Wells Fargo customers will be able to withdraw cash from any of the bank’s 13,000 ATMs using only their Android phone or iPhone from next week, with no card required.
There are, however, a couple of catches. First, you won’t be able to use your phone to open the security doors that some branches use to protect their ATMs out of hours. Second, for the moment the feature is intended only f... read more
As the euphoria generated by the election of Donald Trump subsides, ebbing away like a strange and fantastic dream, the financial markets are coming to realize that the promises of tax cuts, spending hikes and deregulation are empty. One very tall central banker we know, for example, is no longer worried about his eponymous rule prohibiting bank principal trading being repealed. Thus we all... read more
LONDON, March 22 Gold climbed to a three-week
high on Wednesday as the dollar fell to near six-week lows and
bond yields sank on uncertainty over the economic policies of
U.S. President Donald Trump.
Spot gold was up 0.3 percent at $1,248.68 an ounce by
1453 GMT, close to the session high of $1,250.51.
A lack of concrete policy from the Trump administration is
increa... read more
Mr. Michael Pento serves as the President and founder of Pento Portfolio Strategies. He see's a deflationary collapse. Pento said the bond market would ultimately begin to collapse in his 2013 book titled “The Coming Bond Market Collapse.” He says the collapse has started and will continue to get worse quickly.
Everywhere you look the “Smart Money” is buying gold at a frenetic pace.
That term, “Smart Money,” gets thrown around a lot, so I’ll be more explicit...
I mean people who have made billions of dollars investing.
George Soros, whose net worth is estimated at $25 billion, for example, and his former partner Stan Druckenmiller, who’s worth $4.4 billion.
John Paulson, who gradua... read more
Thus, the lawmakers in Idaho and Arizona realize their citizens shouldn’t have to pay taxes on their gold and silver holdings because they have increased in value due to the debasement of the U.S. Dollar by loose Federal Reserve monetary policies.
According to the article, Arizona State Senate Committee Passes Bill To Treat Gold As Money, Remove Capital Gains Tax:
Today, an Arizona Sena... read more
makes no sense to tax money.”
Dr. Ron Paul summed it up perfectly during a recent Arizona Senate committee hearing on a bill that would eliminate state capital gains taxes on gold and silver specie, and encourage its use as currency.
House Bill 2014 (HB2014) passed the Senate Finance Committee by a 4-3 vote along party lines after the eventful hearing. It’s one of several bills moving a... read more
Gold Soared During Last Rate Hike Cycle
From Peter Boockvar: Ahead of the 3rd Fed rate hike, the US dollar for all the world’s love for it is barely higher than it was two years ago. On March 13th 2015 the euro heavy dollar index closed at 100.33 and today stands at 101.34. On that day in March 2015 the euro closed at $1.0496 and is near $1.07 today. This is with all the divergence in... read more
Frank Holmes of U.S. Global Investors gives us the 5 driving factors that are behind the price of gold.
1. The Love Trade in China and India
2. Central Bank Policy
3. Growth in World Money Supply
4. Lack of New Discoveries in Gold Mining
5. Low or Negative Real Interest Rates
David Stockman joined Fox News and host Neil Cavuto to sound off on his warning concerning the debt ceiling crisis and why it threatens the U.S economy. In the interview Stockman relays his budget analysis as a Washington insider to offer the concrete numbers on what he views as a debt catastrophe in the making.
When asked about current Republican leadership that pushes back against his conc... read more