The GoldSilver Team SEP 8, 2023 This month, we’re shining a spotlight on silver. Did you know that in over 14 languages, the word for “silver” is synonymous with “money”? That’s no coincidence… It’s far more than your ordinary metal, silver is a versatile marvel that has fascinated humanity and been used as money for thousands
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14 June 2023 By James Rickards, dailyreckoning.com: The de-dollarization story is everywhere. You see it in publications from The New York Times to The Economist and in financial media including CNBC, Fox Business and Bloomberg. The idea is that countries around the world are preparing to ditch the dollar. This takes many forms including efforts by China to pay
1 April 2023 By Frik Els, Mining.com: A new report by BMO Capital Markets has a trenchant chart showing just to what extent mining companies – flush with cash – are opting to return money to shareholders rather than build new mines. Global mining’s enthusiasm for brown and greenfield projects has fizzled over the last decade despite near universal
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10 March 2023 By ZeroHedge, OilPrice.com: After charting the highest level of net gold purchases on record in 2022, central banks started out 2023 right where they left off. Central banks globally added another net 77 tons to their gold reserves in January, according to the latest data compiled by the World Gold Council. It was a 192% month-on-month
4 March 2023 By Jon Wolfenbarger, mises.org: Over one hundred years ago, Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises discovered what causes the boom-bust business cycle. As Mises explained, the boom is caused by central and commercial banks creating money out of thin air. This lowers interest rates, which encourages businesses to borrow this newly created money to
18 Jan 2023 By Aitana Villegas, Diario AS: A group of experts have concluded that the current increased production rate will lead to the depletion of some finite resources, including gold. Just how scarce are our gold reserves? Well, a group of scientists have set a date for the disappearance of the rare metal, and that
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18 Jan 2023 By MISH, Mish Talk Here’s yet another idea on how to break US dollar hegemony. Can this one fly? CoinTelegraph reports Iran and Russia Want to Issue a New Stablecoin Backed by Gold The Central Bank of Iran is reportedly cooperating with the Russian government to jointly issue a new cryptocurrency backed by
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22 August 2022 By Dean Arif, MY Bullion Trade Definition of Money Money is anything that is generally accepted as payment for goods and services and repayment of debts. The main uses of money are as a medium of exchange, a unit of account, and a store of value. Aristotle on good money Aristotle (384
30 July 2022 By Jeff Clark, Senior Analyst, GoldSilver.com Convinced a recession is here? Worried the stock market isn’t done crashing? It’s a distinct possibility things could get worse. Which raises a natural question: how does gold—and all precious metals for that matter—perform during these events? If we use history as a guide, there’s a
6 Nov 2021 By Patrick Barron, Mises Institute: There are many good recommendations promoted by Austrian school economists for improving the economy. Although we enjoy successes periodically, most–such as deregulating trucking and airline pricing–involve eliminating previous government interventions. These successes are to be celebrated, of course. But no one can deny that government intervention into
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