The Golden Age Returns: Basel III Elevates Gold to Top-Tier Banking Asset
Starting July 1, 2025, Basel III banking regulations will officially recognize gold as a Tier 1, high-quality liquid asset, allowing US banks to count physical gold at full market value toward their core capital reserves. This marks a significant upgrade from its previous classification as a Tier 3 asset valued…
Gold Outshines Stocks as Americans’ Second Favorite Investment in Gallup Survey
Real estate continues to be Americans’ favorite long-term investment according to a new Gallup poll of 1,006 U.S. citizens conducted in early April. While real estate preference rose slightly to 37%, the bigger story is gold’s rise to second place with 24% of respondents choosing it over stocks, which fell…
JP Morgan: Gold May Double in Value by 2029 with Minimal Portfolio Adjustments
According to JP Morgan analysts, gold prices could experience a dramatic 80% increase from current levels of $3,300 to reach $6,000 per ounce by 2029. This projection is based on a scenario where foreign investors shift a mere 0.5% of their US asset holdings into gold. The precious metal has…
Still Living In Interesting Times
Still Living In Interesting Times By Benjamin Picton, Senior Macro Strategist at Rabobank “May you live in interesting times” is a phrase sometimes erroneously attributed as an ancient Chinese curse. The general idea being that “interesting” times are more likely to be tumultuous and hard, rather than easy and comfortable. Given that we now live […]
Employment Data Confirms Economy Is Slowing
Employment Data Confirms Economy Is Slowing Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, While coming in much stronger than expected, the latest employment data confirmed what we already suspected: the economy is slowing. The reason the employment data is so important is that without employment growth, the economy stalls. It takes, on average, about 200,000 jobs each month […]
In Volatile Markets, RWAs Like Gold Are A Lifeline
In Volatile Markets, RWAs Like Gold Are A Lifeline Authored by Kevin Rusher via CoinTelegraph.com, It’s a volatile world out there. This year, we’ve seen stocks take a wild ride as gold has pumped and crypto has been caught somewhere in the middle. Investors have dumped risk assets and scrambled for safe havens. Gold is […]
The $20B Debt Trap They Won’t Warn You About
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It’s Donald Trump’s Economy Now
It’s Donald Trump’s Economy Now Authored by William Galston via RealClearPolitics, When the Commerce Department released a report on April 30 showing that the economy had shrunk during the first quarter of 2025 – the first such decline since 2022 – President Donald Trump was quick to respond. “This is Biden,” he said, adding that […]
Where The Money Went: USG Funding To Counter-Mis/Disinformation Initiatives
Where The Money Went: USG Funding To Counter-Mis/Disinformation Initiatives Authored by Andrew Lowenthal via The Brownstone Institute, Last week, my non-profit liber-net unveiled a new database of US government awards to mis-dis-and-malinformation (MDM) and other content control initiatives. A previous Network Affects post broke down where that money came from. This one details where the money went, specifically the countries, regions, […]
Authenticity Questions Arise: Shanghai Bank’s Gold Bar Found Containing Suspicious Materials
Shanghai residents raised concerns after a customer discovered dark impurities inside a gold bar purchased from a bank when having it made into jewelry. Despite initial resistance from the bank, which blamed the jeweler and suggested tampering, the matching serial numbers on the gold bar and bank documents confirmed it…