Gold hits 12-week high USD Gold price up 4.85% in last month Sabre-rattling from Trump administration set-to benefit gold Iran upset and Middle East tensions could drive oil and gold prices up. Financial Times foresees “not only currency wars but a fully fledged trade confrontation that could be disastrous for the world economy.” Royal Mint producing 50 % more gold bullion coins and bars compared to 2016 Utah moves to...
Read More »Precious Metals As Safe Havens – Reassessing Their Role
Precious Metals As Safe Havens – Reassessing Their Role New research confirms that not just gold but also the other precious metals – silver, platinum and palladium bullion – act as safe havens, especially from ‘Economic Policy Uncertainty.’ This is something that is particularly prevalent today due to the ‘Hard Brexit’ impact on the UK and the Eurozone, risk of trade wars and heightened financial and geopolitical...
Read More »Why 2017 Could See the Collapse of the Euro – Stiglitz
2017 could be the year that the euro collapses according to Joseph Stiglitz writing in Fortune magazine and these concerns were echoed over the weekend by former Bundesbank vice-president and senior European Central Bank official, Jürgen Stark, when he said that the ‘destruction’ of the Eurozone may be necessary if countries are to thrive again. Stark and Stiglitz are too of many respected commentators, from both the so...
Read More »Switzerland’s Gold Exports To China Surge In December
Switzerland’s Gold Exports To China Surge To 158 Tonnes In December Switzerland’s gold bullion exports to China saw a huge jump in December, climbing to 158 tons versus a much lower 30.6 tons in November – a jump of 416%. According to Eddie van der Walt as reported on the Bloomberg terminal this morning, total Swiss gold exports surged to 287.6 tons in December (valued at CHF 10.8b) according to data on the website of...
Read More »Gold’s average gains in inauguration years of 15 percent since 1974
– Gold’s average gains in inauguration years of 15% since 1974– First year of new President frequently a time of increased uncertainties and risks– Gold rose 30% in the 12 months after Obama inauguration – Massive political uncertainty – President’s conflict with the CIA– ‘Strong dollar policy’ to end as U.S. has $120 trillion plus debt– Trump inherits Bush and Obama’s humongous debt Gold performs well in inauguration...
Read More »Silver Kangaroo Coins – Sales Surge To Over 10 Million
Silver kangaroo coins have seen sales surge to over 10 million coins which is double the expected demand for the year. Silver Kangaroo Coins 1 oz (2016) Introduced to the market less than 11 months ago in September 2015 at a launch attended by GoldCore, sales of the new release Perth Mint’s 2016 Australian Kangaroo 1 ounce silver bullion coin were anticipated to reach 5 million coins in their introductory first year....
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