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Sales increase 35% in first quarter after Bank of Japan move ... Negative rates seen boosting central bank, investor demand . . . .

Over the past year, the credit cycle finally turned, and has unleashed the latest default cycle. In fact, as BofA’s Michael Contopoulos warned last week...

Russia continues to add to its gold bullion reserves, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin...

Central banks continue to push and test the limits of monetary policy, credit markets, and fiat currencies, which could result in gold prices above $3,000/oz within 3 years...

The latest monthly figure for gold withdrawals from the Shanghai Gold Exchange (SGE) looks to be beginning to pick up after a particularly poor February when figures will have been affected by the Chinese Lunar New Year week long holiday...

When it comes to precious metals, there are 3 distinct types of investors. First is the institution. This includes anything from central banks holding gold in reserve to quant funds using algorithms to protect themselves from inflation. These guys see no emotional value in gold, to them it is just a speculative tool to make money with...

One of the financial world’s newest innovations – digital currency – has run full tilt into one of its oldest concepts, gold as a medium of exchange...

The World Gold Council last week released its latest market update report, which covers the effect that negative interest rate policies have had on gold . . . .

Silver jewelry sales in the United States were  solid in 2015 with 60% of jewelry retailers reporting increased sales, according to a survey conducted on behalf of the Silver Institute’s Silver Promotion Service (SPS).  This marked the seventh consecutive year of growth for silver jewelry sales and confirmed that silver jewelry is an increasingly important category for many retailers . . . .

James Rickards maintains that gold remains the real underpinning of the international monetary system. Governments may disparage it, he says, yet many of them have held on to gold — and China and Russia have been acquiring more . . . .