Grant Williams’ presentation to last month’s Mines and Money London conference This is the presentation that Singapore-based fund manager Grant Williams, Of Things That May You Go Hhhmm, gave at Mines & Money in London in early December laying out why he believes the gold price is languishing despite a wealth of what would ordinarily be positive […]
Tag Archives: central banks
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Jan
Jan
Here’s the latest piece from “our favourite billionaire” Hugo Salinas Price. He outlines how over the past 15 months international reserves have fallen three quarters of a trillion dollars. Something that has never happened since the creation of the current monetary system in 1944! See what he thinks this means… By Hugo Salinas Price Originally published at […]
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Nov
Nov
We’ve been writing a lot about negative interest rates in recent weeks. One way that central planners can ensure that these have the desired effect is by eliminating the ability for citizens to hoard and use cash. See how one country in particular is well on the way to doing this and which others are following suit. […]
13
Aug
Aug
With the announcement this week of China’s Yuan devaluation getting plenty of coverage, we’ve got a slightly different take on it below from J.S. Kim. His angle is not the majority view that they have done it solely to boost their exports though. Read on to find out… Another Strong Signal Yesterday to Own More Physical […]
10
Aug
Aug
In the latest piece from our favourite Billionaire, Hugo Salinas Price of the Mexican Civic Association for Silver, he wonders whether China may well devalue the yuan against gold as the next move in the international currency war. It’s an interesting argument that they might “raise” the Yuan gold price in order to: (1) attract […]
05
Aug
Aug
We reported a month ago how Greece has one of the best funded militaries in Europe, where they have a military budget of 4.3% of GDP. In this piece Darryl Schoon outlines how for all the talk of bailouts, cuts and austerity, Greece has not been allowed to reduce its military expenditure. He also believes Greece is merely […]
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Jul
Jul
Gold is still a long way from the highs it reached back in 2011 of almost US$1900 per ounce. So there are not too many people outside the gold community that think now is a good time to be buying. But counterintuitively this probably makes it exactly the time to buy! Here’s 7 reasons to buy […]
01
Jul
Jul
We hear yet again this week from “our favourite billionaire”, Mexican Hugo Salinas Price. First he gives us the low down on just how much the “debt cloud” (as he calls it) has expanded since 2008, and how important it is that it remains “up in the sky”. He also takes a look at the risks […]
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Jun
Jun
Just how significant are the recent rises in government bond interest rates (i.e. falling bond prices)? Darryl Schoon outlines how they are sending us some loud warnings about how this might be the end of an era. He also explains why he disagrees that a big central bank instigated monetary reset and new global currency […]
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Feb
Feb
With the RBNZ’s Open Bank Resolution in place to handle a bank failure your funds are far from safe in an NZ bank. However NZ and Australian banks are purported to be some of the safest in the world. Well, read on to see if any of them made the list of the top 10 safest […]