Tag Archives: US dollar

Donald Trump, Saudi Arabia, and the Petrodollar

We’ve written many times how the “death of the US dollar won’t necessarily happen in the form of a collapse as most people think. It will more likely be a series of steps that reduces the Dollars role as the global reserve currency. But there is still the chance that one of these steps could be quite sudden. Read on to see […]

A Global Money Printing Competition

Despite rising steadily since the start of the year, the sentiment towards gold and silver still seems not particularly positive. Despite the price looking like it bottomed out in December, rising but still being comparatively low to much of 2016, we are seeing very little buying of either metal currently. Below Stewart Thomson explains why […]

Bill Bonner: Trump Is No Match for the Deep State

Bill Bonner is a joy to read. Often controversial, always witting and entertaining. Lately he has been riling his readers with his negative views on Trump – or at least his chances of making “America Great Again”. Here’s why he thinks Trump will in the end prove no match for the Deep State… Weekend Edition: […]

Trump’s Ignorance

This is a slightly different take on Trump and the end of the current monetary system. Unlike in the article we posted earlier, our favourite billionaire – Hugo Salinas Price – believes Trump will unwittingly bring about the end of the US Dollar’s role as global reserve currency. But nonetheless his conclusions about the result are […]

Trump and a New Gold-Backed Dollar

See why a Trump presidency has heightened the chances of the end current US petrodollar monetary system. Plus discover what the two most likely options are to replace the US dollar at the centre of the new system are… Trump and a New Gold-Backed Dollar By Nick Giambruno On August 15, 1971, President Nixon killed the […]

The Biggest Monetary Transformation Since WWII

Mike Maloney explains that every 30 to 40 years the world has a new monetary system. And the global dollar standard is the worst design of all these systems — yet it’s 45 years old. So it’s way overdue for its own demise. And when this one crumbles, everyone is going to feel it. Earlier […]

This Is How the Feds Will Ban Cash

We referenced a line from this Bill Bonner article a few weeks ago. But it’s worth checking out the whole PIECE for his theory as to how a ban on cash might be rolled out. Including what the cause may be and how the central planners will react… This Is How the Feds Will Ban […]

SDR Bonds Sold in China – Will the Dollar Live to Die Another Day?

Last week as part of an article we discussed Jim Rickards theory as to how the changes to the global monetary system may play out. This week Stacy Herbert and Max Keiser discussed the recent issuance of IMF Special Drawing Right (SDR) bonds for the first time in 35 years sold to Chinese Investors. They […]

Gold And Silver: Good Times Are Here

Stewart Thomson was on the ball with his recent call that gold could likely find a bottom following the latest US jobs numbers announcement. That is exactly what happened with gold bouncing higher from just above US$1300 last week. So let’s check back in on what his latest thoughts are. He has some interesting thoughts on […]

Discovering the “Road to Roota”

We’ve shared a bit of information from Bix Weir in the past. His theories are definitely out there but the world is a very strange place so who are we to say that he can’t be right? Bix Weir makes some very good arguments to back up his theory that Alan Greenspan is one of […]