Precious metal sales are already taxable.
A couple of thoughts... Interest rates might rise because of (1) a strengthening economy, (2) fear of inflation, (3) the Fed's attempt to...
Perhaps either, perhaps neither. Signals that work under free market conditions could easily turn out to be meaningless when the Fed is actively...
My understanding is that it is both, but more weighted toward oil products. So if the price of a barrel of oil rises, it hurts the profitability...
All depository institutions are suspect in my opinion except Comex. Morgan Stanley was caught and paid a pretty hefty fine. If the situation has...
I would be a bit concerned that the insurance doesn't specifically cover corporate fraud, which is the primary risk when using a depository...
The answer is a little complicated. On the one hand, a base rate of inflation is implicit in a fiat economy because the growth in money supply...
Very well put. I've noticed the same thing. And although I expect gold and silver to move higher [and perhaps much higher], it is based more on...
I'm sure it's already happening...someplace.
It's partly velocity but also includes growth from other factors such as change in population and technological innovation. That's why I prefer...
I would modify your definitions somewhat. Inflation isn't a rising money supply and deflation is not a falling money supply. The definition...
Prices rose because the Fed monetized the energy price increase. If they didn't, the price of everything else except energy would have fallen and...
You may want to consider that rising oil prices are NOT inflationary. By themselves, they are deflationary. The Fed's reaction to rising oil...
You just roll them into the next contract period -- or just buy oil stocks which generally move the same direction. Edit: Trading Months:...
Without actually checking, I'm going to hazard a guess that this isn't true.
The 1099 provision was doomed regardless of the election results and both sides were racing to repeal it. Keep in mind that it was the Democrat...
There are many collectors who feel the same way and put together type sets instead of date/mintmark sets. Perhaps you would enjoy putting...
The usual... futures, physical, ETFs...and eventually widespread public participation along with the probable use of leverage. It's human nature...
At the start of the gold and silver bull market, the driver was simply that the price of the metals had fallen below the cost of production. How...
I think the smart money bought crude two years ago when it was $40.
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