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In late December of last year, Peter Schiff and his brother Andrew released a new and expanded version of their illustrated economic fable How an Economy Grows and Why it Crashes. Since the debut of the original version of the book in 2010, people across the world have told them that the book’s simplicity, humor, […]
US Mint Silver Coin Sales Hit Yearly Record Bloomberg – By the second week of November, the US Mint’s American Eagle silver coin sales had reached 40.2 million ounces for 2013, a new annual record. The previous record was ~39.9 million ounces for all of 2011. Strong retail sales are attributed to lower silver prices […]
Enjoy the December 2013 edition of the Silver Institute’s Silver News. This issue includes articles on silver’s use in 3-D printing electrical componenets, testing for cystic fibrosis, and drone cloud seeding to control weather in California.
Dubai Plans Spot Gold Contract for 2014 Wall Street Journal – The Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange (DGCX) is planning to launch the first Middle East spot gold contract in 2014. The new platform will simplify the process for trading smaller quantities of physical gold and, according to Chief Executive Gary Anderson, will “eliminate that […]
Gold Posts Biggest Quarterly Gain in a Year Reuters – Gold ended the third quarter up 8%, the largest quarterly gain since Q3 2012. It’s expected to recover further if Fed stimulus continues, which analysts consider a possibility given a US government shutdown and weak dollar. “It seems to us that the central bank will […]
Gold at 3-Month High on Safe Haven Appeal Reuters – In the last week of August, the gold spot price climbed to its highest since May and silver rose to its highest since April. The rise was attributed to the potential of a US military strike against Syria and gold’s safe haven appeal during times […]
Back in 2008, a video mashup was uploaded to YouTube featuring Peter Schiff’s media appearances from 2006 to 2007 in which he predicted the 2008 financial crisis, sometimes in the face of open ridicule from other analysts. As you’ve likely heard by now, Peter Schiff was right again, but this time about the much-anticipated tapering […]
The Silver Institute’s August Silver News was released this week and is full of updates on the ever evolving world of industrial and technological silver applications. Silver might hold the key to letting our smart phone batteries last a whole week, while silver’s antimicrobial properties are garnering attention from large universities. Silver News also explains the differences […]
India Gold Rush Picking Up Pace Forbes – Prithviraj Kothari, President of the Bombay Bullion Association, expects Indian gold imports to increase by 20% during the second half of 2012 as compared to the first half. Kothari sees India importing 300 tons from July to December, up from 250 tons from January to June. Currently, gold […]
Singapore Opens 200 Metric Ton Silver Vault Bloomberg – Malca-Amit Global Ltd. added a 200 metric ton silver vault to its five existing gold vaults at the Singapore FreePort. The new silver vault will be an affordable storage alternative for the less expensive white metal, since the gold vaults are already fully reserved due to […]
