Many people buy insurance policies on their car, home, and health, and of course hope to never utilize it. For most of us, it is money that is thrown away to the insurance companies that take the risk so that a few benefit by filing a claim when needed. Gold is also insurance that you hope to never utilize. However, …
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29
2019
When it comes to the national debt, it amazes me how the debt is such an important Presidential campaign issue to criticize the past President while running for office, but once the incumbent takes the reins, Congress and special interest groups take over and get to work spending every dime and more through the process known as legislation that the …
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2
2018
As many of you know, gold has been in the dog house overall for quite a few years. It is above its December 2015 high, but not a great return since then. The question for many is do you buy now or wait for lower? For physical purchases I recommend buying the dips for your stated allocation into metals and/or …
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24
2018
Is The National Debt Irrelevant And Gold A Barbarous Relic?
By: Doug Eberhardt
Category: Gold
Tags: Carmen Reinhart, central banks, congress, crash, Credit Contraction, Deflation, Dollar, end game, fed, Gold, Interest rates, national debt, negative interest rates, October, QE, QT
Synopsis Presidents campaign on promises to reduce an out of control national debt yet the debt keeps marching higher during every Presidents term. The National Debt has been irrelevant since the times of even before Reagan but escalated with Reagan. Why doesn’t the national debt matter? What will Fed interest rate policy be moving forward? Some mock gold as a …
Read MoreJun
27
2018
Interview with Brian Bain from Investor In The Family (What will gold do next?)
By: Doug Eberhardt
Category: Gold
Doug was interviewd by Brian Bain: in the interview they discussed the following $50,000 Seems outrageous but starts appearing saner in the context of John Exter’s inverse pyramid. Many things can trigger the unraveling, they all usually come back to Fed. Doug is confident Fed will not raise rates again this year. There will be a time when treasuries begin to …
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1
2018
$50,000 Gold and John Exter’s Pyramid – Podcast
By: Doug Eberhardt
Category: Gold
Tags: contraction, crash, credit, Deflation, Gold, inverse, John Exter, pyramid, silver
According to Wikipedia, John Exter was an American economist, member of the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve System, and founder of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. He is also known for creating Exter’s Pyramid (see graphic below). According to his son-in-law Barry Downs, who I had the pleasure of interviewing for this podcast, John Exter …
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29
2018
The beginning of the month I wrote an article called Gold Bottom? Gold Bottom? – Current Thoughts for 5/1/2018 I wrote in that article; “we may still have one smaller move below $1,300 to possibly $1,280.” We got down to a closing low of 1288.30 on 5/18 and an intraday low of 1282.27 on 5/21. There should be no …
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1
2018
As I wrote in my last Current Thoughts from April 11th, 2018, Gold Not quite Ready for Blast Off, we got the turn lower and are now in a better position to make some purchases. Here is what I wrote then; Were just not quite ready for blast off on gold just yet. The dollar was falling when gold was moving up …
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3
2018
Will There Be Enough Physical Gold And Silver?
By: Doug Eberhardt
Category: Gold
Tags: congress, Federal Reserve, Howard Buffett, Human Freedom Rests on Gold Redeemable Money, insurance, metals, Purchasing Power, spending, Warren Buffett
Warren Buffett Incorrect Observations On Gold. When we finally do get the spike up in metals, will supply be an issue? The psychology of your average buyer of metals. Why it makes sense to have some insurance now in physical metals. When it comes to the gold supply, you must remember the old saying, and I think this saying has …
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1
2018
Is Gold Ready for a Move Over $1,400?
By: Doug Eberhardt
Category: Gold
Tags: 2018, book, Buy Gold and Silver Safely, Illusions of Wealth, jnug, markets, SQQQ, Trading Service, TVIX
ANNOUNCEMENT; The updated for 2018 version of Buy Gold and Silver Safely is available on Amazon.com. In it I provide an updated view on the economy and where we are headed, along with fresh data and analysis on the gold market. I think you’ll appreciate it and get a better understanding of why and how gold fits into a diversified …
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