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Why The Price of Bitcoin and Ethereum Matters to Gold and Silver Owners

Bitcoin and Ethereum are the top two cryptocurrencies in the world. Over the past month, their price has risen dramatically, creating a great deal of buzz in investment circles. What...
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Two Noteworthy Developments Related to Gold

The Fed Talks Interest Rates This week, the Federal Open Market Committee released minutes from their May meeting. Some speculated the minutes would indicate that the Fed was reconsidering hiking...
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Do We Really Want all this Tech? Gold as a Bridge to Reality

Artificial intelligence. Robo advisors. Trustless ledgers. Sounds like a world where humans aren’t responsible for doing much. Is this future world really coming? In some form, yes. All of these...
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Gold Will Always Shine in our Complex World

Gold continues to show just how important of a role it plays in today’s complex, modern, global, geopolitical, and financial world. After reaching a high near $1,300 per ounce last...
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Removing “Friction” in Financial Services

With the boom in FinTech, there are many new buzzwords entering the dialogue that describe the future of money and banking. One of those words is “friction.” Just what is...
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Can Financial Technology Put Gold Into the Hands of the World’s Poor?

Yes. It can. There are thousands of new applications that companies are applying DLT (Distributed Ledger Technology) to. They range from smart contracts that hold government officials accountable, to digitizing...
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Dollar Cost Averaging – Gold and Silver Ownership on Autopilot

Increasingly, people are taking control of at least a portion of their investments. New financial technologies are making this easier than ever before. While improving access to traditional and alternative...
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What do Employees Really Want? Monetary Compensation and Access to Alternative Investments Like Gold and Silver

A recent article on Benefits Pro made the following observation: “There’s plenty of talk these days about all sorts of employee benefits that might help to attract and retain top...
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China’s Shanghai Gold Exchange is Now an International Player

April, Financial Literacy Month, is often seen by those in the financial sector as an opportunity to educate people on how to manage their money within an existing financial system....