In this article you’ll learn about the various gold standards and exchange rate regimes over the past 200 years. Along with what the options may be instead of a return to a gold standard… Calls For a New Gold Standard Back in 2010 we had the World Bank head Robert Zoellick calling for debate on […]
Tag Archives: gold standard
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Jun
Jun
It is interesting to see a mainstream news organisation in Australia reporting on the state of the Reserve Bank of Australia's gold reserves. The Wentworth Report's David Evan summarised and commented on an article published by "The Australian". First check out David's thoughts. After that we also share some disturbing information on the one and only [...]
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Feb
Feb
Excellent questions from our readers keep on coming. A while back we received a question asking how a new gold standard might affect New Zealand. Given New Zealand doesn’t have any gold reserves: Jim Rickards is predicting that as early as January 2018 Donald Trump will devalue the usd and peg it to gold at […]
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Nov
Nov
A reader has asked about a gold revaluation: Does revaluing gold to $10k usd with all the major countries make sense? The US government wants the usd to remain the world’s reserve currency, but it has a very high government debt to GDP ratio. Historically, nations with a >90% ratio end up collapsing. If all […]
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Dec
Dec
Just over 5 years ago John Butler gave an excellent talk in Auckland which we were fortunate to attend entitled “Remonetisation of gold is inevitable”. Butler outlined why we may have a full return to gold backed money. He believed a remonetisation of gold would be the ultimate response to the current situation. Where policy […]
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Nov
Nov
Is the return to a gold standard inevitable? Grant Williams, Senior Advisor at Vulpes Investment Mgmt, Writer of Things That Make You Go Hmmm, and cofounder of Real Vision Television, presented at The Silver & Gold Summit in San Francisco in October. Luckily for us Cambridge House has released the whole presentation. (Hat tip to Mike […]
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Jun
Jun
What is Trump’s aim in the tariffs and duties he is imposing? Is there a method to what seems like his madness? Could he (unwittingly or otherwise?) be sowing the seeds for a return to the gold standard? Last week the US announced a list of $50 billion in Chinese goods to target with […]
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Apr
Apr
It’s a good idea to understand the history of the monetary system over the past 100 years or so. Why? Because what has happened before can give a pretty good indication of what may come to pass in the future. This article explains why another collapse is due for the dollar. It describes the errors […]
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Oct
Oct
In Part 2, Hugo Salinas Price gets into the specific calculation of how high gold will have to rise if indeed China do implement a oil futures contract that is convertible into physical gold…. Check out part 1 here first if you haven’t read that yet: Prospects for Gold if China Issues Oil Futures Backed by […]
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Oct
Oct
Last month we commented on how China looks to be preparing to release a yuan-denominated oil futures contract that is convertible (backed by) physical gold. Our favourite, Billionaire Hugo Salinas Price, has taken a closer look at this plan – well as much as is known about it anyway. As a result he has arrived at […]