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The latest US government data shows a record number of Americans renounced their citizenship in the first quarter of 2015. A total 1,337 Americans gave up their passports during that time. That’s almost 40% of the 3,415 in the entirety of 2014. That 2014 figure was an all-time record, following a record 2013 with 2,999 […]
Peter Schiff spoke briefly with Ben Bernanke at the SkyBridge Alternatives (SALT) Conference yesterday. Approaching the former Federal Reserve Chairman, Peter warned, “In full disclosure, I’m your biggest critic.” Bernanke didn’t miss a beat: “You have a lot of competition.”
What do precious metals experts know about silver that you don’t? The white metal has far more upside potential than gold. Silver’s unique qualities are convincing many investors to allocate a large portion of their precious metals holdings into the white metal. And with the silver price touching cyclical lows, now is a great time […]
Swiss Gold Exports to China & India Doubled Bloomberg – Exports of Swiss-refined gold to China and India doubled in March to 46.4 metric tons and 72.5 tons respectively. This is the highest monthly data since January 2014, according to the Swiss Federal Customs Administration. Much of the gold is coming from the United Kingdom, which […]
The war on cash is a growing collection of laws and banking regulations that discourage or prevent citizens from doing business in physical currency. Last month, we reported on new laws in France that will limit the size of cash transactions. On a smaller scale, the state of Louisiana has recently made it illegal to […]
Yesterday a British stock trader was arrested on criminal fraud charges for stock market manipulation. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the United States Department of Justice accused Navinder Singh Sarao of single-handedly triggering the “flash crash” of May 2010. During this crash, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged about 600 points in just minutes, […]
According to Bloomberg Intelligence, China’s gold bullion reserves may have tripled since its last official report in 2009. Bloomberg estimates that the People’s Bank of China could now own as much as 3,510 metric tons of the metal. If true, China now has the second largest store of gold in the world, following the United […]
Many global banks and precious metals analysts are now forecasting that gold has seen its bottom and will be moving higher in the coming years. The timeframe varies from institution to institution, but the consensus seems to be that the price of gold in dollars will rise significantly after 2015. Very few expect it to […]
In a report ironically titled “A Better Monetary System for Iceland,” government officials in the small North Atlantic nation are considering a policy that would strip commercial banks of the power to increase the money supply through lending. Instead, they would hand all money creation to the central bank – in essence, completely nationalizing the […]
The US markets are closed today, but the March jobs numbers were release this morning — 126,000 non-farm payroll jobs were created last month. The forecast was for 245,000 new jobs, so this is a terrible report that falls nearly 50% short of expectations. Taking into account all the economic data thus far in 2015, […]
