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It is two and a half minutes to midnight, the Clock is ticking, global danger looms. Wise public officials should act immediately, guiding humanity away from the brink. If they do not, wise citizens must step forward and lead the way . . . .

Hang Seng Bank says it has expanded its gold and forex trading departments to meet increased demand from clients over the past two years . . . .

Since reaching multi-year highs in July, gold has plummeted 17%. Having risen 22% in the first seven months of 2016, many believed the yellow metal had moved too far, too fast . . . .

If you’re trying to make sense of the new world order or of the latest Fed minutes, here’s some good news: A few gold watchers have it all sorted out . . . .

Debt issued behaves like printed money until that debt is payed back.  That’s the dirty little secret that bona fide economists don’t discuss, at least in public . . . .

Britain’s HSBC bank is projecting gold at $1,550 per ounce by the end of 2017. Trump’s protectionist stance in the campaign, if he follows through with it while in the White House, could trigger trade wars that will destabilize global markets, which would boost gold prices . . . .

By the end of 2016, 1.6 billion people will likely have a new gold investment standard for the first time in modern history . . . .

Gold futures dropped Friday to mark their lowest finish since June, as strength in the U.S. dollar and equities this week, and growing expectations for a Federal Reserve interest-rate increase next month, fueled the largest weekly decline in more than three years . . . .

Gold investing has traditionally been fraught with challenges for Islamic institutional and individual investors. Now the Accounting and Auditing Organisation for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI) has joined forces with the World Gold Council to create a new Shari’ah Standard for gold . . . .

Gold futures have chalked up their best settlement so far this month and the precious metal seems to be defying analyst predictions that it will remain in a holding pattern until after the election. If gold was a funding bill, it would be getting bipartisan support . . . .