PRECIOUS METALS | It Can Be Unsettling If You Are Heavily Invested In Gold And Silver

The recent engineered pull back, last week, did not last long.  It was not based on anything meaningful, just short-term profit oriented trading.

Silver is the little sister and is not nearly as important – to the big investors.  The physical gold and silver market in the U.S. is so small that it has almost no affect on the price at all.  In a bull market when the demand for physical metals is stronger, it will add demand “at the margin.”  Just keep in mind that the price is set in the paper market on the COMEX.

So what will it take for gold and silver to break free and make me and our clients happy?”  The two most important events that will lead to much higher prices are:  (1) When the stock market corrects down, and (2) when the dollar falls (below 90 on the USDX).  At the moment, neither is happening.  The stock market is meandering around 25,000, going no-where, and the dollar has been the beneficiary of a weak British Pound and a weak Euro.  The dollar is “going up” only because the other major currencies used to compile the USDX are performing poorly.  I like to say, “It’s the prettiest girl in a group of unattractive girls.”

I’m still hopeful that by the end of the year, gold and silver will be priced much higher than they are today.  And I expect the rise to continue throughout the first half of 2019.  I just finished reading a report that predicts the Stock Market Will Rally, Bear Market Coming Mid-2019.  That falls under the category of (1) above.

Last night I watched a movie in which a “hit” was paid for in Nazi gold.  It wasn’t that long ago when gold was the most prized and valued liquid asset on the planet.  Gold has always been a valued asset during times of war.  If you pay attention, you can probably hear the war drums beating softly in the distance now.  Apart from everything else, gold should be getting a lot of attention right now, with the unthinkable increase in money, debt and credit that are enveloping the planet.

Getting back to my view that a collapse in the dollar is one of the (two) keys to a bull market in gold – Bill Holter brought this to our attention.  Check it out..

Larry Fink, world’s largest asset manager…doesn’t sound as crazy coming from a mainstream guy does it?

World’s Largest Asset Manager Warns: The Dollar’s Days As Global Reserve Currency Are Numbered

November 7, 2018

Have BlackRock CEO Larry Fink and Russian President Vladimir Putin been comparing notes?

In comments that sound eerily similar to a warning issued by Putin, who warned during a speech last month that the US risked undermining the dollar’s reserve currency status with its sanctions regime, the CEO of the world’s largest asset-management firm said Tuesday during a panel discussion at the New Economic Forum in Singapore that the US dollar’s status as the world’s dominant currency wouldn’t last forever.

And instead of citing external factors like China’s expanding economic clout and influence, or an insurgent Russia, Fink pointed to the widening US budget deficit as the biggest risk to the dollar’s status as the global hegemon. And while it might not happen tomorrow, or next year, over time, as US interest rates rise and the federal government strains under its tremendous debt burden, the creditors who were once eager to buy up Treasury bonds will gradually disappear.

“We’re going to move there over time” Fink said.

The more you know about gold’s role as money the brighter its prospects become.

Zero Hedge

The End Of The ‘Nanny State’ & What Happens To ‘Prices’ When Gold Is Money

We are getting ahead of ourselves here. Gold does not circulate as money – yet. It might never do so. Perhaps the end of government currency, fiat money imposed on us by government laws, may never be replaced by what for millennia has been the people’s money, gold. Do we even wish it? Given what we have to do to get there, probably not.

It is hard to think of a life without Nanny State giving us her money-tokens to buy our sweets, telling us what to eat and what medicine to take. But Nanny State is getting long in the tooth. When she was younger, she was less controlling. Her constant refusal to allow us, the ordinary people, to do what we want is an increasing source of friction.

Growing numbers of us can see Nanny State should pack her bags. But Nanny State’s favorites are frightened at the prospect of no nanny. Those of us who want a life without Nanny State can’t agree what it should be, and don’t know what happens when she goes.

Regarding the following excellent article, I should point out that our precious metals storage program with Brinks in Canada is every bit as safe as storage in Switzerland – and more convenient too, especially if you decide to take delivery of your metal.

Egon von Greyerz

Gold Confiscation and Manipulation

Owning gold is life insurance and wealth preservation. Anyone who has lived through hyperinflationary periods in the Weimar Republic, Zimbabwe, Argentina or Venezuela understands the importance of gold. But it is not enough just to own gold or silver. It is also extremely important how you hold it and where you hold it. We have just seen another example how governments unilaterally “confiscate” gold.

VENEZUELA CAN’T GET THEIR GOLD BACK

The Venezuelan government gold held at the Bank of England (BoE) is just the latest example of the importance of choosing the right jurisdiction and the right vaults. Venezuela is holding 14 tonnes of gold with the BoE in London, worth $545 million. This is a relatively small amount when it comes to sovereign gold. Still, Venezuela has for some time asked to get it back but the BoE has come up with all kinds of excuses like it is hard to get insurance for such a big amount and this has allegedly delayed the release of the gold by several weeks. This is of course a ridiculous excuse.

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