Silver Doesn’t Make the First Cut as a Strategic Metal

silver in circuit boards

U.S. Department of the Interior Releases Draft of 35 Strategic Minerals. Silver doesn’t make the cut. Yuan denominated oil contract to trade part time when launched. U.S. Oil Production Surging. Hungary Repatriates its Gold (100,000 ounces worth $132m). Trump labels outgoing economic adviser a “Globalist” . U.S. Steel to reopen plant, hire 500 workers due Read More →

Bitcoin is a Dirty Business and the Banksters Want a Piece of the Action

Will the Too Big To Fail Banks Make a Move on Bitcoin? JP Morgan has called Bitcoin a Fraud Goldman Sachs Has an Investment in Cryptocurrency Exchange Poloniex New! 1oz Silver Bullion Cryptocurrency Rounds .999 Fine! Litecoin Silver Rounds Bitcoin Silver Rounds Ethereum Rounds Monero Silver Rounds ZCash Silver Rounds Ripple Silver Rounds NEO Silver Read More →

Russia Passes China With Big January Gold Purchase

gold reserves by country top ten february 20 2018

Russian Central Bank Gold Reserves Rise to 1,857 Tons in January, Passing People’s Bank of China’s 1,843 Ton Gold Hoard. Russian gold reserves are now the fifth largest in the world. Russia added 600,000 ounce of gold (18.66 tons) to reserves in January. Russia added a record 224 tons of gold to reserves in 2017. Read More →

Kazakhstan Ends 2017 With 300 Tons of Gold Reserves

Kazakhstan gold reserves 2015 - 2017

The National Bank of Kazakhstan Gold Reserves Reach 300 Tons. Total Kazakhstan gold reserves stood at 299.84 tons at the end of 2017. Kazakhstan gold reserves are just 10 tons lower than those of the United Kingdom. Gold now constitutes 41% of Kazakhstan’s overall official reserve assets. Kazakhstan added 4.043 tons (130,00 ounces) of gold Read More →

What’s Next For The Stock Market?

Wall street

The Stock Market is, Like the Dollar, a U.S. Strategic Asset. Will the U.S. economy diverge from the stock market? Stocks collapse, cryptos plummet, gold and silver fall modestly. Does the stock market decline pave way for more share buy backs with repatriated cash? SEC and CFTC give Senate tesitimony favorable to cryptocurrencies;CFTC head reveals Read More →

SEC and CFTC Make Case for Rational Regulation at Senate Virtual Currency Hearings

Regulation guidelines with bitcoin

Focus is on unregistered Initial Coin Offerings, bad actors. CFTC – Policy must evolve in responsible ways to grow the economy and increase prosperity. SEC -Optimistic re developments in financial technology; should embrace the technology while protecting investors. CFTC overview labels Bitcoin a “Store of Value”. CFTC cite role of Millennials in shaping the digital Read More →

Shanghai Gold Exchange Withdrawals Top 2000 Tons in 2017

Shanghai Gold Exchange Withdrawals 2008 - 2017 annual through December

Shanghai Gold Exchange Withdrawals in 2017 were 2030 Tons. Shanghai Gold Exchange Withdrawals rose 10% in 2017 to 2,030 tons up from 1,845 tons in 2016. Watch the video companion of “Shanghai Gold Exchange Withdrawals Top 2000 Tons in 2017 ” Also watch on Bitchute Donate To Smaulgld.com via paypal You can compare pricing and Read More →

The New Petro Dollar – Backed by U.S. Oil

U.S. Oil Production and Exports Surge. Gold and silver take a hit on robust jobs report. US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross – multi polar world. U.S. to attack Venezuela? South Korea no plan to ban cryptocurrency exchanges. South Korea’s Samsung enters crypto mining market. India to Eliminate Cryptocurrencies – Not really. China – no Read More →

People’s Bank of China Gold Reserves Unchanged in 2017

People's Bank of China Gold Reserves - 2009 - 2017 full year revised

The People’s Bank of China has not added any gold to reserves since they were admitted to the SDR in October 2016. Total reported People’s Bank of China gold reserves stand at 1842.56 tonnes. PBOC foreign reserves rose for the eleventh month in a row, up $20.67 billion in December to $3.140 trillion. PBOC Foreign Read More →

Largest Nordic Bank Pulls a Jamie Dimon on Bitcoin

Bitcoin ban

U.S. Government reopens. Democrats reject President’s DACA offer. Dollar falls further on Mnuchin comments. 50,000 Strzok/Page texts go missing. Twitter warns users on Russian propaganda. Senator Feinstein and Congressman Schiff:Russian bots behind #ReleaseTheMemo. British Prime Minister vows to “do something” about Bitcoin. George Soros trashes Bitcoin and Trump. Gold and silver rebound. Largest Nordic bank Read More →