has identified an increase in what he calls the "most insidious tax" buried in the GOP tax reform bill.
A lot of Americans have put a lot of hope in tax reform. As Peter Schiff said in a recent Fox Business interview, the prospect of economic growth spurred by tax reform and other Trump policies have generated a great deal of optimism. But the question remains: can the GOP Congress deliver? And even if Congress does get a reform package passed, some question whether it will actually lead to the economic growth promised. Absent spending cuts, the tax plan will increase the federal debt even further. Evidence indicates high debt levels retard growth.
In a recent article published on the Mises Wire, Ron Paul identified another problem with the Republican tax plan. It actually increases the most insidious of all taxes - the "inflation tax."

Turkey is buying gold.
The question is: why?
According to a Bloomberg report, the Turkish central bank added 3.8 million ounces of gold worth almost $5 billion to its reserves this year.

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Keith says it's time to bring gold into the discussion now that the entire economy has become unsustainable. Here's why...

The pickup in September consumer credit capped a quarter in which debt outstanding grew at an annualized 5.5 percent, the fastest quarterly pace this year.

Gavekal’s Will Denyer shows savings patterns linked to yields. Coming shifts in savings suggest game changer looming in the 2020's

The Federal Reserve's top three officials -- Janet Yellen, Stanley Fischer and William Dudley -- have either left the central bank recently or are likely to leave soon.

Billionaire Ray Dalio: There are 2 realities in this country and soon, technology will make the wealth gap even worse.

A homeless crisis is rocking the entire West Coast, pushing abject poverty into the open like never before.

Even as lending standards loosen. Raises questions about how strong growth really is

The steady rise in home prices is so far showing no limits, and that is turning up the heat on some already overheated housing markets.

It's Not The Everything Bubble, It's The Global Short Volatility Bubble. The danger is that the multi-trillion-dollar short volatility trade, in all its forms, will contribute to a violent feedback loop of higher volatility resulting in a hyper-crash.

Usually, a sudden stop in capital inflows sparks a currency crash, sometimes a banking crisis, and quite often a sovereign default. Why, then, has the worldwide incidence of sovereign defaults in emerging markets risen only modestly?

The SPX volatility index VIX is near an all-time low as The Federal Reserve attempts to raise their target rate and unwind their $4.46 trillion balance sheet. The question remains as to how further rate increases and balance sheet unwinding will impact equity volatility. (Bloomberg) Exchange-trade products betting that volatility will sink lower have never…

Not everyone is convinced that the calm in U.S. Treasuries will endure, including analysts at the index provider itself.

BOE study of 700 years of global lending indicates current drop is part of historic trend