It’s not only this writer who is distinctly nervous about the US Federal Reserve Bank’s more aggressive approach to attempt to control inflation. This approach has come after numerous suggestions over a period of months that the problem did not exist and any inflationary tendencies were but ... Read More about Inflation Calculations and Gold
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Gold Has Stood the Test of Time
Over the past few weeks and months the gold price has seen several rallies taking it back above the $1,800 level. Each time, to date, it has been unable to hold on to this price improvement. Likewise, silver has hovered above and below the $23 level and yet again brought down a fraction below this ... Read More about Gold Has Stood the Test of Time
Bitcoin Volatility and Gold
Many observers have stated that the seemingly non-ending rise in the value of Bitcoin has diverted a significant amount of investment dollars away from gold as a perhaps better form of wealth protection and accumulation. This is despite gold’s record over thousands of years as an excellent safe ... Read More about Bitcoin Volatility and Gold
Gold and Silver Double Whammy
Just when I’d felt that gold and silver prices were due for a nice upwards surge, they were hit by a double, or even triple, whammy and lost their recent gains. That was until they saw a pick-up in Europe over the US Thanksgiving holiday due to the emergence of a worrying strain of a new coronavirus ... Read More about Gold and Silver Double Whammy
Coming Home to Roost: The Fed’s Inflationary Policies
Whether the current higher inflation levels in the US have been the Federal Reserve Bank’s intended policy all along is perhaps a moot point. We have to assume that although the central bank may have been working towards higher inflation levels, they are currently running above anticipated ... Read More about Coming Home to Roost: The Fed’s Inflationary Policies
Inflation in U.S. Builds With Biggest Gain in Prices Since 1990
U.S. consumer prices rose last month at the fastest annual pace since 1990, cementing high inflation as a hallmark of the pandemic recovery and eroding spending power even as wages surge. The consumer price index increased 6.2% from October 2020, according to Labor Department data released ... Read More about Inflation in U.S. Builds With Biggest Gain in Prices Since 1990
Gold $3,000: The Ascent Begins
Is gold’s long-awaited surge to $3000 an ounce finally underway? Are all the traffic lights green? Throughout the Western world (and China too), aging populations need a lot of medical care, and the only government and central bank “solution” is... More debt and more money ... Read More about Gold $3,000: The Ascent Begins
Start Of Massive 2nd Impulsive Wave Believed Imminent
Gold is looking better than it has for a long time. As we will proceed to see the correction from its August 2020 highs looks to be complete with it shaping up for what should prove to be a massive 2nd impulse wave – and why shouldn’t it with inflation ramping up dramatically in the direction of ... Read More about Start Of Massive 2nd Impulsive Wave Believed Imminent
Rising Fundamentals For Gold And Silver
Prices move up and down, in the restless churn of our irredeemable monetary system. There are several schools of thought whose theories attempt to describe, if not predict, the next price move. The Different Theories on What Moves Gold and Silver Prices For example, the Quantity Theory school ... Read More about Rising Fundamentals For Gold And Silver