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Central Planners Freaking Out about Discussion of Gold’s Role
by Clint Siegner of Money Metals Exchange, 1/20/16
Sound money issues make for good politics these days. The leading Republican candidates have all suggested reforms to our monetary system. The topic is popping up in debates as well as interviews. Predictably, Fed worshippers and proponents of central planning everywhere are snickering and trotting out the usual responses.

My New Year's Resolution: Don't Confuse Debt with Wealth
by Guy Christopher of Money Metals Exchange, 1/7/16
If you don't have a magical crystal ball to see the future, then a good history book will do the job. Understanding the past offers a full color panorama to the dangers and opportunities facing you in 2016.

Betting on Deflation May Be a Huge Mistake. Here’s Why
by Clint Siegner of Money Metals Exchange, 1/6/16
Precious metals investors heading into 2016 worry the dollar will continue marching ahead, right over the top of gold and silver prices. The Fed is telegraphing additional rate hikes throughout the year, and commodity prices – led by crude oil – are falling. There have been tremors in the biggest beneficiary markets of all when it comes to the Fed's QE largesse – U.S. equities and real estate. And the possibility of a recession is growing, both in the U.S. and around the world.

NEW: Money Metals Issues 2016 Gold/Silver Forecast
by Clint Siegner of Money Metals Exchange, 1/4/16
Forecasting today's volatile, high-frequency machine driven and manipulated futures markets using fundamental analysis is futile, as a great many precious metals bulls will attest. To complicate matters, an obsession with Fed policy dominates all markets. Officials at the Federal Reserve are often less than forthcoming and are just as bumbling as the Soviet bureaucrats when it comes to centrally planning our economy.

Silly Myths about Gold during Rising Interest Rates
by Stefan Gleason of Money Metals Exchange, 12/17/15
The Fed finally acted this week – upping its benchmark Federal Funds rate by 0.25%. Now that the speculation over whether the Fed will hike has been put to rest, analysts are busily speculating about what the Fed's move means for the economy and markets.

Extreme Leverage in a Gold Futures Market Nearing the Breaking Point
by Clint Siegner of Money Metals Exchange, 12/11/15
The metals markets rallied strongly on Friday – action which came as a surprise to many. The gains snapped a 6-week losing streak for gold, silver, and platinum. Prices rose despite a stronger-than-expected November jobs report raising the odds the Fed will hike interest rates later this month.

Undeniable Truths about Precious Metals (Don't Forget These...)
by Clint Siegner of Money Metals Exchange, 11/17/15
From first to worst. Gold and silver were the best assets to own during the first decade of this century. During this second decade... not so much. Precious metals bulls have endured 4 years of prices drifting lower punctuated by periodic smash-downs and the occasional false-breakout.

The Seven Biggest Lies Told (and Believed) about Gold
by Guy Christopher of Money Metals Exchange, 10/23/15
It’s hard to say which lie about gold is the biggest whopper. Many widely held beliefs about gold are lies – propaganda hammered home to have us believe the only true measure of wealth is government-issued debt.

Speaker Boehner Readies Final Sellout As Debt Ceiling Debacle Looms
by Stefan Gleason of Money Metals Exchange, 9/30/15
It's campaign season, and that means non-stop media coverage of candidate polls, quips, gaffes, tweets, emails, controversies, lies, and scandals. It all makes for a good soap opera. Unfortunately, it's almost all irrelevant in the big picture.

Should You Actually Worry About Gold Confiscation?
by Guy Christopher of Money Metals Exchange, 9/17/15
Most gold owners are familiar with worries of forced government gold confiscation – that one day black-ops shock teams will toss homes to find that stash of coins and bars.

The Next Financial Crisis May Be Already Unfolding
by Stefan Gleason of Money Metals Exchange, 9/3/15
Is an epic financial meltdown about to commence? Predictions that a crash will occur in the fall of 2015 have been gaining traction. They are bolstered by some of the market events of this summer, which suggest that something big is indeed unfolding.

Markets Crashing, Gold Rising
by Clint Siegner of Money Metals Exchange, 8/26/15
U.S. Investors are on edge following last week’s and today’s sell-off in stocks around the globe. The carnage impacted equity markets in Asia, Europe, and the U.S. Interestingly, the U.S. dollar also weakened. And bonds and gold are getting most of the safe-haven buying.

You Worked to Have It... Now Work to Keep It
by Guy Christopher of Money Metals Exchange, 8/17/15
Some folks had good news about gold over the past few weeks, and some had bad news. The good news is a treasure hunter working the waters off the Florida coastline with a metal detector found a million bucks worth of gold coins and chains from a 300-year-old wrecked Spanish galleon. Under U.S. salvage laws, he'll keep 80% of what he found.

What You Need to Know About Silver Supply and Premiums
by Clint Siegner of Money Metals Exchange, 8/12/15
Lower precious metals prices on Wall Street aren't necessarily bringing lower prices on Main Street. The retail market for gold and silver coins, bars, and rounds has been swamped with high demand since mid June. Both the U.S. Mint and the Royal Canadian Mint continue to run into serious issues keeping up with retail silver coin demand.

China’s Secret Gold Hoarding Strategy
by Stefan Gleason of Money Metals Exchange, 8/7/15
China’s recent stock market gyrations have some analysts now calling China the biggest bubble in history. But those who write off China because of market volatility are missing a more important long-term trend of Chinese geopolitical and monetary ascendancy. That trend shows no signs of abating.

Investment Silver Demand Draining COMEX Vaults
by Clint Siegner of Money Metals Exchange, 8/5/15
If there are words to characterize the precious metals markets for July, it would be “divergences” and “shortages.” There was heavy selling in the leveraged futures market and extraordinary buying demand and shortages in physical coins, rounds, and bars.

Inflation Deniers Emboldened by Gold's Struggles
by Clint Siegner of Money Metals Exchange, 7/29/15
The vultures are circling. Precious metals bulls, laid flat by gold and silver prices dropping for the 5th week in a row, are watching deflationists such as Harry Dent and the financial media squawk about the imminent demise of precious metals.

U.S. Economy Slouches toward Recession as Eurozone Crisis Widens
by Stefan Gleason of Money Metals Exchange, 7/16/15
Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen may have missed her window of opportunity to raise interest rates. The economic data no longer paint a picture of even a tepid recovery. Since the start of the year, key indicators for the economy began pointing toward recession.
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