By Justin Spittler, Hard Assets Alliance Analyst After speculation that the US Federal Reserve would rein in its asset-purchasing program earlier than anticipated, Western investors began exiting gold-back exchanged-traded funds (ETFs) in record numbers, highlighted by $8.7 billion in net outflows during April. While the languishing paper-gold market has many declaring the gold trade dead, ... Read More
From the time I took my first job washing cars at age 15 to the day I retired, working kept money flowing into my bank account. I needed money, and so I had to work (no silver spoon here). A few weeks back, I penned an article highlighting how most older folks fear running out ... Read More
I came from a generation that believed mutual funds were run by real experts like John Templeton, who did tons of research, made spectacular investments, and allowed the little guy like me to benefit from the results – for a fee, of course. For many years that was true, but our investment team has convinced ... Read More
Doug Casey believes the current gold correction has bottomed. Speaking to me a few days ago, he said: “With rare exceptions—that are mainly luck—only liars buy at the exact bottom and sell at the exact top. Purchase of precious metals remains the most prudent thing you can do to protect your wealth, and a very ... Read More
Normally, there is a lot going on at Freedom Orchard. We can now add some intrigue. Those who are familiar with Freedom Orchard and our management team are aware of our strong focus on integrity and providing accurate and transparent updates. We pledge to continue doing so to the best of our ability. With this ... Read More
By Nick Giambruno, Editor, International Man All of us by now have seen the latest sales pitch from the Obama administration for yet another so-called “humanitarian intervention” in the Middle East. It is not hard to see that the case for war is a bunch of rubbish and will likely end in disaster for both ... Read More
By Jeff Clark, Editor of BIG GOLD Gold investors will recall there was a surge in bullion buying when the price crashed in mid-April. We saw less of this with the June decline, though global investment demand has still been stronger than what was seen in 2012. What virtually every mainstream headline has been screaming ... Read More
There are seventeen political parties in Chile, eighteen if you count both ecology parties separately. Since most readers of this blog tend to be libertarians, constitutionalists, or at least lean toward libertarianism, I will highlight the situation of libertarianism in Chile, as well as give details of the other political movements (which are also of keen ... Read More
By The Hard Assets Alliance Team The Federal Reserve has put pressure on precious-metals markets over the last few months. Although gold has been up since April, any signal that the Fed will reduce its bond-buying program could further weigh on gold and other precious metals. Silver has also been under pressure from central banks ... Read More
