Has New Zealand Been a “Test Case” for Depositor Haircut Scheme?

Has New Zealand Been a “Test Case” for Depositor Haircut Scheme?

Apr 3, 2013

  Gold Survival Gold Article Updates: April 2, 2013 This Week: Has New Zealand Been a “Test Case” for Depositor Haircut Scheme? Finally, More Reporting on RBNZ OBR from the NZ Mainstream Press More on RBNZ Looking to Increase Banks Capital Ratios Overnight gold and silver took a shellacking. Gold dropped down into the US$1570 region and...

Embrace Silver’s Volatility All the Way to the Bank

Embrace Silver’s Volatility All the Way to the Bank

Feb 20, 2013

Learn just how volatile silver can be compared to gold, but also how you can take advantage of this volatility for your financial benefit when buying silver… Embrace Silver’s Volatility All the Way to the Bank By Jeff Clark, Senior Precious Metals Analyst Most precious-metals investors know that silver is more volatile than gold. But do they know...

The US Continues Along an Alarming Continuum

The US Continues Along an Alarming Continuum

Dec 18, 2012

With the re-election of Obama it’s worthwhile looking at what the impacts of his continuing rule will be on the USA. Given the US dollar is the global reserve currency it behooves us to follow what the US is doing closely to see how what they do might filter it’s way down to us… The US Continues Along an Alarming Continuum By David...

NZ Bank Failure Planning, BASEL III and Will Banks Buy Gold?

NZ Bank Failure Planning, BASEL III and Will Banks Buy Gold?

Nov 21, 2012

This Week: Gold and Silver Charts Look Pretty What’s Wrong With the RBNZ’s Bank Failure Plans? Will NZ Banks Buy Gold? Heads They Print, Tales They Print Too Gold and Silver Charts Look Pretty We couldn’t come up with a better term than “pretty” sorry but both gold and silver in NZ dollars do look good technically speaking after the recent...

What’s Wrong With the RBNZ’s Bank Failure Plans?

What’s Wrong With the RBNZ’s Bank Failure Plans?

Nov 20, 2012

What happens if a bank fails in New Zealand? If your bank failed tomorrow, what would happen? Who knows is the current answer. If it was a small bank the government may leave it to the statutory managers and so depositors might get wiped out completely if the bank was devoid of assets. But, if it was one of the big four Aussie owned banks the government might...