Gold and silver markets are coming under pressure again this week as investors weigh economic growth prospects against the risks of inflation and deleveraging.
You won’t be surprised to know I disagree with recent Federal Reserve policy choices. The Fed’s future choices are more important, though. Debating what they should do is one thing. Anticipating what they will do is critical.
The Fed is trying to fight its own inflation by talking tough on slowing QE and hiking rates. Tightening will force stock markets to roll over, quickly returning gold to favor.
At 2,302 tonnes, Russia has the 5th largest gold holdings behind the US, Germany, Italy, and France. The increase in Russia’s gold reserves is part of a multi-year..
There is a whole wide market out there and while the time will come to ride a big gold stock rally, that time does not yet appear imminent, continued short-term bounce or not.
Responding to Nieuwenhuijs' invitation, your secretary/treasurer concludes that his analysis misses the crucial evidence, because that evidence isn't in the public trading data at all.
Hard assets including gold will retain value over time regardless of which direction speculators may push or pull prices in the near term. Although the yellow metal has been beaten down over the past few weeks, its declines were nothing like those seen in Bitcoin.
Once you remove the biggest buyer from the market, what is the clearing price for bonds to find buyers?
Most assets now are priced based on rates staying low forever ... and that won't last.
It remains perfectly legal to hold most gold, silver, platinum, and palladium bullion products inside a tax-advantaged account – provided the assets are held by a trustee that meets IRS requirements..
