Mint State Gold

Part One: THE ECONOMY – AND DEBT, DELUSIONS AND DEVALUATION: Global retail sales are weak. “Redbook Retail Index confirms Commerce . . . .

Silver has been a lackluster performer this year, but as investors’ appetite for gold improves, silver might share in the yellow . . . .

There were several developments last week that taken together suggest that the short-term bearish scenario set . . . .

Russia is buying gold. A lot of gold. Within the span of a decade, the country quadrupled its reserves. Gold . . . .

John Maynard Keynes, the secular saint of left-leaning economists, called gold a “barbarous relic.” Milton Friedman, his . . . .

A number of commentators have predicted that the rules of the Basel III bank regulations will cause gold to skyrocket (no, this article is not about . . . .

The gold market gauge is turning from bear to bull, with the metal most likely heading higher . . . .

Silver markets went back and forth during the trading session on Monday, as we continue to test the $15 level for major support . . . .

Moscow's sovereign gold stockpile jumped up to over 2,100 metric tonnes last year, with the country's status as a major gold producer allowing . . . . .

The U.S. yield curve extended its inversion. Everyone and their brother knows that recession must definitely be on the . . . .