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Cryptocurrency Design – Green or Gold?

Within the FinTech world, there is a great deal of activity in the cryptocurrency space and there will be for the foreseeable future. Incubator labs around the world are designing...
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Gold and Silver Market Update 3/24/17

Gold and silver appear to be taking a pause after a strong two week run. During that time, the price of gold rose from $1,200 to about $1,250 at the...
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14 Large Retailers Closing Stores and Its Link to Gold

It was announced today that fourteen large retailers besides J.C. Penney are closing many of their brick-and-mortar stores. What does that have to do with the future spot price of...
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Real Interest Rates and the Gold Price

An interesting development has occurred in the markets that would suggest a sustained, multi-year rise in gold and silver prices is indeed around the corner. This week Fed chair Janet...
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DLT/Blockchain, the BIS and the Link to Gold as Money

Some of the largest global institutions are beginning to catch on that DLT (distributed ledger technology) is going to have an enormous impact on banking and payment systems. DLT has...
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FinTech “Financial Inclusion” Also Means Gold and Silver

One of the primary goals of financial technology is “financial inclusion.” This goal seeks to provide access to financial services to billions of people who are considered “unbanked.” This is...
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An Unlikely Champion in a Return to the Gold Standard

It is interesting that recently there are increasing numbers of articles written discussing the merits of returning our monetary system to some form of the gold standard. One of the...
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DOW 21,000 – Gold Takes a Pause

Since the beginning of the year, both the DOW and gold have had impressive runs. The DOW now sits near 21,000 and gold has risen above the $1,260 level. It...