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Basel III's Effect on Gold & Silver

There is sometimes a tendency to confuse ends and means. The purpose of Basel III is to make the banks safer? Is that the effect it will have? This article addresses the (un)intended effects of Basel III be on gold.

Evidence of Inflation’s Inferno is Everywhere, but President Can’t Feel the Heat

By David Haggith, The Daily Doom

I have no doubt Barbecue Biden paid less this year, as he claimed, given that the White House is now paying for it. For the rest of us, though, inflation is real. I know I’m paying about 30% more for fuel..

True Civil Libertarians Must Oppose the IRS

By Dr. Ron Paul, Ron Paul Institute

The truth is that most of the new revenue will be collected from middle-and-working-class Americans. These Americans will be targeted because, unlike billionaires and big corporations, middle-and-working-class Americans cannot afford legions of tax lawyers and accountants..

Bank of International Settlements Chief Talks “Absolute Control”

By Clint Siegner, Money Metals

The General Manager for the Bank of International Settlements – the central bank of central bankers – is planning for “absolute control” of the money we all spend.

Technical Scoop: Taper question, job ecstasy, financial tear, gold frustration, oil topping, market divergence

By David Chapman, Enriched Investing

To taper or not to taper. That has been a burning question with the markets and central banks. We have a look at some history of tapering and what does it mean for the markets.

The Critical Risk Of Simultaneous Inflation & Deflation

By Daniel R. Amerman, CFA

We have seen the combination of elevated asset prices and rising price levels many times before, in different nations and asset categories. The consistent historical answer is that asset prices can move quite differently from the price of money.

I am Betting My Blog (Once Again) on My Inflation Predictions Being Right!

By David Haggith, The Daily Doom

That means ALL housing prices in CPI this year have been based on frozen rents. I’ve said inflation will rise much higher than the Fed believes and will persist much longer and that it will..

Markets and Central Bankers Play Chicken with Inflation

By Mike Gleason, Money Metals

Real Interest Rates Steeply Negative as Everyday Costs Zoom Higher.

A Somewhat Ugly COT Report

By Ed Steer, Gold and Silver Digest

In gold, the commercial net short position increased by an eye-watering 19,606 COMEX contracts...1.96 million troy ounces...and did so for the same reason as it happened in silver.

The Monster Rally and Its Deceptions

By Rick Ackerman, Rick's Picks

You'd have to have been there to believe all of this, but even allowing for a little hyperbole, the feat handily refutes 'fundamentalists' who think technical analysis is voodoo.

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