Bail in risk – €4 Trillion Italian banking system at risk as referendum looms Sunday according to Financial Times Concerns of multiple bank failures – Eight banks at risk of failure and bail ins Monte dei Paschi di Siena, third largest by assets and mid-sized banks Popolare di Vicenza, Veneto Banca and Carige and four smaller banks […]

Gold down 13% in 13 trading days since Trump election Factors that have led to lower gold prices Trump bearish for gold in coming four years? ‘Trumpflation’ cometh Sharia gold – vaulted gold accessible to 110 million new investors What to do? Diversify and geometric price cost average By @Skoylesy . Editor @MarkTOByrne Donald Trump was […]

War On Cash Goes Global – India, Australia and Citibank India shock cancellation of nation’s two highest-denomination notes India effectively invalidates & removes 86% of cash from circulation India sees “runs on banks” & severe financial difficulties Citi to makes all Australian branches cashless Australian pilot programme restricts 80% of payments on card UBS proposes […]

Russia gold buying accelerated in October with the Russian central bank buying a very large 48 metric tonnes or 1.3 million ounces of gold bullion. This is the largest addition of gold to the Russian monetary reserves since 1998 and could be seen as a parting ‘gift’ by Prime Minister Putin to his rival ex-President Obama. […]

David McWilliams interviewed Jim Rickards at Kilkenomics for TV3’s Agenda and the short ten minute interview is a must watch. McWilliams Rickards interview here (from 34:16) Key points covered are We are already in global currency wars End of the dollar as the benchmark global reserve currency coming Higher inflationary – “all the currencies will fall against […]

Physical gold is a “hedge against governments,” a “long-term position” and is still “on a buy signal” in the longer-term according to Dominic Frisby writing in the UK’s best selling financial publication Money Week this week. Frisby believes in owning physical gold for the long term and that gold is close to bottoming but could […]

Gold Sell Off On Fed Noise – “Interesting Times” To “Support Gold” Gold prices in dollar terms came under renewed pressure today testing strong support at the $1,200/oz level. Gold dropped another 1% to near a 6 month low and is set for a second week of falls after the dollar soared again after Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet […]

Islamic Gold – Important New Dynamic In Gold Market Next month, 1.6 billion people will have a new ‘gold investment standard’ Gold bullion investments to become accessible to 25% of planet Islamic finance market expected to grow to US$5 trillion by 2020 Islamic asset classes have all under performed compared to gold In 10 years, gold has risen […]

Gold mine production is peaking globally and this is “bullish for gold” according to a slowly emerging group in the gold industry. It is great to see the reality of peak gold production slowly be acknowledged in the mainstream as it is an important fundamental factor in the market which has been continuously ignored. As reported […]

The gold price should rise in the medium and long term on global risks and the Trump Presidency, according to leading research consultancy Capital Economics. The recent sharp gold price fall is again causing jitters among some investors who forget that gold remains more than 14% higher in dollar terms, 16.5% higher in euro terms […]