The U.S. Mint Reports Record Sales of American Silver Eagles – Over 40 million ounces of Silver Eagles sold so far in 2013* – Surpasses record set in 2011 of 39.868 million Today the United States Mint released their sales figures through November 12, 2013. Month to date the U.S. Mint has sold 1,000,000 one … Read More →
Mexican Mining Tax Check out the Smaulgld Gold Buying Guide Check out the Smaulgld Silver Buying Guide Live Silver Prices Live Gold Prices Will Mexican Mining Tax Curb Silver Supply? Late last month, the upper house of the Mexican Congress approved a new mining royalty tax. The Mexican mining tax would provide for a royalty … Read More →
Gold and Silver Sales at the U.S. Mint in October 2013 How To Buy Gold How to Buy Silver Silver Outsells Gold 75.29 to 1 at the U.S. Mint in October The Gold/Silver Ratio was 60.04/1 in October – Retail investors continue to buy physical silver and gold in large quantities -2013 Silver Eagle sales … Read More →
Fed Meeting October 2013 How To Buy Gold How to Buy Silver “…the Committee sees the improvement in economic activity and labor market conditions since it began its asset purchase program a year ago as consistent with growing underlying strength in the broader economy. However, the Committee decided to await more evidence that progress will … Read More →
Saudi Arabia and the Petro Dollar How the U.S. dollar obtained the world’s reserve currency status, how it abused it , how it retained it and how it might lose it. Update April 15, 2016: Saudi Arabia Threatens to Dump U.S. Treasury Bonds if 9/11 bill passes in U.S. Congress UPDATE February 2018 – The … Read More →
“Given all of the uncertainty, “it’s hard to argue to change course on monetary policy this month. My personal opinion is that it’s not in play. This is just too tender a moment.”- Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher October 17, 2013 speaking about whether the Fed would taper its quantitative easing program in October. fThe … Read More →
Dysfunctional Monetary and Fiscal Policies How To Buy Gold How to Buy Silver Podcast Summary Louis and Ryan discuss the ongoing budget debates. Ryan notes that Congress continues to raise the debt ceiling. Louis highlights the dysfunctional monetary and fiscal policies of the Fed and Congress. Louis notes that both pretend they are interested in … Read More →
The Debt Ceiling Debate How To Buy Gold How to Buy Silver “Between October 17 and November 1, we have large payments to Medicare providers, Social Security beneficiaries, and veterans, as well as salaries for active duty members of the military. A failure to raise the debt limit could put timely payment of all of … Read More →
Janet Yellen Nominated To Lead The Federal Reserve How To Buy Gold How to Buy Silver President Obama will nominate Janet Yellen to lead the Federal Reserve when Ben Bernanke’s term ends in January next year. Janet Yellen is considered to be even more of a dove than Ben Bernanke when it comes to monetary … Read More →