China’s Shanghai Gold Exchange said it will allow physical gold to be used as collateral on futures contracts from September 29, according to a statement posted on its website this morning as reported by Reuters. Physical gold will be permitted…
On September 25th, Pope Francis will address the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. To much fanfare, the Pope will celebrate the unveiling of the UN’s Sustainable Development Agenda 2030. A key plank of this agenda relates to the UN’s “Sustainable…
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UK households are sitting on a £173 billion debt time bomb after once again being lured into a spending splurge by banks and credit card companies. The startling rise in debt levels due to people splashing out on new cars,…
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Most of you will be intimately familiar with the roll “liars loans” played in last decade’s financial crisis. In a nutshell, these were loans in which the borrower was encouraged to lie about his or her income in order to…
We discuss the global economy as a film that only Wes Craven could have directed with zombie factories and zombie banks terrify investors and politicians alike. In the second half, Max continues his interview with Gerald Celente about volatile markets,…
Given the strong demand fundamentals, particularly out of China, gold should go higher but as ever there is a risk of selling in the futures market leading to weakness in the short term as traders follow momentum and ignore fundamentals.…
British monarchy richer than ever as queen’s reign reaches record http://t.co/unPGO3HVH7 — Reuters UK (@ReutersUK) September 7, 2015
Shipping container found, but $10 million in silver still missing
‘Death of Money’ author Jim Rickards recommended a 10% allocation to physical gold when interviewed by the ‘Money Honey’ Maria Bartiromo on Fox Business last week. In a very interesting interview which also included Barron’s Editor Jack Otter and FBN’s…
I am not an unbiased observer of the Syrian refugee crisis, for we have a Syrian friend. She is a young woman, with legal residency in the U.S. She is completing her university studies in computer science. Her uncle served…
If there was ever a “let them eat cake” moment in modern American history, this is it. Earlier this year, at 2015’s Milken Institute Global Conference, Facebook Chief Operating Officer, Sheryl Sandberg, was moderating a panel with three former U.S. Treasury…
Sometimes the best things in life are free, or at least thought provoking public information is sometimes free. First, it was great to see Max and Stacy in Chicago a couple of weeks ago. Stacy is smart, funny, and more…
Corruption isn’t just bribes and influence-peddling: it’s protecting the privileges of the few at the expense of the many. Rampant pollution is corruption writ large: the profits of the polluters are being protected at the expense of the millions being…