Money Metals News Service

Fed Must Face Reality: No Return to Normalcy for Monetary Policy

More than a decade after the 2008 financial crisis, U.S. monetary policy continues to operate in crisis management mode. Despite a long, drawn out rate-hiking campaign – now paused – the Federal Reserve has yet to bring its benchmark interest rate up… Keep Reading

SILVER EAGLE SALES DOUBLED IN FEBRUARY: U.S. Mint Temporarily Suspends Authorized Purchases

According to the U.S. Mint’s most recent update, Silver Eagle sales as of February 21st were 2,057,500 versus the 942,500 during the same month in 2018. Not only are Silver Eagle sales this month more than double last year, but they also surpassed Feb 2… Keep Reading

Supply Problems Worsen in Minted Silver

Sales of the Silver American Eagles are off to stronger start this year, and the U.S. Mint has once again been caught flat-footed.… Keep Reading

No Gold and Silver? So Far, So Good...

In the original (1960) classic movie The Magnificent Seven, a Western adaptation of Kurosawa's The Seven Samurai, Vin (Steve McQueen), tells the wry tale of a man who fell off a ten-story building. Passing each floor people heard him say, "So far, so good… Keep Reading

Gold & Silver Prices Firm Despite Dollar, Stock Market Strength

Silver has fallen about $.45/oz from the early January highs, and gold has lost around $9/oz. Frankly, price action could be a lot worse. During that time, the Federal Reserve Note dollar rallied and the equity markets roared higher. That combination sho… Keep Reading

Socialist “Green New Deal” Points the Way to Hyperinflation

Socialist Venezuela’s economic collapse and hyperinflationary spiral serves as a warning for American investors. It’s what can happen when a government spends perpetually beyond its means and refuses to face reality.… Keep Reading

U.S. Congressman Introduces Bill to Remove Income Taxation from Gold and Silver

The battle to end taxation of constitutional money has reached the federal level as U.S. Representative Alex Mooney (R-WV) today re-introduced sound money legislation to remove all federal income taxation from gold and silver coins and bullion.… Keep Reading

The Battle for Venezuela’s Gold Serves as a Lesson in Counterparty Risk

He who controls the gold makes the rules. That old adage applies aptly to the present crisis in Venezuela.… Keep Reading

Congressman Demands CFTC Explain Its Failure to Find Silver Market Manipulation Where DOJ Did

A member of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee today pressed the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on its conspicuous failure to uncover the very silver market manipulation now being prosecuted by the U.S. Department of Justice.… Keep Reading

If Financial Markets Make You Nervous, It’s Time to Own Physical Gold in Your IRA Instead

If the sharp selloff in stocks late last year has you looking for other places to invest your retirement money, self-directed IRAs are worth a look. These accounts allow you to switch some of your Wall Street assets for tangible assets such as gold, silve… Keep Reading