(Joakim Book, Money Metals News Service) The monetary regime has immediate consequences for our behavior—as individuals, institutions, and financial entities.
One underappreciated victim of the fiat age is long-dated bonds. When price predictability of the money is strong, and commitment to the monetary regime is credible, you can finance projects or business ventures...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday that it’s investigating a startup that’s been launching balloons filled with sulfur dioxide (SO2) into the atmosphere, allegedly as part of a scheme to “geoengineer the planet.”
According to the EPA, the company in question, Making Sunsets, has already launched...
(Headline USA) President Donald Trump said he wants to give money and an airplane ticket to any immigrant who is in the country illegally who chooses to “self-deport,” and work to get those who are “good” back in the U.S.
Trump, who campaigned on a pledge to carry out mass...
(Jesse Colombo, Money Metals News Service) The U.S. Dollar Index is testing a key technical level that has triggered major rebounds in the past—making this an important setup for commodities and precious metals investors to watch closely.
The U.S. dollar has fallen sharply since the start of the year, which...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) On Tuesday, Judge Aileen Cannon ruled that Ryan Routh’s defense attorneys are allowed to test-fire the alleged would-be Trump assassin’s rifle, but they won’t be allowed to test other aspects of the rifle, including how well it aims.
Judge Cannon’s ruling was in response to a...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Demand for gold is so strong in China that the government has allocated additional gold import quotas for commercial banks.
According to a Bloomberg article, strong haven demand from institutional and retail investors led to the move.
China ranks as the world’s largest gold market.
The government uses import quotas to...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) The American economy is a bubble. The thing about bubbles is that they eventually pop.
All they need is a pin.
Tariff policy might be the pin that pops this bubble, but even if it isn’t, there is a pin out there with this bubble's...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Trump on Monday suggested that Iran was slow-walking talks with the US and repeated his threat of military action if a deal on Tehran’s nuclear program isn’t reached.
The US and Iran held indirect negotiations in Oman over the weekend and are set to hold another round in...
(Brien Lundin, Money Metals News Service) The world is worried. And typically in such an environment, investors across the globe rush to three safe havens: the U.S. dollar, U.S. Treasuries, and gold.
This time is different — because they’re dumping the greenback and Treasuries... and buying gold hand over fist.
This dynamic...
(Jesse Colombo, Money Metals News Service) My expectations are being fully confirmed as Chinese gold trading activity and prices both surge—and now even Bloomberg has taken notice with a fascinating article on what’s unfolding.
Since last fall, I’ve been advancing a theory that China’s aggressive futures traders—who were behind gold’s initial...
(Casey Harper, The Center Square) As Americans file their taxes at the last minute this April 15, the federal debt – and Americans’ federal debt burden – continues to grow.
While the federal government reports a national debt nearing $37 trillion, one budget watchdog says the figure is actually much...
(Headline USA) Former President Joe Biden is making a comeback... sort of.
The 82-year-old Democrat returns to the national stage Tuesday to elevate liberal concerns that President Donald Trump's agenda is threatening Social Security.
Biden has largely avoided speaking publicly since leaving the White House in January, which is typically the...