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Market's fall has wiped out $3 trillion in retirement savings
Stock market's fall has wiped out $3 trillion in retirement savings this year   The U.S. stock market rout that has put U.S. equities in a bear market isn't just reducing the net worth of bill...
Charting the gold-to-silver ratio over 200 years
Gold and silver have been precious and monetary metals for millennia, with the gold-to-silver ratio having been measured since the days of Ancient Rome.Historically, the ratio between gold and si...
Ukraine war to cause biggest price shock in 50 years - World Bank
The war in Ukraine is set to cause the "largest commodity shock" since the 1970s, the World Bank has warned. In a new forecast, it said disruption caused by the conflict would contribute to huge pr...
Russia, Ukraine, Gold and YOU!
How current events are affecting you, your family, and your retirement. Is the Reserve Currency Pendulum swinging now from West to East? What we are witnessing is not a simple rec...
Are we witnessing the beginning of de-dollarization?
2022 started with a surging omicron variant. A few weeks in, providing a respite, the variant subsided around the globe. However, as if the world was deprived of tragedy and was rejoicing for too l...
United States Mint Announces Pause in Production and Sales of Morgan and Peace Dollars for 2022, Popular Historic Program Will Return in 2023
WASHINGTON – The United States Mint today announced it will forgo the production and sales of Morgan and Peace Silver Dollars in 2022. This calculated pause is directly related to the global pandem...
Are We on the Brink of World War III?
Today’s headlines are terrifying: RUSSIA LAUNCHES ATTACKS ACROSS UKRAINE; BIDEN VOWS CONSEQUENCES (Washington Post), UKRAINE CITIES UNDER SIEGE AS RUSSIA INVADES (London Times) As you rea...
Gold outshines market, emerges as the best-performing asset class in 2022
Gold has emerged as the best-performing asset class in 2022, after underperforming most risk assets last year. The yellow metal was trading at around $1,900 per ounce in the international market on...
How Magical Thinking Led America To $30 Trillion In Debt
Washington, DC must be a magical place.Because the people in charge of it keep conjuring fantasies that defy belief.In the Wizarding World of Washington, you can now say a multitrillion dollar fede...
Turkey wants billions worth of 'under the mattress' gold back in the financial system as it fights inflation, currency devaluation
As Turkey battles inflation at nearly 50% and a very weak lira, the government wants to encourage citizens to convert their "under the mattress" gold worth billions of dollars into lira-denominated...
Central banks accelerate shift from dollar to gold worldwide
Central banks around the world are increasing the gold they hold in foreign exchange reserves, bringing the total to a 31-year high in 2021.Central banks have built up their gold reserves by more t...
Gold price at $10k, silver at $500 due to 'a decade of shortage', says Goehring & Rozencwajg
(Kitco News) This will be a "decade of shortage" defined by high inflation and a failed attempt to raise rates – the perfect combo to trigger a massive rally in gold, said Goehring & Rozencwajg...
Is it time to add gold to your IRA?
Think about it. Your current relationship is with your custodian. Your new relationship will be with your new custodian. What role does the gold dealer play? They are the broker of record fund...
$10k gold, credit collapse, dollar devaluation: This is the "course of the empire" - Dan Oliver
The natural course of the U.S. "empire" is that of currency devaluation and an eventual credit collapse, said Dan Oliver, founder of Myrmikan Capital."What backs the dollar? The Fed's assets do, an...
Digital Currencies Pave Way for Deeply Negative Interest Rates
If people can’t hoard physical money, it becomes much easier to cut rates far below zeroInvestors have been ignoring progress toward government-issued electronic money, even as many countries are p...
Everything You Need to Know About the New 2021 Morgan and Peace Silver Dollars
The Morgan Dollar set starts in 1878 and were produced annually until 1904. The design was restarted in 1921 but just for that one year in order to alleviate a silver shortage, caused in part by th...
John Mercanti and Ed Moy congratulate Miles Standish
Market Analysis: MS70 1996 and 2000 American Eagle Silver Coins Uncommon
US Coins Published: May 18, 2021, 11 AM Both housed in Mercanti Flag Signature PCGS holders and graded MS70, these 1996 and 2000 silver American Eagle 1-ounce bullion coins realized $3,840 a...
The demise of the dollar? Reserve currencies in the era of ‘going big’
John Plender in London MAY 24 2021Billionaire US fund manager Stanley Druckenmiller delivered an apocalyptic warning earlier this month that the dollar could cease to be the predominant global rese...
LCR Coin Now Accepts Crypto Currency for Gold and Silver Purchases
DRIPPING SPRINGS, Texas, - LCR Coin, a well-established online coin and bullion dealer, now welcomes buyers who wish to pay with crypto currency. As of May 21, 2021, the company has integrated BitP...