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Could Gold Prices Begin To Rally Higher Soon?”All That Glitters When the World Jitters is Probably Gold It is very likely that Gold has rallied to these current levels as a “global hedge against risk” and that Silver has been overlooked as a secondary asset. The economic pressures and concerns within the global markets have not abated just because the US Fed…- Why Are People Losing Faith in The Dollar?“A Crash In The Dollar Is Coming The era of the U.S. dollar’s “exorbitant privilege” as the world’s primary reserve currency is coming to an end. Then French Finance Minister Valery Giscard d’Estaing coined that phrase in the 1960s largely out of frustration, bemoaning a U.S. that drew freely on the rest of the world…
- Why is Wall Street Doubting the Fed?“Wall Street Doubts Fed’s $600 Billion Lending Plan Can Succeed The Federal Reserve is about to launch a $600 billion gambit to save swaths of U.S. businesses and tens of millions of jobs threatened by the coronavirus crisis. Wall Street is far from confident the Fed can pull it off. At issue is the Main…
- What could rising deficits mean for the future?“Why Trump’s Soaring Deficits Don’t Matter Right Now Markets are correct in shrugging off any impact from soaring deficits under the Trump administration, suggests Goldman Sachs’ top equities strategist. “As the private sector pulls back amid the [COVID-19] crisis, governments are right to step in and bridge the gap through large increases in spending. In…
- Could Inflation Drive Gold Prices Higher?“Inflation Ahead? US Velocity Of Money Hits Multi-decade Lows The US velocity of money, as measured by the M2 money stock ratio quarterly seasonally adjusted, has declined to 1.374, the lowest level since at least 1960s, as per the data tweeted by Jeroen Blokland, Portfolio Manager for the Robeco Multi-Asset funds. The velocity of money…
- Is the Economy in Trouble?”Fed chair issues dire warnings on economy Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell shook markets and alarmed lawmakers this week with a dire warning: The U.S. could suffer through years of sluggish growth and meager job gains well after the pandemic passes without further economic stimulus. In a speech Tuesday, Powell urged lawmakers to set aside…
- Why should investors look to silver now?“The Big Move In Silver May Be Breaking Out Right Now For many years now, metals traders and enthusiasts have been patiently waiting for the move in silver that we feel it’s eventually going to happen. There is almost a ritual process in the metals market that takes place when a crisis happens. We’ve written…
- Why could gold be better than a devaluing currency?“Why gold will grow now and defend later After a rough turn in the decade-plus bull market, investors are starting to look at gold favourably again. The CEO of one fund provider thinks advisors should be talking to clients about gold, as a defence against downturns and a means of weathering the longer-term inflationary storm…
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