January 17, 2023 was the last episode of Turning Hard Times into Good Times to be aired on the Voice America Business Channel. But we are not going away! Most of you have not listened to the live show. For that reason and other factors, the new show will be […]
[Read More]America’s Past and Future with Jeff Deist
Jeff Deist and Michael Oliver return as guests on this week’s program. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Those were the […]
[Read More]WILL THE U.S. DOLLAR BECOME WORTHLESS AND THE U.S. DEFAULT?
I just shared in a tweet the article published in GoldSwitzerland.com titled “IN THE END THE $ GOES TO ZERO AND THE US DEFAULTS,” written by Egon von Greyerz on December 1. I have been of the opinion that the U.S. dollar is losing ground and is going down for […]
[Read More]Gold is the Canary in the Coal Mine Signaling an End of the U.S. & Dollar Dominance
Dr. Stephen Leeb lays out the reasons why the ongoing war in the U.S. is very destructive for both the U.S. and Europe and that it is accelerating the demise of the U.S. dollar. This is a must-read article if you care to consider a narrative other than the propaganda […]
[Read More]Is ‘Big Short’ Michael Burry right saying this is gold’s time?
Those who know me well know that I am considered a perpetual gold bug. It is good to know that others who are not of the same thought, are coming around to see that the time for gold is coming. Kitco News has a very interesting article about Michael Burry […]
[Read More]Will Gold Finally Get Its Revenge on Paper Money?
GATA called our attention to an article by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard published in The Telegraph, London, that I thought was very interesting and explains very clearly what is going on. I could not help sharing it with my readers. It explains how Western central banks and the Federal Reserve Bank got […]
[Read More]Big Old Bad Bear Enticing Investors
With stocks up this week, some some experienced investors are suggesting that that big old bad bear is enticing as many investors into his deadly den before he mauls them next time, he gets hungry. As Richard Russell used to say, bear markets are designed to destroy as much excessive […]
[Read More]Join me at the MIF in Toronto – June 10-11
I will be attending the MIF conference in Toronto this June, right before the PDAC conference. I hope to get to meet some of my subscribers there and give them the opportunity to listen to the presentations not only of some of the companies I follow but also to learn […]
[Read More]Next Crisis: Dollar Illiquidity?
Below is another article by Matthew Piepenburg of Matterhorn Asset Management that is very valuable in understanding the inflation/deflation dynamics underlying current volatility in the markets. You can go to https://goldswitzerland.com/dollar-illiquidity-the-ironic-yet-ignored-spark-for-the-next-crisis/ and access this and many other very intelligent and insightful articles written by Matthew Piepenburg as they are worth […]
[Read More]Matthew Piepenburg: From Gold Manipulation to DC’s Latest Lies, Absolute Distortion Continues
The article below was originally published at https://goldswitzerland.com/from-gold-manipulation-to-dcs-latest-lies-absolute-distortion-continues/ on November 30, and it was written by Matthew Piepenburg, but it expresses so well what is going on, that we couldn’t help publishing it here. Below we look at the latest official fantasies from DC as well as the same […]
[Read More]LIVE AGAIN! My participation in the MIF Conference – Nov. 12 and 13 – in Vancouver
As usual I attended and spoke at the Metals Investor Forum live in Vancouver this past November 12. It was the first time that we had this conference in person in Vancouver (although it was also available live on the internet) since early 2020. It was great to be able […]
[Read More]The Monetization of Gold
For those who deny that gold is the real money, we dare you to read the following article published by Bloomberg on October 20, 2021: “Venezuelans Break Off Flakes of Gold to Pay for Meals, Haircuts” by Alex Vasquez and Ezra Fieser. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-10-20/venezuelans-break-off-flakes-of-gold-to-pay-for-meals-haircuts
[Read More]Some of my favorites at the May 2021 MIF
As I mentioned previously, “transitory” is a word that seems to be in fashion now, but what is not transitory is the wealth created by gold miners. Along with my presentation at the MIF on May 20, I introduced five exploration companies that are among some of my favorites. You […]
[Read More]Is America Facing Stagflation?
Lyn Alden and Michael Oliver return as guests on this week’s program. Michael sees a layered but significant equity bear market. In the near term, US Treasuries and gold will benefit. But as deficits surge, inflation rises forcing the Fed to fund nearly all of the Treasury needs. Confidence will […]
[Read More]The Fed Tries to Keep Things in Balance
This week has to be considered a “mild” risk off week with stocks and commodities down but with the safe havens, gold and T-Bonds, up. The mild response seems appropriate in relation to the Fed minutes released last week. Peter Boockvar termed them “very slightly hawkish”). In my MIF presentation […]
[Read More]Preparing for the Best of Times and the Worst of Times
Kevin Duffy and Chen Lin Return. Carl Löfberg of Firefox Gold visits for the first time. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch […]
[Read More]Will Rising Inflation Lead to More Unrest?
It’s not just crazy gold bugs now that are worried about inflation. Real concerns of inflation are starting to rise among the establishment now, including a Democrat named Larry Summers. He isn’t buying the story that supply chain issues causing a few items like used car price spikes is a […]
[Read More]Why Rising Inflation is not Transitory
John Williams, Dr. Quinton Hennigh and Michael Oliver return as guests on this week’s program. Peter Boockvar told us last week that the Fed actually believes that rising inflation rates are transitory but think that by generating more inflation now that would be positive for the economy. But does it […]
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