Since 1975 worldwide obesity has nearly tripled and it is now one of the leading causes of death. Despite this, rarely does someone have ‘obesity’ recorded as the cause of death on their death certificate. Instead, it might read ‘complications from Type 2 Diabetes’ or ‘cardiovascular disease’: conditions that obesity has led to. The rise […]
It is said that the term ‘bank’ comes from the Italian ‘banca’ meaning bench. This is back when we used banks as safe havens for storing multiple real assets, particularly gold. The shelves on which the gold was stored were referred to as ‘the bank’ or ‘banks’. Hence we now ‘bank’ our money and use […]
Last night GoldCore Director Dave Russell had a quick chat with Patrick Karim of northstarbadcharts.com. Patrick walks us through the charts that have him convinced that the gold and silver are “the surest bet” and why “the genie is well and truly out of the bottle”. Much of the focus of the chat was in […]
Watch as GoldCore Director Dave Russell takes us through the Five Steps to Protect Your Portfolio from the Coming Economic Storm, with Physical Gold. (This presentation is a recording from the Virtual Money Conference: Mid-Year Portfolio Review) The world is on the brink of great disorder. Dramatic, negative changes are set to impact portfolios and […]
Gold and silver prices have declined in recent weeks as central banks have once again turned more ‘hawkish’ than was expected at the beginning of the year. But, as with anything, these things don’t happen in a vacuum. As we describe below, monetary policy is causing major trouble across a number of sectors, who can […]
This week we bring you a short half-year update on the gold and silver price, but after that we are once again forced to ask “What Are Central Banks Playing At?”. They have all the potential to do great things like a small child (if you will) but also like a small child they keep […]
The Fed did not increase interest rates further this week, but updated projections show the committee has increased how high they expect rates will go this year. Markets and their participants spend a long time trying to predict the Fed’s and other central banks’ next moves, but when it comes to wealth preservation this isn’t […]
Earlier this week Dave Russell of GoldCore TV spoke to thetechnicaltrader.com’s Chris Vermeulen. You might recall that we spoke to him just a few months’ ago. It’s always good welcoming Chris onto the show as we get the chance to hear a long-term perspective on markets and expected moves for gold and silver. And of […]
The bitcoin versus gold debate has gone on for over a decade now. In that time regulators have been scratching their heads wondering how far they can let the cryptocurrency machine run for. “This far,” seems to be the decision this week. Meanwhile gold and silver carry on, continuing to offer a simple and unassuming […]
Those who have chosen to invest in gold bars or to buy silver coins have often done so because they fear the mismanagement of the monetary system. This week has offered further reassurance that investors are right to want to own gold in a balanced portfolio because yet another fight about the US debt ceiling […]