The Octopus … Its long tentacles can reach out in any direction, grasping its prey in an inescapable vice-like grip.  It can be found in all of the world’s oceans, is highly intelligent and has a varied arsenal of survival strategies that include a diverse palate, deft abilities to move quickly and quietly, use camouflage, and hide. The Octopus is also occasionally used to symbolize... read more
Archaeologists conducting excavations at an ancient tomb in Luoyang, Henan Province, China, found Monday a gold coin from the East Roman era estimated to be over 1,500 years old. The finding, reports China National News, is yet another proof of a long history of exchange between the... read more
Japanese pension funds have shown strong interest in buying gold, prompted in part by "Abenomic" easy money policies, according to the gold trade group the World Gold Council.
“It is an area of growth for very natural reasons, especially in a period like this,” said council investment researcher Juan Carlos Artigas, at a council event in New York on Wednesday. “We definitely exp... read more
WGC's managing director of investment worldwide discusses the outlook for the yellow metal. Kevin Feldman is managing director of investment worldwide for the World Gold Council. Prior to the WGC, he held positions at BlackRock, where he was head of iShares Marketing, as well as Barclays Global Investors, Vanguard and Charles Schwab & Co. His expertise includes global ETF and U.S. mu... read more
Silver has suffered a rough year, but its fortunes are changing.In recent months its price has firmed at the convergence of multiple major support zones, a powerful technical launchpad.Silver has soared in parabolic uplegs from the handful of similar past convergences, a very bullish omen.And with silver languishing so low in its trading range relative to gold, it has enormous potential to cata... read more
When asked why we invest in gold the standard answer often involves, ‘because it is a safe haven,’ or, ‘because it is a hedge against financial collapse.’ Often people base these statement on historical examples many hundreds of years old, but what about in recent history... read more
If you think there is far too much money sloshing through the global financial system and causing unstable asset booms, you are not alone. A new report by JP Morgan says the bank's measure of excess global money supply has reached an all-time high. "The current episode of excess liquidity, which began in May 2012, appears to have been the most extreme ever in terms of its magnitude," said... read more
While the world has evolved over the centuries, human emotions have remained the same — happiness, sadness, jealousy, greed, fear. The ruling class and working class are equally afflicted by these emotions. Seeking the easy option is another human frailty that has stood the test of time. It is for these reasons we are destined to repeat the mistakes of our ancestors. The mentality... read more
The average life expectancy for a fiat currency is less than 40 years. But what about “reserve currencies”, like the U.S. dollar? JP Morgan  read more
U.S. single-family home sales data, a cornerstone for the argument that the United States in the throes of an economic recovery, reveal a disturbing trend that demonstrates unassailably the skewing of wealth toward the top 1percent at the expense of the 99 per cent. (Okay maybe not the 99 percent, but certainly the lower 60 percent). That trend is the growing ownership of single family dwelling... read more