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COMEX Delivery Update

The demand for physical delivery off of the COMEX futures exchange continues at an unprecedented rate. What does this mean for 2021 and beyond?

Is the COMEX Fudging Physical Delivery Data?

By Jan Nieuwenhuijs, Money Metals

Recently, several gold commentators have stated that there is an anomaly in physical delivery numbers of the COMEX futures exchange in New York. After reviewing the numbers I see no fraud in the data.

Debt is the Real Pandemic

By Dr. Ron Paul, Ron Paul Institute

Therefore, our priority must be on getting people to reject the entitlement mentality and embrace the philosophy of liberty and personal responsibility. This will enable us to build a movement capable of convincing politicians to stop voting for more spending and debt and instead vote to respect the Constitutional limitations on government in all areas.

Slow recovery from virus unlikely to impede strong demand for metals

By Richard Mills, Ahead of the Herd

As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information Slow recovery from virus unlikely to impede strong demand for metals  Daily coronavirus cases may be down in the United States, but that is no reason to be complacent, especially given that cold and flu season is only a few weeks away, says the nation’s top doctor.  In a roundtable discussion Thursday at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Anthony Fauci warned that “we need to hunker down and…

On the Question of Current and Future Lockdowns

By John Mauldin, Thoughts from the Frontline

My theme today is on the pandemic’s future economic impact, especially in the United States. It is relatively easy to look back and see what happened, but I am more interested in future responses. In the US, we have tried a wide variety of experiments in various states over the past six months, some which seem to have worked and some that have been less effective. I am going to make some suggestions about how we move from here. I can guarantee you that no one will be happy with everything I…

Pension Funds Join the Gold Party—Things Are About to Get Interesting

By Jeff Clark, The Gold Advisor

Today, institutional participation – the enormous Wall St and global wealth management and investment firms and their clients from hedge funds to pension funds – in the gold market is minimal. But with interest rates near zero globally, we’re seeing signs that this is changing rapidly.

We Tested Positive!

By Gary Christenson, Miles Franklin

We tested positive for stupidity and ignoring consequences. History shows that too much unproductive debt is dangerous. Economists know that excessive debt relative to GDP is counterproductive. The United States is “hitting the wall” now.

Ahead of the September FOMC

By Craig Hemke, TF Metals Report

Next week brings the long-awaited September FOMC meeting. What is said and what is unsaid will have significant impacts on the short-term direction of COMEX gold and silver prices, so let's take some time today to speculate upon what may be coming.

Arrival of the Epocalypse and the 2020 Stock Market Meltdowns

By David Haggith, The Daily Doom

Over the past two years, our economy got to the collapse we are in now, how predictable the Federal Reserve’s policy changes and failures were, why economic recovery has stalled, and why the stock market was certain to crash twice this year, including why the second crash would likely hit around September.

China Unloads Dollars as Gold Tests Support

By Stefan Gleason, Money Metals

Chinese economist Xi Junyang announced last week that the country would aim to hold $800 billion in U.S. debt “under normal circumstances." But, he added, “China might sell all of its U.S. bonds in an extreme case, like a military conflict."

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