New Islamic Finance Guidance on Gold Emphasises Real Deal By Bernardo Vizcaino To encourage new Islamic finance products using gold * Sukuk, ETFs, trading accounts in development * Guidance also…
“Brace for Economic Disruption” SocGen Sees “Sharp Rise in Gold” as India Plans Cap on Cash Holdings by Tyler Durden India's demonetization scheme (the banning of high-denomination banknotes) has caused…
Ray Dalio: Gold and Riskier Assets Could Become Attractive by Surbhi Jain Ray Dalio’s expected return relative to risk is going to be poor in the foreseeable future, and he…
The Big Risk to Gold and Silver – The European Banking Crisis by Daryl Montgomery Gold and silver dropped sharply on October 4. There were several explanations for what caused…
Gold Investment – The Cornerstone of a Well-Constructed Portfolio by John Embry The US has provided the world’s reserve currency since Bretton Woods. Implicit gold backing was lost 1971, thanks…
Hostage to a Bull Market by James Grant Grant has a scathing review of Kenneth S. Rogoff’s Saturday essay in The Wall Street Journal taken from his book, The Curse…
Central Banks Are Buying 385 Tons of Gold Every Year by Mark O'Byrne From 1998 to 2008, central banks, particularly in developed countries including the UK, the Netherlands and Switzerland,…
The Greater Depression – Part 1 by James Quinn The Obama administration has used the same failed fiscal policies as Franklin D. Roosevelt: $800 billion stimulus packages, cash for clunkers,…
The Coming Storm for Global Financial Markets by Gary Shilling Global growth is weak. Oil prices are low. The world has excess capacity and a wage-depressing labour surplus. Corporate profits…
Bank of Ireland and RBS to Charge Negative Interest Rates to Depositors—Remember MF Global? by Tim Worstall The varied impacts of the European interest rates cuts are beginning to work…
