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Random Thoughts from the Frontline

By John Mauldin, Thoughts from the Frontline

If this is true, it means that even though I don’t like the current stimulus bill as it is structured, it is unlikely, even coupled with easy monetary policy, to produce anything other than transitory inflation.

What's The Real Purpose of Money?

By Keith Weiner, Monetary Metals

Once upon a time gold was commonly used to finance productive enterprise. Unfortunately, 20th century events put that practice on a hiatus. But guess what? It’s back.

Gold market manipulation: Why, how, and how long? (2021 edition)

By Chris Powell, GATA

Gold has remained so important that Western governments -- particularly the U.S. Treasury and its Exchange Stabilization Fund, the U.S. Federal Reserve, and allied governments and central banks -- manipulate the gold market every day, even hour by hour, to control and usually suppress the monetary metal's price.

Owning Real Assets Amid Surreal Markets

By Stefan Gleason, Money Metals

It’s all being fueled by cheap money and government “stimulus.” The consequences?

Monetary Metals Gold Brief 2021

By Keith Weiner, Monetary Metals

This is our annual analysis of the gold and silver markets. We look at the market players, dynamics, fallacies, drivers, and finally give our predictions for the prices of the metals over the coming year.

SLV's warning of short squeeze is a ruse to divert buying from physical

By Michael J. Ballanger, GGM Advisory Inc

SLV's prospectus change is a veiled suggestion designed to divert buying power to conduits the price suppressors control rather than to conduits they do not control. Buy physical silver and avoid SLV.

Overstimulation Risk

By John Mauldin, Thoughts from the Frontline

In a world of high valuations, zero-bound Treasury rates, and junk bonds yielding 4.1%, what does an investor do?

Idaho House Votes to Encourage Holding Physical Gold and Silver to Protect State Reserves

By Jp Cortez, Sound Money Defense League

The Idaho State House today overwhelmingly approved a bill which enables the State Treasurer to protect state reserve funds from inflation and financial risk by holding physical gold and silver.

Energy Metals Lead the Charge

By Stefan Gleason, Money Metals

Gold and silver aren’t the only viable plays in the metals space – and they aren’t currently the leaders.

Robert Lambourne: BIS gold swaps fall slightly in January but remain high

By Robert Lambourne

To put this into context, the current volume of gold swaps remains larger than the 504.8 tonnes of gold held by the European Central Bank and about 89 tonnes less than the reported gold reserves of the tenth largest national gold holding, the 612.4 tonnes of the Netherlands.

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