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A recent interview with a hedge fund manager got me thinking about one of the world’s biggest gold buyers: central banks. I went on a quest to understand why central banks buy gold, and I discovered something rather unexpected…

Recently, my friends at Birch Gold Group asked me about some of my more infuriating confrontations with the Federal Reserve. This one immediately sprung to mind…

Today, we assess gold’s performance for the year so far. Historic safe-haven store of value gold is down in price for the year. How is that possible, and how much does that really matter? Turns out, there are a couple of unusual factors we have to consider before we can come to a conclusion…

Dr. Ron Paul tells the story of America’s first hyperinflationary episode. Our Founding Fathers learned a crucial lesson from it, and tried to ensure it wouldn’t happen again…

Legislation called an “Inflation Reduction Act” should do a minimum of one thing really well, don’t you think? Today, we highlight three benefits (and one major shortcoming) of the Inflation Reduction Act…

What do investment bankers have to say about inflation these days? For starters, they agree that central bank efforts to curb inflation are mostly proving fruitless. Interest rates are going up, but inflation rates aren’t going down – so they’re buying gold. Here’s why…

The Fed has declared war on Wall Street. Powell has declared frequently we’ll all have to suffer together in order to cool the economy and get inflation under control. There’s guaranteed pain ahead – and also a way to avoid most of it…

Today we explore a recent report on economic developments in Asia that have huge global consequences. Both Russia and China, notable geopolitical adversaries of the U.S. seem determined to create their own, gold-based monetary system – which would, at a stroke, dethrone the dollar and cripple the U.S. economy…

Canceling student debts is a political feel-good decision that will very likely win the Biden regime additional votes. could easily cost up to $1 trillion – and that’s the good news…

Thanks to some particularly self-defeating economic sanctions, Europe’s vital Russian energy imports have ceased, throwing the entire continent into chaos. Brandon Smith of Alt-Market.us explains exactly how this regional chaos will throw the global economy into turmoil…