Author: JOHN RUBINO De-dollarization events that would once have been a big deal have become common lately. Some examples: UAE officially stops using dollar for oil trades (Watcher) - The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is asking BRICS countries to settle oil trade in local currencies and not the U.S. dollar. The Middle Eastern nation is aiming to diversify its economic[...]
Tag: Gold
Is Gold A Manipulated Market? If so, it’s now manipulated upward
Author: JOHN RUBINO Some readers responded to last Wednesday’s post on gold’s trading pattern (Gold: Resistance Is … Finite) with shock that I didn’t know gold is a manipulated market where technicals don’t matter. This gives us a good jumping-off point for a look at several forms of gold manipulation that have been practiced over the years: Wall Street traders use[...]
Why is Gold Outpacing the Stock Market?
"Gold tends to outperform stocks during periods of fiscal and monetary expansion, price instability, and periods of geopolitical conflict and uncertainty. As such, one might wonder if gold might be the outperformer for the remainder of the 2020s." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TziZGYXl-0 Source: cmegroup.com/openmarkets/economics/2023/Why-Is-Gold-Outpacing-the-Stock-Market.html [...]
Buy Gold Now Or Wait?
Should you buy gold now? Or, should you wait? The pat answer is "it all depends"; which is true, but, it’s an inadequate answer. A bigger problem might be the question itself. Why would someone who is planning to buy gold now decide to wait? Some people might hesitate because they haven't seen the price action they expected. For others, it might be a lack of[...]
What Gold Needs
"Gold needs weak economic data as a catalyst to push prices higher..." trumpeted a headline this past weekend. In a similar vein is the oft stated claim that "a recession is good for gold". Several months ago, someone said that all gold needed to move to new highs above $2000 was lower inflation numbers. Earlier this year, the supposed "catalyst" for higher gold[...]
Central Bank Gold Demand Is Even Stronger Than It Looks
Author: JOHN RUBINO When sales are actually purchases Central banks have morphed recently from net sellers of gold to increasingly aggressive net buyers. And the buying is even more aggressive than it seems. Here’s the story in three charts: When the global financial system nearly imploded in 2008, central banks stopped selling gold and started buying. To put this buying[...]
Gold And The Shrinking Trust Horizon
via John Rubino's Substack Last week I posted an article on the implosion of the official vaccine narrative. That’s a controversial topic so not surprisingly it generated some heat on both sides. And a few readers expressed the wish that I’d stay in my lane (precious metals investing) and avoid venturing into unrelated and less well understood territory. But believe it or[...]
Heightened Investment Risks Demand Asset Review. Liquidity Paramount.
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Precious Metals Market Leader and Innovator Neptune Global Celebrates its 20th Anniversary
Neptune Global proudly celebrates its 20th anniversary in the bullion and precious metals markets. Yet, more than simply celebrating our anniversary, we commemorate our core product suite’s developmental and market milestones. Famed ocean explorer Edith Widder once said: “Exploration is the engine that drives innovation. Innovation drives economic growth.” Innovation has been[...]
BITCOIN FLOUNDERING AS DIGITAL SUBSTITUTE – Gold Tops $2000 As Crypto-Correlation Crashes
April 18, 2022 From ZeroHedge: Since the beginning of the year, gold has surge over 9%, topping $2000 again this morning amid geopolitical crises and global stagflation fears… At the same time, cryptocurrencies have suffered with Bitcoin down around 15% (back below $40,000 this morning), with the most aggressive shift from 'digital gold' to 'real gold' occurring since Putin[...]