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Where Does Your Profit Come From?

It matters where your profit comes from. Investment is not the same as speculation. Dividends are not the same as capital gains, despite what Central Banks want you to believe.

The NEXT Greatest Trade Ever: Billionaire Gurus Increasingly Point to Gold

By Stefan Gleason, Money Metals

The next great trade is setting up to be moving out of financial assets for hard assets.

The Perfect Storm for Gold & Silver - Michael Gentile

By Wall Street Silver

Michael Gentile joins us to explain how the Fed is truly trapped and cannot taper. They can't raise rates to fight inflation. Monetary policy is disconnected from reality.

When Will It Be Time to Sell Precious Metals?

By Clint Siegner, Money Metals

The basic rule is to avoid selling based on impulse. Humans are emotional creatures and studies show most of us make poor choices when it comes to timing.

Freedom-of-information lament is ironic as FT aids concealment of gold market rigging

By Chris Powell, GATA

Protecting people against deception and cheating used to be the highest ambition of journalism. But these days mainstream financial journalism's highest ambition seems to be to protect the government against the people instead.

A Golden Autumn Ahead?

By Michael J. Kosares, USA Gold

“Gold shone with the placid certainty of received tradition. Honored through the ages, the standard of wealth, the original money, the safe haven. The value of gold was axiomatic. This view depends on a concept of gold as unchanging and unchanged—nature’s hard asset.”

Technical Scoop: Fiat experiment, rock warning, September shine, Delta hold, debt wrestle, looming shutdown, ominous rise

By David Chapman, Enriched Investing

August 1971 saw the end of the Bretton Woods leading to the end of the gold standard and the start of the latest experiment in fiat currencies. Debt and money have exploded since then. We are reminded that all experiments in fiat currencies ended in tears. Will this time be different?

The 800-Pound Tapeworm in the Room

By Rick Ackerman, Rick's Picks

Still, you have to give the charlatans who manage our expectations their due, since they've riveted investors' attention whenever someone affiliated with the central bank farts, burps or clears his throat. On Friday, Fed Chairman Powell did all three..

Gold Bulls Back in Charge as Delta Variant Spreads

By Richard Mills, Ahead of the Herd

Uncertainty regarding the coronavirus is driving safe haven demand for the precious metal, and knocking the US dollar, considered a proxy for confidence in the US economy.

Fed Chairman Doubles Down on Loose Money as Inflation Rages

By Mike Gleason, Money Metals

While the price action has been frustrating for bulls, it may ultimately be healthy for the long-term bull market outlook. The bigger the base, the bigger the directional move that can follow.

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