Category: Articles: General
SLV ETF Adds 571 Tonnes Of Physical Silver To Its Holdings
Earlier this week, BlackRock reported that they added 571.63 tonnes of new physical silver backing to their popular silver ETF iShares Silver Trust (SLV). That is the largest one day addition since December 31, 2007. The bullion is held by the trust’s custodian in London. No explanation was given and experts do not real see the reasons for this important addition.
Discussion About New Gold Standard Heating Up Online
A latest blog post on The Telegraph lays out that “the world is moving step by step towards a de facto Gold Standard.” The author points to several facts. In addition the latest evolution with Germany’s gold could be a real game changer. Jim Sinclair reacts publicly on the article.
Germany’s Gold Is Coming Home – Facts & Opinions
The German Bundesbank published a press release yesterday in which they announce the start of the repatriation of their country’s gold. The Bundesbank plans to transfer 300 tonnes of gold from New York and all of its gold stored in Paris, 374 tonnes, to Frankfurt. By 2020, it wants to hold half of the nearly 3,400 tonnes of gold in Frankfurt, where it stores about a third of its reserves.
Peter Schiff Reveals CPI Propaganda By Calculating Real Price Inflation
Peter Schiff explains how the official price inflation measurement is not reflecting the daily reality. Our intuition already knew this but now it has also been proven statistically. Between 1970 and 1980 the officially reported CPI rose a whopping 112%, and prices of the anlayzed basket of goods and services rose by 117%, just a 4% faster than the CPI. In contrast between 2002 and 2012 the CPI rose just 27.5%. But the basket much faster, accounting for a 62% difference!
2013 – Declining Wealth & Trust, Increasing Deficits
Author GE Christenson describes in this article his outlook for 2013, by simply looking at today’s reality. Obviously, no crystal ball is needed to come to the same conclusions, only some courage to look at the truth which is visible through the daily main stream “noise.” What we know for sure, is that a train wreck is in process. Time to protect your finances, investments, and retirement. The official numbers may not represent reality in 2013 and beyond.
Gold Closer To Become Officially Money … Again
A new paper published by the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum describes the gold is ready to become officially part of the monetary system … again. In order to stabilize the world monetary system, in the light of a deteriorating global currency war and the lack of a real alternative world reserve currency, gold is the only alternative currency that is ready to take on a leading role. One thing is for sure, it is the ONLY time tested currency as ALL paper based money systems have failed in history. Although the Renminbi is a candidate to play an leading role in the future, it is not ready to take up that role yet. Gold was money and gold continues to be money, although we temporarily somehow “forgot” in it in the West.
Petition To Audit US Gold Vaults – Best Kept Secret To Be Revealed?
A petition was launched on the website of the White House to have the US vaults audited. If there is one thing kept secret, then it is the amount of gold held by the US central bank. It remains unknown to everyone how much gold really is present in the vaults, especially the US vaults that host gold of many countries worldwide. The US bullion was last subjected to a full physical audit in 1953.
Michael Pento Sees Global Economies Deteriorating
In his weekly update, Michael Pento analyzed some important macro economic data globally. He came to the well known conclusion that economic conditions worldwide are deteriorating. In this article, you will read the latest macro economic data with Michael Pento’s interpretation.
AfterShock Book Writers Launch New Fund
AfterShock is one of the books that correctly predicted the 2008 financial meltdown. The authors of the book launched a mutual fund “The Aftershock Strategies Fund” with the ticker symbol is SHKNX. The fund diversifies among asset classes as well as within classes. Rather than just having a diversified stock and bond portfolio, the fund also invests in gold, commodities and foreign currencies.
US Mint Bullion Coin Sales
The charts in this essay superimpose these coin sales over the daily gold and silver price action over the course of their entire secular bulls. Despite the perception of 2012 being a weak year for the precious metals, new physical demand from investors for American Eagles is actually robust to strong. This is certainly a bullish omen.
The US Is Committed To Redistribute Income
In this video, the presentator explains the unintended consequences on the economy of the recent “fiscal deal”. He closes by saying: “I believe this will lead to economic disaster for the country.”
The Agenda Of Our Leaders For The Coming 4 Years
Lindsey Williams is the man who, because of his contacts in the oil industry, correctly predicted that the world price for oil would fall from roughly $140.00 per barrel to less than $50.00 per barrel. He confesses how the high level agenda’s of our leaders look like, at least for the coming four years. He explains five trends that will prevail in the coming four years. He mentions also the objective for the price of gold: by 2016, it should go to $3,000 to keep pace with the debt creation.
75 Facts Revealed – How Is America Really Doing?
An amazing list of real facts was published by The Economic Collapse Blog, entitled 75 Economic Numbers From 2012 That Are Almost Too Crazy To Believe. An excellent article that presents 75 facts & figures, based on research or surveys, indicating the real state of the US. Reviewing those facts and comparing them with the messages in the mainstream media and the government, we see such a huge disconnect.
