So What’s The Big Deal About Silver With the stock market reaching new all-time highs almost by the day, and precious metals in a vicious 7-year bear market, why would anybody want to invest in silver? Fortunately, the exact conditions described above, as well as a...
Do Investors Know What’s Moving Gold and Silver Prices?
Written by Chris Marcus of Arcadia Economics This week I noticed an interesting comment on the interview I recently did with gold analyst Rob Kirby on the Miles Franklin channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dU98APDQRw&t=219s The viewer expressed dissatisfaction...
Fed Indicates You’d Be Wise To Get Some Gold
Written by Chris Marcus of Arcadia Economics This week the Federal Reserve had its latest policy meeting, and as widely expected raised its short-term interest rate by another 25 basis points. Which given the precarious state of today's economy, is great reason to...
Are Precious Metals Prices Being Manipulated – with Chris Powell of GATA
Who’s Buying The U.S. Debt – With Rob Kirby
More in the financial markets are beginning to wonder why the U.S. treasury market has rallied while so many of the buyers have started selling. Fortunately Rob Kirby of Kirby Analytics...
Income Rises at 1.8%, While Inflation Clocks In At 2.8%?!
Written by Chris Marcus of Arcadia Economics One of the primary reasons why I left Wall Street in 2012 was because I had started to notice the difference between what gets reported to the public, and what I actually saw going on in the markets. Certainly as the years...
Jamie Dimon For President?!
Written by Chris Marcus of Arcadia Economics Warning all silver owners! For those who believe in the premise that the precious metals markets, and silver in particular have been highly manipulated, perhaps the highlight of this past week was hearing J.P. Morgan CEO...
Getting Bullion On Discount
Did China Silently Start The Currency War?
Russia To Consider Gold-Backed Crypto?
Written by Chris Marcus of Arcadia Economics While Wall Street, Washington, and the Federal Reserve tiptoe past all of the canaries lying on the floor of the coal mine, Russia not only continues to move towards gold. But even continues to be kind enough to warn people...
When Do You Sell Your Gold And Silver
Written by Chris Marcus for the Miles Franklin blog. If you've been reading the Miles Franklin blog, you're likely already aware of some of the many reasons to be excited about investing in gold and silver. Although a question that comes up often and is relevant to...
The Currency Crisis Spreads To Turkey
Written by Chris Marcus for the Miles Franklin blog. Just at the time that the paper financial markets appear on shakier ground than ever, the latest news is that a currency crisis has broken out in Turkey. The Turkish lira plunged as much as 11% against the dollar,...
The Move Out of Treasuries And Into Gold Continues
Written by Chris Marcus for the Miles Franklin blog. When Russia dumped the majority of its U.S. treasury holdings over the past few months, I noted how it was interesting to wonder what the other holders of U.S. treasuries must be thinking. “Because the reasons that...
Will Others Realize What The Iranians Have Discovered About Gold?
Written by Chris Marcus for the Miles Franklin blog. For folks like Ben Bernanke, Warren Buffett, and Mark Cuban, who publicly act as if they are completely perplexed by why anybody would have any interest in gold, perhaps they would be well served to notice the...
Will The Gold/Silver Ratio Approach 15:1?
Written by Chris Marcus for the Miles Franklin blog. With the current gold to silver ratio at approximately 79 to 1 (meaning that for an ounce of gold, you could trade it for about 79 ounces of silver), many are wondering if the ratio will revert back to the...