Fed Chairman Jay Powell Doesn’t Understand Gold
Alan Greenspan was notorious as a Federal Reserve Board Chairman for engaging in “Fedspeak,” a variation of English that sounded as though he was conveying vast amounts of information but in...
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Alan Greenspan was notorious as a Federal Reserve Board Chairman for engaging in “Fedspeak,” a variation of English that sounded as though he was conveying vast amounts of information but in...
The retirement savings gap is the difference between what people have saved for retirement and how much they actually need to save in order to retire comfortably Many people are aware that Americans...
For the seventh consecutive month, the Chinese government announced that it has added to its gold holdings The latest published figures are those from May, in which the Chinese government officially...
When dealing with Wall Street investors you often have to understand that what they push their clients into investing isn’t always what they themselves would recommend Due to the commission...
Debt issuance has always been pretty straightforward A borrower issues bonds that pay interest to entice lenders to part with their money for a period of time The longer the term of the bond or the...
The policymakers at the Federal Reserve, and at most central banks for that matter, have a horrible track record when it comes to figuring out when an economy is in a bubble By the time they realize...
By now most people are aware that one of the major factors behind increasing gold demand around the world is increased demand from governments and central banks Rather than being net sellers of gold...
If you’re saving and investing, it’s probably for a reason For most people that means saving for retirement And that requires a long time horizon and a great deal of discipline It also leads to a...
While India may be one of the world’s largest holders of gold, with Indian citizens holding an estimated 24,000 tonnes of gold, other countries are catching up China is one of those, with an...
In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, many investors were understandably nervous about investing their money With stock markets having lost over 50% of their value during the...
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is probably shaking in his boots right now Taking over from Janet Yellen in 2018, he inherited a bubble economy created by his two predecessors that is now on...
It may seem like an obvious truth that in order to retire you need to save enough money to afford to live the lifestyle to which you’ve become accustomed, but millions of households don’t save...
To hear the financial media tell it, the US economy is going great There are more job openings than unemployed people, companies are falling all over themselves trying to find workers, and the future...
single-post post__primary img {display:none !important;} Central bankers try to devalue their currencies, but that means they can't trust currencies as a store of value So they buy gold when...
You may have heard about Bernie Sanders’ latest idea to raise money As part of his campaign for President he is floating the idea of taxing various financial transactions in order to raise money...
If you’ve ever read any commentary about investing in gold you’ve probably come across the term “gold bug” It’s a derogatory term used mainly by mainstream financial commentators to...
Those of us who are parents want to do everything we can to give our children the best start to life possible From the time they’re infants, through high school and college, and into early...
Gold’s price, like the price of any other asset, is driven by issues of supply and demand Increases in supply lead to price drops, while increases in demand lead to price increases With the mining...
More and more people today understand that income inequality in the United States is growing The top 1% keep getting richer and richer while the other 99% largely stagnate The percentage of wealth...
Investors who have been in gold markets for a while understand that the gold price is often quite cyclical Like other markets, it can experience price rises and falls even while its overall trend is...
The past year has seen some really large and nearly record-breaking sums of money won in lotteries From the $15 billion won in Mega Millions in October 2018 to the $768 million won in Powerball in...