Originally appeared at GoldSilverBitcoin Like us on Facebook Like us on Twitter Ruth Crowell is modernizing the precious-metals industry. She oversaw the update of the silver fix, which had been around since 1897. Shortly thereafter, she was on to changing

Currency Wars – Russia and Netherlands Buy 30 Tonnes Gold In December Russia and surprisingly the Netherlands were the largest central bank buyers in December – accumulating a significant 30.34 tonnes between them as currency wars intensify. Demand for gold

Currency Wars – Russia and Netherlands Buy 30 Tonnes Gold In December Russia and surprisingly the Netherlands were the largest central bank buyers in December – accumulating a significant 30.34 tonnes between them as currency wars intensify. Demand for gold

Euro Gold Surges To EUR 1,168 After Greek Election Landslide The crushing victory of the Greek opposition party Syriza in yesterday’s Greek elections has added to jitters in already jittery financial and foreign exchange markets. The euro tumbled and gold

 Gold Surges As ECB To Print Trillion Euros and ‘Grexit’ Election Sunday Stocks, bonds and precious metals surged yesterday as markets cheered the latest wave of money printing on a grand scale. Gold surged 3 per cent in euro terms

ECB To Print Trillion Euros – Gold Could Surge 40% In 15 Minutes Against Euro, Other Currencies Mario Draghi is preparing to unveil QE today as the ECB looks certain to announce it’s much anticipated quantitative easing (QE) programme. The

SNB Shock Was ‘Icing On Cake’ For Gold Ahead of Draghi’s Euro ‘Bazooka’ Is gold a safe haven? Mark O’Byrne, executive and research director at GoldCore, told CNBC yesterday that yes it is. He said that the Swiss National Bank’s

Gold Demand Explodes as Volatility and Fear Stalk Market Although the extent to which the surprise move by the Swiss National Bank last week has damaged financial institutions will not be apparent until the end of the month, it is

Bundesbank Announces Repatriation of 120 Tonnes of Gold from Paris and New York Federal Reserve The Bundesbank, Germany’s powerful central bank, announced very publicly this morning the further repatriation of some of it’s gold being held in foreign locations –

‘A collection of nearly one dozen of the world’s top economists and other geopolitical observers believe that the world is close to financial collapse, because so much of what passes for “the global economy” is […]

Podcast: Play in new window | Download In the wake of the Swiss National Bank shocking the market this week de-pegging the CHF from the Euro, the Golden Jackass Jim Willie joined us over the weekend for an Exclusive Interview discussing:  Willie explains why

Ukraine Lurches to Full Scale War as Russia Drastically Reduces Gas Supply to EU Vladimir Putin has ordered the Russian state energy giant Gazprom to cut natural gas supplies to and through Ukraine to the EU in a little reported

Ukraine Lurches to Full Scale War as Russia Drastically Reduces Gas Supply to EU Vladimir Putin has ordered the Russian state energy giant Gazprom to cut natural gas supplies to and through Ukraine to the EU in a little reported

Market Chaos as Swiss Franc Surges 30% In 13 Minutes, Gold Rises Sharply Chaos was seen in financial markets today as participants were thrown a curveball when Switzerland surprised the world by removing its three-year cap on the Swiss franc,

 Oil Collapses and Copper Crashes 8% in Day – Great Recession Cometh? Oil prices fell another 1 per cent this morning  and continue their collapse – down 57% in just over 6 months. Copper crashed 8% on the London Metal