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Recently, Texas Governor Greg Abbott approved a law creating the Texas Bullion Depository, the first state-level precious metals depository in the United States. The bill would also allow Texas to repatriate approximately $750 million in gold bullion back into the state, gold allegedly stored in the Federal Reserve’s vaults in Manhattan. The law will go […]

The US economy hasn’t fully recovered from the last recession, what many have referred to as the worst since the Great Depression, but another economic downturn could be looming in the not too distant future, according to one prominent economist. In a recent article from the Financial Times, HSBC Chief Economist Stephen King commented on […]

Almost a century of tradition will disappear from the gold market as technology finally takes over. Thursday March 19th was the final day that traders at four Bullion Banks conversed by phone twice daily to determine the London Gold fix. The London Gold fix is used by miners, central banks, precious metals brokers and jewelers […]

Chart courtesy of www.macrotrends.net For many investors, the gold-to-silver ratio is one of many indicators used to determine the right (or wrong) time to buy or sell their precious metals. Other factors… including economic uncertainty, inflation concerns, fiat currencies and government debt have encouraged millions to invest in gold and silver. Yet to many the […]

We often hear this from potential customers who are relatively new to buying physical gold: “I want to buy gold, but I don’t want to pay the extra fees associated with gold coins…. I just want plain gold bullion.” Basically, this is just a misunderstanding of what gold bullion is. A common perception is that […]

You’ve just left our offices with a huge sack of gold and silver and suddenly it hits you… “Where do I put all of this valuable metal?” Maybe you should think about properly storing and protecting your metal prior to buying it. It is often said that gold and silver have no counter party risk […]

When most of us think of precious metals gold tends to be our first thought. Silver, the less expensive of the two, tends to be relegated to second place. Silver is often thought of as similar to gold in that it’s pretty in jewelry and has always had value, but it’s fundamentally of no use […]

Such words might be taken with a grain of salt if they had been uttered by any regular Joe, but that is simply not the case with Alan Greenspan. From 1987 to 2006 Mr. Greenspan was the highly respected and influential Chairman of the Federal Reserve System. During his tenure, Greenspan enacted policies deemed inflationary […]

The highly anticipated opening of the Shanghai Gold Exchange International Board (SGX) took place last month on September 18th. The yuan-denominated board, which was launched in Shanghai’s new free-trade zone, is aimed at encouraging foreign participation in China’s tightly controlled gold market. China is the world’s largest producer and consumer of gold, but sees itself […]

The following links are to a five part infographic series on gold from Visual Capitalist. Series does excellent job of telling the story of gold from its history, supply, demand, to reasons to own, and future trends. Visual Capitalist creates and curates enriched visual content focused on emerging trends in business and investing. Visit them […]