Money Metals News Service

Pension Funds Start Looking to Gold to Avert Disaster

Public and private pension plans face a dual crisis. The first and most obvious threat to pensioners is that defined-benefit vehicles are severely underfunded. By one estimate, pension systems taken as a whole are $638 billion in the red.… Keep Reading

How Will the Election Impact the Bullion Market?

Bullion investors took a breather when Donald Trump was elected in 2016. Demand for coins, rounds, and bars fell significantly on the day after election day and stayed down for the next 3 years.… Keep Reading

The Monetary System Is Behind the Power Curve. That’s Not Good.

Lately, it’s been hard to ignore the feeling that the monetary system could potentially collapse. To me, it’s not just a feeling. It’s a certainty. To explain, I’d like to borrow an analogy from the world of aviation. The “backside of the power… Keep Reading

PRECIOUS METALS BETTER INVESTMENTS: Uncle Sam Cuts Interest Payments To Bondholders

At some point, Americans are going to have to wake up. With the Fed funds rate set at 0.25, Americans can no longer earn any interest with their money in the bank.… Keep Reading

The New Red Peril Represents a Golden Opportunity

China is a rising superpower that could in time topple the U.S. dollar’s world reserve status.… Keep Reading

Bullion Markets Catch a Breath

After months of frenetic activity in the bullion markets, physical buying and selling slowed a bit… Keep Reading

Famed Gold-Disliker Warren Buffett Shorts the Economy

The big news in the monetary metals is that Warren Buffett—famed disliker of gold—sold bank stocks to buy gold mining shares. What’s interesting to us is not that we think he has any special powers to predict the gold price. After all, he famously … Keep Reading

The Gold and Silver Dam Breaketh

Ask precious metals' holders and chart technicians what in the last 6-8 weeks stands out in their mind and they will point to the breakout of gold and silver above areas which had contained them for almost a decade.… Keep Reading

After Months Of Supply Issues, U.S. Mint Silver Eagle Sales Jump In August

After months of the U.S. Mint dealing with supply issues, shutdowns, and new employee policies dealing with the global contagion, sales of Silver Eagles finally jumped in August. Due to the U.S. Mint implementing new employee safety guidelines at the mint… Keep Reading

The Case for a Platinum-Plated Metals Portfolio

Do precious metals still represent good value? Investors who are seeking an even more deeply undervalued opportunity within the metals space should take a look at platinum.… Keep Reading