Just when I’d felt that gold and silver prices were due for a nice upwards surge, they were hit by a double, or even triple, whammy and lost their recent gains. That was until they saw a pick-up in Europe over the US Thanksgiving holiday due to the e...
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Whether the current higher inflation levels in the US have been the Federal Reserve Bank’s intended policy all along is perhaps a moot point. We have to assume that although the central bank may have been working towards higher inflation levels, th...
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Transitory is a word that has been forced into everyday usage by its continued utterance by US Federal Bank Chair, Jerome Powell. (The Merriam-Webster dictionary definition of the word is: “of brief duration i.e. temporary or tending to pass away. no...
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The latest addition to Rosland’s coin collection created in collaboration with the British Museum is this silver Queen - one of the famous Lewis Chess Pieces.
On the obverse side of the coin is Ian Rank-Broadley’s portrait of Her Majesty Queen Eliza...
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For the believer in precious metals, the choice of which ones to put one’s faith in is far from simple. While supply and demand fundamentals may be significant in the overall picture – particularly for the more industrially oriented metals - the ve...
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This writer has never been a believer in bitcoin. I sincerely believe bitcoin is a dubious fad which will peter out in the long term and cost buyers of it a considerable amount of money as it returns to its inherent value, which I would put at near...
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Get a better understanding of how gold is priced and what the qualifiers are that determine the price of gold according to these 10 factors.A new coin was added to our “Formula 1” coin collection. Weighing at 2.5 oz, this coin is minted by Swiss-base...
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Gold is often considered a hedge against inflation, but that has not always proved to be the case. When real inflation rates experienced by the person in the street and by investment funds are distinctly negative, as they are at the moment, then th...
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A few years ago at a Mines & Money conference in London, I was privileged to listen to a presentation from one of my favorite analysts, Grant Williams of newsletter "Things that make you go hmm" fame, with the title "Nobody Cares."
The performance...
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This 2021-issue, limited edition proof silver coin celebrates the 2021 Formula 1 Championship. The Grand Prix events in the 2021 schedule, as confirmed 1/1/2021, are listed around the face of the coin, with the dynamic F1 logo in the center.On the ob...
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