March 22, 2017

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...

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...

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...

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...

Can Gold and Silver Help Solve the Identity Crisis in a Cashless Society
As we move closer to the cashless society that many governments would like to see implemented, the drawbacks of the plan become more pronounced. And while the benefits of a...

Silver is Outperforming Gold. What Does it Mean?
Thus far in 2017 the price of silver has outperformed the price of gold on a relative basis. That means that the gold-to-silver ratio (the number of ounces of silver it...

Is A New Commodity Bull Market Good for Gold?
Gold and silver prices have suffered over the past few years through a grueling down market. 2016 appears at this point to have set a firm bottom in place for the...

The Future of Money, FinTech, Gold and Silver
We live in very interesting times to say the least. Financial innovation using new technology has been percolating for years. The advent and rising popularity of Bitcoin, and more importantly...

Brick and Mortar Banks, Gold, and the FinTech Revolution
One of the more visible signs that FinTech is real and growing is the trend toward smaller, more technology focused branch banks. Bank of America recently accounted that it has...