Written by Chris Marcus for the Miles Franklin blog Not the best of times for the dollar. China has launched a PetroYuan, they’re considering a Yuan-denominated precious metals contract, and are now holding meetings to discuss making the Yuan the reserve currency of...
Hints of 2008 Emerging In The Banking Sector…
Written by Chris Marcus for the Miles Franklin blog The tone in the 2018 financial markets has been considerably different from past years, as the events that many in the Austrian Economics community have long forecast appear to finally be manifesting. One of which is...
China Lining Up Countries Against The Dollar?
Written by Chris Marcus for the Miles Franklin blog There was an interesting report in the Wall Street Journal last week indicating that China may be in the process of taking its effort to de-couple from the U.S. debt markets to the next level. In the past year the...
Is Japan Going To Walk Away From The U.S. Debt Auction Too?
Written by Chris Marcus for the Miles Franklin blog While much of the attention regarding foreign nations questioning the strategy of continuing to buy U.S. debt has focused on China, there's a growing case to be made that Japan, the second largest foreign holder of...
What The London Gold Pool Offers About The Current Gold Market
Written by Chris Marcus for the Miles Franklin blog While many remain skeptical that the precious metals markets are being manipulated (despite ample evidence provided by GATA, Ted Butler, and countless others), it's worth considering that we've actually seen...
Are Investors Finally Waking Up To The Opportunity In The Gold Market?
Written by Chris Marcus for the Miles Franklin blog. For years the mainstream investment world has looked on anyone who talks about gold and silver as if they are some sort of conspiracy theorist who just doesn't understand the markets. Yet evidence continues to...
Are Rising Interest Rates Bad For Gold?
Written by Chris Marcus for the Miles Franklin blog A legitimate concern to gold investors that’s often raised is whether rising interest rates are bad for gold prices. Because if we were in the midst of a typical Federal Reserve tightening cycle where the money...
A Bubble Can Stay Inflated Longer Than You Can Stay Solvent. Or Can It?
Written by Chris Marcus for the Miles Franklin blog. There's a saying in the financial markets that a bubble can stay inflated longer than you can stay solvent. And there is certainly a lot of value in thinking about and understanding that statement. Yet is it...
Could Gold Be Worth Even More Than the $10,000 Jim Rickards Suggests?
Written by Chris Marcus for the Miles Franklin blog. Noted economic analyst and author Jim Rickards has spoken often about how he calculates that to back the paper currencies with gold, the price would have to be around $9,000 to $10,000 per ounce. And while there is...
What Happens If Other Investors Start Thinking Like “Bond King” Jeffrey Gundlach?
In recent months the wave of sovereign gold repatriation has continued as Turkey and Hungary have been added to the list of nations requesting their gold back. But now the interest in gold is even spreading into the mainstream investment fund sector, as recently...
Could This Happen In The United States?
Argentina appears to be on the verge of a currency crisis yet again. And what's interesting is how if you consider the factors that have led to that outcome, it's amazing how all of them also exist in regards to the U.S. dollar. Recently The Wall Street Journal...
Are You Seeing These Footprints In The Gold Market?
Written by Chris Marcus for the Miles Franklin blog. Back in 2008 and 2009 many investors lost a lot of money when they were caught off guard by the collapse of the subprime market. Most of them, and possibly even yourself wish they had been able to spot the signs in...
Trump and Mnuchin Throw More Fuel On Dollar Bonfire
Written by Chris Marcus for the Miles Franklin blog. If I have children one day, I wonder if they'll believe me when I tell them about the events that are currently going on in the financial markets. Do you think they'll believe me when I tell them that right as the...
Legendary Rick Rule Offers Good News For Precious Metals Investors
Written by Chris Marcus for the Miles Franklin blog. A common trait I find among many great investors is an ability to explain things in simple terms that anyone can understand. Along those lines is Rick Rule, President and CEO of Sprott U.S. Holdings. Who is (in my...
Will There Be A Time When You Simply Can’t Buy Precious Metals
Written by Chris Marcus for the Miles Franklin blog. Is it possible there might come a time when you want to buy precious metals, but you no longer can? One of the advantages of the current 7 year bear market in precious metals is that it has given investors a lot of...
