Money Metals News Service

The History Of The Corruption Of Our Money

It is both an oversimplification and an understatement to say that the problem with paper currency is that the government can print too much of it, and it loses its purchasing power. It is in moral terms that we should look at what they have done to our c… Keep Reading

Will the U.S. Currency Regime Fall?

Afghanistan has fallen. The U.S. government’s nearly two-decade-long, multi-trillion-dollar “nation building” effort in the troubled, tribal country may now have nothing to show for itself.… Keep Reading

Debt Ceiling and Budget Battles to Underpin Gold Prices

The gold market has no shortage of issues following Sunday evening’s “flash crash” that saw prices drop sharply at the open. A mysterious $4 billion sell order – suspiciously placed during the most illiquid time of the day – caused a waterfall … Keep Reading

Bullion Investors Hang Tight!

The precious metals futures markets launched shortly after Richard Nixon closed the gold window and removed the last vestige of gold backing from the Federal Reserve Note. Officials introduced paper gold and silver contracts specifically to increase price… Keep Reading

Currency Emergency: When the Debt Comes Due

What happens when the debt comes due? It’s a question millions of Americans are grappling with in their personal finances. It’s also a multi-trillion dollar question facing officials in Washington, D.C. How they decide to answer it – or evade it, … Keep Reading

Why You Should "Top Off" Your Gold and Silver Holdings before Labor Day

Metals and miners have a predictable seasonal tendency to decline in mid to late June and make a secondary – often slightly higher low – in the late July to mid-August period. Though not a pronounced sector-wide decline, it tends to affect most resou… Keep Reading

Going for the Gold: Building a Winning Investment Portfolio

While Olympic athletes in Tokyo are going for the gold, investors are going for anything that might provide positive real returns. In a yield-starved environment where bonds and cash are returning less than inflation, there are no guarantees. But there a… Keep Reading

Moving from Gold-Redeemable to Irredeemable Currency

Observing that this paper has value in the market, Fed apologists (and critics alike) imbue it with an almost mystical power: it has value because the government says so (and because the government has nuclear bombs). Therefore, it will always have value … Keep Reading

Political Hacks Concoct Excuses for Their Inflation

Jerome Powell, after last week’s FOMC meeting, said inflation has run hotter than expected. However, he wants to assure Americans that the destruction of their dollars’ purchasing power is temporary. His diagnosis? Ballooning demand for goods and ser… Keep Reading

Seeing the Forest for the Trees

Investing is a tough business. Regardless of whether you invest in stocks, bonds, real estate, or even artwork, it is a challenging racket that can at times seem to suck all of the energy right out of you. One reason that many investors find investing an… Keep Reading