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The biggest of big pictures
October 26th, 2018
I have had a request from Mrs Macleod to write down in simple terms what on earth is going on in the world, and why is it that I think gold is so important in this context. She-who-must-be-obeyed ...
British pound is facing continued pressure on Friday morning
October 12th, 2018
The British pound is facing continued pressure on Friday morning after Liam Fox, Michael Gove and Dominic Raab spoke out against the UK PM at a senior ministers Brexit meeting in Downing Street last night. The Pound to Euro ...
We should ditch GDP as a measure of economic activity
October 10th, 2018
This article exposes the false economic concepts behind GDP, which is only the visible tip of a large iceberg of economic deceit. Describing an increase in GDP as economic growth owes its meagre validity to imprecise definition. An ...
Gold And Silver Are Acting Like It’s 2008. They May Be Right
September 6th, 2018
2008 has special significance for gold bugs, both because of the money they lost in August of year and the money they made in the half-decade that followed. Today’s world is beginning to feel eerily similar. Let’s start with ...
Global economy is facing a ‘perfect storm’, warns BIS chief
August 29th, 2018
The problem with the current US policy of using tariffs to pursue trade and economic strategies is that they are such a crude tool to use within such a complex, sophisticated and global ecosystem. The Bank of International Settlements’ ...
Paper gold not so shiny anymore: Prices hit 19-month low as speculators ‘give up hope’
August 22nd, 2018
The price for gold – which has traditionally served as a haven asset for investors – has fallen by nine percent so far this year. Holders of gold futures contracts, not the physical metal, are shorting their positions. Last ...
Currency Woes
August 17th, 2018
This week’s collapse of the Turkish lira has dominated the headlines, and it is widely reported that this and other emerging market currencies are in trouble because of the withdrawal of dollar liquidity. There are huge quantities of ...
Gold prices to jump
August 8th, 2018
Gold prices to jump after US loses trade war and its debt bubble blows – Peter Schiff to RT Investors that bet on US economy against gold will soon be disappointed, and bullion prices will soar, according to veteran ...
Euro to British Pound exchange rate continues to climb despite slowing German trade
August 8th, 2018
Tuesday saw the publication of most of this week’s most notable Eurozone ecostats, but they didn’t have a particularly influential effect on the direction of the Euro to British Pound (EUR/GBP) exchange rate. Instead, the Pound remains limp as ...
Intercontinental Exchange plans to launch a bitcoin exchange
August 6th, 2018
Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges, clearing houses, data and listings services, announced that it plans to form a new company, Bakkt, which intends to leverage Microsoft cloud solutions to create an open and regulated, global ...
