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Romance Scammer Used Promise of Fake Gold to Bilk Victims for Millions

This scam was fairly complex, involving a fake bank website and non-existent gold bars. The alleged perpetrator of this scam, Richard Opoku Agyemang, was arrested last month by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.

What’s Really Driving the Gold Price Surge?

By Richard Mills, Ahead of the Herd

The price is surging due to increased geopolitical tensions — wars in Ukraine and Gaza, the Israel-Iran conflict, Houthis firing on commercial ships in the Red Sea, and the threat of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan being the main ones — and continued central bank buying, even though gold is hitting record highs.

GoldSeek Radio Nugget - Bob Moriarty part 1 of 2: Gold Will See Another Record High Shortly

By Chris Waltzek, GoldSeek Radio

Moriarty says gold has seen the correction, and will be heading higher. He notes the sentiment didn't follow the recent record highs in gold and silver.

Inflation is Transitory Again

By David Haggith, The Daily Doom

Because it has to be in order to fund Bidenomics.

Liminal Space

By John Mauldin, Thoughts from the Frontline

Every recession has its own unique triggers, which are often in plain sight, but people underestimate their importance. The triggers we have now, some of which will eventually go critical. The question is when.

More Evidence Screams "The Books Are Cooked!"

By David Haggith, The Daily Doom

If labor is tight because all laborers in the world died, then it is not appropriate to call that tight labor market a “hot” market. It is, in fact, a DEAD market. Now, reduce the extremes, and you understand what is happening here.

The Federal Reserve Is Fighting Inflation Blindfolded

By Mike Maharrey, Money Metals

It's clear that Powell and the Fed don’t know what they’re doing. Their monetary policy is based on conjecture, wild guesses, and hope, and it continues to enable wild U.S. government borrowing and spending on the over-taxed backs of We the People.

Navigating Stagflation

By MoneyMetals

Mike Maharrey delves into the complexities of the current economic landscape including that of China as a member of BRICS, Federal Reserve policies, and stagflation.

Thai Government Pension Fund Buying More Gold to Mitigate Risk

By Mike Maharrey, Money Metals

Songpol's confusion notwithstanding, he's wise to allocate more investment to commodities - especially gold. Higher interest rates increase the likelihood that the stock market bubble will begin to deflate.

FOMC Increasingly Irrelevant in the ‘Wonderland’ Economy

By Gary Tanashian, NFTRH

Active risk management along the way to speculating in this bubble (it simply should not be called investing) is required. As the bubble in confidence in policy-making (both fiscal by government, and monetary by central banks) continues, we note the absurdity here.

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