This week we're talking about something a little "off-topic" from homesteading, but that we think goes hand-in-hand when considering being prepared in this modern day life.
(Kitco News) – The established financial world order of the past 50 years is now transitioning to a new and unknown paradigm as the petrodollar agreement between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia was allowed to expire this past Sunday.
Silver use by the solar energy sector is one of the primary factors driving the overall demand for silver, and there is reason to believe photovoltaic silver off-take will continue to increase in the years ahead.
• https://www.lewrockwell.com, By Alasdair Macleod
A realisation that the US economy is sliding into recession persuades mainstream economists that prices, interest rates, and bond yields will fall after all. They ignore instability in the dollar
India's central bank - the RBI - has shifted 100 tonnes of gold from the Bank of England in London to its vaults in India. This is the first time such a move has been made since 1991.
American-made weapons will soon be bound for Taiwan, American lawmakers are telling Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te, sending shockwaves of uncertainty through electronics and metals markets this week.
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has signed a new law reaffirming gold and silver as legal tender, making a symbolic statement in favor of sound money principles.
A weird week of weak 'hard data, strong 'soft' data (macro), weak micro (ugly hints for software and consumer from earnings), and dovish-and-hawkish FedSpeak...
The New Gold Standard is coming, as told by famous economist Steve Forbes...Tune in to this Episode with Ron Paul and Special Guest Phillip Patrick from Birch Gold as they discuss the future of gold and the economy.
Dr. Kirk Elliott, of Kirk Elliott Precious Metals, walks Dr. Wolf through spine-chilling aggregations of laws, regulations, and treaties, domestic and international, all of which are designed to work together to transition our economic system abruptl
While oil remains oddly muted amid yet another middle-eastern shock, the same can not be said for various precious metals and commodities which are soaring to start the week...
The money supply is rising again, and persistent inflation is not a surprise. Inflation occurs when the amount of currency increases significantly above private sector demand.
Recently the dollar gold price aggressively broke a multiyear resistance level on the back of escalating wars, worrying asset bubbles, and sticky inflation.
Economics trumps sentimentality, and gold's elevated price has some people raiding the family jewelry box to pay bills. "Young people are not wearing grandma's jewels.
Proponents of gold and bitcoin often hail from the same ideological background: Austrian economists, dollar bears, Libertarians tired of State manipulation of fiat currencies and, generally, the anti-Fed crowd.
In this interview between Ross Norman (the leading gold price forecaster over the last 23 years) and Charlotte MacLeod of Investing News, we discuss the role of China in the epic gold rally to an all time high ...
Another bank has failed: Republic First Bank. Many experts are concerned of more failures to come. Dedollarization continues as the East sees the risk of holding the Dollar. The East has started to repatriate gold from the United States. In addition,