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Gold Market Report – May 03, 2024
Overnight: Gold was steady overnight, trading narrowly and either side of unchanged ($2304) between $2297 – $2309, awaiting the US Payroll Report. A lack of significant overseas economic reports, and with the Bank of Japan holding its fire last night, currency markets / US dollar provided little direction for gold (DX stable but with a…
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Social Credit Score? How About a Hard Money Credit Score!
You’ve likely heard about the idea of a social credit score, where citizens could be graded on how environmentally or socially responsible they are. You recycle? Score one. You don’t recycle, minus one. You drive an electric vehicle? Score ten. You drive a carbon-spewing SUV, minus ten. We can debate how effective something like this…
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Gold in 2021: A Fed Pivot and Stubborn Inflation Give Hints About 2022
Our quarterly report—what we prepare for institutional investors—examines the performance of gold and silver vs. other major asset classes during the fourth quarter and full year of 2021. We also review the conditions that could ignite their prices in 2022. The big story in 2021 was the jump in inflation. And then the Fed’s announcement…
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UPDATE: What If the Silver Price Matched Other Asset Gains from 1980?
It’s no surprise to our constituency, but silver remains one of the most undervalued investments that can be bought today. Regardless of almost any asset class you compare it to, silver offers a better value to investors right now than almost anything else. A big reason is because it’s one of the few assets still…
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Thanksgiving Dinner Has Gotten More Expensive – Unless It’s Priced in Silver and Gold
The American Farm Bureau Federation says the cost for all the ingredients of the traditional Thanksgiving dinner rose 5% this year, now $49.24. No surprise it’s higher in 2021. But our question here at Hard Assets Alliance is… do gold and silver offset this rise? That’s a fair query, since gold is down 2% on…
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If Silver Could Talk – What She Told Me When I Wrote to Her
I wrote to silver last week—yes, the physical metal herself, the one we trust and convert our paper dollars to. And as luck would have it, she wrote me back. I’d like to share our correspondence with you… Dear Silver, I’m a big fan. Your industrial uses in our modern society are exploding, and you’ve…
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Gold in Q2: Price Rebounds, While Catalysts Grow
The CPI is rising, lockdowns are easing, and cooped-up citizens are ready to party. That’s the context as we begin the second half of the year. Let’s look at how gold and silver performed in the second quarter and year-to-date, along with the factors that could impact them in what may be an exciting second…