I agree, higher interest rates mean better returns and people are more likely to reinvest in new innovations. As to what is motivating ZIRP, I...
Petrodollar is a term to describe the US dollar as the world reserve currency. This was originally done when it took on the role of gold in the...
This is a tough one. Aesthetically I like the look of silver better, but something about gold is a more awe inspiring. Maybe it's psychological.
I'm not entirely convinced it is functioning without support. Operation Twist is still in effect, and we have yet to have any real longevity for...
Hi cvcman, welcome to CoinTalk! I have only ever done the ring test with ASE's and I did it by letting one fall into the other one so that the...
Very true, but they would need to rise to levels that only a booming economy could sustain IMO. As long as wealth is being siphoned out of the...
I don't plan on selling much, if any silver anyway. I'm preparing for when I may need an alternative to a monetary system that might require...
C'mon guys. This is so far off topic on something that was necromancer'd to begin with. I personally don't care who is right because you're both...
This is a big part of my motivation for speaking out for ownership of precious metals. I don't want to see people suffer, and I don't want them...
Bernanke recently said that they are ready to do QE3 if the economy needs it. It's open ended. Operation Twist isn't over until June so I don't...
What about those negative yield bonds the super committee was talking about. I think this house with floors and ceilings is made of glass.
This should work fine with a gold backed paper currency, as opposed to using gold as the actual currency. You earn money, you pay taxes, they get...
Isn't that everybody on the MSM? :D I'm not a big Faber fan, but he is rather outspoken about gold.
I don't like it either, and the majority of people you ask will probably say they prefer extend and pretend to biting the bullet and living within...
What about all of the existing debt out there that would require a much greater payment return when the interest rates go up? The Volcker scenario...
I can't guess where unemployment may go from here, but I can say that the official cooked unemployment rate is much rosier than the straight up...
Chris, the way I look at it is that gold and silver are tools to prevent inflation and ensure monetary stability, but only if the rulres are...
Marc Faber recently said he thinks there is further downside in gold, but I do not expect to see it below 1500 again. By November I think we will...
This was also the undoing of the bi-metal standard that began when the gold and silver ratio was fixed in 1791. Whichever metal was more valuable...
The government can't go broke? What do you call it when you owe more than you make then? The government does not generate income. It takes money...
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