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Consumer Borrowing Picked Up in June But Worrisome Trend Persists

By Mike Maharrey, Money Metals

According to the latest New York Fed data, 13.1 percent of credit card balances are at least 90 days overdue. That’s the highest level since the late stages of the Great Recession.

Michael Oliver: Gold & Silver Are Entering Their Next Phase

By David Russell, GoldCore

Despite the sharp correction earlier this year, Michael believes the underlying structure of gold and silver has remained remarkably resilient.

Unhappy Anniversary

By Dr. Ron Paul, Ron Paul Institute

Closing the gold window left the US with a pure fiat currency. The results have been disastrous.

Calamity: Oil Blows Out. So Does War. So Does Finance. So Will Food

By David Haggith, The Daily Doom

The energy department claims that the effective bottom (the level at which you start destroying the salt caverns by going any lower) is 70-million barrels. That’s nonsense.

China Official Gold Buying Accelerates as It Brings Some of Its Gold Home

By Mike Maharrey, Money Metals

Last month, Goldman Sachs picked up on China’s undisclosed purchases, and analysts at BMO Capital estimated that Chinese gold reserves could surpass the U.S.’s within five years.

Platinum’s Changing Investment Story: Deficits, Geopolitics and New Sources of Demand

By MoneyMetals

Platinum is also extraordinarily scarce. According to Sterck, it is about 30 times less available than gold.

What an Awful Jobs Report! And Don't Skip Over the Revisions

By Mike Maharrey, Money Metals

They were so extreme, even the mainstream media reported on them. Typically, we never hear about the revisions (and they happen constantly).

Golden Asteroid Might Yet Have a Place in the Western Financial System

By Chris Powell, GATA

The beyond-reach gold might make obsolete the International Monetary Fund's "Special Drawing Rights," which are always awaiting formal monetization if the price control scheme collapses.

Stocks, Commodities and Precious Metals; Big Changes Coming

By Gary Tanashian, NFTRH

Stocks, commodities and precious metals are bullish, as anticipated, but post-election balance will shift

Surging Asian Gold Demand Could Signal a "Structural Wealth Shift"

By Mike Maharrey, Money Metals

Asia already accounts for about 60 percent of global consumer gold demand. In fact, Western investors largely sat out the bull run last year, only jumping on the bandwagon last fall. When Western investors begin to understand the dynamics driving Asian investors, they may well join the party. 

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