John Hathaway, respected authority on the gold market and senior portfolio manager with Tocqueville Asset Management has written an excellent research paper on the fundamentals driving...
Globally the bond bubble has grown by more than $20 trillion since 2008. Today it is north of $100 trillion, with an additional $555+ trillion in derivatives trading based on it.
After all, in yesterday’s oil trading there were over 600,000 contracts trading hands on the Globex exchange Tuesday with over 1 million in estimated total volume at settlement.
Submitted by GoldCore on 11/05/2015 - 10:56BitcoinChinagoldman sachsGoldman SachsMarket CrashReutersSwitzerlandTwitterTwitterYuan
Bitcoin is an easy way for people to swap out of yuan. Goldman Sachs analysts estimated earlier this year that 80% of bitcoin volume is exchanged in and out of the Chinese yuan. Once converted to bitcoin, the owners can then swap back into other fiat currencies and indeed physical gold.
Submitted by Tim Knight from... on 11/02/2015 - 10:58Slope of Hope
Now that Chipotle's e. coli outbreak had shuttered places all over the Pacific Northwest, I'm even more content to enjoy the fabulous, inexpensive fare at my local Los Gallos