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Two Reasons The Fed Manipulates Interest Rates

1. It's in the Fed's best interest to extend the prosperity phase of the economic cycle. 2. The Fed's biggest source of income is interest on U.S. government securities.

BIS Gold Swaps Fall Sharply in February, Hinting at Price Reset

Given what is happening in the gold market more generally, it appears reasonable to assume that the Federal Reserve is the BIS' customer for these gold transactions.

Paper Gold Vs. Real Gold: It's Important to Know the Difference

A gold ETF is backed by metal owned and stored by the issuer. In most cases, investing in an ETF does not entitle you to any amount of physical gold. You own a share of the ETF, not gold itself.

Fed’s Next Rate Move Might Not Align with Popular Consensus

Remember, the Fed’s targeted inflation rate is 2%. Inflation needs to be falling to somewhere close to 2%, for the Fed to consider lowering interest rates, having raised them 11 times since spring 2022.

Investors Don’t Believe the Gold Rally, Still Prefer General Stocks

Gold’s push to new highs will boost interest in metals. Once silver gets buying momentum behind it, its spot price can move more rapidly than gold’s.

Who Gets the Credit?

Mega Corps flow with liquidity in a landscape of credit euphoria, while small businesses can scarcely find enough of a trickle to survive.

Higher for Longer?

Futures prices implied as many as six cuts even though the FOMC members who will actually make that choice were signaling nothing of the sort.

Surviving and Thriving in the Coming Crisis With Modest Means

Casey recommends your serious savings should be in gold. Gold allows you to at least maintain your wealth in real terms. The dollar won’t.

Powell Says “There WILL Be Bank Failures”

A JPMorgan trader warned his clients: Fundamental long-term money is selling. I sense that we’re at the apex of some unknown pivot point in the market. I can’t shake it.

BRICS to Develop Blockchain-Based Payment System to Bypass the Dollar

This isn’t just about a geopolitical power play. Any erosion of the dollar’s status could have significant economic ramifications for the average American.

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